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Next date: Tuesday, 18 February 2025 | 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Join our Family History Group.
Whether you’re a skilled family history researcher or just getting started, join the Family History Group for 2025. We’ve got a whole program mapped out for the year. You can book in to individual sessions or book in for all of them. Check them all out below.
Everyone is welcome.
Held on the third Tuesday of the month. Sessions rotate between Chelsea, Cheltenham and Parkdale Libraries.
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In our first session for 2025 we’ll cover your research triumphs and challenges, the resources available to help your research, and how to take the next steps. We’ll also be looking at preserving your family history documents and objects at home, and software that converts handwritten documents to digital text.
This session is held at Cheltenham Library.
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This session covers the difficulties of storing information. We’ll look at how best to manage paper-based and digital files so we can find them and use them in the future.
This session is at Parkdale Library.
This session will cover a range of ethical issues related to family history research and publication. Some of the topics include plagiarism, ‘hidden’ histories, remembering and forgetting the past, and understanding the values and standards of the past.
This session is at Chelsea Library.
Microhistories and collective biographies are on trend right now. What does that mean for the family historian? This session looks at how family history research can benefit from different research approaches and different ways of storytelling.
This session is at Cheltenham Library.
Time and place have an impact on people’s lives. People have an impact on time and place. This session explores the history of ‘ordinary’ people and why that’s important.
What do family heirlooms, keepsakes and mementos tell us about the people who owned them and ‘the times’ they lived? Bring a keepsake to explore what it can tell you about the past.
Sometimes you need the help of a professional researcher. What do you need to know before you hire someone?
Working with information from the Australian Copyright Council, this session will explore intellectual property and copyright, referencing and attribution, and a host of other issues you may come across when you want to publish your research.
Old handwritten documents present problems for the contemporary reader. This session will look at some tips and tricks for reading old text, including some transcription exercises.
You’ve done the hard yards with the research, now get stuck into turning that material into an engaging family narrative. How do you tell the story? Where do you start?
Consider walking, cycling or using public transport options, leaving your car at home.
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