Dear friends
Our 2015 programme of Family History Monthly Talks starts next week. We hope you can join us.
Due to a hiccup or two in our plans we have had to make some date and venue changes for the talks. Most will be in Tiakiwai on the Ground Floor, as usual, but the rooms are not always available on the 3rdTuesday of the month – instead it will be some time in the 3rd week of each month, February to November. All will be at the usual time of 12:10 to 1:00pm.
Our first presentation is from Fiona Gray, Librarian in the Turnbull’s Research Enquiries team, on Tuesday 17 February 2015. In her talk Fiona will focus on three important databases.
A taster – Searching and making sense of 3 useful Family History databases: (1) Ancestry Library Edition, (2) British Newspaper Archive, and (3) Find My Past
This presentation will be in the Co-Create area at the back of the Ground Floor (there will be staff there to guide you). This year we are not going to take bookings for these sessions but do remember that under fire-regulations we have a maximum of 80 people in our venues and may need to turn away late-comers if we are full (it hasn’t happened yet – but we’ve been close!).
Another new and exciting addition to our programme is a series of Conservation Clinics that will be held after the talks every second month starting this month then April, June, August, and October. In these sessions the National Preservation Office Field Conservator, Vicki-Anne Heikell, will be available to offer you preservation advice on the care, handling and storage of your treasured family items. Many of you will have met Vicki-Anne at the “Speed-dating with a conservator” or box-making workshops held last year.
The clinics run from 1:00 to 1:30 in the same venue as the talk. Bookings for these sessions are advised: preservation@dia.govt.nz. Please note that conservators are not able to provide valuations.
We do have a draft programme of talks prepared for the rest of 2015 which I include here. There may be changes so we will continue to send out notices before each event and please also watch the National Library website for other activities happening in the Library www.natlib.govt.nz/events
| Date | Who | Topic | Comments |
| Tuesday
17 February Co-Create |
Fiona Gray | Subscription databases | +Conservation Clinic |
| Wednesday
18 March Tiakiwai |
Trish McCormack / Glenda Gale | Criminal records | With Archives NZ |
| Monday 20 April
Tiakiwai |
Joan McCracken | Cenotaph database | ANZAC Day link (Gallipoli 150)
+Conservation Clinic |
| Friday 22 May
Tiakiwai |
Margaret Hurst | Church / school records | Also NZ Music Month |
| Wednesday
17 June Tiakiwai |
Panel | Wellington city sources | To tie in with Wellington 150
(26 July 2015) ATL opened 1920 on 28/6/1920 +Conservation Clinic |
| Tuesday
21 July Tiakiwai |
Trish Beamsley | Te Reo Mâori resources | Te Wiki o te reo Mâori
27 July to 2 August |
| Wednesday
19 August Tiakiwai |
Jocelyn Chalmers | “Funny old sources” | Family History Month – see also below
+Conservation Clinic |
| Tuesday
15 September Tiakiwai |
Mark Bagnall | Maps | Wellington Heritage Month
Donor’s Day ca.14 September |
| Tuesday
20 October Tiakiwai |
Gillian Headifen | The Marquette | Anniversary 23 October 2015
Also Auckland Heritage Festival +Conservation Clinic |
| Tuesday
17 November Tiakiwai |
Tracy Powell
Emerson Vandy |
Papers Past updated |
Family History Month (August) – as well as the monthly talk Imaging Services will offer another talk on digitisation of family collections and “behind the scenes” tours of Imaging Services.
We look forward to welcoming you to our Family History events this year. If you have any comments – or suggestions for other topics we might cover in future events – please send them to ATLOutreach@dia.govt.nz
Ngâ Mihi
Joan
Joan McCracken | Leader Outreach Services
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