What's on NSW & ACT AFHS
Events in 2023 and beyond
Botany Bay Family History Society Inc
4 October 2023 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Venue: Zoom
Online Presentation "PALEOGRAPHY" By Jenny Joyce Jenny has a deep interest in core genealogy, Paleography, medieval English history and genealogy, Irish genealogy and historical photography. She is a writer, lecturer, speaker and has taught genealogy and history courses as well as being the founder and owner of Cite-Builder. Handwriting style is constantly changing, making it hard for the inexperienced to read old documents. With practice and guidance, you can learn to read old documents and gain valuable information from them. Find out the tricks to learning this skill and discover some potential traps to avoid. Non members WELCOME on payment of $10 Follow the links for Online payments on the website MORE INFORMATION www.botanybayfhs.org.au or Phone: 9523 8945
Events in the last six months
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
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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
Botany Bay Family History Society Inc past event
7 June 2023 from 7:30 to 9 pm
Venue: Tradies Gymea 57 Manchester Road, Gymea NSW 2227 (Elouera Room)
Presentation Speaker: Louise and Gerald Speding from Cold Case - Hartley Vale Cemetery: Unmarked Graves
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NSW and ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc. past event
14 June 2023 from 7:30 to 9 pm
Venue: Zoom
Tech Support Group Topic : TNG (The Next Generation of Genealogy Site Building) Software – Mark Wonson from Picton and District Historical and Family History Society
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NSW and ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc. past event
28 June 2023 from 7:30 to 9 pm
Venue: Zoom
Office Bearers Networking Group – Secretaries
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Botany Bay Family History Society Inc past event
5 july 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Venue: Zoom
Zoom Presentation Speaker: Helen Baggott (UK) - Posted in the Past Helen is a Somerset freelance writer and researcher into postcards sent more than 100 years ago. Her talk will be based on her two published works "Posted In the Past" and "Posted in the Past Second Delivery."Using genealogy Helen has researched the stories and families in these postcards sent early in the 20th Century.
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NSW and ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc. past event
26 July 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. August Topic : Share any non subscription sites that you have found useful. If you are interested in joining, please use our contact form to let the Secretary know.
If you wish to come along please message the secretary to send a message to the Secretary
Botany Bay Family History Society Inc past event
23 August 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Venue: Zoom
Sue Swalwell (UK) - Do As I Say, Not as I Did: Reflections of an Imperfect Genealogist Sue grew up in north Yorkshire before moving to London where she still lives. She has worked as a researcher in marketing and advertising. Starting as caretaker of family archives, Sue has been studying her ancestors and their worlds for over 40 years. She established the Swalwell One Name Study and explores the family name and its places within history, and has spoken on her experiences and discoveries at many conferences. Seeing herself as an "imperfect genealogist", she will tell the story of her journey, share some of the mistakes she has made and their causes.
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NSW and ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc. past event
23 August 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Venue: Zoom
Office Bearers Networking Meeting: Society Treasurers. This is a great opportunity for all Treasurers of Family History Societies, who are members of the NSW and ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc., to catch up with each other on a Forum to discuss issues and suggestions pertaining to your Treasurers position.
To book please use this form to send a message to the Secretary
Botany Bay Family History Society Inc past event
6 September 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Venue: Tradies Gymea - 57 Manchester Road, Gymea NSW
Gillian Lewis (National Maritime Museum) - Japanese Midget Submarine Attack Gillian joined the Australian National Maritime Museum as a volunteer guide in 2008 when she retired from a successful sales career in commercial building at CSR Building Products and has also been a member of the ANMM Speakers for past 6 years developing several presentations and regularly speaking to community groups. Gillian comes from a family with a history in the merchant and Royal Australian Navies. She has a special interest in the loss with all hands of HMAS Sydney (II) in November 1941 after a battle with the German raider HSK Kormoran and has volunteered her time for several years to search genealogical data bases for living relatives of Sydney crew to be DNA to assist in identifying the unknown serviceman from the ship. She is also interested in WW1 history, particularly the Western front theatre of war and is a passionate traveler having visited over 120 countries so far.
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The Womens Pioneer Society of Australasia Inc past event
20 September 2023 from 11am to 3pm
Venue: Royal automobile club MacQuarie St Sydney
Lunch and AGM guest speaker Bob Carr
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Parramatta Female Factory Friends Inc past event
Friday 29 September 10am to 1pm
Venue: Parramatta Female Factory Research Centre, 5 Fleet Street, North Parramatta
Parramatta Female Factory Friends Workshop
Gay Hendricksen will provide strategies to find out about factory inmates and how to break down brick walls.