
U3A course: Opening the Door to Family History
Topics
1. Starting from nothing; Certificates (and informants)
2. Creating an overview; Family tree software, shipping lists, cemeteries
3. Convicts and colonials; Newspapers (Trove), State records, British newspapers
4. Family migration; Goldmining; The effect of a death on a family
5. Short articles and longer stories; travel and family history
6. Migrants: a special case; National Archives; genealogy societies
