Family History Society of Rockingham & Districts Inc.

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An Affiliated Society of the Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc.

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MEETINGS

General meetings are held on the first Saturday of the month, commencing at 2.00 pm, in the 1st floor Meeting Room, Lotteries House, Civic Boulevard, Rockingham. See location map on Library page.

Speakers and Topics for 2021/2022

A charge of $5 per head for members and non-members includes afternoon tea. School-age children welcome.

2021	ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE
4 Sep	Ancestry DNA	Darryl Brady
2 Oct	Lonely Graves	Lyn Beard
6 Nov	Battye Library	John Hughes
4 Dec	Annual Quiz
2022
8 Jan	Rockingham Museum	Wendy Durant
5 Feb	FHWA Military Group	Gwynn Williams, Angela Hetmans
5 Mar	Boer War	John Adeney
2 Apr	Irish In My Viens. Uncovering Your Irish Story	Christine Timoney

Mandurah FHS Meeting Mandurah Family History Society’s Library is re-opening 15 June, 2020, for more info click here.

Aug 2021 saw our President Peter Godfrey give a talk with a different slant on some of WA’s WWI soldiers and what happened to them. This proved interesting and dealt mostly with ancestors of member Sally Lowe. Peter had been helping Sally with her research and found this a most instructive and useful work.
Two of this group died but most survived the war and returned with varying degrees of success. All present really appreciated these stories for their personal histories.

Sep 2021 Darryl Brady spoke to us on DNA again, and showing ways of grouping Kits, this time concentrating on how to connect and group your matches using coloured dots to show which grandparents’ side they are related to you on, and using family trees. This was very interesting and helpful.
Darryl gave us a page of genetic genealogy sites, one showing and explaining what he told us, it is:-
https://www.youtube.com/c/DNAFamilyTrees
Refer to our BTL (Between The Lines) Sep 2021 edition for further websites.

CHARGES

Charges are made for the use of some of our resources.

Our members, and members of Western Australian Genealogical Society and its affiliated societies may visit the library free of entry charge.

Other charges are:

Non-members $5.00 per visit to the library
Use of microfiche readers $1.00 per hour
Use of computers (including Internet access) $1.00 per hour
Computer printouts 20¢ per page, colour 50¢ per page
Photocopies 20¢ per page, colour 50¢ per page
Laminating 20¢ per A4 page
ScotlandsPeople vouchers $15.00 each
GRO England & Wales Certificates $25 each
Wills and Probate England and Wales Documents $30 each