Previous Congresses

No.YearLocationThemeHost
172025Brisbane, QueenslandConnections: Past, Present, FutureGenealogical Society of Queensland
162022Norfolk Island, AustraliaHistory in ParadiseNorfolk Island Museum
152018Sydney, New South WalesBridging the Past and FutureSociety of Australian Genealogists
142015Canberra, ACTGenerations meeting across timeHeraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra
132012Adelaide, South AustraliaYour Ancestors in their Social ContextThe South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc.
122009Auckland, New ZealandPreserving the Past for the FutureNew Zealand Society of Genealogists
112006Darwin, Northern Territory‘FAMILY HISTORY – the access revolution’Genealogical Society of the Northern Territory
102003Melbourne, VictoriaDiscovery, Deadends and DatabasesGenealogical Society of Victoria
92000Perth, Western AustraliaLet Records SpeakWestern Australian Genealogical Society Inc (WAGS)
81997Christchurch, New ZealandLandfall in Southern SeasNew Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc.
71994Brisbane, QueenslandBlending the CulturesQueensland Family History Society
61991Launceston, TasmaniaOur Heritage in HistoryTasmanian Family History Society
51988Sydney, New South WalesFirst International Congress on Family History and Fifth Australasian Congress on Genealogy and HeraldrySociety of Australian Genealogists
41986Canberra, ACTBridging the GenerationsHeraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra
31983Hamilton, New ZealandUnder the Southern CrossNew Zealand Society of Genealogists
21980Adelaide, South AustraliaOur Colonial HeritageSouth Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society
11977Melbourne, VictoriaGenealogy in a Changing SocietyAustralian 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.