Upcoming Genealogy Talks, Workshops & Events

Here you will find upcoming talks, workshops and events where you can hear me speak about family history research, DNA, organisation, and the use of artificial intelligence in genealogy.

If you are interested in inviting me to speak at your event, you can explore my speaking topics and workshops here.

2026

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Legacy Family Tree Webinars

I love being part of the Legacy Family Tree Webinars family of presenters and hosts during the year.

In 2026 I'll be presenting with Andrew Redfern, three practical courses on using AI for Family History. These are member only workshops so you will need a subscription to attend the workshops.

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Learn the principles, tools, and responsible practices for using AI in your genealogical research.

"The Foundation in AI Series by Andrew Redfern and Fiona Brooker have been the best, most comprehensive, and easiest to understand AI classes I have taken." - Kathy

"The Foundations in AI series are more than a 5, they are a 10 or a 100! Each session is carefully crafted and paced for a novice, yet the information is excellent for any level of AI user to improve their skills!" - Carol

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March - April

Use AI to extract, clean, organise, and analyse your family history research. Intermediate level, focused on workflows and data handling; ideal for users managing large research projects; activities include table-building, clustering, and data cleaning.

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October - November

Turn structured research into stories, images, presentations, and shareable formats with AI. Advanced application of AI for publishing and presenting; includes image generation, storytelling prompts, visual outputs; activities include drafting, editing, and building presentations.

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  • Exciting Discoveries: Organising Your Family History

    Are you wanting to get your family history research organised? Join Fiona as she takes you step by step the process of setting up a system that works for both physical and digital records including your DNA records. Explore other material that you may have also hoarded… whoops I mean collected… and get some tips on staying organised.

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  • Filing – Unlocking Order in Chaos

    Learn how to capture and organize your digital information better. We’ll talk about folders, downloading, the snipping tool, creating files and tags. But most importantly you need practice consistency across all these actions.

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  • Keeping Track of Surnames

    Make the most of your research time, by knowing exactly what surnames to research and where.

    This Webinar Short introduces a spreadsheet tool to help you keep track of surnames.

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  • Slow Down - Planning Your Research

    It’s so exciting! You’ve just received a new certificate and have new family names. There’s so much new research to do and before you know it it’s 2am and somehow you missed dinner. Finding new family can be exciting, but sometimes it pays to slow down and plan your research.

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  • A Step Through Time(lines)

    Timelines are a great tool for gathering together your research on an ancestor and their family. Learn tips and tricks on creating these and using them in your research and when you publish your family story.

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  • The Bones - New Zealand Civil Registration

    Birth, Marriage and Death information provides the bones of our family history skeleton from which we hang the rest of our research about a person. Learn more about the New Zealand records that give your research structure.

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  • Finding Families in New Zealand

    We don’t have any major collections of census records in New Zealand, so how else can you find families in New Zealand. Looking at the use of electoral rolls and school records to add to your family history.

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  • Encounters - Our Immigrant Ancestors

    Learn about 19th and 20th century sources for finding your ancestors’ arrival in New Zealand.

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  • Scattered Leaves: Reconnecting family branches with DNA

    When our families scattered across the globe, they often left close family behind. The family connections were lost over the subsequent generations. Now through family history research and DNA we are reconnecting with the branches of our family tree as shown in these case studies.

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  • The 1939 Register for Family Historians

    Following on from the declaration of War, on September 29th 1939, the details of the population of Great Britain and Northern Ireland were recorded and identity cards were issued. Findmypast (and others) has published the registers for England and Wales. This talk will look at searching the 1939 Register and what to do with the information you find.

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  • Four Sources for New Zealand Family History

    Beyond Births, Deaths and Marriages, this talk looks at four sources for tracing your New Zealand family. Covering: Cemetery Research, Probates & Wills, Shipping to New Zealand and Newspapers

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  • Four More Sources for New Zealand Family History

    Looking at The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, New Zealand Electoral Roll's, the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition and World War I military records.

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  • Another Four Sources for New Zealand Family History

    Looking at Intentions to Marry, Parish Registers, The New Zealand Police Gazette and The Wilson Collection.

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  • Four Further Sources for New Zealand Family History

    Looking at Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives (AJHR's), Naturalisation, Health and Welfare Records and Maps.

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Interested in Hosting a Talk or Workshop?

If you are planning a programme for your society, conference or community group, I offer a range of engaging presentations and hands-on workshops designed for family historians.

Sessions can be delivered in person or virtually via Zoom and can be adapted for different audiences and timeframes.

You can explore my speaking topics and workshops or see past speaking engagements to learn more about the sessions I offer.

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