FamilyHistoryWA

The Eastern Australian Special Interest Group meeting

The May meeting of the Military Special Interest Group will mark our 5th year of operation. Come along to celebrate, bring your questions and share your successes and frustrations researching your military ancestor. This will also be our 2021 Annual General Meeting. You can attend either in person or online.

The Scottish Special Interest Group of FamilyHistoryWA will hold quarterly meetings online until further notice.

Neil Wilson will provide an in depth guide to researching your ancestor in Denmark. There will be plenty of time to use the resources of the research centre to research your Danish Ancestors with Neil's assistance. The session will also be useful for us researching in nearby countries and for volunteers at May Street and the State Library. Note: this session is booked for 2.5 hours.

Murders on the Swan: An evening of mayhem and mystery with Museum of Perth researcher, Shannon Lovelady. Wine and cheese from 7:00 to 7:30 before the presentation with coffee & cake afterwards.

The India and South East Asia (ISEA) Special Interest Group of FamilyHistoryWA meets in February, May, August and November. Our aim is to increase our knowledge and understanding of this area and discover information about our ancestors who lived there. In 2021, the group will meeting online until government restrictions and the risk associated with COVID-19 has abated.

The DNA Special Interest Group will meet four times during 2021 following whatever restrictions are in place at the time. Information about 2021 events will be updated as the situation dictates closer to the time.

The meetings of the Legacy User Group in 2021 will occur monthly on alternating Sundays and Tuesdays from January to November. The meetings may be online, face-to-face or mixed mode depending on the situation at the time and this information will be updated as it becomes available.

The South Australian Special Interest Group of FamilyHistoryWA meets once a quarter to assist people with South Australian ancestry to research their family history. We also have online sessions on Tuesday mornings in March, May and October.

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Learn about our society of family historians. Discover the resources on our website and how these will help your research: this session is for new members, or people considering joining, or members to update. You will receive an email confirming your booking. For ONLINE sessions this email contains the Google Meet invitation code, so on the day click on the code to enter the session, then select JOIN. Remember to book for the follow on “Resources at the Research Centre Tour” at May Street.

When you go looking for your family history, it is easy to become buried under a mountain of records. But a simple method of naming both hard copy and digital files will help you to keep everything under control. Whether you are just starting your search, or you have been doing this for years, there's something to be learned in this informative session.

Are you writing your family history or don't know where to start? Join this group of family historians who go beyond names and dates to flesh out the stories behind their ancestors. Monthly meetings include presentations and discussions to aid our writing. We have optional writing assignments and in small groups we positively critique our submitted stories. Meetings in 2021 will be a mixture of online and face to face meetings at May Street as note in the session description.

The monthly meeting of the Perth FTM User Group will continue to be held online until COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

The regular research session of the Scottish SIG of FamilyHistoryWA

This introductory course will show you how to begin your Family History research. Learn how to access birth, death and marriage records and find related records. Discover other websites that should provide more routes in your family history journey. Find out ways to record your discoveries.

The regular monthly meeting of the Technology Special Interest Group. Join us for a fascinating tech topic, get the latest tech news, ask a tech question or just enjoy the tech talk. In 2021, meetings will continue to be online with a possible expansion to mixed-mode meetings once current restrictions have lifted.

The NoE SIG meet to help others with their family history journey. We specialise in the North of England, all Counties from the Scottish Boarder down to Rutland and include the Isle of Mann. Meetings of the NoE SIG are held at May Street or online as indicated.

TBA

After the attending the online FHWA Orientation session, this is a face-to-face small group tour of our Research Centre. Our computer research system will be demonstrated. Participants may stay on to do their own research with assistance from FHWA library volunteers.

Saturday 20 March 2021 11am My Ancestor Went to Sea: UK Shipping and Seafarer Records: A Case Study. Peter Hamersley will look at the records available and show how he has used them to create a career time line of his seafaring 3x gt grandfather. We will also hold our AGM at this meeting. We will need to elect committee members for 2021. All positions will be declared vacant and anyone willing to stand is welcome to come forward.

Invite you to the Four Courts Memorial Lunch at J.B.O’Reilly’s, 99 Cambridge St., West Leederville. Friday 25 June 2021 at 12.30.

FHWA Unit 4, May St, Bayswater WA. Sunday 11th April at 1.30pm. A short sharp AGM followed by a discussion about your research and Bevan will tell us about his pre 1850 convict discoveries.

This is a BEGINNERS workshop and is in addition to the normal monthly meetings. We will be covering - how to enter data into FTM from the very basics - name, dates, places - how to add a profile photo - how to add media - how to add a source - how to add parents - how to add children Normal workshop pricing will apply to tickets for this session.

The Enrolled Pensioner Guard Special Interest Group meets three times a year at FamilyHistoryWA and also holds an annual outing to a place of interest.

Regular quarterly meeting of the European Special Interest Group of Family HistoryWA will resume once the emergency restrictions have been lifted.

The Master Genealogist Special Interest Group will meet quarterly online on the first Saturday of the month in 2021.

The monthly meeting of the Perth FTM User Group is held online (due to COVID-19 restrictions).

This is a BEGINNERS workshop and is in addition to the normal monthly meetings. We will be covering - how to enter data into FTM from the very basics - name, dates, places - how to add a profile photo - how to add media - how to add a source - how to add parents - how to add children Normal workshop pricing will apply to tickets for this session.

FamilyHistoryWA are starting up a new special interest group for users of Family Tree Maker. You are invited to attend a meeting to set up the group and to work out how it will operate.