I’m Nicole Dados, an archives, information, and historical research specialist with a background in academic social science. I have a passion for documenting and sharing lost and neglected histories and bringing to life our connected pasts. I draw my ancestry, family history and inspiration from the diverse Eastern Mediterranean region.

Formally trained as an academic in the social sciences, I made a career transition into archives, libraries and family history studies in 2021. I completed a Diploma in Family History through the University of Tasmania and am working towards a Master of Information Science. I am a current member of the Society of Australian Genealogists (SAG), the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), and the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA).

I established the Anatolikis Family History Project in 2021 to share information and resources for family historians researching Greek ancestry in the Levant and Anatolia. I conduct family history research by consultation, and maintain a historical research blog.

I also maintain a blog dedicated to archives, libraries and information services, Notes in Precaria, that is focused on diverse topics in knowledge management, technological change in the GLAMR sector, ethics and professional practice.  

My academic work

Formally trained as an academic in the social sciences, I completed my PhD at the University of Technology Sydney, graduating in 2011. My thesis, titled “Lost and found in Beirut: Memory and place in narratives of the city”, explored how social change, urban transformation and cultural production shaped historical and popular memory, and place and belonging in the famed Levantine city through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

After completing my PhD, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the social sciences, participating in several funded research projects and pursuing research into the work conditions of contract knowledge workers in the university sector. My academic publications, published as Nour Nicole Dados, can be found here.

The Anatolikis Family History Project was launched in November 2021, with the aim of assisting family historians access historical and archival documents pertaining to the Rüm/Greek Orthodox/Greek communities of the Levant and Anatolia.

I have completed the Diploma in Family History (UTAS, 2024) and have extensive experience working with historical and archival materials. I maintain active membership of the Society of Australian Genealogists (SAG). Please contact me directly if you would like me to assist you with paid family history research.