Family History Holidays Blog

If you have a friend or loved one who’s as passionate about genealogy as you are, give them a gift that will truly light them up. Better still, get yourself a little something from our eclectic gift guide and set yourself up for a fabulous new year of amateur sleuthing. …

As you journey along the investigative trail of your family tree, you’ll uncover clues along the way. One of the most powerful tools to discovering more about your ancestors could be the house they lived in, particularly if the family was there for several generations.

This fascinating arm of family …

Original Article published by Chris Roe on Region Riverina.

Wagga resident Sam Ryan was getting to work renovating his heritage home on Crampton Street in Wagga Wagga when he made a remarkable discovery.

“I grew up here in the 90s and purchased the house from my father,” he explained. …

Australians with Greek ancestry make up a critical portion of our country’s delicious multicultural melting pot, with more than 420,000 people claiming Greek, Greek-Cypriot, or Greek-Vlach ancestry in 2022. Perhaps you’re one of them?

As you dig deeply into your Spartan roots, you’ll not only add names and dates to …

A Family History Holiday is a great excuse to spend time in some of Australia’s legendary heritage-rich houses and homesteads. Just as the cities and towns helped shape the lives of our ancestors, these iconic historic buildings embody precious architectural heritage that embody our collective stories.

Read on for three …

This week came the happy announcement that 27 pubs in Sydney’s Inner-West are set to receive heritage protection, including several in Balmain, Rozelle, Newtown, Enmore, Marrickville and Annandale.

This is a nod of respect to Aussie ‘pub culture’ but it goes far deeper than simply protecting our favourite drinking holes. …

When you consider around 30 percent of Aussies have Irish leaves in their family trees, it’s no surprise that many of the Family History Holidays we curate focus on an exploration of Ireland. Irish settlement was enormously influential on colonial Australia, in terms of politics, religion and culture. Many thousands …

As anyone who has attempted to scale the mysterious, never-before-climbed branches of their family tree will attest, a strategic method of research is critical to success.

A haphazard approach will inevitably leave you swinging in the wind, entangled in twisted boughs and tenuous branches, lost in a forest of elusive …

This momentous week marking the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II feels like an appropriate time to climb a few branches of our own family tree and hear from relatives who hold special memories of the 1954 royal tour of Australia.

27 year-old Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh visited …

Your decision to embark upon a Family History Holiday will open the door to unexplored branches of your family tree. As part of our service, we will connect you to the right family history research tools before you go, to maximise your own investigations and create a rich, memorable adventure. …