Education

Education Courses are held at the Research Centre. You can register for a class at a monthly meeting, at the Research Centre in person, by phone (9523 8948), or by email

COSTS: Unless otherwise specified, the cost to attend a class or seminar is $10 for members and $15 for couple members and non-members. It is essential to register for a class, as class sizes are limited and resources are only provided for the numbers of persons registered. Money can be paid on the night of the class.

For Introduction to Family History Sessions, you may wish to attend all five sessions and if so, the cost is reduced to $45 for a single member and $70 for member couples and on-members.

Interest Group meetings do not require booking and the fee is $5 for members and $10 for visitors. All meeting dates and times  can be found on the Interest Groups link and are also included in the Events Calendar.

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FAMILY HISTORY CLASSES & RESEARCH CENTRE ORIENTATION DAYS 2019

Saturday 16 March 2pm - 4pm

Orientation: Talk & Walk. Come and find out about all the resources that are held in BBFHS Research Centre and the organisation of the catalogue - FREE

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Tuesday 28 May 10.30am - 12noon

Class: MY FAMILY HISTORY (Jean Campbell)
FIRST RECORDS

1. Collecting Information
2. Sources of Information
3. Keeping Records
4. Written record collection
5. Genealogical Charts
6. State Records of NSW
7. The National Archives of Australia (NSW section)
8. Society of Australian Genealogists                     
9. Royal Australian Historical Society

RECORDS IN  SYDNEY

1. BBFHS Research Centre Resources
2. Local Library
3. State Library
4. Mitchell Library

NSW BDM

1. NSW BDM Website
2. NSW BDM Wild Cards
3. Church Codes
4. Ancestry; NSW BDM: District of Births, Pre 1856 microfilms

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Saturday 15 June 2pm - 4pm

Orientation: Talk & Walk. Come and find out about all the resources that are held in BBFHS Research Centre and the organisation of the catalogue - FREE

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Tuesday 30 July 10.30am - 12noon

Class: NAMES & FREE INTERNET SITES (Jean Campbell)
NAMES

1. Common Surname Origins
2. First Names, Variants & Nicknames

AUSTRALIA

1. Australian BDM Indexes
2. TROVE
3. Ryerson Index
4. Australian Cemeteries

FAMILY SEARCH (Workshop)

1. Searching Records
2. Genealogies
3. Catalogue
4. Family Search Wiki

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Tuesday 27 August 10.30am - 12 noon

Class: OVERSEAS RESEARCH 1 (Jean Campbell)
SOURCES IN AUSTRALIA

1. Genuki                              
2. Gateway Site - CoraWeb

BASIC RESEARCH IN SCOTLAND

1. Civil Registration
2. Old Parish Registers (OPR)
3. Kirk Session Minutes
4. Census
5. Scotland's People           
6. Scotland’s Places

SOME INFORMATION ON OTHER COUNTRIES
New Zealand, USA & Canada, Europe
INTRODUCING:

1. Ancestry
2. Find My Past

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Saturday 21 September 2pm - 4pm

Orientation: Talk & Walk. Come and find out about all the resources that are held in BBFHS Research Centre and the organisation of the catalogue - FREE

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Tuesday 24 September 10.30am - 12noon

Class: EARLY ARRIVALS (Barbara Wimble)
CONVICTS AND EARLY SETTLERS

1. Parish Registers
2. Musters & Census
3. Colonial Secretary’s Papers - correspondence with the government.
4. Convicts
5. Military Personnel
6. Government Officials

SHIPPING & IMMIGRATION

1. Unassisted Passengers
2. Assisted Passengers
3. Immigration Schemes
4. Records of Early Immigration
5. Emigration Societies
6. Internet Sites (including TROVE)

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Tuesday 22 October 10.30am - 12noon

Class: OVERSEAS RESEARCH 2 (Barbara Wimble)
BASIC RESEARCH IN IRELAND

1. Migration
2. Surnames
3. Church Records
4. Irish Information in Australia
5. Information in Ireland
6. Division of Land

BASIC RESEARCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES

1. BBFHS Collections
2. Civil Registration
3. Parish Records
4. Census Returns
5. Wills