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
Get ready to explore the treasures of Museums of History NSW at their upcoming open day. On Saturday April 15th 2023, come and see historical collections up close, hear from experts on a range of fascinating topics, take a behind-the-scenes tour and relax with good food and coffee in a unique environment. The heart of Read More
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
Finding the Ancestry Blog for Australia and New Zealand has just become a whole lot easier! As you may recall from recent blog posts, there’s an ongoing effort to help surface the Australian and New Zealand blog via; 1. Adding a greater frequency of meaningful posts that inform, educate, entertain and more effectively engage Read More
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
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
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
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 The aim of this program is to encourage and allow holders of original historical content collections (of any size) to achieve a digitisation outcome that may otherwise be difficult for any number of reasons.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
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
At Ancestry, we value our members and want you to feel reassured that we are always here to answer your questions. Through our social media community, we have received many questions relating to COVID-19, so have collated and answered the most frequently-asked questions below. Q: What are you doing to help those who are Read More