"I had no time for makeup and wore a crushed heart on my sleeve. My life was up in the air." ✈️📖 QFHS Members Lounge Book Club pick is No Time for Makeup by Dr Elizabeth Green. 🗓 Monday, 27 April 2026 🕖 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM 💻 ONLINE via Zoom Important: This session is online only! Members only!

QFHS members 👀 The latest Queensland Family Historian is on its way to your inbox/mailbox! Want a head start? You can read it online now: www.qfhs.org.au/resources/qu... (Login required)

New Members Welcome and Orientation at the QFHS! 🔎 Get a guided look at our library, our specialist databases, and discover the incredible resources waiting for you. 📅 Sat, 18 April 2026 🕤 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM 📍 QFHS Research Centre (46 Delaware St, Chermside) 📧 Email [email protected] to book

🌏 QFHS members - Join the QFHS Colonial India and the Far East SIG for an online morning of discovery! 🗓 Sunday, 12 April 2026 ⏰ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (AEST) 📍 ONLINE 🔗 How to register: Email [email protected] for the link and more details.

QFHS members - Join the Family Historian Software User Group for our next online meetup! We’re all about helping each other and making sure your family history journey is as fun as it is accurate. 📅 Sunday, 12 April 2026 🕐 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM AEST 📍 Online via Discord

QFHS Members - Stuck on your Irish family tree? 🔍 Join the QFHS Irish Research Group online! 📍 Where: Online via link 🕙 When: 11 April, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm 📩 Register: Email [email protected] for the link! (Guests welcome!)

QFHS Members Lounge - Stories of Service: Australians in the Second World War ✨ Event Details: 🗓 Wed 15 Apr 2026 ⏰ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM 💻 Hybrid: Attend at the QFHS Research Centre in Chermside or online via Zoom!

🐣 Easter Closure Notice 🐣 Please note that the QFHS Family History Research Centre in Chermside will be closed for the Easter long weekend from Good Friday, 3 April 2026. We will be taking a short break to recharge and will reopen for our usual hours (10:00 am – 3:00 pm) on Tuesday, 7 April 2026.

Happy Cheshire Day! ✨ Today we celebrate the history and heritage of Cheshire — from its medieval Magna Carta of Chester, to its famous cheese, salt, and centuries old culture. Many Queensland families trace their roots back to this beautiful English county. Tell us your Cheshire story!

QFHS Members - QFHS Central European Special Interest Group 🗓 Saturday, 4 April ⏰ 10 am - 12 noon AEST (No daylight saving) 📍 Online Event 🔗 How to join: Email [email protected] for the link!

The Queensland Family History Society (QFHS) is hosting a workshop, "Locating Your German Immigrant Ancestor's Place of Origin," by Eric Kopittke. 📅 Friday April 10, 2026 🕐 10:00 am to 11:30am AEST 📍Online via Zoom Tickets available for $20 (QFHS & GSQ members) or $30 (visitors)

New to QFHS? Or just need a refresher? 🔎✨ Join us for our next New Members Welcome and Orientation session! 📍 THIS SESSION IS ONLINE 📅 Sunday, 29 March ⏰ 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM (AEST) 📩 How to join: email [email protected] to register.

QFHS Members - unlock the secrets in your DNA! 🧬✨ 🗓 Date: 28 March 2026 ⏰ Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm AEST (QLD time) 📍 Where: Hybrid! At the QFHS Research Centre OR Online via Zoom. Ready to dive in? 📧 Email [email protected] for further info or to request your Zoom link!

Happy World Storytelling Day 2026! Today we celebrate the art of the story. This year’s theme is Light in the Dark. At the Queensland Family History Society, we believe every ancestor has a story that deserves to be heard.

QFHS Members - exploring your West Country roots? 🔍✨ Join the QFHS English West Country SIG 📅 26 March 2026 🕛 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm AEST 💻 Held Online 📩 How to join: Send an email to [email protected] for the link!

☘️ Happy St Patrick’s Day to all our members and friends! ☘️ Today we celebrate the stories, struggles, and successes of the Irish immigrants who helped shape Queensland. From the early pioneers to the families who arrived in more recent decades, their legacy lives on in our records and our memories.

QFHS Members - Join the QFHS Family History Writing Group online for a morning of inspiration and support! 🌳 🗓️ Saturday, 21 March 🕘 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM AEST 💻 Online via Zoom 📩[email protected] for the meeting link This is a Members Only event.

QFHS Members - Join us for our Members Only Online Event: Ethical Communication of Sensitive Research Discoveries. 🗓 Wednesday, 25 March 🕙 10 am - 12 pm AEST 💻 Online via Zoom Log in to the QFHS Members Portal to register and get the link

Unlock your Welsh heritage! ✨ The QFHS Members Only - Welsh Special Interest Group is meeting on 15 March! 🗓️ 📅 Date: Sunday, 15 March 2026 🕙 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM AEST (QLD Time) 💻 Format: Online Ready to connect with your roots? 📩 Email [email protected] for the meeting link or more info!

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the resilient, creative, and often "unsung" women of Queensland’s past. Whether they were pioneers, nurses, or the quiet glue holding a household together, their contributions shaped our state. This year's theme - #BalanceTheScales

Explore the roots of the Sunshine State - before its separation from NSW in 1859. ☀️📜 Join the QFHS Members only - Queensland Pre-Separation Group Saturday, 14 March from 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM AEST. 📍 Where: Online (QLD Time - no daylight saving) 📧 RSVP: Email [email protected] for the meeting link.

Join the Queensland Family History Society (QFHS) Members only Scottish Special Interest Group 🗓 Date: Sat 14 Mar 2026 🕙 Time: 10AM – 12 NOON (AEST) 📍 Location: Hybrid! Visit us at the QFHS Research Centre in Chermside or online. 🔗 Register: Email [email protected]

Happy Cornwall Day! 🖤🤍 Today we’re flying the white cross of St Piran to celebrate St Piran’s Day (5 March). Legend says St Piran discovered tin flowing from black rocks—a discovery that shaped Cornwall’s identity and brought many skilled miners to Australian shores. Tracing Cornish kin?

Join the Queensland Family History Society for a special Members Lounge presentation about Sir Augustus Charles Gregory 🗓 Wednesday, 18 March 2026 ⏰ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM 💻 Hybrid Event: Attend at our Chermside Research Centre OR join us online! www.eventbrite.com.au/e/presenting...

Master Your Research with the FTM User Group with QFHS! 💻🌳 🗓 Date: 7 March 2026 🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM AEST (QLD time) 📍 Format: Hybrid! Online + In person at the QFHS Research Centre, Chermside. 📩 Get Involved: Email us at [email protected] for more info or to grab the meeting link!

Ready to level up your research skills? 🌳✨ Join Kirsten Perris from the State Library Queensland for our upcoming Learn@QFHS online workshop! www.eventbrite.com.au/e/learnqfhs-... 🗓 Friday, 13 March 2026 🕙 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEST 📍 ONLINE EVENT

Technology Special Interest Group Event Details: 📅 Date: Thursday, 5 March 2026 🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (AEST - No daylight saving) 📍 Location: In-Person at the QFHS Family History Research Centre, 46 Delaware Street, Chermside, QLD.

✨ Celebrating Shropshire Day 2026! ✨ Today we honour the history and heritage of Shropshire—a county of "meres and mosses," medieval strongholds, and the cradle of the Industrial Revolution.

Family Historian Software User Group 🗓️ Sunday, 1 March 2026 🕐 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (AEST) 📍 Online via Discord Our Goals: ✨ Help each other master the software ✨ Make research recording enjoyable Ready to join? Email [email protected] to get registered and receive your meeting link.

🧬 Join the QFHS DNA Special Interest Group on Saturday, 28 February! 📍 Hybrid Event: Attend online via Zoom or join us at the QFHS Research Centre in Chermside. 🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM AEST (No daylight saving). 📧 Contact: Email [email protected] for the meeting link or more info!

✨ Discover Your Story at QFHS! Join us for our New Member & Welcome Orientation🌳 This in-person session at the QFHS Research Centre provides an overview of the facilities and resources. 🗓 Sat, 21 Feb 2026 🕤 9:30 am – 12:30 pm 📍 46 Delaware Street, Chermside 📧 to book - email: [email protected]

📚 Kick off 2026 with our first Book Club of the year! Join the QFHS for our first Members Lounge Book Club of 2026! We are discussing the latest masterpiece from Anita Heiss: Dirrayawadha (Rise Up). 📍 Where: ONLINE via Zoom 📅 When: Feb 23, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEST 🎟 Register: Link in bio!

New LEARN@QFHS Webinar: The ANZAC POW Experience Join QFHS online as we follow the journey of Private Hugh Moran 📅 When: Friday, February 13 🕙 Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am (AEST - No Daylight Savings) 📍 Where: Online via Zoom 💻 Log-in: From 9:50 am 🔗

🍀 Join the Queensland Family History Society Irish Research Group for an interactive online meeting: 🗓 Saturday, 14 February 2026 ⏰ 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM AEST (QLD time) 🌐 Online via Zoom/Meeting Link Open to members and guests! 📧 Email [email protected] to get your link.

Legacy of the Steam Tug Forceful Presented by QFHS, this hybrid event features Keith Boulton OAM, who will recount the incredible life of Brisbane’s last coal-fired tugboat. 🚢 📅 Date: Wed 18 Feb 2026 🕐 Time: 1pm - 3pm 📍 Location: QFHS Research Centre + Zoom

QFHS Colonial India and Far East Special Interest Group! 📜 📅 DATE: Sunday, 8 February 2026 ⏰ TIME: 10:00 am – 12:00 noon (AEST / Qld Time) 📍 LOCATION: Online 📧 Get the Link: Email [email protected] to register or ask questions.

Join the Central European Special Interest Group meeting 📅 When: Saturday, 7 February 2026 🕙 Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 noon (AEST - No daylight saving) 📍 Where: HYBRID – Attend in-person at the QFHS Family History Research Centre or join us online. email 📧 [email protected].

QUICK - DON'T MISS OUT Join our 6-week online course, Finding Your Family: The Fundamentals of Research 🗓 When: Mondays, starting 9 February 2026 ⏰ Time: 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm (Online) 👥 Size: Strictly limited to 10 participants for individual attention. www.eventbrite.com.au/e/finding-yo...

The latest edition of Queensland Family Historian is out now! Members - check your inbox or mailbox. If you belong to any family history society that subscribes to reciprocal journals - you can read it there!

Queensland Family History Society’s Family Tree Maker User Group 🗓 Date: Friday 6 February 2026 🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM AEST (No daylight saving) 🌐 Location: Online 🔗 How to register: Send an email to [email protected] to get your meeting link!

🚀 NEW in 2026: Master Your Tech with QFHS! QFHS Technology Special Interest Group! 📅 When: Thursday, 5 February 2026 🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (AEST - No daylight saving) 📍 Where: ONLINE 💻 📩 Register/Inquire: For more information or to receive the meeting link, please email [email protected]

QFHS members….Do you use Family Historian, or are you interested in using this program? Join our Family Historian Software User Group! 🗓️ Date: Sunday 1 February 2026 🕰️ Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM AEST: no daylight saving 🌐 Location: Online 🔗To join this group email [email protected].

QFHS Join our 6-week online course, Finding Your Family: The Fundamentals of Research 🗓 When: Mondays, starting 9 February 2026 ⏰ Time: 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm (Online) 👥 Size: Strictly limited to 10 participants for individual attention. www.eventbrite.com.au/e/finding-yo...

DNA (Beginners): 🧬 QFHS Members…Join us for the next DNA Special Interest Group - for beginners \ 🗓️ Date: Saturday 24 January 2026 🕰️ Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon AEST (no daylight savings) 🌐 This hybrid event can be attended online or in person at the QFHS Family History Research Centre.

QFHS Members - The English West Country Special Interest Group 🗓️Date: Thursday 22 January 2026 🕰️ Time: 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm (QLD time, AEST: no daylight saving) 🌐 Location: Online For more information or the link to the online meeting, please email [email protected]

QFHS members….Do you use The Master Genealogist or interested in using this program? Then join our Master Genealogist User Group! Save the date: 🗓️ Date: Monday 19 January 2026 🕰️ Time: 7.00 PM – 8.30 PM Location: ONLINE EVENT 🔗To join this group email [email protected]

QFHS Members - come and join our next Welsh Special Interest Group meeting 🗓️ Date: Sunday 18 January 2026 🕰️ Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon 🌐 This event will be held ONLINE and MAY also be in person at the QFHS Family History Research Centre For more details email [email protected]

QFHS Members - Join us for the Family History Writing Group Meeting 🗓️ Date: Saturday 17 January 2026 🕰️ Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 noon 🌐 Location: ONLINE EVENT Contact us at [email protected]

🌳 Unlock Your Roots with the Queensland Family History Society! 🌳 Have you ever wondered about the stories hidden in your family tree? In your DNA? Whether you are just starting or have hit a "brick wall," joining the QFHS is your best next step for 2026. www.qfhs.org.au/join-us/join...

Join Steve Gill, founder of Photo-Consult, and the QFHS as he presents "Understanding Your Old Photos: their past, present and future". Friday, August 8 · 7:30 - 9pm AEST www.eventbrite.com.au/e/understand...