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25.01.2022 In this weeks blog post we remember some citizens of Eraring https://lakemacfhg.blogspot.com//trove-tuesday-citizens-of

25.01.2022 What a coincidence! https://geniaus.blogspot.com//10/an-invitation-for-you.html

25.01.2022 Thanks to member Kerrie D. for her zoom session on military resources yesterday. Kerrie, whose research focus is on military matters, shared many tips on how to use a variety of online resources. We are fortunate to have Kerrie, who has helped several members solve their military mysteries, in our Group.

25.01.2022 We recently received a large donation of books. We added those titles we did not have to our library and we are selling those which are duplicates. There are several titles relating to the local area and Hunter region. If anyone is interested please take a look at the list here: https://www.lmfhg.org.au/books.html

24.01.2022 If you missed this online tour with Ed Tonks you can watch it here https://youtu.be/pDDRGVFMo28

24.01.2022 Were your forebears members of The Stoney Creek Swimming Club? https://lakemacfhg.blogspot.com//trove-tuesday-stoney-cree

24.01.2022 Sydney Genealogist, Jenny Joyce, has written an informative post on Manors. https://jennyalogy.blogspot.com//04/definition-day-manor.h

23.01.2022 We are proud to announce the winners of the 2020 Alice Sinclair Writing Competition. A whopping 180 entries were submitted, and the judges were impressed by the... high standard of the entries. Huge Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who entered the competition. Click here for the winners and those who made the long list :) https://lakemacfaw2.wordpress.com//2020-alice-sinclair-wr/ See more

23.01.2022 Your Committee will be meeting via zoom this afternoon. If you have any questions regarding our Group's activities please contact a Committee member prior to 2pm so we can add it to our agenda.

23.01.2022 A topical post on our blog today https://lakemacfhg.blogspot.com//trove-tuesday-easter-happ

22.01.2022 https://facebook.com/events/s/lake-mac-big-book-fair/378347689870061/?ti=as

22.01.2022 Did you know that the Family History Library offers free online webinars? February’s webinars include topics like African American records and strategies, U.S. ...immigration from 1820 to 1954, using the FamilySearch Catalog for beginners, and more! Click here to register: http://spr.ly/6180HdjYn See more

21.01.2022 For those wishing to research at Speers Point Library this message came through from Jess Dowdell at Council. "Just letting you know that the time limits in library branches have now been lifted meaning that there is no restriction to the amount of time people can use the family history computers at Speers Point. We will be setting up a bookable research computer that can be booked for 2 hours. Once this is set up I will let you know."

21.01.2022 Remembering some Scots who settled at Lake Macquarie https://lakemacfhg.blogspot.com//trove-tuesday-natives-of-

20.01.2022 Local names mentioned in our latest blog post :Abbott, Barrett, Evans, Fahey, Green, Henderson, Hughes, Johnson, Lee, Loney, Owen, Skehans, Woolley, Wright, Young https://lakemacfhg.blogspot.com//trove-tuesday-red-cross-a

20.01.2022 Ryhope is the focus of our blog post today https://lakemacfhg.blogspot.com//trove-tuesday-ryhope-on-s

19.01.2022 All the media coverage of the bush fires got me thinking back. This is a photo that appeared in the Newcastle Herald in 1991 when my Grandmother, Win Rodgers, ...was evacuated by members of the Teralba Fire Brigade from her home in Rodgers Street Teralba when a bush fire set the roof of her house on fire. She was 97 at the time. Thanks to the brigade members the house was saved and Grandma moved back in and she lived there until her death in 1994 at the grand old age of 102. See more

19.01.2022 We're pleased to announce that the latest edition of our family history research guide "Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors" is now on sale. Including detailed gui...dance on using ScotlandsPeople, its the most complete guide to getting the most out of the resources held by National Records of Scotland. https://birlinn.co.uk/pr/tracing-your-scottish-ancestors-3/ Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors is also available to download as an ebook https://www.amazon.co.uk//dp/B08N1LF/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0

18.01.2022 Our blog post today talks about a memorial to local soldiers. https://lakemacfhg.blogspot.com//trove-tuesday-war-memoria

18.01.2022 Have you responded? If you want a family history space in this new facility please tell the planners

17.01.2022 We will be opening the hall at Marmong Point on Wednesday 2 December from 2-5pm. Please drop in and say g'day, borrow some books from our library or ask for help with your research. During the afternoon we will be drawing our Christmas Cheer Members' Prize Draw. All members will be in the draw to win a DNA kit or Gift Card. As numbers are still restricted please let the Secretary know if you will be visiting.

16.01.2022 Ryhope is the focus of our blog post today https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/1140267693562020852

16.01.2022 Members may be interested in attending this.

16.01.2022 People are reading our blog. In its few months of existence we have now had over 2,000 visits.

14.01.2022 Hello all.....exciting news for our Museum. WE'RE MOVING!!!!! About 2 and a half years ago the Dept of Education became aware of our existence at WWHS (after 27... odd years) bringing awareness to some WHS issues that have now been addressed and signed off on. During this time school rules changed and our Wednesday visitors were no longer able to drive onto school grounds thus making it difficult for our older or disabled folk to visit. We were able to negotiate with WWHS to have a monthly Saturday opening. November 30 and December 1st 2019 we had a special re-opening weekend, then we had February 1st 2020 was our first Saturday opening and then we had March 1st and then the world was thrown into chaos with COVID19 and our Museum has been closed to the public since then. Around the same time as DET became aware of our existence Lake Macquarie City Council were planning on building a new Library/Museum. LMCC then spoke with us about including our collection (or part there of) to the new Museum. After a great deal of discussion we felt it could only benefit the collection by being in a controlled environment with skilled volunteers (us and others) and curators to oversee the collection, so we agreed to relocating. And so the mammoth task of numbering, itemising, measuring, digitising, photographing etc of all items has begun. We also have to do significance statements for many individual items and the 45 different types of collections we have. Since we agreed to the move LMCC has been great supporting us with training, necessary equipment and volunteers. Some training was funded by LMCC and we were able to participate during COVID19 via Zoom & webinars. We also applied for a grant that enabled us to learn how to do Significance Statements from an expert in this field. We've also been fortunate enough to have several new volunteers assisting us with data entry (school photos and names), significance statements as well as setting up the new inventory data base. I think our volunteers are the BEST btw Sorry for the long winded post but the time has come to share the good news with you all. I will include a link to the LMCC website so you can have a look at the plans for the new Museum. Take particular note that Jess from LMCC will be at the Sugarvalley Neighbourhood Centre tomorrow 24.11.2020 between 10am & 12 for community consultation. Thanks for reading this I will post link separately. See more

12.01.2022 MARGARET of the AWABAKAL (c.1829-1894) by Vicki Grieves

12.01.2022 Ken Cubbon added 22 new photos from December 4, 2018 to the album: Warners Bay Live Steam Locomotive Track (1956 - 1972). A brief history of Lake Macquarie Live... Steam Locomotive Society. In 1953 a group of people at Warners Bay decided to form a model engineer club. From humble beginnings the club has grown to be a nationally recognised society for model trains. Now at Valinda Street, Edgeworth. With the hard work and creativity it has led to the successful club of today, with a track the attracts visitors from all over Australia. See more

11.01.2022 Happy Anniversary to a local institution.

09.01.2022 We hope to see members and friends at the Marmong Point Hall from 2-5pm tomorrow for our monthly Research Day.

09.01.2022 We are pleased to confirm that DNA expert, Kerry Farmer, will be the guest speaker at our October monthly meeting via zoom. If members have specific questions they would like Kerry to answer please email [email protected] by 12 October. Non-members are welcome to join us at the event. Please see attached image for details.

09.01.2022 Flashback Friday! This shot of Wangi Wangi Ferry Wharf was captured Circa. 1920. #FlashbackFriday #LakeMacHistory

05.01.2022 https://www.abc.net.au//australian-woman-voluntee/13132962

04.01.2022 https://www.newcastleherald.com.au//rathmines-catalina-as/

03.01.2022 Heather Garnsey, the recently retired Executive Officer of The Society of Australian Genealogists, will the guest speaker at our monthly meeting that will be held on 14th November (please note change of date). Heather's topic is The Sydney Benevolent Asylum and its triangle of care. In 19th century Sydney the Benevolent Asylum was a place of temporary refuge for destitute ex-convicts, deserted wives and abandoned children and by the 1870s it was the main lying-in hospital for single pregnant girls. From the 1850s it also forged close relations with the Randwick Institute for Destitute Children and Liverpool Asylum. The surviving records can tell us a great deal about the people it helped.

02.01.2022 A new post on our blog https://lakemacfhg.blogspot.com//trove-tuesday-catholic-ch

02.01.2022 New on our blog https://lakemacfhg.blogspot.com//trove-tuesday-beautiful-b

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02.01.2022 Australian GeneaGuru, Heather Garnsey, will be the guest speaker via Zoom on 14th November at The Lake Macquarie Family History Group Meeting. Heather's topic ...is The Sydney Benevolent Asylum and its triangle of care. In 19th century Sydney the Benevolent Asylum was a place of temporary refuge for destitute ex-convicts, deserted wives and abandoned children and by the 1870s it was the main lying-in hospital for single pregnant girls. From the 1850s it also forged close relations with the Randwick Institute for Destitute Children and Liverpool Asylum. The surviving records can tell us a great deal about the people it helped. The Group has allocated 20 spaces for visitors. If you would like to attend please email [email protected]

01.01.2022 Cheers to our blog. In just eight months it has recorded over 4,000 visits. https://lakemacfhg.blogspot.com/Cheers to our blog. In just eight months it has recorded over 4,000 visits. https://lakemacfhg.blogspot.com/

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