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This cruise is an ideal mix of days in port and days at sea. The program will only be run when we are at sea. The program features:

  • 72 topics in a single stream
  • 4 Research Help Zone periods

program updated 1 February 2016

Sunday 14 February 2016 – depart Auckland 8pm

  • during the afternoon – boarding and conference registration
  • 5.00pm? – all aboard – actual time to advised
  • 5.30pm? – assembly drill – actual time to advised on the ship
  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.15pm – MEET and GREET – speaker introductions etc – in Sky Observation lounge or Conference Centre (check at registration desk during the afternoon for the room)

Monday 15 February 2016 – Bay of Islands (tendered) 7am- 6pm

  • 6pm – dinner break
  • 8pm – Fair use and fair dealing: copyright law for genealogists – J. Russell (50mins)

Tuesday 16 February 2016 – Tauranga 8am – 6pm

  • 6pm – dinner break
  • 8pm – Using British probate records to discover the origins of your emigrant ancestors – P. Blake (50mins)

Wednesday 17 February 2016 – at sea

  • 9.00am – Joseph Dunn:  One family’s fracture and the resulting world-wide record trail, 1891-1945 – G. Doherty (50mins)
  • 10.00am – How to improve research with source-based genealogy – L. Kessler (40mins)
  • 10.40am – break (30mins)
  • 11.10am – Understanding the system: a brief overview of the history of the German region – E. Kopittke (50mins)
  • 12noon – lunch break (90mins)
  • 1.30pm – Scotland: Land and taxes – R. Kopittke (50mins)
  • 2.30pm – In their own words: using government enquiries – H. Smith (40mins)
  • 3.10pm – break (30mins)
  • 3.40pm – The common poor: transported, indentured, enslaved – J. Russell (50mins)
  • 4.20pm – Bookshop & Research Help Zone (60mins)
  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.00pm – Love, sex and damn lies – S. Hicks (50mins)

Thursday 18 February 2016 – Wellington 8am – 6pm (tendered)

  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.00pm – Health of the ANZACs in the Great War – H. Smith (50mins)

Friday 19 February 2016 – Akaroa 8am – 6pm (tendered)

  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.00pm – Discovering your Irish roots part 1 – P. Blake (50mins)

Saturday 20 February 2016 – Dunedin 7am – 5pm

  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.00pm – Feme sole, feme covert: women under the common law – J. Russell (50mins)

Sunday 21 February 2016 – Dusky S. 8 – 9am – Doubtful S. 11.30am-1pm – Milford S. 4.30-6pm

  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.00pm – Gadget Janet: 12 devices or programs that will turn your computer into a friend instead of a foe! – J. Gow (50mins)

Monday 22 February 2016 – at sea

  • 9.00am – Internet searching from go to whoa! Or is it woe? – J. Gow (50mins)
  • 9.55am – Australian government, police & education gazettes – R. Kopittke (40mins)
  • 10.35am – break (30mins)
  • 11.05am – Discovering your Irish roots part 2 – P. Blake (50mins)
  • 12noon – Scots in Prussia – E. Kopittke (30mins)
  • 12.30am – lunch break (60mins)
  • 1.30pm – It’s not all online: where else can I look – S. Hicks (50mins)
  • 2.30pm – Australian Women in the First World War – M. Doherty (40mins)
  • 3.10pm – break (30mins)
  • 3.40pm – Of public wrongs: our common scoundrels – J. Russell (50mins)
  • 4.20pm – Using life events and ages to solve genealogy problems – L. Kessler (50mins)
  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.00pm – Panel: Future proofing your genealogy – H. Smith, convenor (50mins)

Tuesday 23 February 2016 – at sea

  • 9.00am – Mining ancestors: knowing where to look – S. Hicks (50mins)
  • 10.00am – Using timelines in genealogical research – H. Smith (40mins)
  • 10.40am – break (30mins)
  • 11.10am – Protestant nonconformity in England and Wales part 1 – P. Blake (50mins)
  • 12noon – Introducing our cruise prize sponsors (Ancestry, Findmypast, Inside History, MyHeritage) – R. Kopittke (30 mins)
  • 12.30pm – lunch break (60mins)
  • 1.30pm – Organizing your genealogy computer files … the better way to do it ? L. Kessler (50mins)
  • 2.30pm – Preservation or perish – D. Foster (50mins)
  • 3.20pm – break (20mins)
  • 3.40pm – Protestant nonconformity in England and Wales part 2 – P. Blake (50mins)
  • 4.20pm – ABCs of DNA – J. Russell (50mins)
  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.00pm – Beyond just indexes – R. Kopittke (50mins)

Wednesday 24 February 2016 – Sydney 6.30am to 10pm (tendered)

  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.00pm – Missing an ancestor: try looking behind bars! (prison records) – S. Hicks (50mins)

Thursday 25 February 2016 – at sea

  • 9.00am – Records of the British in India – P. Blake (50mins)
  • 10.00am – Researching your New Zealand Family History – especially your New Zealand ASD’s! – J. Gow (40mins)
  • 10.40am – break (30mins)
  • 11.10am – A beginner’s guide to Jewish genealogy – L. Kessler (50mins)
  • 12noon – lunch break (90mins)
  • 1.30pm – Document analysis workshop pt 1 – H. Smith (50mins)
  • 2.30pm – Document analysis workshop pt 2 – H. Smith (40mins)
  • 3.10pm – break (30mins)
  • 3.40pm – DNA and the golden rule: the law and ethics of genetic genealogy – J. Russell (50mins)
  • 4.20pm – Online trends in family history – S. Hicks (50mins)
  • 5.10pm – Future Unlock the Past cruises – A. Phillips (15 mins)
  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.00pm – Names, events, dates and places aren’t enough. Here’s what you can and should record – L. Kessler (50mins)

Friday 26 February 2016 – Melbourne 8am to 6pm

  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.00pm – Let’s look at FamilySearch – REALLY look! – J. Gow (50mins)

Saturday 27 February 2016 – at sea

  • 9.00am – What test for me? – J. Russell (50mins)
  • 9.55am – “Oh, what a tangled web…” Private James McGhie, successful Boer War deserter.  Examining the evidence, why did he do what he did? – G. Doherty (40mins)
  • 10.35am – break (30mins)
  • 11.05am – Making the most of your genealogy software – L. Kessler (50mins)
  • 12noon – TheGenealogist.co.uk: what’s the difference? – R. Kopittke (30mins)
  • 12.30am – lunch break (60mins)
  • 1.30pm – Locating your ancestor’s place of origin in Germany – E. Kopittke (50mins)
  • 2.30pm – Sporting ancestors – S. Hicks (40mins)
  • 3.10pm – break (30mins)
  • 3.40pm – A brief history of the photograph – P. Blake (50mins)
  • 4.20pm – Bookshop & Research Help Zone (60mins)
  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.00pm – The home front in the Great War – H. Smith (50mins)

Sunday 28 February 2016 – Adelaide 7am to 5pm

  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.00pm – Asylum records: a place to look for missing ancestors – S. Hicks (50mins)

Monday 29 February 2016 – at sea

  • 9.00am – The English Manor: it history, administration and records – P. Blake (50mins)
  • 10.00am – Using ScotlandsPeople – you have Scottish research? Then discover this wonderful tool! – J. Gow (40mins)
  • 10.40am – break (30mins)
  • 11.10am – Why genealogy is everyone’s solemn duty – L. Kessler (50mins)
  • 12noon – lunch break (90mins)
  • 1.30pm – London genealogy: or the metropolitan nightmare – P. Blake (50mins)
  • 2.30pm – Civil records in Germany – E. Kopittke (40mins)
  • 3.10pm – break (30mins)
  • 3.40pm – No vitals? No problem! Building a family through circumstantial evidence – J. Russell (50mins)
  • 4.20pm – Electoral rolls: tips and traps – R. Kopittke (50mins)
  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.00pm – How our ancestors died – H. Smith (50mins)

Tuesday 1 March 2016 – at sea

  • 9.00am – Hitting the ground running: preparing for your research trip – J. Gow (50mins)
  • 9.55am – Church archives and records for German research – E. Kopittke (40mins)
  • 10.35am – break (30mins)
  • 11.05am – Ask grandma: getting family stories before it is too late – H. Smith (50mins)
  • 12noon – Checking the big 5 – creating your check list for UK research – J. Gow (30mins)
  • 12.30am – lunch break (60mins)
  • 1.30pm – Crime, criminals and punishment in England – P. Blake (50mins)
  • 2.30pm – Family Historian introduction – R. Kopittke (40mins)
  • 3.10pm – break (30mins)
  • 3.40pm – Shootout at the Rhododendron Lodge: reconstructing life-changing events – J. Russell (50mins)
  • 4.20pm – Bookshop & Research Help Zone (60mins)
  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.00pm – Reading and interpreting records from Germany – E. Kopittke (50mins)

Wednesday 2 March 2016 – at sea

  • 9.00am – Photo preservation – D. Foster (50mins)
  • 10.00am – Genealogical learning from home – H. Smith (40mins)
  • 10.40am – break (30mins)
  • 11.10am – School days: education records for family history – S. Hicks (50mins)
  • 12noon – lunch break (90mins)
  • 1.30pm – Sight, site, cite: a new way to look at familiar procedures – J. Gow (50mins)
  • 2.30pm – What’s in a date? Using dates effectively – L. Kessler (40mins)
  • 3.10pm – break (30mins)
  • 3.40pm – The tithe: its history, records and administration – P. Blake (50mins)
  • 4.20pm – Australian women and the professions – M. Doherty (50mins)
  • 6.00pm – dinner break
  • 8.00pm – WINDUP in Sky Observation lounge – Just three generations – J. Russell – PLUS PRIZE DRAW

Thursday 3 March 2016 – arrive Fremantle 6.30am