GSV Webcasts

Rebecca and Jenny discuss the definition of sources and how to cite both general family history sources and DNA evidence used to support your family history research.

Dr Geraldine Moore speaks on "The politics of the Victorian Education Act of 1872”, and the impacts of the withdrawal of public funding for Church schools. Five of Geraldine’s…

Des discusses his family’s migration from Patrickswell in Co. Limerick to Bullengarook, where many Irish families settled in the 1850s

Maureen provides an introduction to the growing world of artificial intelligence and its possible interactions with family history research.

By the 19 th century Scotland had higher literacy rates than England and Wales. Margaret discusses the rise of literacy and records kept at the National Library of Scotland.…

Graeme outlines the migration schemes, requirements and procedures for immigrants who came to Australia with particular focus to Irish emigrants. This talk builds upon the…

John provides some background on the 1921 Scottish census, questions included that year, and quality of the enumerated data. He also demonstrates how to search the two best…

David demonstrates how to set up a source template in Family Tree Maker (FTM) to track DNA matches. He also shows how to use smart filtering in FTM to see
how many matches…

Stephen discusses various funeral and burial practices that have been in place in England over time. His presentation refers to the publication 'Old Parish Life' which is…

Stephen outlines a method of reconstructing the homes our ancestors lived in during the 17th & 18th centuries. He used books, held in the GSV Library, that show how to use…

Susan discusses how, by researching the town of Dudley, she was able to increase her knowledge of her ancestors John & Ann Hodgetts who lived in the town during the English…

Robert's from the Huguenot Society presentation describes who were the Huguenots, why they left France, where they went and what did they did. He also talks about Huguenot…