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Annual General Meeting

The 2019-20 Annual General Meeting will be held via Zoom at 7.30pm on Wednesday 21 October 2020.

Register to attend

The meeting will include

• Presentation of the QFHS Annual Report
• Election of the incoming Management Committee - see who's nominated here (proxy forms to be with Secretary by 7:30 pm 19 Oct, )
• Presentation of new Certificate Members of the Queensland Pre-Separation Group
• Presentation by Nancy Edwards "A Working Class Family from the Genghis Khan - 1861"

We're open on Wednesday too!

Our Library and Resource Centre is open with limited capacity and reduced hours.

Bookings are now open.

You must let us know you are coming by emailing  visit@qfhs.org.au and advising:

• the day of your visit

• your name

• member number, and

• if you will use a computer or microform reader during your visit.

Please do not come if you feel unwell.

New hours

Tuesdays                10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Wednesdays           10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Thursdays              12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Saturdays                1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

2nd and 3rd Monday of month

                                 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

We are following Queensland Government guidelines for a library.

The number of people able to be in the Library and Resource Centre at any one time is limited.

All social distancing and sanitising requirements apply.

Our library has changed; read details of how you can return.

Weekends@QFHS

A number of our presentations are being offered on weekends

Check the offerings here.

Fridays@QFHS are now being offered online

Check the offerings here.

Access from home for QFHS members

During the COVID-19 lockdown

Ancestry Library Edition

Findmypast
More information here.

TheGenealogist
More information here

John Grenham has generously provided access to
Irish Ancestors
This offer extends to 9 July 2020.

And, do not forget

MyHeritage

QFHS and the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Our Library and Resource Centre has re-opened. If you are not yet comfortable attending the library in person you can visit online.

Members can:

• Contact askqfhs@qfhs.org.au with your research queries and requests for assistance

• Come to our many interest group meetings and events now being held online

• View our Online Access materials, with more datasets, information pieces and presentations being added each week

• Use Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast, TheGenealogist, Irish Ancestors at home

• Receive our special Snippets monthly with plenty of ideas to help your family history activities

We’ll keep you posted on any further changes. Do please take care in these extraordinary times.

Early Queensland Electoral Rolls 1860-1884 and 1889

Provided by courtesy of the Toowoomba and Darling Downs Family History Society

Queensland Police Gazette Index 1864-1884

An index to 102,302 names and aliases mentioned in the Queensland Police Gazette including witnesses, victims, suspected offenders and others.

Commonwealth Electoral Roll (Tasmania) 1916

More than 135,000 electors in Tasmania registered to vote on the Commonwealth Roll of 1916

The Army Index 1787

A full index to The Army List, 1787, published by the War-Office on 15 Feb 1787.  9,516 names are indexed including 4,200 officers on half-pay.

Persons called before Queensland Government committees 1860-1920 (no login required)

Includes civil servants, miners, farmers, graziers, labourers, railway employees, publicans, builders, seaman, clergyman and police. Copyright State Library of Queensland (2019) and released under CC-BY-3.0 licence.

Global Keyword Search

Search all our datasets in one easy action.

Go ahead and try it. Enter your keyword. e.g. surname, given name, place name, occupation. If you are searching on more than one term, separate your keywords by a space or an asterisk. Read About Global Keyword Searching at the top of the search box for more hints.

Ask QFHS

Do you have a quick family history or genealogy question?

Our new “Ask QFHS” service will connect you with one of our panel of experienced members to help. For example, help with:

• Finding out how to use a particular website or resource

• Understanding an unfamiliar term or phrase in a record

• Get recommendations for where to find records

• and more…

Email askqfhs@qfhs.org.au and find out how we can help.

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