Unlock the Past cruises generally
- Genealogy & History News – 30 reasons to attend a genealogy cruise – 9 Jul 2012
- Geniaus – Frequent cruiser – 15 Dec 2012
- British GENES – Unlock the Past cruises venture launched – 25 Jun 2012
- Genealogy & History News – Unlock the Past cruises (international) is launched – 26 Jun 2013
- newsmaker – Unlock the Past cruises (international) is launched – 26 Jun 2013
- Gena Philibert Ortega’s Blog – Unlock the Past cruises (international) is launched – 1 Jul 2013
- Cyndi’s List – Whats new (4th and 5th cruises) – 27 Sep 2013
- lonetester HQ – Genealogy holidays 2014 an 2015 booked up! – 9 Oct 2013
- Helen Smith – Get ready for the Research Help Zone – 13 Oct 2013 (written for the 4th cruise but applicable to all Unlock the Past cruises)
- Upfront with NGS – Ancestors ahoy: is there a genealogy cruise in your future? – by guest blogger Thomas MacEntee – 27 Dec 2013
- Helen Smith – Cruising! Soon we will be leaving! – 4 Jan 2014 (great general advice)
- USA TODAY – 10 great places to trace family roots – 14 Jan 2014 (family history cruises is one of the 10 “places” with Unlock the Past Cruises getting good mention)
- Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter – Genealogy Cruises versus Convention Centers – 4 May 2014
- Clean Cruising email newsletter – partnering with Unlock the Past – 20 May 2014
- GenealogyBank (Gena Philibert Ortega) – Planning Your Genealogy Trip: Summer Vacations for Genealogists – 1 Jul 2014
- Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter – Unlock the Past Cruises Publishes a Catalogue of Genealogy Cruises for 2014-2016 – 9 July 2014
- British GENES (Chris Paton) – Unlock the Past cruises catalogue 2014-2016 – 10 July 2014
Upcoming cruises
7th cruise – Southern Western Australia – 19-24 Jan 2015
- Family History Society of Rockingham News – Cruising!
8th cruise – Baltic – 11-25 July 2015
- click here for 8th cruise media notices
- Paul Milner Genealogy – Unlock The Past 8th Genealogy Cruise to the Baltic Seaports – 3 Nov 2014
Past cruises
1st cruise – South Pacific (from Brisbane) – 19-26 March 2011
- Genealogy & History News – Australia’s history and genealogy cruise 2011 – 2 Sep 2010
- Genealogy & History News – Unlock the Past’s first history and genealogy cruise sets sail – 16 Mar 2011
- Scottish GENES – Unlock the Past’s first genealogy cruise now underway – 16 Mar 2011
- see also other reports under Testimonials first cruise
2nd cruise – Auckland to Sydney (Scottish & Irish theme) – 21 Nov – 5 Dec 2011
- Scottish GENES – Unlock the Past’s New Zealand genealogy cruise: speakers – 4 Mar 2011
- Scottish GENES – Unlock the Past Scottish/Irish cruise talks 27 Apr 2011
- Scottish GENES – Cruise progress – first report – 24 Nov 2011
- Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter – Cruising on the “Unlock the Past” History and Genealogy Conference Cruise in New Zealand and Australia – 25 Nov 2011
- Scottish GENES – Unlock the Past’s 2nd genealogy cruise review – 11 Dec 2011
- Your Family Tree magazine – All aboard for genealogy – 4 page report by Chris Paton on the 2nd cruise (now available online) – Spring 2012
- for more reports from Scottish GENES click here and search for ‘cruise’
- see also other reports under Testimonials second cruise
3rd cruise – South Pacific (from Sydney) – 10-19 Feb 2013
- Genealogy & History News – Australia’s biggest genealogy conference meets one of the world’s biggest ships – 2 Nov 2012
- Geniaus – I don’t like big ships but… – 19 Feb 2013
- Behold Genealogy – Unlock The past genealogy cruise: February 2013 – 19 Mar 2012
- see also other reports under Testimonials third cruise
4th cruise – Southern Australia – 4-13 February 2014
- Genealogy & History News – Unlock the Past cruise speaker profile: Chris Paton – this is the first of an ongoing series of profiles on 4th cruise speakers. Enter “speaker profile” in the search box for a list of all profiles done so far
- Genealogy & History News – Unlock the Past’s 4th history & genealogy cruise is announced & calls for papers – 12 Dec 2012
- British GENES – Unlock the Past – 4th genealogy cruise, Australia – 7 Mar 2013
- Genealogy & History News – Speakers on Unlock the past’s 4th history & genealogy cruise – 14 May 2013
- Anne Daniels – Drawing on the Past attending the 4th genealogy cruise hosted by Unlock the Past – 16 May 2013
- Family Historian Bulletins – Family Historian Sponsors Australian Cruise – 14 Jun 2013
- Noeline Kyle – 4th Unlock the Past cruise 2014 – 27 Jun 2013
- Mad About Genealogy – Unlock the Past genealogy & history cruise 2014 – 28 Jun 2013
- Paul Milner Genealogy – Unlock the Past genealogy cruise – Inside History article – 27 Jul 2013
- Inside History – Unlock the Past’s fourth genealogy cruise in 2014: our presenters tell us their plans – 31 Jul 2013
- Family Historian Use Group – Family Historian Sponsors Australian Cruise – 6 Sep 2013
- Geniaus – Opening a can of worms or two – 10 Oct 2013
- Helen Smith – 114 days to get ready for the Research Help Zone on the 4th Unlock the Past cruise – 13 Oct 2013
- Family history across the seas (Pauleen Cass) – Never Say Never: Ship Ahoy – 7 Nov 2013
- Genealogy & History News – RootsTech Hits the Seas with Unlock the Past’s 4th Cruise – 13 Nov 2013
- writing, editing & publishing family stories (Noeline Kyle) – 2014 Unlock the Past Cruise – 25 Dec 2013
- Genies Down Under – Genealogy cruise count-down: 38 days to go – 27 Dec 2013
- Geniaus – Gearing up for a Geneacruise – the second time around – 31 Dec 2013
- Family history across the seas (Pauleen Cass) – Happy New Year and news – 1 Jan 2014 (with cruise news)
- Helen Smith – Cruising! Soon we will be leaving! – 4 Jan 2014
- Geniaus – Watch out – the boat will be rocking – 5 Jan 2014
- Geniaus – Pre and post cruise accommodation – 12 Jan 2014
- Lonetester HQ – Let’s cruise … genealogy style!! 12 Jan 2014
- Geniaus – A virtual “meet and greet” – 14 Jan 2014
- Unlock the Past YouTube – Chris Paton in Australia Feb 2014 – 14 Jan 2014
- Unlock the Past YouTube – Genealogy Cruising with Unlock the Past (Hangout) – 14 Jan 2014
- Jax Trax – Q&A for a Geneacruise – 22 Jan 2014
- for many more reports and reviews from and after the cruise click here
5th cruise – British Isles discovery – 19-29 Jul 2014
- British GENES – Unlock the Past – British Isles discovery cruise 2014 – 22 Sep 2014
- Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter – 5th Unlock the Past cruise: British Isles discovery – 23 Sep 2013
- Family History Social – New ‘Unlock the Past’ genealogy cruise announced – 23 Sep 2013
- Genealogy & History News – 5th Unlock the Past cruise is open for booking! – 27 Sep 2013
- British GENES – Unlock the Past’s 2014 British Isles cruise now taking bookings – 27 Sep 2013
- Family History Social – 5th ‘Unlock the Past’ cruise now taking bookings – 30 Sep 2013
- DearMYRTLE – Mondays with Myrt (on discussion agenda) – 30 Sep 2013
- British GENES – Unlock the Past: British Isles cruise speakers announced – 7 Oct 2013
- Helen Smith – It has been a fantastic week! – 8 Oct 2013
- Family Wise – Exciting times – 8 Oct 2013
- Genealogy & History News – Speakers announced for the 5th Unlock the Past cruise – 8 Oct 2013
- Family History Social – Presenters announced for 5th Unlock the Past cruise programme – 8 Oct 2013
- Genealogy Gems Podcast – Cruise with Lisa – 9 Oct 2013
- Geniaus – If only I lived closer… – 13 Oct 2013
- Family Historian Bulletins – Family Historian Sponsors a British Isles Cruise – 1 Nov 2013
- Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems -Want to go to Great Britain with me? (and let’s stop by France too) – 15 Nov 2013
- Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems – Join me on a genealogy cruise of the British Isles – 27 Dec 2013
- Family Historian Bulletins – Places Still Available on the British Isles Cruise – 17 Feb 2014
- Irish Genealogy News – Genealogy afloat: July cruise includes Irish research – 12 Mar 2014
- Nola Mackey – My Up and Coming Overseas Research Trip to Britain and Europe – 26 Apr 2014
- Eneclann – Eneclann helps Unlock the Past for Cruise ship Passengers – newsletter 25 July 2015 (5th news item)
6th cruise – Eastern Australia – 23-26 Oct 2014
- Norfolk Island Tourism & the Visitor Information Centre – Unlock the Past cruise – Cruise Celebrity Solstice – Jan 2014
- Shauna Hicks – Eastern Australia Unlock the Past cruise 23-26 Oct 2014 report – 3 Nov 2014
Norfolk Island conference – 29-31 Oct 2014
- Shauna Hicks – Norfolk Island History & Genealogy Conference 29-31 Oct 2014 – 3 Nov 2014
