ANZAC Day 2025
2025-04-25 | Genealogical Society of Queensland (GSQ), 25 Stackpole St, Wishart, Brisbane, QLD, 4122, Australia
GSQ will be closed for ANZAC Day 2025

DNA Interest Group
2025-04-27 09:30 - 13:30 (Australia/Brisbane) | Virtually via Zoom, QLD, Australia
The DNA Interest Group aims:

The DNA Group launched in May 2015 to assist members understand how DNA works and how it can assist you with your research.

Meetings:
Are held on the 4th Sunday of even months and begin at 9:30am sharp, with the Zoom room open to login from about 9:15am. These can be long meetings and can go up to 1.30pm depending on needs.
2025: 23rd Feb; 27th April; 22nd June; 24th Aug; 26th Oct.
GSQ members are welcome to join our meetings as well as our closed Facebook group. Because our meetings are usually attended by 30 – 40 members we meet currently only via Zoom and an invitation with the meeting link goes out a few days before the event.
During the meeting we have a presentation on recent updates in the DNA world, usually one other presentation and Q&A sessions.
Another feature of the group is the Mentoring sessions where those attending decide which Zoom room they’d like to join to learn more about a specific subject ie DNA general, DNA Painter, Clustering, Y-DNA/FTDNA, MyHeritage/23&Me/Ancestry etc.
DNA Clinic:
GSQ members with DNA problems can arrange a one-on-one virtual help session with one of our admin team during our DNA Clinic nights on the 5th Wednesday of specific months from 7 – 8:30pm. Dates can be found in the GSQ Events calendar.
Attendees are asked to contribute a gold coin donation.
Contact Convenor Greg Carlill on dna@gsq.org.au to be sent the Zoom link or further information.

Monday Indexing Team
2025-04-28 10:00 - 14:30, 2025-05-12 10:00 - 14:30, 2025-05-26 10:00 - 14:30 | Genealogical Society of Queensland (GSQ), 25 Stackpole St, Wishart, Brisbane, QLD, 4122, Australia
This time is set aside for the Monday Indexing Team, who work at GSQ on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 10am – 2.20pm.
If you do need to have a meeting at GSQ during this time period please be aware of the team being there and keep meetings quiet and conducted as quickly as possible.

Regards
GSQ Indexing Team

MT Zoom 2025
2025-04-28 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-05-12 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-05-19 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-05-26 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-06-02 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtually via Zoom, QLD, Australia
Welcome to Monday Morning Zoom

Are you interested in learning more about Genealogy/ Family History?
What can you find regarding records on the various websites, in the books at GSQ, microfiche that have not been digitized, and what you can find in Archives and Libraries.
Do you like to be part of a very relaxed group that LOVE to talk and share information?
GSQ is not opened on a Monday so why not join us from the comfort of your home along with a cuppa and don’t forget the pets.
We have discovered that many of our pets love being on Zoom and enjoy the attention of everyone saying hello to them. So all pets are welcome to come along as well.
We like to discuss events that are occurring in the genealogical world.
As a group we try to help others by offering alternative ideas or websites/records to search when someone has a problem or a brickwall.
So come and join Ailsa and Helen, every Monday from 11am – 12.30pm, and find out more about the joys of belonging to a Genealogical Society.
We do not meet on public holidays, see the event calendar,
If you are not a member of GSQ yet, you can come along for 2 meetings before needing to join.
Send your request to join us to mtzoom@gsq.org.au and we will add you to our list.
Your Hosts are: Ailsa Corlett and Helen Connor

Ailsa Corlett

Helen Connor

Breathing Life into the ANZAC Fallen:
2025-04-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtually via Zoom, QLD, Australia
Primary Research innovation, Sources and Case Study
(George Henry Jones Davies (1888-1917))
On 24th Jan 1916, my Grandfather’s cousin George Henry Jones Davies strolled up to the recruiting station in Coffs Harbour, diverting him from his chosen path as a Methodist Missionary towards an untimely and violent death only 18 months later. I have spent the last 2 years researching his time with the Australian Imperial Force’s 36th Battalion, and the circumstances surrounding his demise at the Battle of Messines on 12th July 1917, whilst conducting the battlefield burial service of a friend and comrade. This presentation explains the process, use of technical innovation (drones, 360 degree cameras, 3D mapping…) and the range of documentary sources which bit by bit brought my ancestor back to life. I cover the invaluable resources available at the Australian War Memorial Library, and the National Archives of Australia. In my case, George left a 180 page personal diary from which I could add his voice to the factual records which revealed his precise movements and the plans governing his battalions future: 1. ‘Unit War Diaries’ at Battalion, Brigade and Division level. 2. Trench maps for both the dates and location; the best source being the Western Front Association’s online ‘Trenchmapper’. 3. With its latest iteration you can use it live in the field to see where you are and which former trenches you are standing near. 4. Red Cross witness statements concerning battlefield deaths. Another vital source is the pool of immense knowledge held by experts in the Great War Forum. Certain Australian individuals from the Forum transformed my grasp of the information I had, and added documentary evidence I never dreamt of unearthing. Armed with all this information, I identified the precise location and circumstances of my ancestor’s death, and his precise movements in the days, weeks, months prior. In April 2024 I visited Flanders by bicycle and used a 360 degree camera and drone to gaze upon the last known locations of Private George Davies Signaller with the D Company, 36th Bn, AIF. I communicated my progress via Twitter, and was thrilled to have a descendant of a comrade of George’s respond and inform me where his ancestor fell on ‘Hun’s Walk’, in the same area. I was able to send up the drone and provide him with aerial footage of the location. The above involved a blend of methods/techniques both new and old. The results now sit in my family’s own online collaborative archive; itself an innovation in how to preserve and keep alive these special people for generations to come. Attached are two pdfs. The first details the evidential build up to understanding the last weeks of George’s life, the second is a short account of his life built around extracts from his personal diary. The talk will be a succinct combination of the two, and shine a light on the research sources as well as including drone and 360 degree camera footage.

Presenter: Simon Davies
Simon is the founder of WeAre.xyz, a collaborative platform for the recording and sharing of family and one place study histories, and heritage in general. He is also a trustee of the Shropshire Family History Society and a faculty member of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy.
Previously, Simon helped create the mobile app platform Snaptu which grew to 42 million users before becoming ‘Facebook Lite’.

Born and raised just outside Cambridge, England, Simon’s ancestral heritage is predominantly centred on the Welsh border area, Cornwall, and the Manchester textile mills where his Irish ancestors eked out an existence post the Irish potato famine. He and his family now live in West London. Aside from his genealogy passion, Simon is a keen naturalist and cyclist.

Tickets will close at 5pm Tuesday 29th April 2025. Event will start at 7pm please try to log on around 6.45pm
The link is included in your registration payment – Please make sure you retain this.
Registrants will be able to view the recording for the following month.
QFHS and any GSQ Affiliate members you will require to put in your Member No or Branch as well as the code given to you to use.
All events are recorded and available for viewing by registrations for a month.

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DNA Clinic 2025
2025-04-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtually via Zoom, QLD, Australia
The DNA Clinic help sessions are available to all GSQ members only and will be in your home with a one-on-one virtual meeting through Zoom.
It is held on the 5th Wednesday of the month.
2025: 29th Jan; 30th April; 30th July; 29th Oct.

If you’d like to make an appointment, please email dna@gsq.org.au by the Wednesday prior to the session, stating you would like an appointment and set out your DNA problem.
The appointments will be for approximately 1 hour each on that Wednesday evening between the times of 7pm – 8:30pm. A virtual meeting link will be sent to you the day before the DNA Clinic with your appointed time and the person’s name who will be assisting you.

Part 1: Ireland, Land Records and Griffiths Valuation explained
2025-05-03 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtually via Zoom, QLD, Australia
This presentation is Part One of a two-part series.
This presentation will cover land records from Freeholders to Tithe Applotment to Griffiths Valuation to Valuation Revision in more detail. Why they are so important, how they can help you and what is available online today.

Presenter:
Bobbie Edes
Starting her research in the mid-nineties Bobbie had extended her knowledge into all the countries of Great Britain, with Ireland her specialty. As she is passionate about spreading her family history knowledge, she became a Research Assistant at GSQ from 2016 then swapped to being the online Convenor of the Wednesday Morning Zoom IG in 2020 and has manned the GSQ Open Day Irish Help Desks since 2013 when available.
In the past Bobbie has made numerous trips to the UK and researched in many Records Offices throughout England and Ireland. She always made a point of spending two full weeks in each.

Tickets will close at 8am Saturday 3 May 2025
The link is included in your registration payment – Please make sure you retain this.
Registrants will be able to view the recording for the following month.
QFHS and any GSQ Affiliate members you will require to put in your Member No or Branch as well as the code given to you to use.

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Scottish Interest Group 2025
2025-05-04 09:30 - 14:00 | Genealogical Society of Queensland (GSQ), 25 Stackpole St, Wishart, Brisbane, QLD, 4122, Australia
The Scottish Interest Group aims:

To provide assistance to those researching Scottish ancestors.
To provide resources to assist in research; providing opportunities to talk to other researchers; and organising presentations about subjects connected with Scottish genealogy, culture and history.
Via attending the Gaelic Festival each year and not only having a great time talking to everyone about GSQ and the Scottish Group, but to encourage those interested to come along and join us.

Meetings:
Meetings are held on the 1st Sunday of the odd months of the year, unless otherwise advertised.
2025: 2nd March; 4th May; 6th July; 7th Sept; 2nd Nov.
Topics for 2025 will be:
March 2nd: Lanarkshire – Alistair Henderson
May 4th: Using Scotlands People – Ailsa Corlett
July 6th: Highland Clearence History – Helen Connor
Sept 7th: Using National Records of Scotland Records – Alistair Henderson
Nov 2nd: East Lothian – Ailsa Corlett

The Resource Centre opens at 9:30 am and closes at 2:00 pm.
The meeting commences at 10am and runs for about two hours, with the remaining time for members to conduct their own research.
The meetings are hybrid so that anyone who is unable to attend on the day can still join in with the meeting using Zoom.
Attendees are asked to contribute a gold coin donation.

Contact Convenor Alistair Henderson on scotgroup@gsq.org.au to obtain a Zoom link or further information.

Labour Day 2025
2025-05-05 | Genealogical Society of Queensland (GSQ), 25 Stackpole St, Wishart, Brisbane, QLD, 4122, Australia
GSQ will be closed over Labour Day 2025

GSQ TAG IT Meetings 2025
2025-05-06 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-06-03 09:00 - 10:30 | Virtually via Zoom, QLD, Australia
TAG IT, meet every 1st Tuesday of the month at 9.00am
Link will be sent out to all via Convenor at least the day before.

Wednesday morning Zoom meeting hosted by Bobbie Edes
2025-05-07 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-06-04 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtually via Zoom, QLD, Australia
Wednesday morning Zoom meetings hosted by Bobbie Edes.
Starting at 11am on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month Feb to Nov.

Each of our friendly meetings is run for about 90 minutes or so. The sessions alternate between a Topic PowerPoint presentation with notes on the 1st Wednesday of each month and a help/learning aid session on the 3rd Wednesday with those present all sharing their contributions which are compiled into a handout on that subject so they can be kept for future use. Recently in these mid-moth meetings we have covered military, Australian births, immigration, land records, burials with more planned as well as helping members with their brick walls.
Our topic sessions have recently covered Plotting your ancestors journey using Google Earth, Preparations for visiting an archive, Education in Australia, Using short stories, Timeline creation, Using PowerPoint, and Using PowerPoint to tell your family story in movie format.
**Please email requests to join to: wedmorningzoom@gsq.org.au
2025 – 5th & 19th Feb; 5th & 19th March; 2nd & 16th April; 7th & 21st May; 4th & 18th June; 2nd & 16th July; 6th & 20th Aug; 3rd & 17th Sept; 1st & 15th Oct; 5th & 19th Nov; 3rd Dec Christmas Gathering.

Topic’s on the 1st Wednesday of the Month
Learning Aid/ Brickwall on the 3rd Wednesday of the Month.

Family History Tech Interest Group 2025
2025-05-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtually via Zoom, QLD, Australia
The Family History Technology Group aims:

To assist GSQ members with increasing their knowledge and skills in using technology which can assist with their Genealogical research.
Make members comfortable with Genealogical advancements that are happening in the world.

Meetings:
Meetings are held on the 2nd Sunday of odd months of the year, unless otherwise advertised. Via ZOOM.
2025: 9th March; 11th May; 13th July; 14th Sept; 2nd Nov (2:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
The meeting commences at 10:00 am until 12:00 noon and generally consists of updates which have occurred, anything New; a Presentation and then Discussion on the presentation and problems to be solved.
This group gives opportunities to look at many other technologies that may help you in relation to recording, preserving, and looking at various technology to help you with your family history.
We like to look at and discuss

File management and storage
Various Software Programs especially ones to use with family history
Help in relation to the many Genealogical Website usage.
Common Windows/PC or Mac problems.
Work together as a group to help others overcome issues and also to swap ideas which can assist others.

If you are not a member of GSQ yet, you can come along for 2 meetings before needing to join.
Attendees are asked to contribute a gold coin donation.
Contact Convenors Ailsa Corlett and Helen Connor on FHTech@gsq.org.au for the Zoom Link or further information.

2nd Wednesday Night Zoom 2025
2025-05-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtually via Zoom, QLD, Australia
GSQ extends its invitation to everyone that is interested in learning or finding out more about Genealogical Research to attend the 2nd and 4th Wednesday Nights of the month,
via Zoom starting at 7pm.
You do not have to be a member of GSQ in order to come along, they are FREE.

Are you interested in knowing about Family History, What does it involve, How can I find out about records available, How do I go about doing Research, Would like to listen to some experts ?
If these are questions you have, then please come along to our Wednesday Night Zooms. It is a self help group as well so that you can offer solutions/ideas/web sites/books and knowledge to anyone attending. Attendees are asked to participate in the 2nd Wednesday Night topic, thus sharing information about our ancestors.
The 2nd Wednesday Nights are topic based plus I have a Problem! night. (Please send in these problems or questions at least a week before the meeting)
The 4th Wednesday Nights we have a guest speaker talking on a large variety of topics that are involved in Family History of some sort.
These meetings are FREE to attend, but a donation is always welcomed to help sponsor subscriptions to various sites.

The topic for Discussion for this 2nd Wednesday Night 14th May 2025 will be:
GenoPro – this is a program that draws family trees & genograms. It certainly will be interesting.

To attend, please email wedpmzoom@gsq.org.au to advise you would like to be added to the attendee list. This will enable us to send you the Zoom link as well as information each month on what is happening.

Your hosts for the meetings are:

Ailsa Corlett

Fleur Creed

Ailsa has always been interested in family history, starting in 1989 after a trip to Central Otago and seeing photos and dresses of her Paternal ancestors in the Cromwell Museum. Being the eldest grandchild, her grandmother also told her stories and she obtained many of those wonderful little trinkets that get handed out.
Worked as a professional genealogist in the 1990’s specialising in NZ research for Australians. She was accredited under AAGRA. Now retired is very involved with GSQ and helps to run the website, the Monday and Wednesday Zooms as well as the FHTech group.

Fleur developed an interest in family history from her father, who was active in family history research, also writing books about the early settlers of the Queanbeyan, NSW district prior to the selection of the Limestone Plains as the site for the Federal Capital. Her ancestors came from England, Scotland and Ireland, and Africa via America, and include convicts, assisted immigrants and some free settlers. She has completed the SAG Certificate of Genealogical Studies, as well as completed the Diploma of Family History at UTAS. Fleur has a PhD on the topic, “Australian churches building social capital in their local communities” and currently works part-time as an academic researcher. She also operates a Facebook group about the history the early settlers of the tiny town in the North Burnett where she and her husband are turning a little timber church into their home.

Colonial Justice: Police Magistrates and Justices of the Peace
2025-05-17 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtually via Zoom, QLD, Australia
The laws of England were introduced in Australia with the arrival of the first fleet.
The first governor of the colony, Arthur Phillip, was authorised to convene a criminal court in the colony of New South Wales by an act of the English parliament. Further a Charter of Justice created a civil jurisdiction and Letters Patent a Vice Admiralty Court. These courts were run along military lines and were often constituted by a panel. The office of Justice of the Peace was an old one at English law and was adapted for local conditions in the colony and heard cases such as breaches of the peace, petty larcenies, prisoners charged with neglect of work and trivial complaints of drunkenness and disorderly behaviour.
Researchers may have discovered their ancestors having brushes with the law and being brought before justices or a police magistrate. This presentation will explain the reasons behind the creation of the office of police magistrate, which appears to be peculiar to the Australian colonies and originated in New South Wales before being established in Queensland with separation.
It will also discuss the interaction and differences between Justices of the Peace, magistrates, police magistrates, stipendiary magistrates and judges and examine the types of justice meted out by those appointed to these positions.

Presenter:
Kay Ryan
Kay Ryan is a retired magistrate of the Magistrates Court of Queensland. She has a keen interest in history, particularly family, local and social history and first started researching her family history in the 1990s. Apart from a Bachelor of Laws, Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice and a Master of Laws from Queensland University of Technology, Kay holds a Graduate Diploma in Local and Applied History and a Master of History from University of New England. She was involved with the establishment of History Queensland Inc. and served on its committee as its treasurer for a number of years until her appointment as a magistrate in 2008. She also served on the Public Records Review Committee from 2003 to 2008, as a community representative. Whilst still doing some magisterial relief work, retirement has enabled Kay to pursue her interest in history, and she is the current president of History Queensland. She was also the winner of the 2024 Joan Reese Memorial Short Story Competition awarded by the Genealogical Society of Queensland. Her first non-fiction book about her German ancestors in Queensland was published in 2022 and she is currently researching and writing about her husband’s ancestors. Her other interests include music and theatre, performing with the Toowoomba Choral Society. She has recently discovered that her paternal great-grandparents Jack and Maria Leaver also performed in amateur theatrics.

Tickets will close at 8am Saturday 17May 2025
The link is included in your registration payment – Please make sure you retain this.
Registrants will be able to view the recording for the following month.
QFHS and any GSQ Affiliate members you will require to put in your Member No or Branch as well as the code given to you to use.

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Chinese Research Interest Group 2025
2025-05-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtually via Zoom, QLD, Australia
The Chinese Research Interest Group aims:

To provide members with knowledge about family history research of Chinese families in Australia
To share findings, ideas and techniques on successfully researching Chinese ancestors and others

Meetings:
Meetings are held on the 3rd Sunday of odd months, unless otherwise advertised. Via ZOOM.
2025: 19th Jan; 16th March; 18th May; 20th July; 21st Sept; 16th Nov.
The meeting commences at 10:00 am until 12:00 noon and are run via Zoom.
The Group is for GSQ members who are interested in researching their Chinese ancestors who have come to Australia or in exploring the life stories of Chinese people in Australia.
Throughout the centuries, many Chinese people have migrated to Australia to pursue various undertakings and to lead interesting lives in diverse places around Australia, from cities to regional areas.
Members of the Group are encouraged to bring examples of problems they are having in tracing various Chinese people, as well as examples of successes they have had with their research.

Attendees are asked to contribute a gold coin donation.
Contact Convenor Marg Doherty on chineseresearchgroup@gsq.org.au for the Zoom Link or further information.

Scandinavian Interest Group 2025
2025-05-18 14:30 - 17:00 | Genealogical Society of Queensland (GSQ), 25 Stackpole St, Wishart, Brisbane, QLD, 4122, Australia
The Scandinavian Interest Group aims:

To provide assistance to members researching their Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish or Icelandic Ancestors.

Meetings:
Meetings are held on the 3rd Sunday of the odd months of the year, unless otherwise advertised.
2025: 19th Jan; 16th March; 18th May; 20th July; 21st Sept; 16th Nov.
Please NOTE 18th May 2025 start is at 2:30 pm.

The Resource Centre opens at 12:30 pm and closes at 2:30 pm. Meetings usually commence at 12:30pm and take the form of discussions or guest speakers about Scandinavian research, migration or customs.
Attendees are asked to contribute a gold coin donation.

Contact Convenor Steinar Johansen on scangroup@gsq.org.au for further information.

Committee Meeting Dates
2025-05-19 09:00 - 12:00 | Virtually via Zoom, QLD, Australia
The GSQ Committee meet on the 3rd Monday of each Month between 9am – 12pm
Committee Members will be unavailable during this time period, please leave them a message so they can return your call.

Wednesday morning Zoom meetings hosted by Bobbie Edes
2025-05-21 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtually via Zoom, QLD, Australia

Part 2: Ireland Online in 2025
2025-05-24 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtually via Zoom, QLD, Australia
This presentation is Part Two of a two-part series.
Following on from the 3 May session covering all types of land records found in Ireland and how to use them, this presentation will be focusing on the multiple online Irish records available to help you in your endeavours to maybe take your Irish ancestors back a little further and why you should begin now.
There are new sites coming online all the time and they will be included also. The extensive handout will include multiple sites focusing on different topics and will remain a handy tool for future use.

Presenter:
Bobbie Edes
Starting her research in the mid-nineties Bobbie had extended her knowledge into all the countries of Great Britain, with Ireland her specialty. As she is passionate about spreading her family history knowledge, she became a Research Assistant at GSQ from 2016 then swapped to being the online Convenor of the Wednesday Morning Zoom IG in 2020 and has manned the GSQ Open Day Irish Help Desks since 2013 when available.
In the past Bobbie has made numerous trips to the UK and researched in many Records Offices throughout England and Ireland. She always made a point of spending two full weeks in each.

Tickets will close at 8am Saturday 24 May 2025
The link is included in your registration payment – Please make sure you retain this.
Registrants will be able to view the recording for the following month.
QFHS and any GSQ Affiliate/Corporate members you will be required to put in your Member No or Branch as well as the code given to you to use.

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German Interest Group 2025
2025-05-25 10:00 - 14:30 | Genealogical Society of Queensland (GSQ), 25 Stackpole St, Wishart, Brisbane, QLD, 4122, Australia
The German Interest Group aims:

to offer support and research assistance to all who are searching for their German Ancestry.
to encourage and exchange information in an informal setting.
to provide guest speakers when possible to help guide us through the maze of information available to us.
to learn the history of Germany and immigration and why our ancestors chose to leave.
to get to know about German people and their customs.

Meetings:
Meetings are held on the Last Sunday of odd months of the year, unless otherwise advertised.
2025: 26th Jan; 30th March; 25th May; 27th July; 28th Sept; 30th Nov.
The Resource Centre opens at 10:00 am until 2:30 pm, allowing time before or after the meeting for research or discussion.
The meetings are hybrid so that anyone who is unable to attend on the day can still join in with the meeting using Zoom.
The German Interest Group is a small, but very knowledgeable group and would love to have you attend their meetings.
Please contact via email in relation to any questions or suggestions that you might have in relation to how the group may assist you with your research.
Any GSQ members who think they may also benefit from listening to the QFHS Central European Group Zoom meetings of which are held on the 1st Sunday in the even months, please contact the convenor so that she can arrange for the link to be sent to you.
Attendees are asked to contribute a gold coin donation.
Contact Convenor Lesley Roebig on germangroup@gsq.org.au to obtain a Zoom link or further information.

4th Wednesday Night Zoom 2025
2025-05-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtually via Zoom, QLD, Australia
GSQ extends its invitation to everyone that is interested in learning or finding out more about Genealogical Research to attend the 2nd and 4th Wednesday Nights of the month,
via Zoom starting at 7pm.
You do not have to be a member of GSQ in order to come along, they are FREE.

Are you interested in knowing about Family History, What does it involve, How can I find out about records available, How do I go about doing Research, Would like to listen to some experts ?
The 4th Wednesday Nights we have a guest speaker talking on a large variety of topics that are involved in Family History of some sort.
These meetings are FREE to attend, but a donation is always welcomed to help sponsor subscriptions to various sites.

The Guest Speaker for this 4th Wednesday Night 28th May 2025 is:
Marilyn Rowan:
Transcriptions are provided by Marilyn Rowan, a Transcription Agent approved by the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages to access and transcribe their records. We have been providing transcriptions of NSW Certificates since 1995.
NSW Family History Transcriptions.
A Transcription costs at least 30% less than an official certificate, but contains the same information. Ordering is fast and easy on our secure website. Completed Transcriptions are delivered direct to your email inbox, or by post if you prefer.
Website: https://www.nswtranscriptions.com.au/index.php

To attend, please email wedpmzoom@gsq.org.au to advise you would like to be added to the attendee list. This will enable us to send you the Zoom link as well as information each month on what is happening.

Your hosts for the meetings are:

Ailsa Corlett

Fleur Creed

Ailsa has always been interested in family history, starting in 1989 after a trip to Central Otago and seeing photos and dresses of her Paternal ancestors in the Cromwell Museum. Being the eldest grandchild, her grandmother also told her stories and she obtained many of those wonderful little trinkets that get handed out.
Worked as a professional genealogist in the 1990’s specialising in NZ research for Australians. She was accredited under AAGRA. Now retired is very involved with GSQ and helps to run the website, the Monday and Wednesday Zooms as well as the FHTech group.

Fleur developed an interest in family history from her father, who was active in family history research, also writing books about the early settlers of the Queanbeyan, NSW district prior to the selection of the Limestone Plains as the site for the Federal Capital. Her ancestors came from England, Scotland and Ireland, and Africa via America, and include convicts, assisted immigrants and some free settlers. She has completed the SAG Certificate of Genealogical Studies, as well as completed the Diploma of Family History at UTAS. Fleur has a PhD on the topic, “Australian churches building social capital in their local communities” and currently works part-time as an academic researcher. She also operates a Facebook group about the history the early settlers of the tiny town in the North Burnett where she and her husband are turning a little timber church into their home.

English Irish Welsh Interest Group 2025
2025-06-01 10:00 - 14:30 | Genealogical Society of Queensland (GSQ), 25 Stackpole St, Wishart, Brisbane, QLD, 4122, Australia
The English Irish Welsh interest Group aims:

To assist members with their research into their English, Welsh or Irish ancestry through discussion, guest speakers and acquisition of resources.

Meetings:
Are held on the 1st Sunday of even months of the year, unless otherwise advertised.
2025: 2nd Feb; 6th April; 1st June; 3rd Aug; 5th Oct; 7th Dec.

The Resource Centre opens at 9:30 am and closes at 2:30 pm, the meeting begins at 10:00 am with a discussion followed by one of the members giving a presentation relevant to one of the counties the Group covers. There will be opportunities to ask questions of the group, seek help with a research problems you may have and to share your knowledge. You will have time to do personal research and talk to members.
The meetings are hybrid, so that anyone who is unable to attend on the day can still participate in the meeting via Zoom.
Attendees are asked to contribute a gold coin donation.
Contact Convenor Kim Davis on irisheng@gsq.org.au to obtain a Zoom link or further information.
