Queensland Expo 2012 Exhibitor List

Here is an early list of exhibitors and research advice to be offered. More will be added as they commit.

Click here for exhibition plan

General

• Archive Digital Books Australasia - digitising old and rare books
• Australian Scottish Community
• Baptist Heritage Queensland - about preserving Baptist heritage
• Boolarong Press - specialist Queensland history publisher
• History and genealogy cruises with representatives from:
  - Unlock the Past - about the 3rd cruise program and 2014 and 2015 cruise considerations
  - Clean Cruising - about cruising, costs, cabin options and booking
  - Royal Caribbean (Wednesday only) - about Voyager (3rd cruise) - and 2014/2015 cruise options - and their cruises generally
  - Classic International Cruises (Tuesday only)- about 2014/2015 cruise options - and their cruises generally
  - Stephen Dando-Collins - a leading presenter on our 3rd cruise
• Customised Heritage Tours
• Family Photo Book - a fun easy way to do your own quality photo albums
• FamilySearch
• Find and Connect Web Resource
• Findmypast.com.au - they will offer free lookups through our from their own and all sister sites
   - findmypast Australia
   - findmypast UK
   - findmypast Ireland
   - findmypast US
   - GenesReunited
   - ScotlandsPeople
   - British Newspaper Archive
• Flip-Pal - the amazing mobile scanner
• FotoMasters - custom framed digital art solutions for your special photos, including photo-montaging and photo-collaging.
• Genes Reunited
• Gould Genealogy & History
• Guild of One Name Studies
• Inside History Magazine - Australia's leading history and genealogy magazine
• Irish Wattle - Irish convict publications
• John Clements & Sean Murphy - quality local histories 
• Judy Webster - Queensland expert
• National Institute for Genealogical Studies
• National Trust Queensland
• Openbook Howden Design & Print - printers
• Professional Historians Association (Queensland)
• Ryerson Index
• Steinar Johansen (Scandinavian Genealogy Research)
• Stephen Dando-Collins books - internationally acclaimed author
• Unlock the Past - special events, publishing, webinars and directories
• Watson Ferguson and Company - printers
  
  

Libraries, archives and museums

• Brisbane City Council Library and City Archives
• Queensland State Archives
• State Library of Queensland
  
  

Societies

• Genealogical Society of Queensland
• History Queensland
• Queensland Family History Society
• Royal Historical Society of Queensland
• Brookfield Historical Society
• Centenary Suburbs Historical Society
• Coopers Plains Local History Group
• Caloundra Family History Research Inc.
• Genealogy Sunshine Coast
• Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association
• Gold Coast Family History Society
• Ipswich Genealogical Society
• Logan River & District Family History Society
• Maryborough Family Heritage Research
• Moreton Chapter Fellowship of First Fleeters
• Nepean Family History Society
• Queensland Prison & Penal Historical Association
• Toowoomba & Darling Downs Family History Society
  
  ... your society is invited. Click here for details

Research Help Zone and special interest groups

This will be developed but we expect the following

Experts for general and specialised advice (at different times)
 - Jill Ball
 - Kerry Farmer
 - Eric Kopittke
 - Rosemary Kopittke
 - Graham Jaunay
 - Carole Riley
 - Helen Smith
 - Judy Webster (at own booth)

Societies offering research advice and help
 - Genealogical Society of Queensland
 - Queensland Family History Society
 - various regional societies offering advice at the own tables

Genealogy programs (subject to suitable experts - offers to help welcome)
 - Family Historian
 - Family Tree Maker
 - Legacy
 - Reunion for Macintosh
 - RootsMagic
 - The Master Genealogist

Online content sites
 - Ancestry
 - FamilySearch
 - Findmypast (Australia, UK, Ireland and the US)
 - Genes Reunited
 - MyHeritage
 - ScotlandsPeople
 - The Genealogist (UK)
 - Trove

Miscellaneous advice and demonstrations
 - New South Wales research
 - Queensland research
 - Australian research - other states
 - English research
 - German research
 - Irish research
 - Scottish research
 - Breaking down brick walls
 - Convicts
 - Government and police gazettes
 - Land records
 - Social media
 - Family Photo Book
 - Flip-Pal mobile scanner
 - book printing
 - Guild of One Name Studies

    ... and more