MACBETH’s Principal Researcher, Sue McBeth
Sue McBeth, Cert App Chem, BSc
- 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)
- 2008 Successfully retendered for the contract to provide genealogical Services to the Public Trustee of Western Australia in their work in intestate estates
- 2009
- 2010 Singapore, Germany Austria and Slovenia
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013 Travelled to Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithunia, Poland, Germany, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, and England.
- 2013 Successfully retendered for the contract to provide genealogical Services to the Public Trustee of Western Australia in their work in intestate estates
- 2014 Travelled to Sri Lanka
- 2015 Travelled to Harbin China (for the snow and ice festival) and Japan. Later Singapore, Myanmar and India for a wedding.
- 2016 Travelled to Malta, Italy, San Marino, Austria, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg and England.
- 2017 Travelled to the top of South America visiting Chile, Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezula and Columbia)
- 2018 Visited China, North Korea and South Korea.
- 2019 Travelled to the Caribbean via USA, (Nicaragua, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago), Vanuatu and New Zealand.
- 2019 acknowledged as a role model and leader by “Changing Faces Project” by Bayside City Council Victoria.
- 2020 Managed Macbeth through COVID and working from home.
- 2021 Accepted by the Association of Legal Executives in the category of Affiliate
- 2021Worked on the Native Title claim for the Mirning people in SA. The first professional genealogist to do so.
- 2021 Accepted as an expert witness by the Federal Court.
- 2022 Accepted as a member of Australasian Association of Genealogists and Record Agents (AAGRA) in category of Probate Genealogist
- 2023 Elected as a Fellow of the Australasian Association of Genealogists and Record Agents (AAGRA).
- 2023 Requisitioned by name by the Supreme Ct of VIC to solve a contentious probate matter.
- 2023 Sang Mahler 8 with CHORUSOZ at the Sydney Opera House