Past Workshops & Presentations

I love to share the family history and digital scrapbooking addiction. Here's where I have been speaking.

A list of current Workshops and Presentations can be found here. 

2022

8 June - Selwyn Libraries

• Presentation: Quick & Dirty DNA

1 June - Legacy Family Tree Webinars

• Webinar: The Bones - New Zealand Civil Registration

4, 11, 18 & 25 May - Selwyn Libraries, Te Ara Ātea, 56 Tennyson Street, Rolleston

• Your Place: Family History Workshop Series

7 May - Far North Branch of the NZSG

•   Webinar: Quick & Dirty DNA

3 May - U3A Christchurch

•   Presentation: DNA Testing for Family History

7 April - Hamilton Branch of the NZSG

•   Webinar: Exciting Discoveries - Organising Your Family History

2 April - Far North Branch of the NZSG

•   Webinar: Encounters - Our Immigrant Ancestors

26 March & 30 April - Memories in Time Zoom Room

• Plan to Publish - your Place Workshop - 2x Saturday workshop

24 March - Society of Australian Genealogists

• Webinar: Exciting Discoveries - Organising Your Family History

March 2022 - RootsTech 2022 #ChooseConnection

• Webinar: Sharing Your Family History
• Webinar: In the Neighbourhood
• Workshop: Recording Memories

Talking Family History @ Rootstech with Michelle Patient

• Workshop: Ask about Australian and New Zealand Research
• Workshop: Ask about your DNA
• Workshop: Ask about your Brick Walls

 

11 February - U3A Malvern

• Presentation: The Magic of DNA

 

2021

May onwards - Ancestry "Family History Fridays"
Facebook Live - Recordings available:

• What's New at Ancestry
• AncestryDNA and Family History Intertwined
• Researching 20th Century Families
• Researching 19th Century Families
• Researching 18th Century Families

14 November - Family Story School

• Webinar: Christmas Captured
  

  Hosted with Nicola Kane, Alana Swain, Kate Ryan 

6 November - Talking Family History Event

• Webinar: A Deeper Dive into English Research
  

  Hosted with Michelle Patient and featuring Dave Annal, Janet Few and Sue Swalwell.

 8-9 October - Christchurch Heritage Festival

• Presentation and Workshop: The Hidden Women of the Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Available now for booking around New Zealand.

29 September - 17 November 2021 - Talking Family History
- Michelle Patient and Fiona Brooker

• Course: DNA Discovery - First Steps 

22 September - Auckland Council Libraries

• Webinar: The Memories in Time Project [NEW]

17 September - Legacy Family Tree Webinars - Webtember

• Webinar: A Step Through Time(lines) [NEW]

15 September - Talking Family History

- Michelle Patient and Fiona Brooker - available soon in the shop

• Webinar: Building Your Genetic Family Tree [NEW]

10 September - Talking Family History
- Michelle Patient and Fiona Brooker

• Webinar: Tips for Identifying Photographs
  Lockdown Freebie - signup to the mailing list at www.talkingfamilyhistory.com for more details.

8 September - 27 October 2021 - Talking Family History
- Michelle Patient and Fiona Brooker

• Course: DNA Discovery - First Steps 

6 September - 11 October - Memories in Time

• Plan to Publish - your Place Workshop - 6 week workshop

4 September - Far North Branch

• Webinar: Exploring the UK Census

31 August - Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations (AFFHO)

• Webinar: The 1939 Register for Family Historians

27 August - Talking Family History Lockdown Freebie - 

20-22 August - Christchurch Family History Expo

Due to COVID restrictions this expo was converted from a two day expo to a one day virtual expo.

• Presentation: Four More Sources for New Zealand Family History

13-15 August - Auckland Family History Expo 

• Presentation: Family History Friday’s LIVE! with Jason Reeve, Ancestry  and Talking Family History's Michelle Patient and Fiona Brooker
• Presentation: Get Smart – Track and Display your Research [NEW]
• Presentation: The Government’s Memory – Archives New Zealand

2 August - Hornby Good Companions Group, Christchurch

•  Presentation: Starting Your Family History

24 July - Your Place - Family History Workshop, Christchurch 

21 July - 8 September 2021 - Talking Family History
- Michelle Patient and Fiona Brooker

• Course: DNA Discovery - First Steps 

18 July - Te Kuiti Branch

• Webinar: From Bookshelf to Coffee Table [NEW]

16-30 July - U3A Arts Centre, Christchurch

• Presentation: Starting Your Family History
• Presentation: Across the Ditch
• Presentation: The Magic of DNA

21 July - 8 September 2021 - Talking Family History
- Michelle Patient and Fiona Brooker

• Course: DNA Discovery - First Steps

20 May - NZSG Matamata Branch

• Webinar: Across the Ditch

17 May - Woolston Friendship Group

• Presentation: Starting Your Family History

30 April - Wanaka Genealogy Group

• Webinar: Exciting Discoveries

7 April - Legacy Family Tree Webinars

• Four More Sources for New Zealand Family History [NEW]

31 March - Auckland Council Libraries

• Webinar: Talking Family History - with Michelle Patient

8 March - Kiwianas North West

• Presentation: Memories in Time

February - Rootstech

• They Came on Boats: 19th and 20th Century Immigration to New Zealand
• Final Resting Place in New Zealand
• Tracing ANZACs and Their Families

2020

11 December: Modern Family Tree Workshop - Online

12 October - Merrin St Ladies Club, Christchurch

• Presentation: The Time Travelling Genealogist

28 August - Salvation Army, Christchurch

• Presentation: Starting your Family History

23 August (22 August USA) - Kinseekers Genealogical Society of Lake County, Florida

• Your Place - Leeds Method DNA Workshop [NEW]

14-15 August - The Christchurch Family History Expo

Due to COVID restrictions this expo was converted from a two day expo to a one day virtual expo.

• Story to Book

8-9 August - The Auckland Family History Expo

• Breaking Through Brick Walls with DNA [NEW]
• Exploring the UK Census
• Plan to Publish

9 July - Halswell Probus Club

• Presentation: Are you the CMO of your Family?

13 June - Your Place Family History Workshop
Find out more about a Your Place Workshop.

9 June - Burnside Mens Friendship Group

• Presentation: Starting Your Family History

15 May - Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga

• Webinar: Starting Your Family History [UPDATED]

8 May onwards - Ancestry "Family History Fridays"
Facebook Live - Recordings available:

• Women in History
• Researching Surnames
• Photographs
• Around the World and Ancestry DNA
• Royalty in Family History and Society
• Looking Sideways - Gathering Evidence from Others
  
• Recording Your Military History
• Celebrating Fathers
• Introduction to AncestryDNA®
• Families in Place and Time
• Going to School
• Migration
• Remembrance
• Delving into DNA
• Your Questions Answered - Live

20-24 April - Auckland Council Libraries
New Zealanders at war; Stories from the Military Collections

• Webinar: From Records to Story - Military Records in Context [NEW]
• Webinar: Lost at sea - the mystery of Percy Taylor [NEW]

1 April - Auckland Council Libraries

• Webinar: The Dash - Writing Our Stories
• Webinar: My Story

Feb - Mar : Hillmorton High School Community Education

• Workshop: Story to Book - 6 sessions [NEW]

13 March : The 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon - Legacy Family Tree Webinars

• Webinar: Four Sources for Family History in New Zealand

 

2019

9 November : Your Place - Family History Workshop

2 November: My People, My Place, My Story : Selwyn Libraries

• Workshop: My Book: Altered Book Workshop [NEW]
• Workshop: My Book: Digital Book Workshop [NEW]

17 October: My People, My Place, My Story : Selwyn Libraries

• Presentation: My Story [NEW]

15 October: Beca Christchurch Heritage Festival 2019

• Workshop: Past Encounters - Telling Our Stories [NEW]

14 October: Cracroft Friendship Club

• Presentation: The Time Travelling Genealogist

12 October: Family History Fun Day, Tūranga : Christchurch City Libraries

• Presentation: The Magic of DNA

3 October: Halswell Friendship Club

• Presentation: The Time Travelling Genealogist

24 September: Society of Australian Genealogists

• Webinar: Four Sources for New Zealand Family History [NEW]

29-31 August: DNA Down Under (Sydney, Australia): Unlock the Past

• Presentation: The Magic of DNA

17 August: In Conjunction with Christchurch City Libraries

• Host: Meet Cyndi: Creator of Cyndi's List and leading online genealogist - Cyndi Ingle.

 9-11 August: Auckland Family History Expo: Auckland Libraries

• Presentation: Encounters - Tracing Our Immigrant Ancestors [NEW]
• Presentation: DNA Explorer [NEW]
• Presentation:  "Quick and Dirty" trees for DNA matches [NEW]
• Presentation: The DNA Toolkit [NEW]

8 August: In Conjunction with Christchurch City Libraries

• Host: Family History and the Media: Behind the scenes of Who Do You Think You Are? - Nick Barratt

 7 August: Legacy Family Tree Webinars

• Webinar: Finding Families in New Zealand

11 July: NZSG Canterbury Branch

• Presentation: Freenealogy 

5-6 July: Save Your Photos Workshop

9 May: Probus Club of Christchurch South West

• Presentation: The Magic of DNA

8 April: New Brighton Friendship Club

• Presentation: The Time Travelling Genealogist

9 February: Dunedin Branch NZSG (All Day Seminar)

• Presentation [New]: Finding Families  - United Kingdom.  
• Presentation: Time Travelling Genealogist
• Presentation: Are you the CMO of your Family
• Presentation: Extra! Extra! Read all about it 

2018

15-20 October: Pirates of the Pedigree
Family History Expos

• Presentation: Slow Down - Planning Your Research - Webinar

23 September: Canterbury Pilgrims and Early Settlers

• Presentation: The Dash - Writing Our Stories

19 September: Researching Women - in conjunction with Heritage New Zealand

• Presentation: Her Story - Researching Women

September: Suffrage 125 - Selwyn District Libraries

• Presentation: The Magic of DNA
• Presentation: Freenealogy
• Presentation: Slow Down - Planning Your Research

20 August: Woolston Friendship Club

• Presentation: The Time Travelling Genealogist

11-12 August: Auckland Family History Expo: Auckland Libraries

• Presentation [New]: Getting the Vote
• Presentation [New]: Freenealogy 
• Presentation/Workshop [New]: Quick Tips - Microsoft Word & Excel 
• Presentation: Across the Ditch

22 July: West Melton Probus

• Presentation: The Magic of DNA

18 June: Christchurch Kit Cat Probus Club

• Presentation: The Magic of DNA

1-4 June: Echoes of Our Past. 2018 NZSG AGM & Conference, Christchurch

• Presentation: The Time Travelling Genealogist

16 April:  Soroptimist International North Canterbury

• Presentation: The Magic of DNA

12 April: Belfast Redwood Friendship Club

• Presentation: The Magic of DNA

9-12 March: Bridging the Past & Future. AFFHO Congress 2018, Sydney

• Presentation: The Time Travelling Genealogist [New]
• Presentation: Across the Ditch [New]

2017

31 October: U3A, North Canterbury

• Presentation: The Magic of DNA [New]

26-27 August: Irish & Scottish Research Seminar, Darfield Genealogy and Local History Group

• Presentation: Slow Down – Planning your Research

11-13 August: Auckland Family History Expo. Auckland Libraries

• Presentation: Going Online
• Presentation: Slow Down – Planning your Research [New]
• Presentation: Beginning Your Family History
• Workshop: Using the GRO Indexes

11 August: New Zealand Society of Genealogists

• Workshop: Digital Scrapbooking 101 
• Workshop: Digital Scrapbooking 102

10 August: NZSG Papakura Branch

• Presentation: Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

June: New Zealand Society of Genealogists Conference & AGM

• Presentation: Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
• Presentation: Are You the CMO of Your Family?

12 April: NZSG Riccarton Branch

• Workshop: Using the GRO Indexes
• Workshop: Using the 1939 Register

2016

October: Australian Family History Expo

August: Auckland Family History Expo. Auckland Libraries

28 July: NZSG Bishopdale Branch

• Presentation: Going Online [New]