~ October 2008 ~  

MEETING DATES 2008

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

INFORMATION

NSW Electoral Rolls on ANCESTRY LIBRARY

Ancestry.com.au has today launched the first NSW Electoral Rolls online dating from 1842 – 1864, these are available to library members to access FREE on AncestryLibrary database.

AFFHO Congress 2009 Auckland, New Zealand

The AFFHO Congress 2009 is being held at Kings College, Auckland, New Zealand from Friday, 16 January 2009 to Tuesday 20 January 2009.  Some great speakers will be in attendance, including notable overseas speakers. For more information see http://affhocongress2009.org/

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/

Historic Blackheath / RL994.45 HIS

Damned Rascals : a chronicle of Henry & Sussannah Kable 1764-1846 by Whittaker / RL 929.20994 KAB

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.

Macleay Museum historic Photograph collection ~ http://www.usyd.edu.au/museums/collections/macleay/hist_photos/index.shtml

NSW Rail history ~ http://www.nswrail.net/index.html

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