🌺 ANZAC Day Closure 🌺

The QFHS Family History Research Centre will be closed on Saturday, 25 April 2026, for ANZAC Day.

📅 We will reopen on Tuesday, 28 April, from 10:00 am.

"I had no time for makeup and wore a crushed heart on my sleeve. My life was up in the air." ✈️📖
QFHS Members Lounge Book Club pick is No Time for Makeup by Dr Elizabeth Green.
🗓 Monday, 27 April 2026
🕖 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
💻 ONLINE via Zoom
Important: This session is online only! Members only!

QFHS members 👀
The latest Queensland Family Historian is on its way to your inbox/mailbox!

Want a head start? You can read it online now:
www.qfhs.org.au/resources/qu...

(Login required)

New Members Welcome and Orientation at the QFHS! 🔎
Get a guided look at our library, our specialist databases, and discover the incredible resources waiting for you.
📅 Sat, 18 April 2026
🕤 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 QFHS Research Centre (46 Delaware St, Chermside)
📧 Email welcome@qfhs.org.au to book

🌏 QFHS members - Join the QFHS Colonial India and the Far East SIG for an online morning of discovery!
🗓 Sunday, 12 April 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (AEST)
📍 ONLINE

🔗 How to register:
Email indiafe@qfhs.org.au for the link and more details.

QFHS members - Join the Family Historian Software User Group for our next online meetup! We’re all about helping each other and making sure your family history journey is as fun as it is accurate.

📅 Sunday, 12 April 2026
🕐 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM AEST
📍 Online via Discord

QFHS Members - Stuck on your Irish family tree? 🔍 Join the QFHS Irish Research Group online!
📍 Where: Online via link
🕙 When: 11 April, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
📩 Register: Email irish@qfhs.org.au for the link! (Guests welcome!)

QFHS Members Lounge - Stories of Service: Australians in the Second World War
✨ Event Details:
🗓 Wed 15 Apr 2026
⏰ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
💻 Hybrid: Attend at the QFHS Research Centre in Chermside or online via Zoom!

🐣 Easter Closure Notice 🐣
Please note that the QFHS Family History Research Centre in Chermside will be closed for the Easter long weekend from Good Friday, 3 April 2026.
We will be taking a short break to recharge and will reopen for our usual hours (10:00 am – 3:00 pm) on Tuesday, 7 April 2026.

Happy Cheshire Day! ✨ Today we celebrate the history and heritage of Cheshire — from its medieval Magna Carta of Chester, to its famous cheese, salt, and centuries old culture.
Many Queensland families trace their roots back to this beautiful English county. Tell us your Cheshire story!

QFHS Members - QFHS Central European Special Interest Group

🗓 Saturday, 4 April
⏰ 10 am - 12 noon AEST (No daylight saving)
📍 Online Event
🔗 How to join: Email centraleuropean@qfhs.org.au for the link!

The Queensland Family History Society (QFHS) is hosting a workshop, "Locating Your German Immigrant Ancestor's Place of Origin," by Eric Kopittke.

📅 Friday April 10, 2026
🕐 10:00 am to 11:30am AEST
📍Online via Zoom

Tickets available for $20 (QFHS & GSQ members) or $30 (visitors)

New to QFHS? Or just need a refresher? 🔎✨
Join us for our next New Members Welcome and Orientation session!

📍 THIS SESSION IS ONLINE
📅 Sunday, 29 March
⏰ 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM (AEST)

📩 How to join: email welcome@qfhs.org.au to register.

QFHS Members - unlock the secrets in your DNA! 🧬✨

🗓 Date: 28 March 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm AEST (QLD time)
📍 Where: Hybrid! At the QFHS Research Centre OR Online via Zoom.
Ready to dive in? 📧 Email dna@qfhs.org.au for further info or to request your Zoom link!

Happy World Storytelling Day 2026! Today we celebrate the art of the story. This year’s theme is Light in the Dark.

At the Queensland Family History Society, we believe every ancestor has a story that deserves to be heard.

QFHS Members - exploring your West Country roots? 🔍✨
Join the QFHS English West Country SIG
📅 26 March 2026
🕛 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm AEST
💻 Held Online
📩 How to join: Send an email to englishwestcountry@qfhs.org.au for the link!

☘️ Happy St Patrick’s Day to all our members and friends! ☘️
Today we celebrate the stories, struggles, and successes of the Irish immigrants who helped shape Queensland. From the early pioneers to the families who arrived in more recent decades, their legacy lives on in our records and our memories.

QFHS Members - Join the QFHS Family History Writing Group online for a morning of inspiration and support! 🌳
🗓️ Saturday, 21 March
🕘 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM AEST
💻 Online via Zoom
📩fhwriters@qfhs.org.au for the meeting link
This is a Members Only event.

QFHS Members - Join us for our Members Only Online Event: Ethical Communication of Sensitive Research Discoveries.
🗓 Wednesday, 25 March
🕙 10 am - 12 pm AEST
💻 Online via Zoom
Log in to the QFHS Members Portal to register and get the link

Unlock your Welsh heritage! ✨
The QFHS Members Only - Welsh Special Interest Group is meeting on 15 March! 🗓️
📅 Date: Sunday, 15 March 2026
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM AEST (QLD Time)
💻 Format: Online
Ready to connect with your roots?
📩 Email welsh@qfhs.org.au for the meeting link or more info!

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the resilient, creative, and often "unsung" women of Queensland’s past. Whether they were pioneers, nurses, or the quiet glue holding a household together, their contributions shaped our state.
This year's theme - #BalanceTheScales

Explore the roots of the Sunshine State - before its separation from NSW in 1859. ☀️📜
Join the QFHS Members only - Queensland Pre-Separation Group
Saturday, 14 March from 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM AEST.
📍 Where: Online (QLD Time - no daylight saving)
📧 RSVP: Email presep@qfhs.org.au for the meeting link.

Join the Queensland Family History Society (QFHS) Members only Scottish Special Interest Group
🗓 Date: Sat 14 Mar 2026
🕙 Time: 10AM – 12 NOON (AEST)
📍 Location: Hybrid! Visit us at the QFHS Research Centre in Chermside or online.
🔗 Register: Email scottish@qfhs.org.au

🕵️‍♂️ Our English West Country Special Interest Group is the perfect place to connect with fellow researchers exploring Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset.
✨ How to get involved:
Email englishwestcountry@qfhs.org.au to join our next session!

Happy Cornwall Day! 🖤🤍
Today we’re flying the white cross of St Piran to celebrate St Piran’s Day (5 March). Legend says St Piran discovered tin flowing from black rocks—a discovery that shaped Cornwall’s identity and brought many skilled miners to Australian shores.
Tracing Cornish kin?

Join the Queensland Family History Society for a special Members Lounge presentation about Sir Augustus Charles Gregory
🗓 Wednesday, 18 March 2026
⏰ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
💻 Hybrid Event: Attend at our Chermside Research Centre OR join us online!
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/presenting...

Ready to get the most out of Family Tree Maker? Join the Queensland Family History Society for a friendly, collaborative session on recording and displaying your family history data.

Master Your Research with the FTM User Group with QFHS! 💻🌳
🗓 Date: 7 March 2026
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM AEST (QLD time)
📍 Format: Hybrid! Online + In person at the QFHS Research Centre, Chermside.
📩 Get Involved: Email us at familytree@qfhs.org.au for more info or to grab the meeting link!

LEARN@QFHS: One Search introduction (including finding images), etc SLQ One Search introduction (including finding images), Newspapers and Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence

Ready to level up your research skills? 🌳✨
Join Kirsten Perris from the State Library Queensland for our upcoming Learn@QFHS online workshop!
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/learnqfhs-...
🗓 Friday, 13 March 2026
🕙 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEST
📍 ONLINE EVENT

Technology Special Interest Group

Event Details:
📅 Date: Thursday, 5 March 2026
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (AEST - No daylight saving)
📍 Location: In-Person at the QFHS Family History Research Centre, 46 Delaware Street, Chermside, QLD.