- The Hawkesbury Family History Group is a support and information group for family historians co-ordinated by the Hawkesbury Library Service. Meetings are held every 2nd Wednesday of the month (except January) commencing at 10am in the Tebbutt Room at Hawkesbury Central Library, Deerubbin Centre 300 George Street, Windsor.
- Guest speakers talk on a variety of topics.
- It is free - there are no joining or membership fees and anyone interested is welcome to attend.
- As well as attending in person, you can attend most sessions online. Note bookings necessary only if attending online and not in person. Book via Eventbrite https://hawkesburylibrary.eventbrite.com or ph 02 4560 4460. Meetings are not recorded.
- To find out what other activities are on offer at the Library (including family history sessions) click here
MEETING DATES 2024
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2024 |
| 14 February |
JASON REEVES - Focus on Ancestry – book to attend online |
| 13 March |
ELIZABETH ROBERTS - The Great North Road & what life was like for the men who built it – book to attend online |
| 10 April |
SUE WILLIAMS - Mary, the fascinating story of Governor Bligh's daughter – book to attend online |
| 8 May |
MICHELLE NICHOLS - Connecting with our ancestors (Heritage Festival) – book to attend online |
| 12 June |
ADJUNCT ASSOC PROF CAROL LISTON - Researching convict women through English records – book to attend online |
| 10 July |
JONATHAN AULD - Finding the Fiaschi family Dr Thomas Fiaschi, Surgeon & winemaker (1853-1927) – book to attend online |
| 14 August |
RACHEL CULLEN - Bringing National Archives of Australia (NAA) records to light – book to attend online |
| 11 September |
ANDY MACQUEEN - Life & times of explorer Frenchman Francis Barrallier 1773–1853 – book to attend online |
| 9 October |
LARISSA BEHRENDT - 'Storytelling traditions in Literature' – book to attend online |
| 13 November |
BARBARA GOW - Walking in the footsteps of your ancestor – book to attend online |
| 11 December |
Show & Tell plus Christmas Party |
Bookings necessary only if attending online & not in person.
Book via Eventbrite https://hawkesburylibrary.eventbrite.com or ph 02 4560 4460 |
MEETING DATES 2023
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2023 |
| 8 February |
CHRISTINE WOODLANDS Finding Ancestors with your DNA - Using DNA In Your Family History Research – book here |
| 8 March |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Hawkesbury Cemeteries |
| 12 April |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Captured: Portraits of Crime – book here |
| 10 May |
RACHEL FRANKS 'An Uncommon Hangman: The life & deaths of Robert 'Nosey Bob' Howard' |
| 14 June |
MICHAEL EDWARDS History of Pitt Town |
| 12 July |
GAY WILSON Family History & the Big Picture |
| 9 August |
JAN BARKLEY JACK Women of the early Hawkesbury – book here |
| 13 September |
MICHELLE NICHOLS ~ Brickwall Solutions – book here |
| 11 October |
WAYNE KEDWARD ~ Follow the sources – book here |
| 8 November |
GAY HENDRIKSON ~ Parramatta Female Factory riots – book here |
| 13 December |
Show & Tell plus Christmas Party - book here |
MEETING DATES 2022
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2022 |
| 9 February |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Hawkesbury mishaps & murders – book here |
| 9 March |
LOUISE WILSON Turning family history research into a truth-telling exercise – book here |
| 13 April |
MICHELLE PATIENT The Internet Archive – book here |
| 11 May |
LOUISE WILSON Turning family history research into a truth-telling exercise |
| 8 June |
MICHELLE NICHOLS THE LIFE OF JOSEPH DOCKER |
| 13 July |
DANIELLE LAUTREC Analysing family history sources |
| 10 August |
MARTYN KILLION What’s new @ State Archives |
| 14 September |
My favourite ancestor & why? + 40th Birthday celebration |
| 12 October |
RICHARD GILLARD The Dynasty of Elizabeth Crouch |
| 9 November |
JONATHAN AULD Preserving your Family Collections |
| 14 December |
Show & Tell plus Christmas Party - book here |
MEETING DATES 2021
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2021 |
| 10 February |
JILL BALL Magick mystery: Elizabeth Phipps story - Bookings essential – book here |
| 10 March |
SUE WILLIAMS Elizabeth Macarthur & Elizabeth Macquarie - Bookings essential – book here |
| 14 April |
KERRY FARMER Searching for Samuel - an elusive ancestor - Bookings essential – book here |
| 12 May |
MICHELLE NICHOLS A feel for the Hawkesbury - Bookings essential – book here |
| 9 June |
LAURIE TURTLE A hanging in the family - Bookings essential – book here |
| 14 July |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Expand your family history story - Bookings essential – book here |
| 11 August |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Photographing historic - Bookings essential – book here |
| 8 September |
BILL PHIPPEN NSW Railways personnel records - Bookings essential – book here |
| 13 October |
HEATHER GARNSEY The Triangle of Care and the records of the Sydney Benevolent Asylum - Bookings essential – book here |
| 10 November |
GRAHAME THOM Scottish Kirk session records - Bookings essential – book here |
| 8 December |
Show & Tell - Bookings essential - book here |
MEETING DATES 2020
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2020 |
| 12 February |
STEVE FORD Searching Online NSW Land Records |
| 11 March |
MARION STARR The industrious ex-convict - James Gough |
| 8 April |
No meeting held due to Covid-19 |
| 13 May |
No meeting held due to Covid-19 |
| 10 June |
No meeting held due to Covid-19 |
| 8 July |
No meeting held due to Covid-19 |
| 12 August |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Top 10 family history resources |
| 9 September |
HEATHER GARNSEY NSW Parish registers |
| 14 October |
STEPHEN GOW Gow family history book (how it was researched, written & published) - Bookings essential - book here |
| 11 November |
KERRY FARMER Searching for Samuel: an elusive ancestor - Bookings essential - book here |
| 9 December |
Show & Tell - Bookings essential - book here |
MEETING DATES 2019
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2019 |
| 13 February |
JASON REEVE Everything you need to know about Ancestry |
| 13 March |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Hawkesbury Benevolent Society - 200th anniversary |
| 10 April |
JAN BARKLEY JACK Hawkesbury early European settlers - 225 years on |
| 8 May |
KEITH PAINTER Researching Mr Padley |
| 12 June |
JESSICA NORTH Esther - true story of the girl who became first Lady of the colony |
| 10 July |
CHRIS YEATS The invisibility of women in the records |
| 14 August |
DEBORAH HALLAM The history of Lochiel House, Kurrajong Heights |
| 11 September |
JILL BALL Six feet under downunder - Cemetery records in Australia |
| 9 October |
TBA |
| 13 November |
EMILY HANNA Colonial Secretary – The Family Historian’s friend |
| 11 December |
Show & Tell plus Christmas Party |
MEETING DATES 2018
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2018 |
| 14 February |
JONATHAN AULD Top 10 hints for Scottish Ancestry |
| 14 March |
DR ALECIA SIMMONDS Courting: A history of love and law in Australia |
| 11 April |
KYLIE REES Archiving our digital records |
| 9 May |
SHARN WHITE Your Immigrant Ancestor’s story |
| 13 June |
JOHN PARTON Familysearch: everything you need to know |
| 11 July |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Notable residents of 19th century Hawkesbury |
| 8 August |
TALK ON NEW EXHIBITION & VISIT TO HAWKESBURY MUSEUM (family history month) |
| 12 September |
CHRISTINE FEARNON & JENNY HIGGINS Australian Dictionary of Biography and 3rd Fleet family projects |
| 10 October |
ANGELA PHIPPEN ‘Ooops I wish I’d checked the original’ |
| 14 November |
BARBARA GOW William Gow and his descendants |
| 12 December |
Show & Tell plus Christmas Party |
MEETING DATES 2017
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2017 |
| 8 February |
JUDITH DUNN Colonial Ladies - lovely, lively & lamentably loose |
| 8 March |
KERRY FARMER DNA and family history |
| 12 April |
PETER LISTER Hawkesbury Agricultural College and the Great War |
| 10 May |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Why tell your story? |
| 14 June |
MICHELLE NICHOLS The Great flood of 1867 – 150 years ago |
| 12 July |
CATHY McHARDY Hudson Ready-Cut Homes. |
| 9 August |
JILL BALL Salt lake city – the Genea-mecca (family history month) |
| 13 September |
JAN BARKLEY JACK The minister of St Matthew’s Anglican Church |
| 11 October |
JENNY JOYCE London online resources |
| 8 November |
SUE CASTRIQUE The history of Cockatoo Island |
| 13 December |
Show & Tell plus Christmas Party |
MEETING DATES 2016
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2016 |
| 10 February |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Discovering historical photograph collections |
| 9 March |
JOHN CANN All about Court & gaol records from State Records |
| 13 April |
BABETTE SMITH Penal Conditions & the making of the Australian Working Class |
| 11 May |
CATHERINE BISHOP Colonial businesswomen |
| 8 June |
CHRIS YEATS What you might find in your ancestors house |
| 13 July |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Joseph Lycett – A man of extraordinary ingenuity |
| 10 August |
HEATHER GARNSEY SAG Cemetery collection |
| 14 September |
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| 12 October |
WAYNE KEDWARD Portals to Family History |
| 9 November |
CATHY McHARDY A stroll around Kurrajong village |
| 14 December |
Show & Tell plus Christmas Party |
MEETING DATES 2015
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2015 |
| 11 February |
ALLAN MURRIN Exploring the Familysearch website |
| 11 March |
KATHERINE McKENZIE Putty tales & trails |
| 8 April |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Hawkesbury Home front talk |
| 13 May |
NOELINE KYLE Not So Ordinary Women — Researching & Writing Women in Family History |
| 10 June |
ALASDAIR McGREGOR The life of Francis Greenway and Windsor’s St. Matthew’s Church |
| 8 July |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Pitfalls in family history: strategies for family history |
| 12 August |
MELISSA HULBERT Restoring family photographs |
| 9 September |
BABETTE SMITH Penal conditions and the making of the Australian working class |
| 14 October |
JILL BALL Do the right thing |
| 11 November |
MICHELLE PATIENT Is it true? Facts, fun & fiction in family history |
| 9 December |
Show & Tell plus Christmas Party |
MEETING DATES 2014
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2014 |
| 12 February |
LORRAINE TURTLE Beyond birth, death and marriage certificates |
| 12 March |
CATHY McHARDY A stroll around Richmond |
| 9 April |
GAIL DAVIS I’ve been working on the railways (State Records Railway records) |
| 14 May |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Some Hawkesbury Journeys (Celebrating Heritage Festival theme and looking at journeys of some of the local inhabitants) |
| 11 June |
JOY SHEPHERD St Stephens Church Kurrajong – the records and the families |
| 9 July |
DR ANNE-MAREE WHITAKER William Cox and Cox's Road |
| 13 August |
DR PERRY McINTYRE Single female emigration in the 1830s & 1840s : NATIONAL FAMILY HISTORY MONTH |
| 10 September |
JONATHAN AULD Researching WW1 soldiers |
| 8 October |
BEN MERCER Ancestry.com.au - researching family history in the digital age |
| 12 November |
MICHELLE NICHOLS 150 years of Blacktown to Richmond Railway line |
| 10 December |
Show & Tell plus Christmas Party |
MEETING DATES 2013
| January |
NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2013 |
| 13 February |
ANN HOWARD Magic of Dangar Island |
| 13 March |
JILL BALL The Art of Blogging |
| 10 April |
JANETTE PELOSI Sentenced Beyond the Seas |
| 8 May |
MICHELLE NICHOLS Community Milestones – putting your Hawkesbury ancestor into context (18 April – 18 May 2013 HERITAGE FESTIVAL) |
| 12 June |
CHRISTINE YEATS Tracing ancestors in asylums |
| 10 July |
GAY HENDRICKSON The female factories & convict women |
| 14 August |
DR SIOBHAN LAVELLE Crossing the Blue Mountains 1813—2013 |
| 11 September |
KEN BRICE Author of “David Hawkins” - Topic to be confirmed |
| 9 October |
MARION MCGUIRK & JAN BARKLEY JACK Toongabbie’s Government Farm |
| 13 November |
STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS Mistaken identity : the trials of Joe Windred |
| 11 December |
To be advised |
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 |
LAURIE FORTH Life of Margaret Catchpole |
| 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 |
JONATHAN AULD Identifying and preserving old photographs |
| 14 November |
ANGELA PHIPPEN Wises Post office Directories for family and local research |
| 12 December |
SHOW & TELL Plus Christmas Party - bring a plate to celebrate |
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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