Category Archives: ITAP

Proving your point: evidence and citation unlocked

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A couple of months ago I posted information about the In Time and Place conference being held at Riverglenn at Indooroopilly in Brisbane’s west on 3 and 4 October. This conference, Queensland’s first local, family and social history conference, was a joint venture for History Queensland, Genealogical Society of Queensland, and Queensland Family History Society. The program was divided into two streams: Family History and Local History. Overall, the presentations were excellent and many demonstrated clearly the nexus between family and local … Continue reading

Exciting News Released for Queensland Researchers!

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Most exciting news for Queensland researchers announced at the “In Time and Place” conference held this weekend. It was a wonderful conference with many great speakers in both family history and local history streams. Kudos to all who were involved in its organisation.    The Office for the Registrar for Births, Marriages and Deaths announced they are digitising the marriage source documents from 1940 backwards and the first batch of these will be released in about 6-8 weeks. The Director … 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