| Conference 2012 Programme |
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Download the Programme
NB Programme Change:
The Midlands & Northern England Interest Group (IG3) will now meet at 8 - 8.45am on Saturday 2nd June.
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Activity & Speaker |
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| Friday
1 June 2012 |
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| 3.00pm – 6.30pm |
Registration |
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| 7.00pm |
Conference Opening |
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OPN |
| 8.00pm |
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Keynote Speaker - Dr Nick Barratt
- author, broadcaster, historian and professional genealogist, well known for
his work on the "Who Do You Think You Are?" BBC television series |
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“Platter & Chatter” |
| Saturday
2 June 2012 |
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| 8.00am – 9.00am |
Registration |
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| 8.00am – 8.45am |
Interest Group Meeting – Irish Lower North Island |
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IG1 |
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Interest Group Meeting – Genealogical Computer Group |
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IG2 |
| | Interest Group Meeting – Midlands & Northern England
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| 8.50am
– 10.00am |
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P1 |
| Plenary: |
| The NEW Findmypast –
Rosemary Kopittke |
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| 10.00am – 10.30am |
Morning Tea |
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| 10.35am – 11.30am |
German Research in the Information Age – Eric Kopittke |
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L1 |
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WANTED!
Irish Immigrants in New Zealand – Geraldene O’Reilly |
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L2 |
| 11.40am – 12.35pm |
Papers Past: An insight into the collection of
digitised pages from New Zealand newspapers and periodicals published between
1839 and 1945 |
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L3 |
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NZSG Resources – How to make the most of your membership - Christine Hurst |
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L4 |
| 12.40pm – 1.15pm |
Interest Group Meeting - Scottish |
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IG4 |
| 12.30pm – 2.00pm |
Lunch |
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| 1.00pm – 1.55pm |
AGM Registration |
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| 2.00pm – 5.00pm |
Annual General Meeting |
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AGM |
| 6.30pm – 7.00pm |
Pre-dinner Drinks |
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| 7.00pm |
Conference Dinner |
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CD |
| The “Pumice Valley Whoopee! Band” take us
on a musical journey around our ancestral lands |
| Sunday
3 June 2012 |
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| 8.00am – 8.30am |
Registration |
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| 8.00am – 8.45am |
Interest Group Meeting – Greater London |
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IG5 |
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Interest Group Meeting - Māori |
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IG6 |
| 8.50am
– 10.00am |
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P2 |
| Plenary: |
| A Family History Presentation by Keynote
Speaker – Dr Nick Barratt |
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| 10.00am – 10.30am |
Morning Tea |
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| 10.35am – 11.30am |
Tourists, Mountaineers & Skiers: The development
of recreation in the Tongariro National Park – Graham
Langton |
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L5 |
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Letters Frae Haem (letters from home): What can they
tell us about the lives of our ancestors? - |
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L6 |
| Lynne Blake |
| 11.45am – 12.40pm |
Australian Research from New Zealand – Rosemary Kopittke |
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L7 |
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I found my Family on the Internet (and am still
finding them!) - Seonaid (Shona) Lewis |
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L8 |
| 12.45pm – 2.00pm |
Lunch |
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| 1.15pm – 2.00pm |
Branch Delegates Meeting |
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BD |
| 2.15pm – 3.10pm |
Footsteps from an Ancient Past: The Fascinating
World of Whakapapa and Genealogical Research – Owen Ormsby |
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L9 |
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Unravelling the Secrets of a Military Uniform – as
viewed in a Portrait Photograph – Colonel Raymond Seymour |
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L10 |
| 3.15pm – 3.45pm |
Afternoon Tea |
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| 3.50pm – 4.45pm |
Film: A Social History of the Tongariro Power
Development - John Ball |
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L11 |
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Findmypast Downunder – What is happening? – Rosemary Kopittke |
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L12 |
| 5.00pm |
Closing Session |
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CLS |
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| Speaker– Dr Nick Barratt |
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