Wyong Family History Group has two seminars planned in coming weeks.
The first will be a day of family history exploration from 10am-3pm on September 28, led by Andrew Redfern who will talk about artificial intelligence programs and their part in family history.
He will also cover such topics as creative ways to share your ancestor’s stories including blogs, videos and on social media.
Learn about how AI can be used by genealogists as part of their family history work and see demonstrations of creative ways of employing technology to publish your findings
Using examples from his own research, Redfern will share interesting tales from his own tree including murderers, priests, runaway convicts, asylum inmates, wealthy squatters and everything in between.
A passionate family historian, Redfern is an active member of the Society of Australian Genealogists and is on the education and IT committees.
With particular interest in colonial Australia, he loves visiting archives and libraries to find lesser known records about his ancestors.
He manages a number of Facebook groups for his own family lineages and recently had hair tested from the 1830s to help solve a mystery.
The second seminar will be from 10am-3pm on Tuesday, October 8, where two world experts in programs used throughout the genealogical world will present Family Tree Maker and Family Book Creator.
Stefan Harms, born and raised in a small town in the northern part of Germany, lives in Hamburg with his wife and has an adult daughter.
He holds a degree in Applied Computer Science and runs his own business as an independent software engineer.
He became addicted to genealogy 25 years ago when he transferred his great-uncle’s paper family history into a Family Tree Maker database.
He has helped thousands of FTM users publish their genealogy in professional-looking books after releasing the first version of Family Book Creator 10 years ago.
Duff Wilson is Executive Director of Family Tree Maker and has been involved in the design of every edition of Family Tree Maker since 2004.
He has had three decades of software design and development experience working with products and people from many countries and cultures across the world.
This broad but focused experience has given him tremendous respect for all people and the importance of making products that are crafted out of a deep understanding of their values, wants, needs, and capabilities.
Both events will be held in the Tuggerah Community Hall.
Book for one or both at wyongfamilyhistory.com.au