~ December 2009 ~  

MEETING DATES 2009 / 2010

Meeting held 2nd Wednesday of the month at 10am in the Tebbutt Room, Windsor Library

INFORMATION

2010  HAWKESBURY FAMILY HISTORY GROUP ~ MEETINGS

Seasons Greetings to all members of the Hawkesbury Family History Group. Please note there will be no meeting in January. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 10th  February 2010 and Vic King, the author of  “Jacklin : a convict's story” will be the special guest speaker. The Jacklin’s are one of the founding families of Ebenezer Church.

MACQUARIE TOURING DISPLAY

Hawkesbury Central Library will be hosting the Macquarie Touring Display  travelling display produced and toured by the State Library of NSW. The display will be available from 22nd January to 26th January 2010 and entry is FREE.   For details contact the library 02 4560 4460. To keep abreast of all events check the Calendar of Events on the Hawkesbury City Council website at http://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/community/macquarie-2010-bicentenary

PRESERVATION FACT SHEETS

The State Library's Preservation team have put together a number of fact sheets on preservation which may be useful for family historians. The topics include: Caring for paper-based materials; Caring for photographs; Dealing with mould; Drying a wet book; Removal of smoke odour and Storage of newspapers. Also contacts for related suppliers & preservation websites. See http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/collections/preservation/index.html

UPDATED ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

The following electronic resources have the following new information to access. These databases are free and only available to access on PCs within the library. You can also access AncestryLibrary via wireless on your laptop in the library.

ANCESTRYLIBRARY – these also include access to the originals

• Australian Electoral Rolls NSW 1930-37, 1943, 1949 & 1953-54 [eventually 1903-1954 will be available]
• NSW Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
• Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922
• Victoria Assisted & Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923 
• NSW Certificates of Naturalization, 1849-1903
• Australia and New Zealand Obituary Collection - Updated 
• England & Wales, Death Index 1916-2005 - Updated 
• Gretna Green, Scotland, Marriage Registers, 1794-1895
• United Kingdom & Ireland Obituary Collection - Updated ...plus much more...

FIND MY PAST

• 1911 UK Census
• UK migration records 1793 – 1960

~ STOP PRESS ~ Hawkesbury Family History Fair 7th August 2010 Advance warning - mark your diaries for the Hawkesbury Family History Fair which will be held on Saturday 7th August 2010. Lots of genealogy related services and products have been invited. Mini lectures and other events. To be held in conjunction with Hawkesbury City Library. For more information contact Michelle Nichols on michelle.nichols@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au

NEW LOCAL STUDIES ITEMS

New Local Studies items now available to consult in the Local Studies Collection at Hawkesbury Central Library. To check the Library catalogue online go to http://catalogue.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/amlibweb/

Registers of prison staff 1860-1923 NSW compiled Kaye Vernon & B. Jacobsen/ RL929.3944 REG

Yarramundi Reserve … Assessment by Jim Wheeler (includes early history of the area) / RL994.42 YAR

Frank Ernest Strachan and a history of the Vineyard district by Alan Strachan /RL994.42 VIN

Surfing the internet……. Sites for family historians

Members with internet access should check out the following interesting sites. The Library has free access to the internet, contact 4560 4460 for bookings at Windsor & 4578 2002 for Richmond bookings.

• Australian genealogy & history blogs ~ http://www.unlockthepast.com.au/a-australian-genealogy-and-history-blogs.html

• Felton Mathew diaries (surveyor in NSW) ~ http://www.cafewaratah.info/feltonmathew/

• Irish freeholders index ~   http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/freeholders_records.htm

• Bellingen GenWeb ~ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nswbelli/index.html

• Biographical index of Congregational ministers UK ~ http://surman.english.qmul.ac.uk

~ Let us know of sites, that you have tried with (or without) success ~