Eric Kopittke

Eric Kopittke has been researching his family history in Australia, England and Wales, and Germany since 1985. In the same year, he joined the Queensland Family History Society, where he has been convener of the Central European Group for over 20 years.

He has completed a Certificate in Genealogical Studies: English Records, Certificate in Genealogical Studies: German Records, and Certificate in Genealogical Studies: Methodology with the National Institute for Genealogical Studies.

Probably best known for the series Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia: 1850-1879, which was completed with his wife Rosemary, Eric received the Queensland FHS Award for Services to Family History (1990); was made a Fellow of the Queensland FHS (2000), and in 2006 was awarded the AFFHO Award for Meritorious Services to Family History.