Past Workshops & Presentations
We love to share the family history and digital scrapbooking addiction. Here's where we have been speaking.
A list of current Workshops and Presentations can be found here.
2020
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
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]