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Blue Mountains Family History Society Inc

Locality: Springwood, New South Wales

Address: Blue Mountains City Library, Macquarie Road 2777 Springwood, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 PANSY Line Tour. Join Kurrajong-Comleroy Historical Society to explore the remnants of the Richmond to Kurrajong Railway, 1926-1952, Saturday 4 April 2020 http://bluemountainsheritage.com.au//pansy-line-tour-satu/

25.01.2022 Book about William PT Gow and his descendants soon to be published FROM DISTRESS TO DELIVERANCE The Life and Times of William Gow Convict, Schoolmaster, Farmer... by Stephen Gow (2020), ISBN 978-0-646-80379-1, 304 pages, $60. This limited edition, colour illustrated hardback book will be published next month to mark the bicentenary of the Wilberforce Schoolhouse, where William Gow (c.1795-1872) was the first schoolmaster. Extensively researched, fully referenced and indexed, the book provides an account of his life and times, from his arrest and trial in London in 1816 to his death at Richmond, NSW, in 1872. The book also includes biographical information on his ten children and some of their notable descendants. Essential reading for family members, it should also appeal to those with an interest in Hawkesbury and colonial history. For further enquiries/orders: Email: [email protected] or M/SMS: (+61) 0412 487 492

25.01.2022 Ancestry What will our newest records hold for you? An ancestor you never knew or perhaps a new name to track down? Our new records could hold clues to your storyexplore them to find out. ... See whats new NEW RECORD COLLECTIONS NEW Scotland, Ireland and Wales, Militia Attestation Papers, 1800-1915 This collection comprises attestation papers for recruits into the militia from 1800-1915. TOTAL RECORDS: 129,682 View this collection NEW Victoria, Australia, Coroner Inquest Deposition Files, 1840-1925 This database contains Coroner Inquest Deposition Files from Victoria, Australia. TOTAL RECORDS: 106,350 View this collection NEW UK, Imperial Yeomanry Records, 1899-1902 This collection comprises attestation and discharge documents from the War Office of men who enrolled in the Imperial Yeomanry during the Boer War 1899-1902.. TOTAL RECORDS: 56,578 View this collection NEW Victoria, Australia, Divorce Records, 1860-1940 This collection is comprised of Divorce Records between 1860-1940 from the Public Record Office Victoria. TOTAL RECORDS: 39,606 View this collection UPDATED RECORD COLLECTIONS UPDATED Essex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1918 This collection contains indexes of Church of England baptism records for the years 18131918 from the county of Essex, England. TOTAL RECORDS: 3,939,834 View this collection UPDATED England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016 This collection includes burial registers from select cemeteries in England and Scotland. Details on which cemeteries are included are listed in the collection description. TOTAL RECORDS: 3,298,288 View this collection UPDATED New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 You might be pleasantly surprised at the details that show up in these transcriptions from headstones in New Zealand. TOTAL RECORDS: 2,129,223 View this collection

25.01.2022 Time to share the message especially with Family History Societies closed. Be safe and keep well. Joy, Allan and staff

24.01.2022 "Steady as she goes" for us! The NSW BDM Registry has not closed its doors and we are operating as normal. We have even delivered everything that was ordered ...from us on the 15th March 2020 Remember our Happy Hour special of $19.00 for full NSW BDM Transcriptions every day between 7:00pm and 10:00pm. Any order over AUD$200.00 gets a 10% discount at any time. You can still place orders at http://nswtranscriptions.com.au//our_services/bdm/order/ma

24.01.2022 Long Weekend Special now on! $18.00 Full NSW BDM Transcripts until midnight 28th April 2020. Its business-as-usual and we are working remotely. Order at http://nswtranscriptions.com.au//our_services/bdm/order/ma

24.01.2022 I have recently started a website and Facebook page that some of your members and networks may be interested in. Please feel free to share. They both have same icon of a young convict woman.... Facebook Parramatta Female Factory Ordinary Women Extraordinary Lives and website is https://parramatta-female-factory-her-story-our-story.com/ https://www.facebook.com/parramattafemalefactoryourhistory/ Kind Regards Gay Gay Hendriksen Founding Partner The Rowan Tree Heritage and Cultural Services W therowantree.com.au T 0447189137

23.01.2022 This is a bit of a long shot but I am searching for information about Miss Judith THEWLIS. Judith was Headmistress of the Stratford Girls School in Lawson betw...een 1957 and 1960. She died 23 October 1960 at Katoomba Hospital and was cremated at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium in Sydney, but no burial place is mentioned. She is not at NSC, and not with her parents in Melbourne, so her ashes may have gone elsewhere. She was from Victoria (born in Yorkshire 1897 and came with her family to Melbourne in 1898. Prior to coming to the Blue mountains she was in Katanning WA, and prior to that Headmistress of Shelford Girls School in Melbourne. I have mined Trove and what info I could find on the Stratford school on the net. Judith was also involved with the Girl Guides up there as well. She never married. Thank you. See more

22.01.2022 Susanna Perry: Died Norfolk Island 22nd August 1841 Susanna had arrived on Norfolk Island with her brother Captain William Sheaffe 50th regiment and his family ...in 1837, here she met and married William Henry Tennison Perry - The grandson of the earl of Limerick Ireland, who was stationed here as the Superintendent Of Agriculture They were married by Thomas Sharpe in1838, Susanna had two children to Perry before sadly passing away just 15 days after giving birth to daughter Susanna Emily. Perry soon found love again - though Commandant Alexander Maconochie was far from impressed with him - Extract of letter from Maconochie to Governor George Gipps "He thus sets no stable example to the men:- Very seldom does he come to church, though I have especially spoken to him of it.:- and has recently exposed himself in a most un-amicable manner by an attachment to a child of 15 years of age whom a designing Mother has thrust on him, and whom, in spite of every remonstrance even formally pressed on him, he is now going to marry Scarcely was his late wife dead when his attention to this girl became particular: - and immediately on his return from Sydney she and her mother left their natural protectors her father and brother, who continued to reside in the barracks, (Her father a Lieutenant of the 96th Reg) and went to live with Mr Perry alone at Longridge The scenes that passed there in a way of quarreling and making up again , became the jest of both free and bond:" There is so much more to Susannas story- Come on tour with us to learn more

21.01.2022 At-home activities during the COVID-19 lockdown SUGGESTIONS FROM FAHS COVID-19 collecting...Continue reading

20.01.2022 COVID-19 Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic health emergency, all volunteer research assistance at both Springwood and Katoomba city libraries ceased on Friday 20 March 2020. The service will resume later this year but in the meantime the Society will only be able to offer research assistance via email or Facebook. Unfortunately, both Ancestry and Find My Past library editions are only available in the Library and cannot be accessed at home unless you have paid for a subscr...iption. Now might be the perfect time to put pen to paper (fingers to the keyboard) and write an article for our Journal, Explorers Tree. Our Editor will be delighted to receive your contributions and the next issue will be published in June 2020.

20.01.2022 New records this week at FIND MY PAST Waterford Poor Law Union Board Of Guardians Minute Books Over 163,000 records from the Dungarvan and Lismore Unions have been added to this exclusive collection.... Galway Poor Law Union Records Spanning 1849 to 1921, these records provide a window into what life was like for your ancestors in rural Ireland. Galway County Burials If youve got Galway ancestors, these records can provide details on their lives and deaths. Galway, St George Mansergh Estate Records Explore maps and rent lists to discover if your family had land on this vast estate in Headford, County Galway.

20.01.2022 New Release a brand new resource all groups and societies should have. ON SALE NOW

18.01.2022 We are excited to announce our new Easter database, South Australian Church Baptisms this new release has over 40,000 records available from 1839 onwards, and... can be found at: https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resou/online-database-search NB this database is a continual work in progress and will be subject to regular updates.

17.01.2022 Sunday Smile...........

15.01.2022 It is a difficult time for societies with the closure of Family History Societies and Libraries. However with access to Birth, Death and Marriage Index and other databases it is possible to research from self-isolation or social distancing. We want to assure you that we are still able to provide NSW Transcriptions. The NSW Registry has provided us with continued and safe access to the NSW Registrations. Could you share with your members that we are still able to provide transcriptions. Also during these isolating times, we have reduced the cost of Full Transcriptions to $18.

14.01.2022 Parish Registers 2020.04.18 htpps://genealogy.ie/parish-registers/ If you are researching the period before civil registration started, your only source is the Parish registers. You do need to know in what County and Parish your ancestor(s) lived. If you dont know, a good starting point is to look at where your family lived in the Census, as a lot of families would continue to live in a Parish for many generations.... Most Parish Registers only started round 1830, and for many counties even decades later. Also, over time, many have been lost. You should also consider that errors both in the original entry and in transcription are not uncommon. Names were also often misspelled: priests would write down what they thought the name was and many of the parishioners could not check it as many could not read or write. The three main sources for the Parish records are: Irish Genealogy which is a free Irish government website. You should always check which registers are available before you start your search, as for some areas none are. Roots Ireland. This is a paid site. You should always check which registers are available before you start your search, as for some areas none are. This database contains also some Church of Ireland registers. Not many of these survived as most were destroyed in 1922. National Library Ireland. This is a free site, that provides digitised copies of the Parish registers. Baptismal registers are also available at Ancestry and Find My Past. For Northern Ireland, you should check their guide first. You can then head to PRONI for their catalogue.

11.01.2022 National Family History Month Special Now On! $18.00 Full NSW BDM Transcripts until midnight 1st Sep 2020. Finished moving! Its business-as-usual and we are w...orking remotely. Order at http://nswtranscriptions.com.au//our_services/bdm/order/ma

11.01.2022 Gow Family Gathering, Wilberforce, October long weekend We are hoping that the Gow Family Gathering planned for 4 October 2020 will be allowed to go ahead, give...n the rate at which social isolation restrictions are currently being lifted. Looking forward to seeing you there. Have you mentioned our event to people you know named Gow? Are you a descendant of William PT Gow and Maria Dunstan? Do you have this date marked in your Calendar? Have you told everyone in your family about this event? You can contact me via this group or by sending an email to [email protected].

09.01.2022 NSW Cemetery indexes. I have received a very large number of CD-Rs with cemetery indexes and images of headstones compiled by my friend Roma Waldron who sadly p...assed away in 2013. Roma worked tirelessly for many years on the project. The photos were taken by Roma and a number of collaborators mainly throughout the New England and Hunter Valley regions. I have permission from Romas next of kin to make this material more available but do not want to step on anyones toes. No copyright appears to have been claimed on much of the material so I welcome suggestions on what to do such as providing copies to family history and local history societies and/or put it on line. The areas covered have little bearing on my own familys origins but they do connect with my research into photographers of the 19th and early 20th centuries that worked throughout NSW, so I look forward to gleaning info on them from the immense haul of material I have before me. See more

09.01.2022 Blue Mountains Centre for Faith and Public Issues

07.01.2022 The January 2020 Issue of Engineering Heritage Australia Magazine is now online Find it at: https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au///Previous-Magazines This issue of the magazine starts with an update to what we can expect at the 2020 Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference in Dunedin, New Zealand in November this year. Then Bill Phippen tells us an interesting story about the history of the Nowra Bridge across the Shoalhaven River, about 170km south of Sydney, and se...ttles an old argument about the purpose for which this bridge was built. Ken McInnes, in his research into engineering and industrial history came across accounts of a large reinforced concrete barge and a reinforced concrete pontoon built in Sydney Harbour between 1914 and 1917 by Messrs Stone & Siddeley. He speculates that both could have been located at Circular Quay and asks if anyone in Sydney knows anything about them. Frank Johnson has been fascinated with the history of Major-General A.C. Fewtrell, a railway engineer who rose to prominence in the Australian army in World Wars 1 and 2, and had an equally illustrious career in the NSW Railways, where he capped his achievements by supervising the design and construction of the second Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge. The Connections pages include an interesting corollary to the Moon Landing story we told in the September 2019 issue of the Magazine. There are also notes about Newcastle and the BHP Steel Works there, the barque James Craig, and the NSW Locomotive 3801 (or 38-oh-1). Its a month late this time - I blame the bushfires, and the smoke, which kept me off work for 2 months! Cheers Margret Doring, Editor, EHA Magazine.

06.01.2022 MY HERITAGE In honour of Irish-American Heritage Month, were offering free worldwide access to all Irish records on MyHeritage from March 522. You can search the free records Weve also built a dedicated web page (www.myheritage.com/Irish) that includes fun facts about Irish heritage, information about our Irish collections, and a search bar so users can easily search the free Irish record collections directly from the page. The page also includes engaging content that highlights the tremendous contribution Irish heritage has made to American history and culture.

05.01.2022 MY HERITAGE Heres an update of new features and materials available on the MyHeritage Knowledge Base. I hope youll find this LIST useful and that youll let other people know too. As requested by many users, weve now added the ability to search for items according to the name of the speaker/author in all languages. ... New content items this month: Webinars Introduction to DNA Testing in Genealogy and Family History How to Use the Smart Matches & Record Matches MyHeritage Technologies Suggested Relationship Paths: An Inside Look at the Theory of Family Relativity Get the Most from the MyHeritage Search Engine for Historical Records Following Your Familys Immigration Trail on MyHeritage MyHeritage: New Advanced Features and Technologies Tune Up Your Family Tree with the MyHeritage Consistency Checker Visualizing Ancestral Lines with DNA AutoClusters Articles What Smart Matches Are and How to Make the Most of Them How to Get the Most Out of Your Family Site Fun with Family Statistics How to Start Building Your Family Tree on MyHeritage How to Keep Track of Family Events with MyHeritage Whats Considered a Strong DNA Match? Managing Your Privacy on MyHeritage Displaying Family Names on MyHeritage How-To Video How to Restore a Project on FTB How To Backup a Project on FTB

05.01.2022 2020 Public Talks Hector Abrahams 29 March 2020 @ 2.00pm There will be a Public Forum held by Blue Mountains Centre for Faith and Public Issues on Sunday 29 March 2020 at 2.00pm in the Leura Uniting Church Hall, cnr Grose Street and Megalong Street, Leura.... Hector Abrahams will present "Scenic beauty in the Blue Mountains: A talk about towns, roads, tourism and national parks". Mr Abrahams talk starts with a look at the scenic route on the edge of the listed arrea, the Bylong Valley Way. He will explore what "scenic value" means and how it came to be important in the decision to refuse consent to the Upper Bylong Coal Mine application. He will then discuss what this means for the scenic culture of the Blue Mountains. Refreshments available - Donation appreciated Enquiries: William Emilsen [email protected] Allan Walsh [email protected]

04.01.2022 Dear Blue Mountains Family History Society, I hope my email finds you safe and well. ... I am currently doing a study that investigates how inherited family secrets, stories, and memories inform Australian’s understandings of colonial history. I am hoping to interview some family historians who have found interactions between Indigenous people and settlers in their ancestry and who are doing some research into that aspect of their family tree. Do you know of any family historians who may be interested in talking to me about their research? Given the situation with the coronavirus, interviews can be done over zoom/skype or in person when restrictions are eased. I am very happy to chat on the phone if it would be helpful to know more about the project first. With thanks and best wishes, Ashley -- Ashley Barnwell - Research Fellow in Sociology School of Social and Political Sciences | Faculty of Arts The University of Melbourne | Victoria 3010 Australia T: +613 83444559 E: [email protected]

02.01.2022 Coeliac Awareness Week 2020 starts on Friday! Coeliac Australias new campaign highlights the many signs and symptoms of coeliac disease beyond typical gut i...ssues. How well do you know coeliac disease? Visit our website, download and display the poster in your workplace, school, library, pharmacy or elsewhere in your community. Read more about how you can support Coeliac Australia Week: 13 - 20 March 2020 at https://www.coeliac.org.au/caw/ #treatcoeliacseriously #knowcoeliacsymptoms #coeliacaware #coeliacawareness #coeliacdiagnosis #coeliacaust

02.01.2022 Our website ordering will change this Saturday to provide greater security with your online ordering. You can continue to order this week. The website will not ...be available this Saturday 27 June. We will continue to offer you JOY IN FAMILY HISTORY. Joy, Allan and our team at Joy Murrin Family History Services. The website address remains the same www.joymurrin.com.au See more

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01.01.2022 Hello. Hopefully this post is acceptable for the forum. I'm attempting to trace the decedents of David and Maude Huggins. A relative who has been researching ou...r family tree has discovered a document that might be of interest to the decedents of David and Maude. David and Maude were neighbours of my Grandparents and Mother during the war years in Bexhill, England. I would be happy to pass it on should they wish. David and Maude emigrated to Australia after WW2 and were living 'somewhere' in the lower Blue Mountains until the 1980's. My late Mother was in correspondence with them for a while after David wrote to a local newspaper in England. My Mother heard of David's passing later in the 1980's. I think (?) they had a son who was a car dealer in the Sydney area at one time. I've carried out numerous searches without any obvious clues. I discovered another Huggins family with connections to the area, but I don't believe it to be the same people. On the remote chance somebody might know the whereabouts of the descendants of David and Maude, maybe they could point me in their direction. Or they are welcome to contact myself of course. Alternatively, should anybody have advice on where to proceed next, that would be welcome. Thanks for taking the time to read. See more

01.01.2022 Long Weekend Special now on! $18.00 Full NSW BDM Transcripts until midnight 9th June 2020. Its business-as-usual and we are working remotely. Order at http://nswtranscriptions.com.au//our_services/bdm/order/ma

01.01.2022 Subject: NSWACT ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES INC AGM Advice to Association Members Please be advised that the Association 2020 Annual General Meeting is currently schedualed for 4.00pm on Saturday 12 September 2020 as part of the 2020 Association Annual Conference being hosted by the Newcastle Family History Society. The Conference is planned to be held at Wests New Lampton.... The Conference Organising Team have undertaking tremendious work in planning an exciting event at a great venue. The Team in the recent weeks have, as we all have, continued monitoring events regarding the COVID-19 Virus. Information from the Team has been mainly via newsletters posted on the Conference Website and forwarded to those who have registered their interest. Conference Website - https://ridingthewavesofhistory.com.au Further advice will be provided should there is a change to operation of the NSWACT Association of Family History Societies Inc Annual General Meeting. For those interested in the opportunities and awards available to Association Members please access the Association Website. Additional information regarding the Deligates to the AGM will be posted on the Website and circulated to Member Groups. Association Website - https://www.nswactfhs.org Regards John Hely Secretary NSWACT Association of Family History Societies Inc