Workshops & Presentations
I love sharing the joy of family history and teaching you how to get further with and share your research.
Looking for a speaker?
I have a range of interactive workshops and presentations that can fill one hour or multiple hours.
Available in person or virtually around the world.
Upcoming Events
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April
Book here25 - Family Tree Magazine - Genealogy Gadgets Club
Webinar - AI for family history - How can it help you? [NEW]29 - Society of Genealogists (UK)
Workshop: Professional Corner - Who Do Your Clients Think You Are - with Mia Bennett -
May
More details here17-19 - New Plymouth Genealogy Society
The Ultimate Organising Workshop
A practical workshop with a mix of teaching and doing.
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June
Book here5 - Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Webinar - Four Further Sources for New Zealand Family History [NEW] -
July
12-13 - NZSG Nelson Branch
Presentation - TBC
Presentation - TBC
Workshop - Clustering your DNA Matches
Workshop - Working with your Clusters
Presentation - DNA - What Next?
15 July - Society of Genealogists (UK)
Webinar: Professional Corner: AI & Your Genealogy Business
19 & 26 July - Family History Academy with Andrew Redfern
Virtual Workshop - Delving Deeper: AI & Family History [NEW]
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August
9-11 - Auckland Family History Expo
Details coming soon.
16 - Family History Academy with Andrew Redfern
Virtual Workshop - AI Masterclass: Elevate Your Family History.
More details below
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September - November
More details12 Sep - 14 Nov - Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG)
Foundations: The Research Process
Virtual Workshop - Using AI Tools in Genealogy Research [NEW]
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2024 at the Family History Academy
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Advanced AI for Family History
Book the BundleWith Andrew Redfern
Explore the transformative power of AI in genealogy with these specialized courses, designed for flexibility and depth.
You can choose one course or both.
Delving Deeper: AI and Family History
AI Masterclass: Elevate Your Family History
When you register for the bundled package, there is an exclusive opportunity to save $30 USD. Each course stands on its own, providing unique insights and advanced techniques, but together, they create a comprehensive journey through the world of AI-enhanced family history research.
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Delving Deeper: AI and Family History
Book the workshopWith Andrew Redfern
Explore the transformative power of AI in genealogy with these specialized courses, designed for flexibility and depth.
Dive deeper into the world of AI and family history with our next step course! Whether you’re building on the knowledge gained from our beginner series or stepping into the world of artificial intelligence for genealogy for the first time, this course is meticulously designed to unlock the potential of AI in your genealogical research.
When:
18 and 25 July 2024 @ 7pm Eastern US
19 and 26 July 2024 @ 11am NZST -
AI Masterclass: Elevate Your Family History
Book the workshopWith Andrew Redfern
Step into the forefront of genealogical innovation with our masterclass on advanced AI techniques, designed to revolutionize your family history projects. This 2.5-hour session is crafted for those with some prior experience with AI, offering a comprehensive guide to integrating cutting-edge artificial intelligence into your family history endeavours.
When:
15 August 2024 @ 6pm Eastern US
16 August 2024 @ 10am NZST -
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Spreadsheet Mastery: Advanced Tools for Family History
Book the workshopDive into advanced techniques to organise, analyse, and visualise your genealogical data effectively. Unlock the potential of spreadsheets to streamline your research, manage vast amounts of information, and uncover hidden connections in your ancestry.
When:
8 October 2024 @ 6pm Eastern US
9 October 2024 @ 11am NZDT
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On Demand Webinars
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Recording Memories - Guide and Worksheets
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The 5 Day Ancestry Chart Challenge
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Building Your Genetic Family Tree Webinar
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The Favourite Recipes Workshop
Regular price $20.00 NZDRegular priceUnit price / per
Legacy Family Tree Webinars
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Exciting Discoveries: Organising Your Family History
Watch hereAre you wanting to get your family history research organised? Join Fiona as she takes you step by step the process of setting up a system that works for both physical and digital records including your DNA records. Explore other material that you may have also hoarded… whoops I mean collected… and get some tips on staying organised.
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Filing – Unlocking Order in Chaos
Watch hereLearn how to capture and organize your digital information better. We’ll talk about folders, downloading, the snipping tool, creating files and tags. But most importantly you need practice consistency across all these actions.
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A Step Through Time(lines)
Watch hereTimelines are a great tool for gathering together your research on an ancestor and their family. Learn tips and tricks on creating these and using them in your research and when you publish your family story.
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Slow Down - Planning Your Research
Watch HereIt’s so exciting! You’ve just received a new certificate and have new family names. There’s so much new research to do and before you know it it’s 2am and somehow you missed dinner. Finding new family can be exciting, but sometimes it pays to slow down and plan your research.
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The Bones - New Zealand Civil Registration
Watch hereBirth, Marriage and Death information provides the bones of our family history skeleton from which we hang the rest of our research about a person. Learn more about the New Zealand records that give your research structure.
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Finding Families in New Zealand
Watch hereWe don’t have any major collections of census records in New Zealand, so how else can you find families in New Zealand. Looking at the use of electoral rolls and school records to add to your family history.
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Encounters - Our Immigrant Ancestors
Watch hereLearn about 19th and 20th century sources for finding your ancestors’ arrival in New Zealand.
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The 1939 Register for Family Historians
Watch hereFollowing on from the declaration of War, on September 29th 1939, the details of the population of Great Britain and Northern Ireland were recorded and identity cards were issued. Findmypast (and others) has published the registers for England and Wales. This talk will look at searching the 1939 Register and what to do with the information you find.
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Four Sources for New Zealand Family History
Watch hereBeyond Births, Deaths and Marriages, this talk looks at four sources for tracing your New Zealand family. Covering: Cemetery Research, Probates & Wills, Shipping to New Zealand and Newspapers
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Four More Sources for New Zealand Family History
Watch hereLooking at The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, New Zealand Electoral Roll's, the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition and World War I military records.
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Another Four Sources for New Zealand Family History
Watch hereLooking at Intentions to Marry, Parish Registers, The New Zealand Police Gazette and The Wilson Collection.
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Four Further Sources for New Zealand Family History
5 June 2024 - Book hereLearn about 19th and 20th century sources for finding your ancestors’ arrival in New Zealand.
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Rootstech
It was great to be on the Rootstech virtual stage in 2021 and 2022.
I have multiple talks, a workshop and with my Talking Family History co-creator, Michelle Patient and guests a colleciton of "Ask Us" sessions.
These sessions are all freely available.
Ancestry - Family History Fridays
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With Michelle Patient
If you're an Ancestry user, then these Family History Friday sessions recorded in 2020 and 2021 are for you.
Recorded live on Facebook and available on the AncestryAUS Facebook page.
If you're having trouble finding this Facebook page have a read of my blog post on Keeping Up with the Ancestry News.
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