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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 2017

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

4 Mar 2017	Preserving Your Family Heritage – Part 1	Diane Foster
1 Apr 2017	Preserving Your Family Heritage – Part 2	Diane Foster
6 May 2017	Essential Tool for DNA – Genmatch- For DNA & Family History	Cate Pearce
3 June 2017	Kill Your Darlings: Writing For Family History	Julie Martin
1 July 2017	Dead Man’s Penny	Derek Prosser
5 Aug 2017	The Scottish Highlander: Misunderstood; Misrepresented, and Misjudged	John MacDonald
2 Sept 2017	Outcast Women – Offending the Good Order In Perth and Fremantle 1900-1939	Dr Leigh Straw
7 Oct 2017	To be Advised
4 Nov 2017	Manorial Records	Geoff Barber
2 Dec 2017	Christmas Quiz

Mandurah FHS Meeting Library Precinct off Third Avenue Mandurah, next meeting 1.30pm Saturday 12th August 2017 when we have a talk about “What’s new in Irish Family History Research”, click here for details .

MEETINGS

April 2016 we were given an informative talk by Janice Jensen of Leanne O'Dea Funerals about Dying, Death and Funeral Arrangments. The actual arranging of a funeral means contacting the necessary people, getting the deceased's details and next-of-kin, etc. The deceased's and family's wishes must be fulfilled including choice of funeral,cremation or entombment. Unattended funerals can be arranged but deceased must be identified first. Finally who will lead the service, what flowers to have.

There is a lot more to arranging a funeral than a lot of us realize.

May 2016. Karen Tregenza returned with more information on Finding Your Scottish Ancestors. On this visit Karen concentrated on where and how to get information. She recommended Beginners' Courses, more than one can be very helpful, and gave us a list of websites to look at, including those we use regularly, and reminded us of the importance of the LDS (Church of Latter Day Saints) church records.

Karen asked how we research, such as recording sources, variations of spelling when looking, and suggested we look for a topic rather than a person if having no luck, look at books for specific battalions and regiments and make more use of timelines, they can be enlightening.

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