1.30pm - 2.20pm
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Waikowhai Room
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Michelle Patient Brick wall tips and tricks | Roadblocks and brick walls can be found in most of our family trees. Many of us leave these branches to one side for "later" or decide to just stop looking at them altogether.
In this session Michelle will highlight tools and techniques which can help you push through or around these "obstacles" in your research.
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Lynfield Room
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Maggie Gaffney,
MG Historical Research Treasure in the tithe records | Pinpoint exactly where your family were living in 1840s England and Wales. Tithe records offer a fascinating glimpse into the communities and landscapes of the past.
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Senior Citizens Room
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Andrew Henry, Auckland Council Libraries Know your ancestors: Print resources at the library |
Are you ready to move beyond births, deaths, and marriages? Do you want to find out more about how your ancestors lived and what they did? It is easy to forget about the vast printed resources available at the library.
Andrew will show examples of the publications available where it’s possible to find traces of your ancestors.
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Puketapapa Room
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COMPUTER WORKSHOP
Bradley Greer, Family Tree Maker representative Setting up Family Tree Maker | Bring your laptops and Bradley will give you personal assistance in setting up your Family Tree Maker database or help you troubleshoot issues that you may have.
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Mt Roskill Library
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Marie Hickey, Auckland Council Libraries The Genealogist computer class | Book one of the library’s 12 computers at the Expo information desk or bring your own laptop to participate.
Learn about the records available and some fabulous tips and tricks with the website TheGenealogist.co.uk
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2.30pm - 3pm
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Tea break
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Hillsborough Room (Exhibition Hall)
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Sponsors raffle draw | Buy your raffle tickets and collect your prizes at the Information Desk.
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Hillsborough Room (Exhibition Hall)
| Exhibition stands
| Visit our exhibitors in the Exhibition Hall or have a seat in the Ancestry Marquee near the coffee cart.
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3pm - 3.50pm
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Waikowhai Room
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Dr. Sophie Kay BOOZE: A story of alcoholism and a Victorian family | A century on from Hogarth’s depiction of ‘Gin Lane’ and its warnings against the evils of strong drink, the HARRAPs of Shoreditch passed a devastating legacy from generation to generation: that of alcoholism. The demon drink dripped down from one layer of the family tree to the next, shaping all their lives and claiming some far too soon.
Alcoholism does not always leave an obvious imprint on the historical record, so identifying it within the context of our family history requires an eye for detail and a willingness to draw on a range of records to see the bigger picture. Exploring alcoholism through the HARRAPs’ narrative and adopting a sensitive approach to the material, this session unites a variety of historical sources to depict the influence of alcoholism on a family group. We follow their story from rural beginnings in Cornwall, to the lively environs of 19th century Middlesex and on to a more temperate approach in North-West England.
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Lynfield Room
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Fiona Brooker, Memories in Time Family History in the AI era | Want to find out what AI can do for your family history and what it can't? Fiona will show you how AI is changing the game, making it way simpler to explore where you come from and keep your family's story alive for future generations.
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Senior Citizens Room
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Allegra Marshall Missionaries in the Pacific | From the late 18th century onwards and well into the 19th century a variety of missionary groups made arduous voyages into the Pacific from a variety of global hubs. Mostly single men and of a wide range of ages, a minority also travelled with their wives and children.
The London Missionary Society (LMS) were one of the first group of foreign protestant missionaries to travel to Polynesia - making significant inroads and settling widely across the Society & Marquesas Islands, the Cook Islands, the Samoan Group, Gilbert & Ellice Islands, Loyalty group, Niue and Papua.
Many missionaries rapidly learned their respective local language and translated the Bible! Other missionary groups such as Wesleyan, Methodist, Picpus etc also ventured into the Pacific.
Find out about a few of the most fascinating and prominent – and some who were simply just controversial! William Henry, Henry Nott, William Crook, David Darling, John Williams, Honore Laval, George Pritchard, and in NZ - Samuel Marsden and Thomas Kendall!
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4pm - 4.50pm
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Waikowhai Room
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Dr. Janine Irvine The stories of our treasures and how to organise them | Over a lifetime, we can gather and inherit vast collections of documents, records, photographs, memorabilia, and precious items. But what do we do with all these treasures? How do we pass on the stories of our treasured collections and organise them into a more accessible collection?
Dr Irvine will share some helpful suggestions, approaches, and ideas to help you preserve and share your personal and family history collections with future generations.
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Lynfield Room
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Marie Hickey, Auckland Council Libraries Diving into Scottish documents | Are you beginning your research into your Scottish ancestors? Do you want to learn what other materials there are beyond births, marriages, deaths and wills?
This talk will cover both the basic records in Scottish research and what is available beyond. Come along and find out what treasures are out there waiting for you to uncover.
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4.50pm - 5.30pm
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2024 Auckland Family History Expo closes at 5.30pm.
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Collect your raffle prizes from the Information Desk.
Thanks to sponsors, raffle donors, volunteers and supporters.
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