AFFHO Closing Ceremony

AFFHO Family History Month Closing Ceremony

When:  Monday 31 August 5pm via Zoom

FREE. All welcome. Register for the event on the AFFHO website. After registering to attend, you will receive an email with the Zoom link.

Special Guest Speaker: Fiona Brooker

Topic: HerStory: Finding the Women in Your Family History

Don’t Miss the Family History Month Closing Event. What a wonderful Family History Month it has been! We hope you’ve enjoyed the many and varied activities, talks and opportunities to explore your family history throughout August.

There’s still one more event to enjoy — and it’s one not to miss.

Join Fiona Brooker for the Family History Month Closing Ceremony and her presentation, HerStory: Finding the Women in Your Family History, on Monday 31 August at 5.00 pm AEST, online.

Researching the women in our families often means looking beyond the obvious records. Using one woman’s life as a case study, Fiona will demonstrate how sources including electoral rolls, newspapers, church registers, cemetery records, probate files and local history collections can be brought together to reveal the lives of mothers, daughters, wives and sisters.

Along the way, she’ll share practical strategies you can apply to your own research — helping bring the women in your family tree out of the shadows and into the centre of their stories. It’s a fitting way to bring Family History Month 2026 to a close.

Fiona Brooker is a New Zealand–based professional genealogist and founder of Memories in Time. She helps individuals and families research their ancestry, interpret DNA results, and preserve their discoveries for future generations. Fiona regularly presents practical sessions on genealogy research, DNA analysis, and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.

Images in this article created with the assistance of ChatGPT.