Gold Coast Family History Society Inc.

21/10/2026

Another addition to your genealogy library? Snap it up! Could be your Christmas present to yourself? https://www.goldcoastfhs.org.au/store/c15/Bookstore.html

20/10/2026

For sale in our bookstore. Have ancestors that were in Parramatta?

20/10/2026

Our bookstore is launched! Check out the great bargains to be had.
First price is pick up, second price includes postage. Could be Christmas presents? https://www.goldcoastfhs.org.au/store/c15/Bookstore.html

19/10/2026

What a great chart site developed by member Julian van der Veer.
Thank you for your presentation this morning Julian at the Computer Users Group.
Will make great Christmas presents.

Upload a GEDCOM file and get a six-generation bowtie chart, print-ready for A3 or tabloid. Free, and private: nothing is uploaded.

16/10/2026

Wow!

Ground-penetrating radar technology has helped identify two cemeteries that a regional council did not know existed.

15/10/2026

With so many of us with Irish ancestors you will find this useful. The link is in the comments below.

Tracing your Irish ancestors can be tricky - so civil birth, marriage and death records are an important resource. Here's how to find them 🇮🇪

13/10/2026

Do you have convict ancestors?
Who were they, why were they convicted, where did they come from and when did they arrive.

in 1867 the Hougoumont, the last ship to carry convicts to Australia, departed from Portsmouth.

If you're related to one of the thousands of convicts transported Down Under, find out more with our guide:

04/10/2026

This coming Saturday mini-seminar session. Sat 10 October.
AI FOR FAMILY HISTORIANS: From Research to Storytelling
Artificial intelligence is changing the way we do family history, but for many researchers, it raises as many questions as it answers.
۞ Is it reliable?
۞ Where does it fit into a research process built on evidence and care?
The session also covers the ethical essentials: privacy, security, transparency and bias, so you can make confident, informed decisions about what role AI should play in your research.

With in-person seating limited, we will also be offering this event for the first time via Zoom/Online.

29/09/2026

AI is in the news. Join our presentation by Andrew Redfern and find out more about it. Saturday afternoon 10 October.
Artificial intelligence is changing the way we do family history, but for many researchers, it raises as many questions as it answers.
۞ Is it reliable?
۞ Where does it fit into a research process built on evidence and care?
More details:
https://www.goldcoastfhs.org.au/event-october2026.html

26/09/2026

A valuable resource to aid research. You can search Ancestry, in our rooms, to discover where your family lived between census entries.

Electoral registers - or lists of eligible voters - make a great substitute for census records for discovering where your ancestors lived. Here's where to find them online: