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SUMMARY:Digging Deeper into your family history
DESCRIPTION:Progress your family history research by learning additional knowledge at the intermediate level. \nPresenters are experienced GSQ researchers.\nAll sessions are recorded and will be available to view as often as you like for four weeks to the registered participants.\nThe course is run over 5 weeks\, starting on Thursday 4th June 2026 from 10:00am via Zoom \nDates : 4th June 2026; 11th June 2026; 18th June 2026; 25th June 2026; 2nd July 2026. \nProgram: \n4th June 2026\nBritish Courts and Convicts\, from 1788 to 1900\nPresenter: Jan Richardson \n11th June 2026\nImmigration to Australia\, from 1788 to today\nPresenter: Helen Connor \n18th June 2026\nAustralia’s Military Past and Short intro to the British Military\nPresenters: Sharyn Merkley \n25th June 2026\nBeginning your overseas research: England/Wales\, Scotland and Ireland\nPresenters: Pauline Williams\, Ailsa Corlett and Helen Connor \n2nd July 2026\nIntroduction to DNA basics\nPresenter: Ailsa Corlett \n  \nBios of the Presenters:\n  \nJan Richardson:\nJan Richardson is a PhD candidate at Griffith University investigating the presence of non-European convicts and indentured labourers (‘coolies’) in Queensland prior to 1860\, including ethnic minority individuals of African\, Asian and Pacific Island ethnicity. She is also a Research Assistant at Griffith University’s Harry Gentle Resource Centre contributing to a biographical dictionary of Queensland’s early colonial residents. Jan’s publications include ‘Out of sight\, out of mind: Ex-convict female paupers incarcerated in Queensland’s benevolent asylums’ in the Journal of Australian Colonial History (Vol. 24\, 2022)\, available to download (open access) via this link: https://blog.une.edu.au/convicthistory/2022/11/18/publications/ \n  \nHelen Connor:\nPassionate about history and addicted to family history\, Helen has researched her family in Australia\, New Zealand\, Ireland\, England\, Scotland\, and Barbados for over thirty years.Helen strongly believes that family history societies\, like GSQ\, are valuable resources for researching their family history. Helen is very involved in GSQ as being one of the Webcoordinators\, running MTZoom\, FHTech Interest Group and until lately the eNews editor. Helen has completed the Society of Australian Genealogists’ Certificate in Genealogical Research and has completed the University of Tasmania Diploma in Family History. In addition\, she holds a Master’s in Health Policy (by research)\, a Graduate Diploma in Health Promotion\, and a Bachelor of Social Work (Hons). \n  \n  \nSharyn Merkley:\nSharyn Merkley is a family historian with a life-long passion for history. She has researched her family history for over thirty years with an interest in the impact of political\, social and historical events on the lives of ordinary people. After encountering a newspaper article while researching her early Brisbane family\, she became fascinated by the victims of the 1864 Brisbane fire. In 2017\, she published “Brisbane Burns: How the great fires of 1864 shaped a city and its people.” She has also contributed articles to the Genealogical Society of Queensland’s blog\, and magazine\, Generation. As a researcher for the Genealogical Society of Queensland\, she has assisted with indexing projects such as the Wheeler Index\, which compiled information on the lives of over 2\,500 World War 1 soldiers\, and the Waterloo Index\, which lists soldiers involved in the Battle of Waterloo who later settled in Australia. Consequently\, she has a continuing interest in Australian military history and its impact on families. As a volunteer with the Queensland Women’s Historical Association archives team Sharyn collects and researches women’s stories\, concentrating on women without descendants. Determined to give forgotten women a voice\, she uses modern family history techniques to write them back into history. After careers in computer programming and primary education\, Sharyn has also completed a Diploma of Family History. Among her current interests are the stories of the women involved in the early years of aviation in Queensland. \n  \nPauline Williams:\nPauline Williams has been researching her family history for almost 40 years. Her research has primarily been in England\, with links on her maternal line to Wales\, America\, and Norway. She has undertaken numerous research projects across a wide range of topics. As a life member of the Genealogical Society of Queensland (GSQ)\, Pauline has filled a variety of roles including convenor of the GSQ Writing Group since 2011. She was editor of the quarterly journal Generation for several years and joint editor of Queenslanders: Pioneer families 1859-1901\, published by GSQ in 2009. The author of many articles\, Pauline is a frequent blogger for GSQ as well as a regular presenter of courses at GSQ\, Brisbane City Council Libraries\, and elsewhere. Pauline holds a Bachelor of Arts\, Master of Public Administration\, and Graduate Certificate in Arts (Writing\, Editing and Publishing) from The University of Queensland. \n  \nAilsa Corlett:\nAilsa has always been interested in family history\, starting in 1989 after a trip to Central Otago\, New Zealand and seeing photos and dresses of her Paternal Gt Gt Grandparents in the Cromwell Museum. Being the eldest grandchild\, her grandmother also told her stories\, and she inherited many of those wonderful little trinkets that get handed down.\nWorked as a professional genealogist in the 1990’s specialising in NZ research for Australians. She was accredited under AAGRA. Now retired has become very involved with GSQ\, is one of the Webcoordinators\, the Monday Morning Zoom\, the FHTech Interest Group and on the GSQ Management Committee. Very interested in Scottish research with having 70% Scottish DNA due to 3 of her Grandparents coming from Scotland. DNA features very strongly along with her Historical Research. \n  \n  \nTICKETS\n$85 for GSQ/QFHS members\n$100 for Non-members \nTickets will close at 8am Thursday 4th June 2026\nThe link is included in your registration payment – Please make sure you retain this.\nRegistrants will be able to view the recording for the following month. \nQFHS and any GSQ Affiliate members you will be required to put in the code given to you to use. This will then action the discount for you. (please contact your secretary if you do not know it. It is NOT your membership number) \n[mw open=”!event-register/2026/6/4/digging-deeper-into-family-history-2026″]
URL:https://gsq.org.au/event/digging-deeper-into-your-family-history-2026/2026-06-04/
LOCATION:Virtually via Zoom\, QLD\, 4122\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Education sessions
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