FRC Xmas/New Year Closure

The Family Research Centre will be closed from Sunday 15 December 2024 and will reopen on Friday 3 January 2025.

Video and Audio Presentations

Audio Presentations

DNA  deciphering families, surprises and skeletons

Genealogy is now the second most popular hobby in the United States (after gardening) according to Time magazine.

Genealogist Michelle Patient is an expert in using DNA testing to help people find their roots. (04/08/2017)

Genealogy and Social Media

Family histories are often the starting point for film makers like Gaylene Preston in the film Home by Christmas - not to mention historical novelists like Stephanie Johnson and Jack Lazenby. Lynn Freeman looks at one of the big issues being talked about - social media, and the pros and cons of using it to track down relatives and fellow genealogists. She's joined by genealogists Donna Bridgeman and Lisa Durrant. (14/08/2016)

Video Presentations

A Little Piece of Ireland

A recording of the livestream talk for NZSG by Fiona Fitzsimons and Brian Donovan on Irish resources. This presentation will be of interest to all those with Irish Ancestry and discusses where to go and how to find records of interest.

01/08/2020

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