8.30am - 6pm
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Hillsborough Room
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| Visit over 20 family history industry exhibitors!
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9am - 9.50am
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Waikowhai Room
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Keynote:
Acquiring Content & Engaging the Community Jason Reeve, Ancestry
| For the last 6 years, Jason has been Ancestry’s Content Acquisition Manager for Australia and New Zealand. Recently, Jason was successful in pursuing a 'Community’ element to be added his role so that he could better serve you – the family history community. Join Jason as he shares some insights from his experiences working with acquiring family history records for the Ancestry site, but also what he has planned to help Ancestry.com.au be the very best it can be for all of us.
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Lynfield Room
| Overflow:
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Senior Citizens Room
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Zoom:
Hidden in Plain Site
Mia Bennett (UK)
| This talk looks at free online sources that are often overlooked in preference for the main commercial websites. Mia Bennett offers ideas of where else you could go to expand your hunt for your ancestors’ life story. The focus will be on English resources, however many of the sources are equally applicable internationally.
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10am - 10.50am
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Waikowhai Room
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Zoom:
Copyright Mythconceptions
Judy Russell (US)
| What we don’t know about copyright law can hurt us - right in the pocketbook! Here is a guide to the most common mistakes and misunderstandings about copyright and what we can and can’t do with materials created by others in our family research.
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Lynfield Room
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Researching Scotland at Auckland Libraries
Marie Hickey
| Got Scottish ancestors? Then this talk could be of use to you. You know what resources are on the internet, but do know what the Auckland Libraries have?
Marie Hickey will help you plan your visit to the Central City Library and will explore the wide range of resources held in the Research Centre (Central). This talk covers the basic material used when starting out as well as some of the lesser-known and more unusual resources. Come along and find out what treasures are waiting for you.
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Senior Citizens Room
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Celebrating Cousins
Michelle Patient
| After years of research, Michelle has finally gathered enough evidence to identify an unknown great-great-grandfather. What clues did she find? What new evidence helped to unlock this puzzle?
Learn what sort of questions to ask and the evidence you need to gather to be sure that you have identified the right person, so that you can be more confident when starting to research the ancestors on your previously unidentified lines.
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Puketapapa Room
| Demonstration:
Niche Academy
Jo Cocker, Auckland Libraries
| Introducing Niche Academy, a new online platform that will help Auckland Libraries customers make the most of our expansive e-resources collection.
Niche Academy will provide video tutorials supported by interactive content to help you learn how to use resources such as Ancestry.com, Kura and the Auckland Libraries App - just like having a librarian in your own home! Niche Academy is due to launch in September, so we would like to invite you to a special preview as we test it and encourage you to provide feedback.
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11am - 11.50am
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Waikowhai Room
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Papers Past
Emerson Vandy
| Papers Past has been around for twenty years now and has been making new strides in delivering more recent material over the last year. This talk will focus on the tools and features the website provides to support different research subjects and approaches; a historian might need to tackle things a bit differently than a genealogist, for example, and a linguist might need to take a different approach to a historian. What’s the best way to find what you need in this collection, and what’s coming up for Papers Past? Come along and find out what’s new!
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Lynfield Room
| Discover Family Tree Maker
Bradley Greer
| Bradley has been studying genealogy with his grandmother since he was 10 years old and has been presenting Family Tree Maker at the Auckland Family History Expo since its release in 2017. Come along learn about the features of this popular genealogy software.
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Senior Citizens Room
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Recording Memories
Fiona Brooker
| A hands-on workshop where you get to be part of your family history. Follow the prompts that Fiona will provide to tell your family’s story as well as your own. Preserving today is just as important as preserving the past.
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12pm - 12.50pm
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Waikowhai Room
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Zoom:
DNA and the Golden Rule – the Law and Ethics of Genetic Genealogy
Judy Russell
| Whose permission is needed to test a child or an adult who is unable to consent? Who owns our DNA? What can we disclose about a cousin who has tested?
The rules of the road for the ethical challenges that face genealogists interested in using DNA evidence as part of their family history research. Learn how applying the Golden Rule can guide us through many, if not most, of the situations in which we as genetic genealogists find ourselves.
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Lynfield Room
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Tātai Whakapapa Workshop
Auckland Libraries'
Poukōkiri Rangahau Māori (Māori Specialist Librarians)
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Whakapapa is about people and is a link to
whenua, heritage, and identity. For many it is
taonga. Broaden your understanding of
whakapapa.
Our
Poukōkiri Rangahau Māori (senior
Māori research librarians) are here to guide you.
Nau mai, haere mai, karawhiti mai rā e.
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Senior Citizens Room
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Symonds Street Cemetery - a Family History Treasure for Nineteenth Century Auckland
David Verran
| The various denominational cemeteries that make up the Symonds Street Cemetery were the first and (until at least 1886) the major Pākehā cemeteries in the Auckland area. This is particularly true for the Anglican and Catholic communities. Families buried in Symonds Street Cemetery include the Hendersons, from West Auckland, and at least sixty-nine Māori.
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Mt Roskill Library
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MyHeritage Computer Class
John Soppet, Genealogical Computing Group
| Learn about the records and some fabulous tips and tricks with the website Myheritage.com. Book one of the library’s 12 computers at the Expo information desk or bring your own laptop to participate via the Library’s WiFi.
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1pm - 1.50pm
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Lunchtime seminar. Bring your lunch.
Senior Citizens Room
| Recording:
Breaking down your brick walls
(Newly updated!)
Mark Bayley (UK), The Genealogist
| This talk looks at how to resolve stumbling blocks in your family history research using new and unique search strategies to find those missing relatives.
Techniques covered include searching for a family member using just the individual’s forenames, keyword search tools (using criteria other than a name to search) and other advanced search techniques. The talk also covers unique data sets such as tithe records, occupational records, non-conformist records, will images, parish records, military records, directories, newspapers and more.
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Hillsborough Room
| Break for lunch and visit our exhibitors in the Exhibition Hall.
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1.40pm
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