Family History Open Day 2019

Whether you are experienced or just beginning your family history journey, there will be something at our Wellington Family History Month Open Day for you.

Entry: $5:00
Come along and hear one or more of our excellent speakers.

10:00am – Two Degrees of Separation and an Introduction to the NZ
Society of Genealogists, with Sarah Hewitt (Convenor Kilbirnie Branch)

11:15am – 3 “lightning talks” to introduce new online resources at
Wellington City Archives, with Adrian Humphris (Wellington City
Archivist, Digital NZ, with Rowan Payne (Manager, DNZ Services) and
Papers Past with Emerson Vandy (Digital Services Manager)

1:15pm – 3 “lightning talks” to help access local resources – Hutt City
Libraries with Clark Stiles (Heritage Specialist), Upper Hutt Library,
with Reid Perkins (Library Archivist) and Hutt City Archives, with Jennie
Henton (Archivist)

2:30pm – Discovering my family history at Archives NZ and the National
Library of New Zealand, with Richard Foy (Chief Archivist, Archives NZ)