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Back on the Road (and Back Online): Family History Holidays Returns

Kate Shilling — 21st Jun 2025

Hello! After some time offline, the team at Family History Holidays is excited to be back helping people turn their ancestry into adventure. If you’ve been dreaming about tracing your roots or reconnecting across generations, now’s the perfect time to start planning.

Your DNA test might provide data, but …

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4 reasons why digging up your family history is life changing

Kate Shilling — 11th Aug 2022

If you’ve ever wondered what life was like for your pioneering great-grand-parents, where your penchant for adopting stray cats comes from, or what the truth is behind an old family scandal, you’re not alone. With August marking the annual Family History Month in Australia and New Zealand, more people than …

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Wagga Heritage Walk

Kate Shilling — 13th Sep 2021

For a fifth generation woman-from-Wagga this was a find! Curious about the boutique hotel in which I was staying, I got googling and came across this Wagga Heritage Walk, put together by the Wagga Wagga City Library. It's a really well curated way to check out local history and architecture …

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Local history collections. Highlights for the hitlist as you get set for summer.

Kate Shilling — 5th Sep 2021

Earlier this winter, with restrictions looming in Sydney, my quick work trip to Wagga was unexpectedly extended. We planned for three days and nearly three months later we're still on the road in our have-wifi-can-work-from-anywhere world.

Daisy-the-dog and I have had fun working far from home. In fact, being …

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Set the scene. Solve a family history mystery in style

Kate Shilling — 30th Jan 2021

WOW. January is just about finished. And for those whose family trees have strong roots in country Australia, now is the time to make travel plans. Take the kids on a day trip and connect to the places and people who played an important role in your past. Even better, …

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