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QFHS Management Committee 2021­–2022

President: Kevin Haley

Vice President: Chris Schuetz 

Secretary: Elaine Eager

Treasurer: Doug Eager 

QFHS Book Award 2021

presented to

Gerard Benjamin

for his book
William & Leonora Monk

pictured here with Book Award Coordinator, Gayle Thomsett

at the

QFHS Annual General Meeting 

QFHS Library and Resource Centre - Opening Hours

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Our Future

Proposed Amalgamation with the Genealogical Society of Queensland.

Important news regarding amalgamation discussions

From the 2020-2021 QFHS President

Our Society held the second and third amalgamation Q & A sessions on 7 and 8 May 2021.

The Q & A sessions were well attended with approximately 40 attendees on Friday and 26 attendees on Saturday. A copy of the for and against presentations, and members’ views received after the meeting have been posted on the website.

After the meeting, I received a notice from a group of members requesting a special general meeting. Ironically, it was signed by 22 members, the same number as, in 1979, wanted to form a new organisation, separate from the Genealogical Society of Queensland (GSQ).

At the Management Committee Meeting, 20 May 2021, your Committee discussed both the Q & A meetings and the special general meeting. The Management Committee has agreed that QFHS will cease talks with GSQ regarding amalgamation. The Committee took this decision, because in the absence of acquiring shared premises, amalgamation would not serve the best interests of QFHS members. This decision was not taken lightly.

I have also informed the Management Committee and the members attending Wednesday's Members’ Meeting that I will not be standing for President at our AGM in June 2021.

Chris Gibbs.

QFHS Past President 

Fridays@QFHS

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

And, do not forget

MyHeritage

QFHS and the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Our Library and Resource Centre has re-opened. Guidelines for visiting safely at present are here. 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.

April 2021

• QFHS Books - Name Accumulation Index
• Collection of Searchable Books
• View the latest videos on QFHS's YouTube channel

February 2021

• Queensland Defence Force General Orders 1885-1902
• Supreme Court - Brisbane Originating Summonses 1901-1906
• George Bond Photographic Collection
• Open data – Police Gazette Inquests 1875-1885 (No login required)

Four Railway Databases

• Classification List: Locomotive Enginemen, Firemen, and Cleaners 1912
• Queensland Railway Appointments and Removals 1890
• Queensland Railway Dismissals 1879
• Queensland Railway Employees 1889-1940 

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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