August is National Family History Month (NFHM), and Libraries Tasmania is once again holding its series of popular expert talks that will inspire and assist you to connect the dots of your family history.
The Libraries Tasmania NFHM expert talk series, at the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts
- 3 August 2021: Tracing your family history through heirlooms and keepsakes with Bob Holderness-Roddam
- 4 August 2021: Remembering convict women and orphan school children with Dianne Snowden
- 5 August 2021: Government Archives & Preservation – Berriedale Repository: A guided tour with Nicki Ottavi (bookings essential, via phone 03 6165 5584)
- 10 August 2021: Hobart 19th century burial grounds and their records with Maree Ring
- 11 August 2021: Using DNA to solve family history mysteries with Ros Escott
- 12 August 2021: A Grave Question – Where did they bury Great-Grandma? with Brian Rieusset
- 17 August 2021: Prominent and Obscured – Land and Buildings in the National Archive with Bruce Kay
- 18 August 2021: House Histories: Further information and hints on house genealogy with Barry Campbell
- 19 August 2021: Missing in action – Aboriginal people across the ‘settled’ districts of Van Diemen’s Land with Julie Gough
- 24 August 2021: The Life of Curzon Allport: A family and collection divided with Kate Vermey
- 25 August 2021: Naturalisations, aliens and citizenship records with Dr Kate Bagnall
- 26 August 2021: Mystery of William George Dart with Lyn Hallam
- 31 August 2021: Researching Tasmanian Rail Records: A guide for family historians with Alicia Marchant and Bev Morritt
Download your copy of the National Family History Month expert talks program (PDF). Can’t make it to an Allport talk? Keep an eye on our SoundCloud channel for the recordings.
Attend one of these family history events at a local library
- Learn how to research your family history at Burnie Library
- Family history basics at Devonport Library
- Uncover family history DNA at Bridgewater Library
- Learn to use family history software to record your family tree at Bridgewater Library
- Introduction to family history at Bruny Island Centre, Kingston Library and Glenorchy Library
- Coffee, Cake and Computers – intro to family history at Glenorchy Library
- History of pubs in Hobart at Glenorchy Library
- Family history basics at Rosny Library and Sorell Library
- Discover your family history at Rosny Library
- Family history research help at Rosny Library
- Is there more to your story? Newspapers and your family history research at Rosny Library