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Meeting Speaker Topic
6 February 2026 Shauna Hicks Ming the Archives
Using AI for family history research
6 March 2026 Suzanne Muligan How Oral History can augment Family History
3 April 2026 Good Friday No Meeting - RSL closed
1 May 2026 Simone Gott - Jigsaw Adoption processes
5 June 2026 Kay Ryan TBA
3 July 2026 Sally Romano Paper to Pixels
7 August 2026 TBA - Speaker from USA Family Search
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 present giving with Santa
Special Events
Helen Smith will host two half day workshop sessions about DNA on 11 July 2026 at the Bribie Island Arts Centre.
The morning session will be an introduction to DNA and the afternoon session will be more advanced for more experienced practitioners.
Both sessions are independent of each other. You can book one or both sessions depending on your preference. Both will be open to public booking. However, members will receive advance notice of bookings and a discount on admission.
If you have questions or suggestions please email bribiefha.president@gmail.com
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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