Convicts Research Seminar

Convict Seminar was a huge success It was held on Saturday 5 August for National Family History Month at the Indoor Bowling Club in Golden Beach.  The guest speakers Helen Smith and Vicki Osborn as well as two of our own, Shauna Hicks and Trisha Hyde, were brilliant.  Helen and Shauna have agreed to share Read More …

RootsTech 2022 Conference Update

Caloundra Family History was proud to have member Shauna Hicks as an official RootsTech Influencer and Speaker for two sessions. “Mining Ancestors Down Under” explores tracing gold mining ancestors in Australia. It looks at archives, libraries and digitised newspapers and demonstrates the type of information that can be found on mining ancestors. Shauna’s other session Read More …

Shauna Hicks “Why can’t I find it?…..”

The presenter at our February 2022 monthly general meeting was Shauna Hicks. Shauna has kindly provided a handout on her website for this talk. A jam-packed talk with strategies to help to find what you are looking for and reasons as to why you might not be successful in your searches. With great examples across Read More …