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NATIONAL FAMILY HISTORY WEEK
30th July to 8th August 2010
OUR OPEN DAY - WILL NOT BE HELD UNTIL 14th AUGUST 2010
Entry Fee $5.00
Tea and Coffee - small charge at the help yourself refreshment table in the hall
Sausage Sizzle will be available during the day.
Come visit the Central Coasts only Genealogical bookshop. We take Eftpos for your convenience. Oh! and yes we do take cash!
Thinking of joining the Society, then make sure you visit the membership ladies on the entry table. They will explain all about the
benefits of becoming a member of our progressive society.
Events are being held in our Research Centre and Lions Community Hall at Russell Drysdale Street, East Gosford.
The all-day open day on Saturday 14th (9.30 – 3.30) covers a smorgasbord of topics of interest for family and local
historians, from researching the past, documenting the present to recording it for future generations.
Meet the experts in our Research Centre and have one on one assistance in beginning your search or helping with those brick walls.
There will be other stalls on the day.
Keepsake Genealogy Charts
Family History Heritage Quilts
NIC NAC STALL will be operating with a variety of second hand items and home baked treats.
RAFFLE - Don't forget to pick up your raffle tickets.
Major raffle prize kindly sponsored by Ancestry.com.au
TALKS WILL BE HELD DURING THE DAY in the Lion's Community Hall
SPEAKERS
10.00 am Tom Wynn: Lifeboats of Newcastle Harbour
11.30 am Margaret Ertner: Lands Maps for Family History join our
volunteers in the Research Centre during the day to take this subject further.
Noon: Warren Meyer: FamilySearch - Records Search and the interrelation between World Wide
Records and World Vital Records, some new tools on Family Search and FamilySearch Wiki
12.30 pm Jon Fearon: A Beechworth Pioneer Connection
13.00 pm Peter Plowman: Australia's Migrant Ships 1900-1939
14.00 pm Peter Plowman: Australia's Migrant Ships 1946-1977
Page updated 29 July 2010
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