It was wonderful to be involved in All About That Place in 2024, delivering two talks over the 10 day online festival. Organised by Society of Genealogists, & the Society for One Place Studies, British Association for Local History and Genealogy Stories, it is a unique, free online learning event focussed on place-based research.

The themes of the 10 days were:

  1. Introduction 
  2. Health & Medicine
  3. Military & War
  4. Town & Country
  5. Leisure & Entertainment
  6. Innovation
  7. Politics & Rights
  8. Collections & Archives
  9. Tools
  10. Conclusion

My presentations appeared on Day 7: Putting Convicts in their Place & Day 8: Artificial Intelligence in Family History.

Putting Convicts in their Place

An overview of some of the record sets available when researching convicts sent to Australia, highlighting how these sources can be combined to create detailed historical accounts of their lives.

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Using AI for Family History

Are you unsure how AI can be used in Family History? Are you looking for practical ways to incorporate AI into your genealogy? This talk demystifies the role of AI, giving many practical examples.

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