Successful day at Bega Valley Genealogical Society

Over 20 people turned up to listen to our presentations and went away to go home and get out their scanners and move on with the task of digitising their family records. Many indicated that the presentation showed them what and how to achieve good results from their equipment.

Others were interested in where to get the maps to use in their family stories.

All round a successful weekend. Thanks to the organisers at Bega Valley Genealogical Society.

Bega Valley Genealogy Society

Presenting at the Bega Valley Genealogical Society seminar on 26 and 27 May 2017 at the Society's meeting rooms at the  Old Courthouse Toalla St Pambula

There will be a presentation on Friday 26 May 2017 on

Digitising Family Records

Do you need to do something with those boxes of family stuff cluttering the spare room? Do you need to understand the techniques of how to archive the contents of your boxes appropriately for this technological age?

Learn the basics of digitising your records with a flat-bed scanner. The topics covered include image resolution, colour management, use of different file types, file naming and management. We will also review equipment and backup options suitable for the task.

This will be followed by a hands-on workshop.

On Saturday, 27 may 2017 there will be two presentations:

Obscure Place Names and Parish Maps

Frustrated with not finding the place named on your ancestor’s certificate? This session will investigate reasons why that place name may have eluded you.

It will cover resources that are available to assist you in finding your locality in New South Wales, the background to NSW Parish maps, use of the HLRV (Historic Land Records Viewer) where you can view Parish maps and how to print or download the selected Parish map to your computer.

Using Maps in your Family Story

Enlighten your reader with a sense of place and the setting of your family story. Use maps to show the family’s position in the world, their local environment and the path of their travels.

Learn why we need to use a map using different content, sources of maps for you to use; how to modify and then insert the finished map into your story.

Kaye Vernon of  The Teapot Genealogists will also be speaking at the seminar on  DNA in Family History.

Hope to see you there!!

15th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry

I am now able to announce that I have been invited to give two presentations at the Congress being held at the International Conference Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney from 9 March 2018 to 12 March 2018.

I will be speaking on:

Digitising Family Records

Do you need to do something with those boxes of family stuff cluttering the spare room? Do you need to understand the techniques of how to archive the contents of your boxes appropriately for this technological age?

Learn the basics of digitising your records with a flat-bed scanner. The topics covered include image resolution, colour management, use of different file types, file naming and management. We will also review equipment and backup options suitable for the task.

Obscure Place Names and Parish Maps

Frustrated with not finding the place named on your ancestor’s certificate? This session will investigate reasons why that place name may have eluded you.

It will cover resources that are available to assist you in finding your locality in New South Wales, the background to NSW Parish maps, use of the HLRV (Historic Land Records Viewer) where you can view Parish maps and how to print or download the selected Parish map to your computer.