Central Coast Family History Society (FHS) will host a Royal Australian Historical Society Family History (RAHS) Seminar on Saturday, March 4, from 10am-4pm in the Lions Community Hall at East Gosford.
The theme for the seminar will be researching Australian land records and discovering where to find information about convicts transported from England and Ireland.
An RAHS spokesperson said approximately 12 per cent of all convicts transported to Australia were Irish and Senior Vice-President Christine Yeats would highlight resources available to learn more about convicts transported from Ireland to Australia at the seminar.
Also speaking will be Adjunct Associate Professor Carol Liston, a historian who specialises in the history of early NSW.
As more Australians try to trace their convict ancestors, much data exists in British record offices to provide a more fulsome story.
The seminar will also feature a talk that will show how to research the crimes of convict women using English courts records.
For more information and bookings, go to the RAHS website: https://www.rahs.org.au/event/central-coast-regional-seminar-2023/.
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Media release, Feb 20
Central Coast Family History Society