What's on NSW & ACT AFHS
Events in 2023 and beyond
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Botany Bay Family History Society Inc past event
Wednesday 1 February 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Venue: Zoom
Presentation Megan Neilson - Unravelling the Family Myth - a personal glimpse of Australian - Chinese History
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Parramatta Female Factory Friends - Parramatta Female Factory Action Group Inc past event
Friday 17th February 2023 at 1pm
Venue: Parramatta Female Factory Friends Rooms, ('Greenway' Matron's Quarters Building), 5 Fleet Street, North Parramatta
Kerima-Gae Topp talking on Australia's Female Factories flyer
Botany Bay Family History Society Inc past event
Wednesday 1 March 2023 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Venue: Tradies, 57 Manchester Road, Gymea NSW 2227
BBFHS member and professional guide, Leonie Bell, will share the story of her Ron Rathbone award winning study on Stannumville,near Daceyville, a canvas town set up to relieve a severe affordable housing shortage in 1914 at the onset of World War One. Cost $5 non members. Payable on the BBFHS web site under Events Calendar.
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NSW and ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc past event
Wednesday 8 March 2023 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Venue: Zoom
Zoom Technical Meetings - held monthly Only for participants whose FHS is a member of the NSW and ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc. March Topic will be presented by Ian Tait, Picton District Historical & FHS Inc. He will be introducing us to OpenAI’s new application called ChatGPT. Members will also have time to ask questions and have others who have the technical knowledge assist with answers and suggestions. If you are interested in joining, please use our contact form to let the Secretary know.
Contact form to let the Secretary know you wish to attend. click here
Parramatta Female Factory Friends - Parramatta Female Factory Action Group Inc past event
Friday 10 March 9:30am to 3:00pm
Venue: The Parramatta Female Factory site (c1818) 5 Fleet Street, North Parramatta at the Parramatta Female Factory Friends Rooms
Join us as we:
Honour the convict women & their children Share their stories - Listen to their Voices & Walk in their footsteps
The Parramatta Female friends FFF cordially invite you to the Friends Rooms, Research Centre & Library for our International Women's Day observance.
- Explore the Friends Rooms in the Greenway Matron's Quarters (c1818)
- Visit the PFFF Research Centre, including the Babette Smith Collection
- Meet other members, descendants & our research team
- Check out our 'Herstory' Displays
- Visit our sales table - buy a Factory moment() or one of our publications
- Book a tour or grab a cuppa and snack
- Sit awhile & experience this unique convict women's site!
Port Macquarie & Districts Family History Society past event
10:00am to 4:00pm Saturday 18 March 2023
Venue: CC Mac Adams Centre, Gordon Street, Port Macquarie 2444
Michelle Patient, well known genealogist and speaker, will present a full day seminar on 18th March 2023. Members of other societies are more than welcome to attend. Seminar attendance, morning tea and lunch are included in the cost. Raffles available. Program will be available soon.
More information available soon from their website
Lake Macquarie Family History Group Inc past event
10:00am to 4:00pm Saturday 18 March 2023
Venue: Marmong Point Community Hall
OPEN DAY and BOOK SALE with two speakers on this day.
AM: Allison Trindall, a Gamilaroi woman, with 20 years experience on researching and connecting families will speak on the Family Tracing Project which she has facilitated in partnership with the Wollotuka Institute of the University of Newcastle.
PM: Christine Yeats. Her area of interest is Australian History, in particular, colonial history. She has contributed to a wide range of publications as well as spoken at many conferences across Australia. On this occasion she will speak about Crimes and Misdemeanours.
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NSW and ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc past event
Wednesday 22 March 2023 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Venue: Zoom
Social Group - This is a great opportunity for all members of Family History Societies, who are members of the NSW and ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc., to catch up with each other over a wine, tea or coffee, discussing family history topics. March Topic - Tell us about one of your ancestors... If you are interested in joining, please use our contact form to let the Secretary know.
Contact form to let the Secretary know you wish to attend. click here
Parramatta & District Historical Society past event
10 April - 14 May 2023
Venue: Various
Heritage Festival see individual events
Parramatta & District Historical Society past event
Wednesday 12 April 2023, 12.30pm to 1:30pm
Venue: Hambledon Cottage
Les Fenech will talk on Australia's Communication Links to the World cost $5
Botany Bay Family History Society Inc past event
Tuesday 18 April 2023 10:30am to 12:00 noon
Venue: Port Hacking Community Centre, 184 Gannons Road, Caringbah South NSW
BBFHS member, Jeff Madsen, has had a long career in Information Technology using GIS (Geographic Information Systems) to prepare maps for government, private enterprise and family researchers. In this session, Jeff will provide an introduction to NSW Land Records available online at the Historical Records Viewer(HLRV) and demonstrate how these records can be used to enhance your family research so it becomes more than just names and dates. Non Members welcome on payment of $10. Follow the links for online payment on the BBFHS website.
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Parramatta & District Historical Society past event
12.30pm to 1:30pm Wednesday 19 April 2023
Venue: Hambledon Cottage
Ken Smith will talk on An Update on Penelope Lucas and John Macarthur's Lunacy cost $5
Parramatta Female Factory Friends Inc past event
Friday 21 April 2023 at 1pm
Venue: Parramatta Female Factory
A Forger's Progress: The Life of Francis Greenway
Sentenced to death for forgery, then granted a last-minute reprieve, Francis Greenway was transported to New South Wales in 1814. There, within a single eventful decade, Greenway and Governor Lachlan Macquarie began to transform Sydney with buildings such as Hyde Park Barracks, St. James' Church and the Supreme Court.
Alasdair's talk will profile Greenway's landmark buildings, his complex and fraught relationship with Macquarie and others, and his thwarted ambitions and inevitable self-destruction.
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Botany Bay Family History Society Inc past event
Saturday 22nd April 10am - 4pm
Venue: Gymea Tradies, 57 Manchester Road, Gymea NSW 2227
A Heritage Fair - Botany Bay Family History Society - Sharing Stories Informative talks on - Images 4U Photo Restoration; Ryerson Index Mapping; Women's Pioneer Register; Australian History Research; Dutch Family History; Kogarah Historical Society; Sutherland Library Cite-Builders Cold Case, Salvation Army. Military History Museum of History, Arts & Crafts Special Interest Groups. Free Entry
More about the Botany Bay Society click here
Parramatta & District Historical Society past event
Saturday 22 April 2023, 12.30pm to 1:30pm
Venue: Meet at St. John's Cemetery
Judith Dunn will lead a guided walk called Whispering Bones Tour Cost $15
NSW and ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc. past event
Wednesday 26 April 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Venue: Zoom
OFFICE BEARERS' NETWORKING GROUP MEETING
The experiences of office bearers in our associated Societies are, in the aggregate, enormous. Yet, we have no simple way of sharing our insights for our mutual benefit. NSW&ACT AFHS offer to host Zoom meetings to which core position holders are invited to discuss issues of immediate concern.
This iaugral meeting will be for Family History Societies and Historical Societies Presidents and Vice Presidents, who are members of the NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc. Discussion will include : What are the roles of the President and Vice President in your Society? What are the issues with which Presidents and Vice Presidents are dealing currently? Does the size of a Society determine the issues that arise? Any other matters participants wish to raise.
Full details and the Zoom link have already been sent to all our member groups. Please check with your Secretary. For further information please contact our Secretary
To do so please use this form to send a message to the Secretary
Parramatta & District Historical Society past event
Wednesday 3 May 2023, 12.30pm to 1:30pm
Venue: Hambledon Cottage
Ronda Gaffey will talk on A Captivating Colonial Chronicler – Margaret Catchpole Cost $5
Parramatta & District Historical Society past event
Sunday 7 May 2023 9:30am – 12.00noon
Venue: Hambledon Cottage
Gary Carter will will lead a walk showing Heritage Pubs and Development in Parramatta Cost $15
Parramatta & District Historical Society past event
Wednesday 10 May 2023, 12.30pm to 1:30pm
Venue: Hambledon Cottage
Judith Dunn will talk on “Joseph Mortelmans – The Last Pirate of the Pacific