| 1950s |
Attended Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Sandringham |
| 1960s |
Attended Star of the Sea College Gardenvale |
| 1971 - 1987 |
Commonwealth Public Servant
Trainee Technical Officer, Laboratory Manager, Chemist, Science Policy, Standards Association Committee, served government appointed committee judging biotechnology grant scheme, Project Officer, Bureau of Meterology |
| 1971 |
Actor with Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) at Russell Street Theatre |
| 1972 |
Worked 2 months in Papua New Guinea with indigenous fella |
| 1973 - 1974 |
Travelled Europe, Asia, Middle East and USSR 3 months |
| 1975 |
Travelled Asia 1 month |
| 1976 |
Married (still to the same person) |
| 1970s - 1980s |
Sang with Sandringham Choral later Sandringham Light Opera Company. Committee member |
| 1981 |
Travelled Europe, Asia, for 9 months |
| 1983 |
After first teaching round discontinued Grad Dip Ed |
| 1985 |
Travelled to China |
| 1985 |
Began joining genealogical societies (now member of many) |
| 1985 - 1988 |
Served on Council of Genealogical Society of Victoria (GSV) |
| 1985 - 1992 |
Sessional tutor of family history for the Council of Adult Education (CAE) |
| 1986 |
Sang Victoria Victoria concert in Exhibition Building for Victoria's 150 celebrations |
| 1986 |
Travelled Europe, Africa, Asia, for 7 months |
| 1986 |
Started genealogy research business, book selling and publishing |
| 1987 |
Head of Department of Liberal Studies CAE, a TAFE college for 3 months |
| 1987 + |
Accepted as a member of Australasian Association of Genealogists and Record Agents (AAGRA) later served on council |
| 1987 |
Incorporated Macbeth Genealogical Services Pty Ltd |
| 1988 |
First son born: William |
| 1988 |
Presented a paper at first International Congress and 5th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry Sydney |
| 1988 |
Commenced editing for Macbeth publishing program on fiche and paper |
| 1988 |
Sang Australia Australia concert in Exhibition Building in celebration of 200 years of white settlement in Australia |
| 1991 |
Second son born: Thomas |
| 1991 |
Presented two papers at 6th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry Launceston Tasmania |
| 1994 |
Presented a paper at Preservation Microfilming Conference in Adelaide convened by National Library of Australia (NLA) |
| 1994 |
Third child and first daughter born: Catherine |
| 1995 |
Presented paper at the first Victorian Family History State Conference convened by Victorian Association of Family History Organisations (VAFHO) |
| 1996 |
Developed Macbeths website |
| 1997 |
Developed DiggerTM for CD-ROM database publications |
| 1997 |
Commenced project work on CD-ROM production of genealogy titles using DiggerTM for Victorian Government |
| 1999 - 2001 |
Appointed by Jeff Kennett, Victoria's Premier to Public Record Office Advisory Council (PRAC) |
| 2000 |
Presented the Don Grant Lecture for VAFHO |
| 2000 |
Began playing golf |
| 2001 |
In conjunction with Coherent Software developed Flikker™ for CD-ROM publications of images |
| 2001 |
Joined Koorie Record Taskforce |
| 2001 |
Awarded life membership of Koorie Heritage Trust |
| 2001 |
Joined Disposal Sub-committee of PRAC |
| 2002 - 2003 |
Reappointed by Mary Delahunty, Minister of the Arts to Public Record Office Advisory Council (PRAC) |
| 2002 |
Commenced CD-ROM publication using FlikkerTM of images |
| 2002 |
Judge of Local History Grant Program administered by Arts Victoria, funded by the Community Support Fund |
| 2002 |
Accepted as a member of Australasian Association of Genealogists and Record Agents (AAGRA) in category of Genealogist |
| 2003 |
Successfully tendered for the contract to provide genealogical Services to the Public Trustee of Western Australia in their work in intestate estates |
| 2006 |
Presented two papers and participated in a group presentation at the 11th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry, Darwin NT |
| 2006 |
Travelled with my family to China |
| 2007 |
Travelled to India with my 13-year-old daughter Catherine to stay with my friend Poonam Garg nee Gupta and her family for 3 weeks |
| 2008 |
Travelled with my family to visit more of China |
| 2008 |
Awarded the Frances Brown Award by the Victorian Association of Family History Organisations (VAFHO) |
