Family Tree Frog

Pull up a chair and plan your week ahead...there's plenty for everyone.. Friday 11 September 9:00-10:00am Advanced Catalogue Search Seminar at Queensland State Archives Discover how to get the best out of ArchivesSearch, the Queensland State Archives’ online catalogue, with this workshop. To book, please call 07 3131 7777 or email info@archives.qld.gov.au. 10:00-11:30am Fridays@QFHS - Findmypast Confused about searching on findmypast? Come along and learn a variety of search methods for locating records relating to your family.$11 members $15 non-members 10:00-11:30  Fridays@QFHS - DNA Basics - what do I do with my DNA test results? This session is for participants of the session held on 12 June 2015, to discuss the results of DNA tests. $11 members $15 non-members 1:00-2:30pm  Fridays@QFHS - Findmypast  - Afternoon session Confused about searching on findmypast? Come along and learn a variety of search methods for ...

What a huge week it has been genealogy wise for me.  Lots of things to learn and discover. Saturday morning was spent at my Society taking part in a Library Assistant's workshop.  These are held a couple of times a year and are designed to help you be a better library assistant.  One of the mini talks/presentations was about the Map Room.  This is always a vastly underused resource at the QFHS Library.  I'm always amused at how I always learn something despite going into the library at least once a month on duty and having been a member for probably about thirty years now. We all practised getting maps out of the cabinets.  The cabinets can be a bit intimidating to newbies.  Once the door is open, I think people are petrified that all the maps are going to fall out if the door doesn't catch.  I've got the hang of it now but was amused to notice for the first time the little "buttons" or knobs on the outside of the map cabinets to hang...