Category Archives: History 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

Captain Fred’s War

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One hundred years ago World War I was in its third year. Thousands of Australian soldiers were fighting for Britain against Germany and the Austro-Hungarian empire. Newspapers published reports from the frontline and lists of casualties that told of the horrors of war. Recruiting posters encouraged men to enlist, to keep hope alive in the trenches and at home. A soldier blinded by a shell burst wrote a poem calling to ‘the lads back home’ to join the fight:-   … Continue reading

Local, Family and Social History – In Time and Place

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You may be wondering why there’s another post from me in August. Well, this is a fifth Monday and usually we have a guest blogger. The need to confirm a guest blogger for August fell off my “To Do” list in the catching-up phase after a month overseas. So, I decided to tell you about a conference being held here in Brisbane on 3-4 October which is Queensland’s first local, family, and social history conference.    In Time and Place, … Continue reading