~ December 2006 ~  

MEETING DATES 2006

MEETING DATES 2007

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

INFORMATION

To all of the members of the group "Seasons Greetings" from Michelle Nichols and staff at Hawkesbury City Council Library.

Don't forget there will be no meeting in January. The next meeting will take place on the 14th February 2007, speaker details above.

CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR CLOSING

Make sure you check the opening & closing hours before visiting various venues over the break. See below

State Records http://www.records.nsw.gov.au State Library of NSW http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au are opened but different hours. Society of Australian Genealogists www.sag.org.au is closed until late January as they are moving the library into new premises. Check the websites or telephone for more information.

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/

REMINDER

Don't forget to celebrate Australia Day on the 26th January 2007. Lots of things to do…check the newspapers and websites.

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.

Genealogy helplist Canada ~ http://www.rootsweb.com/~canghl/

Date calculators ~ http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/birthday.html

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