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Meeting Speaker Topic
6 February 2026 Shauna Hicks Mining the Archives
Using AI for family history research
6 March 2026 None You tube video on "Redoing your Family Tree"
3 April 2026 Good Friday No Meeting - RSL closed
1 May 2026 Suzanne Muligan How Oral History can augment Family History
5 June 2026 Kay Ryan Colonial Justice: Police Magistrates and Justices of the Peace"
3 July 2026 Sally Romano Paper to Pixels
7 August 2026 Phillip & Gail Challis Rescuing Records & Searching Smarter
4 September 2026 Barry Clark Bribie Island personalities
2 October Cathy Sherwood Scattered Leaves, Indelible Bonds:
The Diaspora of Six Irish Sisters
6 November 2026 Helen Smith Wills and Records
5 December 2026 Members Meeting Secret Santa
Christmas Santa will run quizzes and Secret Santa presents.
Special Events
This year, the Bribie Family History Association facilitated a whole-day, two-session workshop on DNA. Renowned genealogist Helen Smith hosted this on 11 July at the Bribie Island Arts Centre.
Both sessions were well attended, and participants were introduced to Ancestry DNA tests and shown how to deal with confusing results. The afternoon session was more advanced, providing a practical introduction using case studies on the use of autosomal DNA in genealogical problem-solving, with a focus on the analytical tools and methodologies used by today’s genetic genealogists after using the tools at Ancestry or MyHeritage.
Book Club
Our Book Club librarian has retired.
We will advise shortly of how the book club will function in the future.
Lending Library
Librarything.com is where BFHA keeps details of its Lending Library.
LibraryThing can be accessed from www.librarything.com
• In the search bar (top right-hand corner of the LibraryThing Home page type “bribiegenealogy” (without spaces).
• On the left-hand side of the page, select “Members” (under the Social Section)
• In the search bar within this page, type “bribiegenealogy” (without spaces).
• Select “Bribie Genealogy” and the Collection will appear
• Select “See all tags” to see an alphabetical list of all the books.
If you wish to borrow any of these books, please don't hesitate to contact Pam at bribiefha.library@gmail.com to arrange collection.
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