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From Down Under to Your Desk: Beginning Australian and New Zealand Research

Exploring your family history in Australia and New Zealand is like opening a treasure chest—rich, surprising, and full of discovery. In From Down Under to Your Desk, we’ll take you on a beginner-friendly tour of the best resources and strategies for tracing your ancestors in these countries. Whether your relatives were early settlers or recent arrivals, you’ll leave this session with the tools and confidence to begin piecing together their stories—and maybe even uncover a few unexpected surprises along the way! This beginner-level session is sponsored by the BYU Family History Program.

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