Ancestry Community Update – July 2023

Posted by Jason Reeve on July 17, 2023 in Ancestry AU&NZ Community

Records, Family History Month and the Grant Program! Welcome to the July 2023 ‘Ancestry Community Update’ blog post for Australia and New Zealand. For anyone I am yet to meet, my name is Jason Reeve and I’m the Head of Content & Community for Ancestry in Australia and New Zealand. You’ll likely end up meeting Read More

Ancestry Community Update – March 2023

Posted by Jason Reeve on March 1, 2023 in Ancestry AU&NZ Community

A Belated Happy New Year Welcome to the March 2023 edition of the quarterly ‘Ancestry Community Update’ blog post for Australia and New Zealand. For anyone I am yet to meet, my name is Jason Reeve and I’m the Head of Content & Community for Ancestry in Australia and New Zealand. You’ll likely end up Read More

Ancestry Community Update – September 2022

Posted by Jason Reeve on September 5, 2022 in Ancestry AU&NZ Community

Welcome! Welcome back to the ongoing quarterly ‘Ancestry Community Update’ blog post for Australia and New Zealand. For anyone I am yet to meet, my name is Jason Reeve and I’m the Head of Content & Community for Ancestry in Australia and New Zealand. You’ll likely end up meeting me at a family history expo Read More

Ancestry Community Update – July 2022

Posted by Jason Reeve on July 6, 2022 in Ancestry AU&NZ Community

Welcome! Welcome to the new quarterly Ancestry Community Update blog post for Australia and New Zealand. My name is Jason Reeve, and I’m the Head of Content & Community for Ancestry in Australia and New Zealand. Many of you reading this first blog post may already know me from meeting at a family history expo Read More

AncestryClassroom™ is Live!

Posted by Jason Reeve on July 6, 2022 in Ancestry AU&NZ Community

Ancestry provides access to AncestryClassroom™  for teachers and educators in Australia and New Zealand  At Ancestry®, we aim to mobilize our global Ancestry family and products to build more connected and resilient communities by empowering the next generation of history makers.  For nearly a decade, AncestryClassroom™ has helped students learn more about themselves, navigate the Read More

Ancestry Digitisation Grant Program 2022

Posted by Jason Reeve on July 5, 2022 in Ancestry AU&NZ Community

The Ancestry Digitisation Grant Program for 2022 is now open for submissions. The aim of this program is to encourage and allow holders of original historical content collections (of any size) to achieve a digitisation outcome that may otherwise be difficult for any number of reasons. Each year, a total of three grants will be Read More

5 unusually named Australian occupations

Posted by Web Operations on August 28, 2020 in Australia

When the First Fleet landed in 1788, the convicts were skilled in more than 80 different trades and occupations. Some of these trades were useful in starting a colony from the ground up, others not so much. Some occupations stayed in existence, but many are no longer in use. Here are 5 of the more Read More