Category Archives: Genealogical Society of Queensland

Birds of a feather flock together at Congress.

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By Jill Ball. As a friendly flock we genies love to gather in person. The high spot on the genealogy calendar for family historians downunder is the triennial Congress or, to give it its proper name, the Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry of the Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc. (AFFHO) “The four-day festival of learning and laughing and loving” – Judy G Russell 2018 (11) Next year’s Congress, Connections2025, to be held in Brisbane in March 2025 will … Continue reading

“Grab & Go” or “Go Slow”

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In true 21st century style, we are all tempted to do a “grab & go” run on our favourite paid genealogy site. Each site regularly brings new records online and more and more people join the sites. Then there’s all those trees to trawl for common relatives or ancestors. Certainly, this strategy can quickly add branches and information to our trees. However, do we stop and reflect on what we’re seeing and whether it’s substantiated by solid records? This tree-snob … Continue reading

Family History is a Team Game: The Collaborative Journey of Unearthing Our Ancestral Past

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By Andrew Redfern. The study of family history often conjures images of solitary researchers poring over dusty archives or staring intently at computer screens into the early hours of the morning. This picture, though accurate in its depiction of the genealogist’s dedication, misses a crucial aspect of the endeavour—the vibrant undercurrent of collaboration that makes genealogy not just a personal quest but a collective journey. Family history is indeed a team game, a multifaceted exploration that thrives on the collaboration … Continue reading

Shauna’s family history A – Z.

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It is always a challenge when asked to do a guest blog for GSQ. What do readers want? January is a time of looking forward to what we might do during the year. Here are a few of my thoughts for genealogy in 2024. Apologies in advance, I am a bit wordy. A is for Archives My visits to the Runcorn State Archives are few and far between mainly because of distance, traffic and driving on freeways. It is about … Continue reading

Accentuating the positives 2023

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2023 was a difficult year for me and it was not easy to find positives in a sea of losses. I wasn’t able to answer many of the topics that Jill Ball listed in her annual quest to accentuate the positive. This post therefore represents a personal review of my genealogy-related experiences in 2023 that I feel able to share. I spent some time in 2023 revisiting research on my paternal ancestry. I wrote an article on the family of … Continue reading