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TIROHIA MAI
See it
Auckland Family
History Expo 2019
Friday 9 August – Sunday 11 August 2019
Fickling Convention Centre, 546 Mt Albert Rd, Three Kings
FREE (except for Friday’s opening event at $15 per person).
Find out more: visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/2019AFHExpo
or phone 09 890 2412
Auckland Research Centres
@Kintalk
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Proudly presented by Auckland Council Libraries and the Genealogical Computing Group Friday 9 August 5pm-8.30pm
The wonderful melting pot that is Family History Expo opening reception for speakers, exhibitors and the general public
family history in New Zealand
Bookings: $15 a ticket, numbers limited, bookings essential.
Entry only by pre-paid booking. No door sales.
Book by email arc@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz or
A weekend-long event covering a wide range of topics book online: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/2019AFHExpo
5pm: Refreshments and canapes, mix and mingle
related to researching genealogy and family history 6pm: Genealogy and the Internet – A Match Made in Heaven with Cyndi Ingle
Meet our international guest speakers: The Internet was made for genealogy. It really was. All the cool things we can do
online make our life much easier and our research more productive: Searching,
sharing, publishing, and more. But, the Internet is also filled with pitfalls that hinder
Dr Nick Barratt is an author, broadcaster, and historian best known us: Searching, sharing, publishing, and more. The trick is to learn to be savvy about
for BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? He is an honorary associate using all the online tools available to us to make this truly a match made in heaven.
professor of public history at the University of Nottingham, director 7pm: The Future of Family History with Nick Barratt
for the University of London’s Senate House Library, and a teaching The talk will reflect on some of the fundamental shifts in research techniques, driven
fellow at the University of Dundee. Currently, he is the President of by the digital revolution and instant access to billions of records online. It covers DNA
the Federation of Family History Societies and sits on the Executive and connectivity as well as personal archiving and access to records in the future,
Committee of the Community Archives and Heritage Group. plus some of the applied practical uses of family history for people and communities
- with reference to education, ancestral tourism and lifestyle improvements.
8pm: Q&A session and interactive discussion.
Cyndi Ingle is the creator behind the award-winning CyndisList.org, a
free categorized list of more than 336,000 links for genealogical research. Saturday 10 August 9am-6pm and Sunday 11 August 9am-5pm
A genealogist for more than 39 years, Cyndi has also specialised in bringing • Doors open to the public 8.30am
together traditional methodology with modern technology. • Three free streams of seminars - no booking required
She is the recipient of the 2018 Society of Genealogists Prince • Free computer-based tutorials - bookings available on the day from the information desk
Michael of Kent Award, the 2016 National Genealogical Society • Exhibition room: Hillsborough Room - lower ground floor
President’s Citation, and many other awards and honours. • Research Assistance: Hillsborough Room near main entrance and at exhibitors tables
• Seminar rooms: Waikowhai Room, Lynfield Room and Senior Citizen Room, lower
ground floor. No bookings required. Seats on a first come, first served basis.
Raymon Naisbitt of FamilySearch, graduated from the University of • Workshops/Ask an expert sessions: Puketapapa Room (lower ground floor); and Three Kings
Utah with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Minors in Room (upper ground floor, library level).
Bookings only available on the day at the information desk, restricted numbers.
History and International Studies. He served on the Board of Directors
• Computer workshops: Mt Roskill Library computer area, 12 public PCs, (upper ground
for the Utah Genealogical Association, and as a Commissioner for
floor). Bookings only available on the day at the information desk. You are most
the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional
welcome to bring your own device (laptop/tablet) and join in using the library WiFi.
Genealogists (ICAPGen), accredited in England. Raymon has worked as • Raffles: Sold at information Desk and by roaming volunteers.
a consultant, instructor, trainer and manager at the Family History Prizes collected at Information Desk.
Library and currently manages the Professional Services team.
Exhibitors
Thank you to all our sponsors, who are providing financial support and awesome raffle prizes: • Ancestry • Archives New Zealand • Auckland Libraries • Beehive Books / Hooked on
AncestryAU, Auckland Council Libraries, FamilySearch, Genealogy • FamilySearch • FamilyTree DNA • FamNet • Guild of One Name Studies •
Genealogical Computing Group, MyHeritage and NZ Micrographics. guideLINES Genealogical Services • Head to Head Productions (Living Family Histories Ltd)
• Memories In Time • Mentis and Family Tree Maker • MyHeritage • National Army Museum
(Kippenberger Research Library) • National Library of New Zealand/Alexander Turnbull/
PapersPast/DigitalNZ • New Zealand Chinese Genealogy Group • New Zealand Fencible
Society • New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc. and England, Māori, Pacific Island and
Scotland interest groups • NZ Micrographics • Ted Gilberd Literary Trust
• Wales – New Zealand Family History Society •
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Waikowhai Nick Barratt: The story of Greater London
Saturday 10 August 8.30am-6pm London has a rich, diverse history stretching back 2000 years, yet the City of London
only covers one square mile, and what we consider to be ‘Greater London’ is actually a
Time & Rooms Topic and Speaker twin city - London and Westminster - covering 625 square miles. This talk looks at the
Hillsborough Exhibition Hall social and economic forces that lay behind the city’s growth.
Visit over 25 industry exhibitors, dedicated to helping you find your ancestors! If you Senior Fiona Brooker: DNA Explorer
9am-9.50am 8.30am
- 6pm
are an absolute beginner, head over to the Research Assistance table and learn the Citizens You’ve got your DNA results; now it’s time to explore and find out how to make the
2pm-2.50pm
mysteries of pedigree charts and how to get yourself started. most of your test results. What do you need to know if other family members do DNA
tests? How do you future-proof your results?
Waikowhai Keynote. Cyndi Ingle: Building a digital research plan Lynfield Jan Gow: The Cake Tin reference library
Using Internet databases and catalogues, discover how to build a research plan to Create a reference library about the places your ancestors lived, from maps, records and
answer a specific research question. Cyndi will walk through the process of planning, photographs, using the Cake Tin metaphor. Jan Gow explains how to store this information
researching for the plan, and keeping track of research. in one place so that the Who can be aligned with the Where They Came From.
Waikowhai Jason Reeve: Ancestry Mt Roskill Russ Wilding: MyHeritage computer class
Introduction to www.ancestry.com.au, with your opportunity to ask Jason some Library Learn about the records and some fabulous tips and tricks with the website www.
questions during Q&A time. myheritage.com - book for one of the library’s 12 computers at the Expo information
desk, or bring your own laptop to participate via the Library’s WiFi.
10am-10.50am
Senior Fiona Brooker: Encounters
Citizens 250 years ago, Captain Cook left England to explore the South Pacific and, like Cook, our Waikowhai Raymon Naisbitt: Using digital records on FamilySearch
ancestors also made the journey to New Zealand. Hear about resources available for FamilySearch has many layers. Learn how to use all the various methods of searching
finding our ancestors arrival in 19th and 20th century New Zealand. on www.familysearch.org to get the most out of the website. There are at least five
Lynfield Seonaid Lewis: Beginning your family history different ways to access different record collections and knowing the tips related to
3pm-3.50pm
After visiting the Research Assistance table in the Exhibition Hall for your pedigree these can save you time.
chart, come and hear Auckland Libraries’ family history librarian explain how to get Senior Gail Riddell, FTDNA: FamilyTree DNA explained
your research started. Citizens How to get the best, and avoid the worst, from your DNA test.
Waikowhai Russ Wilding: MyHeritage Lynfield Robyn Williams: Explore the NZ Society of Genealogists website
Join Russ for an introduction to the records on www.myheritage.com. Robyn will show you what’s on www.genealogy.org.nz and give you an overview of
the many resources available to members. She will also give some hints for using the
Senior Michelle Patient: What’s in a name?
11am-11.50am
public-access library catalogue.
Citizens Family history research revolves around gathering names - join Michelle as she looks at
spelling variations, nicknames, anglicization and abbreviations, and Scottish and Irish Waikowhai Cyndi Ingle: Maintaining an Organised Computer
inheritance naming patterns. Learn research techniques to help find evidence about Files here, programs there, lost bits and bytes everywhere. Are you tired of searching
your ancestors. your computer fruitlessly? Frustrated when you can’t find your notes? Learn how to set
Lynfield Marie Hickey: New Zealand family history records explained up a foolproof filing system and an electronic workbook to correspond with your offline
Which New Zealand records are available for the beginning family historian - how do research.
4pm-4.50pm
they work and where do you access them? Senior Michelle Patient: Commemorating the Missing (CTM) Project
Waikowhai Raymon Naisbitt: Navigating FamilySearch
Citizens Each year, remains of missing Great War soldiers are found on the Western Front, and
the CTM project aims to find living relatives of the missing. Using a genealogical tree
With so much information available on www.familysearch.org, learn how to navigate of remembrance and harnessing the power of global collaboration, the project aims to
the site effectively. Browse the various tabs and learn how to access and use the Family help assist and speed up the process of identifying these remains.
Tree, the FamilySearch Wiki, the Learning Center and more!
Lynfield Marie Hickey: Tartan in the blood, whisky in the veins
Senior Emerson Vandy: PapersPast Auckland Libraries’ Marie Hickey will take you through a myriad of resources for
Citizens
12pm-12.50pm
Join Emerson Vandy, PapersPast Service Manager, and discover how to access digitised researching Scottish family history; from birth, death and marriage certificates to tax
heritage newspapers, magazines and parliamentary papers through PapersPast. records. The content is suitable for all levels - there is something for everyone.
Lynfield Auckland Libraries: Tatai Whakapapa
Whakapapa is about people, and is a link to whenua, heritage, and identity. For many
4.50pm
Sponsors raffle draw in the Exhibition Hall.
it is taonga. Broaden your understanding of whakapapa. Our senior Māori research
librarians are here to guide you. Nau mai, haere mai, karawhiti mai rā e. Collect your prizes from the Information Desk.
Mt Roskill Seonaid Lewis: Findmypast computer class Waikowhai Nick Barratt: Researching and writing your family history
Library Hands on experience to learn some fabulous tips and tricks with www.findmypast.com.au This talk uses an extended case study to demonstrate the different sources and layers of
- book for one of the library’s 12 computers at the Expo information desk, or bring your history required to turn anecdotal stories into engaging reading. Also discussed are the
5pm-5.50pm
own laptop to participate via the Library’s WiFi. routes for publishing family history research, to meet the needs of various audiences.
Senior Raymon Naisbitt: Strategies for using civil registration in the British Isles
1pm-1.50pm
Lunch Visit our exhibitors in the Exhibition Hall. Citizens Learn various research strategies for using birth, marriage, and death certificates
Sponsors raffle draw at 1.45pm. in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland and how they can help extend your family
Collect your raffle prizes from the Information Desk. tree. Discussed will be best websites for accessing the information, how to order the
certificates if not available online, and strategies for using these records effectively.
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Lunch
Sunday 11 August 8.30am-5.30pm Senior Lunchtime launch - Rowan Payne: DigitalNZ launches new upload feature
Time & Rooms Topic and Speaker Citizens The team at DigitalNZ have recently been making changes to www.digitalnz.org, key to
1pm-1.50pm
which is a brand new feature which allows people to upload their own images directly
8.30am-6pm
Hillsborough Exhibition hall to DigitalNZ “stories”. This presents an exciting opportunity to tell family histories
Visit over 25 industry exhibitors, dedicated to helping you find your ancestors! If you online and combine personal and institutional collections. Come along to see this new
are an absolute beginner, head over to the Research Assistance table and learn the feature in action at an informal lunchtime demonstration.
mysteries of pedigree charts and how to get yourself started.
Hillsborough Visit our exhibitors in the Exhibition Hall. Sponsors raffle draw at 1.45pm.
Waikowhai Keynote. Nick Barratt: Beyond the mists of time: Sources for medieval and Collect your raffle prizes from the Information Desk.
9am-9.50am
early modern genealogy
Tracing your family history back before the seventeenth century presents challenges Waikowhai Nick Barratt: A march through time
including differences in language, handwriting, and record accessibility (given little is This talk looks at eight centuries of British protest movements, from the birth of liberty
online). Also discussed is the ancient manorial system and medieval and early modern and Parliament to the extension of franchise. Also included are resources our ancestors
government sources, as well as a brief introduction to the legal system. might have appeared in as they fought for their rights.
Waikowhai Cyndi Ingle: Unappreciated Treasures: Libraries, Archives & Digital Collections Senior Andy Fenton, NZ Micrographics: Inspire Recollections with Online Research
We will explore various library web sites looking for special collections, including Citizens The Recollect platform is used throughout Australasia to share records, photographs,
WorldCat, ArchiveGrid, and NUCMC. stories and historical information. Andy Fenton will examine how some sites organise
10am-10.50am
2pm-2.50pm
data, the kind of material you can discover, and how to contribute your stories to these
Senior Russ Wilding: Amaze yourself with My HeritageDNA research sites.
Citizens Find out how MyHeritageDNA can become another tool in your genealogy toolbox to Lynfield Joanne Graves: Early Auckland: highlights from Kura
help find missing links and verify your research The Addresses to Sir George Grey, and the Old Colonists Association Register are just
Lynfield Seonaid Lewis: Beginning your family history two of the treasures now on Kura Heritage Collections Online. Take a tour of these and
After visiting the Research Assistance table in the Exhibition Hall for your pedigree chart, other treasures to learn the stories behind them, and the information held in them.
come and hear Auckland Libraries’ family history librarian explain how to get started. Mt Roskill Marie Hickey: Ancestry computer class
Waikowhai Joan McCracken: Enhancing the story: Resources at the National Library of Library Hands on experience from Auckland Libraries’ Marie Hickey, to learn some fabulous tips
and tricks with one of genealogists favourite websites www.ancestry.com.au.
New Zealand Book for one of the library’s 12 computers at the Expo information desk or bring your
Joan will look at the some of the collections and resources you can access online and own laptop to participate via the Library’s wifi.
onsite that can add context and content to you family history research.
11am-11.50am
Senior Michelle Patient: DNA tips and tricks Waikowhai Jan Gow: Are forms your friend or foe?
Citizens Had your DNA tested? Not sure what to do next or what it all means? Michelle Patient will What forms do you wish your ancestors had filled in and left for you? Can we do better
explore fundamental steps to get the most out of your AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, FTDNA, for our descendants? The right forms are an essential component for improving our
LivingDNA and 23andMe results, with tips and tools for extracting genealogy evidence. research. Jan will suggest programs to make it easier for your research, and for your
Lynfield Marie Hickey: NZ family history records explained descendants.
3pm-3.50pm
Which New Zealand records are available for the beginning family historian - how do Senior Fiona Brooker: The DNA Toolkit
they work, and where do you access them? Citizens There are a range of different tools that are available to learn more from your DNA
results. In this session we’ll look at how you access the tool, what do you have to do to
Waikowhai Raymon Naisbitt: “Big Four” record types for Irish research use the tool and what do you end up with.
Learn about the ‘Big 4’ record types for Ireland and how to use them to find your Irish Lynfield Christine Liava’a: Researching your Fijian ancestors
ancestors. These include: Civil registration, census records, church records, and land Fiji has the best records in the Pacific region for genealogy. Find out what is available
records. While there are many record types available, these are among the most accessible and where to find them. Have a look at some examples of Fijian family trees.
records and may give a great amount of family information connecting Irish families.
Senior Fiona Brooker: “Quick and Dirty” trees for DNA matches Waikowhai Cyndi Ingle: Pin your ancestors down with Google Maps and Google Earth
Citizens You’ve done your DNA and there are pages of matches. How do you find out how Google Maps and Google Earth enable you to track your ancestors and pin them down.
you’re related? Creating “Quick and Dirty” family trees for your matches may solve your Combined with other mapping resources, Cyndi will demonstrate how using them
12pm-12.50pm
gives you a visual aid for your research, from following historical routes and your own
4pm-4.50pm
problem. We’ll look at different ways of doing this with some hints and tips on the way.
Lynfield Auckland Libraries: Tatai Whakapapa family’s path.
Whakapapa is about people, and is a link to whenua, heritage, and identity. For many it Senior Raymon Naisbitt: England records beyond the grave
is taonga. Broaden your understanding of whakapapa, go beyond genealogical trees or Citizens Learn about what English records were kept after death. Discussed are probate, burial
tables and increase your knowledge of researching whakapapa with Auckland Libraries. records, death certificates, estate duty registers, monumental inscriptions, cemetery
Our senior Māori research librarians are here to guide you. Nau mai, haere mai, registers, and newspapers. Learn how to access the records online and know what type
karawhiti mai rā e. of genealogical information is included.
Mt Roskill Jan Gow: “The Genealogist” computer class
Library Hands on experience to learn about the records, and some fabulous tips and tricks with 4.50pm Sponsors raffle draw in the Exhibition Hall.
the website www.thegenealogist.co.uk - book for one of the library’s 12 computers at Collect your prizes from the Information Desk.
the Expo information desk or bring your own laptop to participate via the Library’s WiFi. Closing address and thanks to sponsors, volunteers and supporters.
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Find out more: phone 09 890 2412
or visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/2019afhexpo
Auckland Research Centres
@Kintalk
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