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  • Cathie Sherwood

  • Family History Academy

  • 15 Melaleuca Drive
    Capalaba

  • Queensland

  • 4157
  • Australia
  • (GMT +10:00) Eastern Australia, Guam, Vladivostok
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  • https://www.familyhistoryacademy.com.au

  • Contact Cathie:

    Email:

    Facebook (Business): https://www.facebook.com/familyhistoryacademy

    Facebook (Personal): https://www.facebook.com/cathie.sherwood.7

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathie-sherwood-2982379/

    Passionate about history and addicted to family history, Cathie Sherwood has been researching her Irish, English and Scottish ancestors for over forty years. She is the owner of Family History Academy, an online learning provider offering high-quality, engaging courses and workshops taught by experienced and respected instructors. She is also the principal and founder of Ancestor Discovery, a professional family history research service. For over twenty years, in education and information and communication technology, Cathie managed research projects and developed innovative course curricula as a university academic. She has taken those skills and knowledge and now applies them to her current genealogy educator and presenter roles, professional researcher and web coordinator.

  • Society of Australian Genealogists:

    • Certificate in Genealogical Research
    • Diploma in Family Historical Studies.
    • Ireland
    • Australia and New Zealand
    • British India up to 1947
    • Great Britain/United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
    • Research methodologies

  • The following list is a sample of the topics on which Cathie can present.  Please make contact if you would like a talk tailored to your organisation/society/membership.

    • Queensland and Australian records
    • Identification, restoration and preservation of old photographs
    • British India records
    • Researching your British ancestors (and more specifically England, Scotland, London)
    • Planning your family history research
    • Technology for genealogy
    • Breaking through brick walls
    • Irish research especially Quakers and Scots-Irish
    • Interpreting old handwriting
    • Creating family history web sites using WordPress
    • Digital innovation tools for professional family historians
    • Preparing for the digital dark ages: Best practices for your data
    • Civil war soldiers in Australia and the Australians who fought in the US Civil War
    • British commissariat records during the Napoleonic Wars
    • Finding the women in your family
    • Getting the most out of FamilySearch

  • Cathie is available for local, regional and international presentations. Sessions can be pre-recorded or presented at the local time.

    • Confident user of technology and can provide a Zoom platform for presentations
    • Currently accepting virtual speaking engagements
    • New lectures/presentations/workshops can be developed upon request
    • Honorarium
    • Comprehensive handouts are provided

  • Upcoming speaking engagements for 2021:

    • Davis Genealogy Club (CA, USA)
    • RootsTech (USA)
    • Legacy Family Tree Webinars (USA)
    • Family History Down Under conference (AUS)
    • Society of Australian Genealogists (AUS)
    • Genealogical Society of Queensland (AUS)
    • Mackay Family History Society (AUS
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