News

Launch of Commonwealth Electoral Roll (QLD) 1969

QFHS Library and Resource Centre
Wednesday 20 June 2018

Tony Swain, QFHS, and David Swift,
Director, National Archives of Australia, Qld.

Library Assistants' Team Meeting, March 2018

Elaine and Max	Caroline and Leita

Margaret, Carolyn, and Rhonda	Geoff, Ann, Tony, and Doug

Services to Family History Awards
2017

Masel P

Two awards for
Services to Family History
were presented on Wednesday, 15 November 2017.

Pam Masel (pictured) was recognised for
excellence in coordinating our library acquisitions.

Margaret Shand was recognised for
outstanding work in indexing for the QFHS publications.
Margaret was unable to attend the presentation.

2017 Pre-Separation Awards

Graeme Lean receiving his
Pre-Separation Certificate
on Wednesday 18 October 2017 with
QFHS Pre-Separation Group Convenors
Jenny Davidson and Ann Swain

See all the recipients

FamilySearch Update

As you know, FamilySearch discontinued its
80-year-old microfilm distribution service.
Read more>>>

You may also know that FamilySearch
makes its digital image collections accessible
on the FamilySearch website.

We are pleased to announce that, as a
FamilySearch Affiliate Library,
our members may now access a range of
digitised microfilms using the computers
at our Library and Resource Centre.

Read more here: FamilySearch Digital Images

Queensland Family Historian

Nick Vine Hall Award

Runner-up

Marg Doherty (AFFHO) presenting Kevin Haley
with the
Runner-up Award 2017
for the

Queensland Family Historian
Category B (larger societies)

Congratulations to our editor

Lyndal Cosgrove and her team.

QFHS Book Award 2017

QFHS Book Award Winner, 2017
John Field
Boots, shoes, and seeds: the life of Peter Field

Meryl Wallis and Desley Telford with Gayle Thomsett accepting
Highly Commended Award
on behalf of Robert Wallis, for his book,
The May family of Queensland

Maria Bianco with Gayle Thomsett accepting her award for
Highly Commended Award for a Memoir
for her book
Three trunks and a cardboard case

Our New Fellows

QFHS President Bev Young, QFHS Fellow Dorothy Jeffrey,
QFHS Patron, His Excellency, Governor of Queensland,
the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC,
QFHS Fellow John Perryn.