Speakers
Option For Non-Members
Non-members are welcome to attend Zoom meetings featuring our speakers on payment of a $5 fee. CLICK HERE to register and pay (must be at least 24 hours prior to meeting)
5 April
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Helen Smith - Epidemics: Not Just the Flu!
Helen is a speaker, DNA specialist, researcher, and author with a strong interest in medical and social history. She has spoken in person and online in every state and territory in Australia, in Canada, USA, New Zealand and England, on 15 Unlock the Past cruises and has regularly presented for Legacy Family Webinars. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Genealogical Speakers Guild.
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3 May
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Frank Kitto (Qld) - Using My Heritage
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6 September
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Gillian Lewis (National Maritime Museum) - Japanese Midget Submarine AttackGillian joined the Australian National Maritime Museum as a volunteer guide in 2008 when she retired from a successful sales career in commercial building at CSR Building Products and has also been a member of the ANMM Speakers for past 6 years developing several presentations and regularly speaking to community groups. Gillian comes from a family with a history in the merchant and Royal Australian Navies. She has a special interest in the loss with all hands of HMAS Sydney (II) in November 1941 after a battle with the German raider HSK Kormoran and has volunteered her time for several years to search genealogical data bases for living relatives of Sydney crew to be DNA to assist in identifying the unknown serviceman from the ship. She is also interested in WW1 history, particularly the Western front theatre of war and is a passionate traveler having visited over 120 countries so far.
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4 October
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Jenny Joyce - Paleography
Jenny Joyce is a professional genealogist based in Sydney, Australia. She has been study family history for over 30 years.
Jenny writes a genealogy blog and has a genealogy podcast relating to the UK, Australia and New Zealand |
6 December
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Christmas Meeting - details to be advised
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