Previous Congresses
No. | Year | Location | Theme | Host |
17 | 2025 | Brisbane, Queensland | Connections: Past, Present, Future | Genealogical Society of Queensland |
16 | 2022 | Norfolk Island, Australia | History in Paradise | Norfolk Island Museum |
15 | 2018 | Sydney, New South Wales | Bridging the Past and Future | Society of Australian Genealogists |
14 | 2015 | Canberra, ACT | Generations meeting across time | Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra |
13 | 2012 | Adelaide, South Australia | Your Ancestors in their Social Context | The South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc. |
12 | 2009 | Auckland, New Zealand | Preserving the Past for the Future | New Zealand Society of Genealogists |
11 | 2006 | Darwin, Northern Territory | ‘FAMILY HISTORY – the access revolution’ | Genealogical Society of the Northern Territory |
10 | 2003 | Melbourne, Victoria | Discovery, Deadends and Databases | Genealogical Society of Victoria |
9 | 2000 | Perth, Western Australia | Let Records Speak | Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc (WAGS) |
8 | 1997 | Christchurch, New Zealand | Landfall in Southern Seas | New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc. |
7 | 1994 | Brisbane, Queensland | Blending the Cultures | Queensland Family History Society |
6 | 1991 | Launceston, Tasmania | Our Heritage in History | Tasmanian Family History Society |
5 | 1988 | Sydney, New South Wales | First International Congress on Family History and Fifth Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry | Society of Australian Genealogists |
4 | 1986 | Canberra, ACT | Bridging the Generations | Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra |
3 | 1983 | Hamilton, New Zealand | Under the Southern Cross | New Zealand Society of Genealogists |
2 | 1980 | Adelaide, South Australia | Our Colonial Heritage | South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society |
1 | 1977 | Melbourne, Victoria | Genealogy in a Changing Society | Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies |
The Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations advises that the 16th Genealogy Congress has been deferred till early August 2022, on Norfolk Island.
All the information and registration info will be updated as planning progresses. As of December 2021, Congress organisers and the Norfolk Island Travel agency have been contacting attendees to update Congress bookings, travel arrangements, and Travel insurance. If you have made travel arrangements elsewhere, you should consider updating your arrangements with them.
Our Congress Facebook page has all the latest news and information – https://www.facebook.com/AFFHO2022.
The Congress website has the latest information, program and other information; https://affhocongress2022.com/
You can also read the final report from the organisers of the Sydney Congress 2018.