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The Hawkesbury Family History Group
is a support & information group for family historians & is co-ordinated
by the Hawkesbury City Council Library Service. Meetings are held every
second Wednesday of the month, except January, commencing at 10am in the
Tebbutt Room of Hawkesbury Central Library, located at 300 George Street
Library, Windsor. (Car parking is available underground, accessible by
entering Christie Street, off George Street) Guest speakers talk on a
variety of topics. There is no joining or membership fees & anyone
interested is welcome to attend.
MEETING DATES 2012
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2012 |
| 8 February |
HEATHER GARNSEY SAG in the 21st century – new innovations at the Society of Australian Genealogists |
| 14 March |
JUDITH DUNN Colonial Ladies, Lovely, Lively and Lamentably Loose (convict women) |
| 11 April |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Innovations & Inventions focussing on the Hawkesbury ~ HERITAGE FESTIVAL |
| 9 May |
JULIE & JOHN SWORD "Family: the first century" history of the Sword family |
| 13 June |
CAROL LISTON Accessing Land Titles records |
| 11 July |
To be advised |
| 8 August |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Family history - how things have changed? Celebrating HFHG 30th birthday |
| 12 September |
VICKI ELDRIDGE Teacher and school history records |
| 10 October |
To be advised |
| 14 November |
ANGELA PHIPPEN Wises Post office Directories for family and local research |
| 12 December |
To be advised |
MEETING DATES 2011
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2011 |
| 9 February |
RALPH HAWKINS Faces & Places - Dating Family Photographs |
| 9 March |
SUZANNA VOYTAS ‘Elizabeth’ 1828 - the worst & most turbulent voyage |
| 13 April |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Your amazing stories – how to ensure your story lives on (Heritage Week) |
| 11 May |
ANDY MACQUEEN Frederick Robert D'Arcy: colonial surveyor, explorer and artist |
| 8 June |
KAREN ROGERS Guild of One Name Studies |
| 13 July |
GEOFF CANNON First Titleholders of Land in the nineteen counties of NSW
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| 10 August |
CASSIE MERCER From Rebels to Bride Thieves: stories of our Early Irish Convicts |
| 14 September |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Dining in the 19th century (CELEBRATING HISTORY WEEK) |
| 12 October |
LOUISE WILSON ‘Story-telling: Disinterring Early Convict Settlers of the Hawkesbury’ |
| 9 November |
SHOW & TELL Bring along an item of interest to show. Christmas Party |
| 14 December |
NOELINE KYLE Remembering, Recording and Writing Your Family Stories (+ Christmas Party) |
MEETING DATES 2010
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2010 |
| 10 February |
VIC KING Fleshing out your family histories |
| 10 March |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Introduction to FamilySearch facilities at Hawkesbury City Library |
| 14 April |
SYLVIA MURPHY Researching ancestors in the days of the Raj (British ancestors in India) |
| 12 May |
Excursion to Powerhouse Museum facility, Castle Hill |
| 9 June |
CATHY McHARDY Reminiscences of Richmond by Samuel Boughton
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| 14 July |
MARK ST LEON History of the Circus |
| 11 August |
MEGAN MARTIN Beyond Mrs Beeton's
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| 8 September |
HAWKESBURY FAMILY HISTORY GROUP ‘Memories of my ancestor’ group presentations |
| 13 October |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Treasures on Trove |
| 10 November |
KIM PHILLIPS Spirits of Gallipoli project |
| 8 December |
SHOW & TELL Plus Christmas Party |
MEETING DATES 2009
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2009 |
| 11 February |
BRAD ARGENT Discover Ancestry.com.au |
| 11 March |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Old Registers, Land – New research tool for NSW |
| 8 April |
JEREMY PALMER English & Welsh Wills for family history |
| 13 May |
CATHY MCHARDY & ARTHUR COOPER Glossodia history book by Arthur Cooper- official launch by Cathy McHardy – to be confirmed |
| 10 June |
TED BRILL Tour of Ebenezer Church & Cemetery |
| 8 July |
DR KEN KNIGHT Colourful Colonial Publicans |
| 12 August |
ALISON SPENCER History of postcards |
| 10 September |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Researching Scandals, Crime & Corruption |
| 14 October |
LINDSAY ALLEN Researching occupations at State Records |
| 11 November |
JAN BARKLEY JACK About “Hawkesbury Settlement revealed” book |
| 9 December |
SHOW & TELL Plus Christmas Party |
MEETING DATES 2008
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2008 |
| 13 February |
DR CAROL LISTON Parramatta Orphan School |
| 12 March |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Lucy Osburn Women with a Mission - Womens History Month |
| 9 April |
KAREN MILLS History of the Grono family |
| 14 May |
DR GRACE KARSKENS New history of early Sydney (Topic to be confirmed) |
| 11 June |
GAIL DAVIS Treasures from the State Records |
| 9 July |
CAROL BAXTER Scandal and Skulduggery in early Sydney |
| 13 August |
JOHN LOW From Inns to Villages : Glimpses of Family Life in the Blue Mountains |
| 10 September |
PAUL BRUNTON Rum Rebellion 1808 |
| 8 October |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Hawkesbury : a peep at the past - from photographs |
| 12 November |
CHERYL MONGAN World War 1 records |
| 10 December |
SHOW & TELL Plus Christmas Party |
MEETING DATES 2007
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2007 |
| 14 February |
HENRY CHAN Chinese family history research |
| 14 March |
MARILYN ROWAN NSW Births, deaths & marriage certificates
and the transcription service |
| 11 April |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Family history : back to basics |
| 9 May |
HELEN DICKINSON Hawkesbury Landholders |
| 13 June |
TED BRILL History of Ebenezer Church & cemetery |
| 11 July |
FIONA BURN Photographs for family & local history
National Archives of Australia |
| 8 August |
LAURIE FORTH Life & times of Margaret Catchpole |
| 12 September |
Excursion to State Records at Western Sydney Records Centre 143 O'Connell Street, Kingswood 2747 |
| 10 October |
MICHELLE NICHOLS NSW Police Gazettes |
| 14 November |
JEREMY PALMER UK family history sources |
| 12 December |
SHOW & TELL Bring along an item of interest &
end of year party |
MEETING DATES 2006
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2006 |
| 8 February |
HEATHER GARNSEY NSW Government Gazettes & AGCI (Australian
Genealogy Computer Index) |
| 8 March |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Census records in family history research |
| 12 April |
JAN HERIVEL World War 1 research : Castlereagh soldiers
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| 10 May |
ROBYNNE WINLEY My Hawkesbury convict ancestors |
| 14 June |
TRIVIA QUIZ???? Everyone welcome, come along & have
some fun!! |
| 12 July |
CATHY McHARDY Place names in the Hawkesbury district |
| 9 August |
Snapshots of grandfathers & grandfathers (small
5 min presentations by members of the group) |
| 13 September |
JEANETTE PELOSI Murder in the family - sources at State
Records |
| 11 October |
JOHN PARTRIDGE History of Gaols in NSW |
| 8 November |
JONATHAN AULD Computers & family history: family
history programs & creating family history webpages |
| 13 December |
SHOW & TELL Bring along an item of interest &
end of year party |
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