"Settlers From Afar"

Saturday Oct 17th 2009

"Settlers From Afar"

10am - 4pm

Lemon Tree Passage Bowling Club

 

Guest Speakers are:

Helen Dickinson

"Land Grant Records & Titles." "Probate Packets & Deceased Estates and how they relate to Land Titles."

Ray Thorburn

"Finding those difficult Irish and Scottish Records."

Book launch of the society's new publication

"Port Stephens Bench Book May to December 1832"

The publication will be available for purchase on the day and is a companion book to the very popular Convicts of the Australian Agricultural Company 1825-1850 which is now in its 3rd printing.

Table holders include:

Family History Services

Elizabeth Hook

Keepsake Genealogy Charts

Liverpool Genealogy Society Inc

Manning Wallamba Family History Society Inc

Nepean Family History Society Inc

Newcastle Family History Society Inc

Port Stephens Historical Society Inc

Marilyn Rowan (transcription agent)

Tomaree Family History Group

Turtle Consolidated Services (transcription agent)

Wyong Family History Society

Pamela McGlinn (author)

Fort Scratchley Historical Society Inc.

Geoff Cannon  (1st Titleholders of Land)

Creative Memories (scrapbooking)

Joy & Allan Murrin (transcription agents)

Kerrijon Framing

Maitland Family History Circle

Morpeth Museum

Raymond Terrace Historical Society

Teapot Genies

Suzanne Voytas (author)


There will also be a miscellanous table with flyers, brochures etc.

from organisations not attending on the day.

National Library of Australia

Spirit of Gallipoli

Gould Genealogy

+ Many more

 

A Raffle will be held on the day with numerous prizes.

Entry Fee is $5.00

Table bookings are $10 (includes 2 free delegates)

Table bookings close 29th Sept 2009

Food available on site.

Contact the Society at psfhs@yahoo.com.au for further information

PO Box 32 Tanilba Bay NSW 2319