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QFHS Library and Resource Centre - Opening Hours

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12:00 pm -  3:00 pm
  6:00 pm -  9:00 pm  (2nd and 3rd Mondays of the month only.)
10:00 am -  3:00 pm
10:00 am -  3:00 pm
10:00 am -  3:00 pm
Closed
10:00 am -  3:00 pm

Please check here for exceptions to opening hours.
Members and visitors are not required to wear facemasks, but please adhere to the 2 square metre rule. Details here

Our Future

Possible Amalgamation - Information Sessions

On Friday, 7 May and Saturday 8 May 2021, your Society held two information sessions about possible amalgamation with the Genealogical Society of Queensland (GSQ). One session was held on Zoom and the other in-room, with the same information presented at each. The in-room session was held at the Queensland Baptist Conference Centre, 53 Prospect Road, Gaythorne.

Your Society invited members to present cases for or against amalgamation. Three cases were presented against amalgamation and three cases were presented for amalgamation. There are available on the QFHS/GSQ Amalgamation - Discussion Papers page of our website.

Thank you to everyone who came along to these information session and earlier sessions. You can find more information, including some of the questions and answers from the first session, here and more is still to come.

Chris Gibbs
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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