Auckland Family History Expo

10/08/2025

Thank you to Chris Paton for his review of our 2025 Expo!

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The latest genealogy news from Scotland and Ireland

10/08/2025

Chris Paton finishing off his final talk for the 2025 Auckland Family History Expo
Thank you so much for your time and expertise!
We’ve loved hearing from you! We’ve learned so much!

08/08/2025

Chris Paton presenting first this morning
Scottish Kirk Session Records

08/08/2025

08/08/2025

This year's Expo's keynote speaker, Irish-born Scottish-resident, Chris Paton, "Scotland’s Greatest Story":

Saturday, 9am-9.50am: Scottish Kirk session records
Saturday, 1.30-2.20pm: Instantly buckled for life – Scottish marriage records

Sunday, 10.30am-11.20am: What is Ireland? Understanding the lay of the land
Sunday, 4pm-4.50pm: A decade of centenaries – Researching Ireland 1912-1923

Buy raffle tickets at the Expo Information Desk and be in to win an assortment of prizes including Chris Paton's recently published book "Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland"

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Researching-Ancestral-Crisis-in-Ireland-Paperback/p/51770

07/08/2025

2025 Auckland Family History Expo starts today!

The AI for Family History workshop has sold out
However we still have a few spaces available for the Expo opening event that starts at 5pm
Online sales have closed, so come and pay at the door $40

Opening Event
5pm-8.30pm: Opening event $40 per person to cover catering expenses and TWO keynote speakers

5pm: Meet and greet reception. Refreshments and canapes.

6pm: Keynote 1: Welcome address. Topic - The 'Getting it Right' photos with Sarah Hewitt, chair of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists.

Who are the people in the photos that introduce the NZSG’s Getting It Right videos?

7pm: Keynote 2: Genealogy without Borders with Chris Paton, Scotland's Greatest Story. Irish-born Chris Paton.

As family historians, we can be tempted to try to tell the stories of our ancestors solely from the resources in the areas where they once lived, but in this talk, genealogist Chris Paton examines why the consideration of the extended family around the world can be particularly fruitful for your family history research also. As part of a wider worldwide diaspora, Chris will show how emigrant family members provided him with clues to their stories overseas, often with records that plugged the missing gaps in research for family members back home, and giving him a much broader understanding of his family at both home and abroad.

01/08/2025

Book at the Information Desk for our beginners computer workshop!
Learn how to use genealogy websites such as Findmypast, MyHeritage, Ancestry and The Genealogist!

Best suited for complete beginners.

01/08/2025

REMINDER! Don't forget to book for the Auckland Family History Expo opening event! Its next Friday . . .
Tickets are limited . . .

Opening Event
Friday 8 August
5pm-8.30pm: Opening event $40 (plus a small booking fee) per person to cover catering expenses and TWO keynote speakers

5pm: Meet and greet reception. Refreshments and canapes.

6pm: Keynote 1: Welcome address. Topic - The 'Getting it Right' photos with Sarah Hewitt, chair of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists.

Who are the people in the photos that introduce the NZSG’s Getting It Right videos?

7pm: Keynote 2: Genealogy without Borders with Chris Paton, Scotland's Greatest Story. Irish-born Chris Paton.

As family historians, we can be tempted to try to tell the stories of our ancestors solely from the resources in the areas where they once lived, but in this talk, genealogist Chris Paton examines why the consideration of the extended family around the world can be particularly fruitful for your family history research also. As part of a wider worldwide diaspora, Chris will show how emigrant family members provided him with clues to their stories overseas, often with records that plugged the missing gaps in research for family members back home, and giving him a much broader understanding of his family at both home and abroad.

Purchase tickets here: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/2025-auckland-family-history-expo/auckland/three-kings

25/07/2025

Thank you to our sponsors - come along to see them in the Exhibition Hall in the Hillsborough Room, buy raffle tickets in the hopes of winning subscriptions or DNA kits or other prizes from them, or hear them speak in one of our three seminar rooms at the Fickling Convention Centre, Three Kings, Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 August, from 8.30am.
$5 cover charge per day.
Download our programme here:
https://genealogy.org.nz/Auckland-Family-History-Expo/11491/

Have you booked for our pre-Expo AI for Family History Workshop and our welcome/opening event with our two keynote speakers?
https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/2025-auckland-family-history-expo/auckland/three-kings

22/07/2025

Great news! The Expo programme is now LIVE on the NZSG website!

Download the programme now!
https://genealogy.org.nz/Auckland-Family-History-Expo/11491/

20/07/2025

Auckland Family History
Opening Event
Fickling Convention Centre, Three Kings

Friday 8 August 5pm-8.30pm

5pm-8.30pm: Opening event $40 (plus a small booking fee) per person to cover catering expenses and TWO keynote speakers

5pm: Meet and greet reception. Refreshments and canapes.

6pm: Keynote 1: Welcome address. Topic - The 'Getting it Right' photos with Sarah Hewitt, chair of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists.
Who are the people in the photos that introduce the NZSG’s Getting It Right videos?

7pm: Keynote 2: Genealogy without Borders with Chris Paton, Scotland's Greatest Story. Irish-born Chris Paton.
As family historians, we can be tempted to try to tell the stories of our ancestors solely from the resources in the areas where they once lived, but in this talk, genealogist Chris Paton examines why the consideration of the extended family around the world can be particularly fruitful for your family history research also. As part of a wider worldwide diaspora, Chris will show how emigrant family members provided him with clues to their stories overseas, often with records that plugged the missing gaps in research for family members back home, and giving him a much broader understanding of his family at both home and abroad.

Purchase tickets here: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/2025-auckland-family-history-expo/auckland/three-kings

2025 Auckland Family History Expo, Auckland Family History Expo 2025 ..., Fickling Convention Centre, Auckland, Auckland, 8 August 2025 - 10 August 2025,