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My Top 20 Free Australian Genealogy Websites

Shauna Hicks
Apr 6, 2022
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Speaker's Introduction
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Portal Sites
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National
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Specialist
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States
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

This presentation examines free Australian websites useful for genealogy including BDMs, government archives, libraries, local government, and specialist websites in all States and Territories. Using these websites will allow researchers to start building a family tree or to look for someone who may have disappeared down under.

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About the speaker

Shauna Hicks

Shauna Hicks
Shauna Hicks has been tracing her own family history since 1977 and worked in government for over 35 years in Australian libraries and archives in Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne. Since retiring from full time work, she has written numerous famil
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    Suzanne F. Sue Dollberg
    2 years ago

    Great presentation and information on Australia!!

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    Christine Collins
    2 years ago

    Well researched and presented. Very easy to follow and write notes. Thank you.

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    Maree Clune
    2 years ago

    Great clarity with communication and excellent slides, well done.

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    margaret Anderson
    2 years ago

    very well presented and very helpful

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    Patricia Meehan
    2 years ago

    Very informative and well presented. I went on the Tasmanian state archives and found an early 1800s death record image thanks to the webinar.

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    Wendi Wicks
    2 years ago

    Good stuff. The new things I can learn here is limitless.

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    Ann Fitz-Gerald
    2 years ago

    Shauna’s talk covered all the basic archives repositories throughout Australia that one needs to both get started for the beginner and avenues to search for the seasoned researcher. So much has been added since I began my family history in 1980. One tends to forget to look for new sites after so long, but Shauna has set me out looking all over again. Thank you Shauna.

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    Fran Ussery
    2 years ago

    Very good

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