Excursion to The Other Shire

I live in the Hornsby Shire Local Government Area on the northern edge of Sydney, known as The Bushland Shire about one third of Hornsby's area is public bushland.

On Saturday I will be going on an excursion to Sydney's southernmost Local Government Area, Sutherland Shire which for some reason markets itself as The Shire.  I'll be attending the Heritage Fair hosted by The Botany Bay Family History Society at Tradies in Gymea.

The Fair is being held in a venue with great facilities and there is plenty on the program to amuse and interest family historians. I will be working on the Unlock the Past/Gould Genealogy stand demonstrating the Flip-Pal, providing information on upcoming cruises and events and showing their range of publications.

I hope I can steal away for a few minutes to see some of these other exhibitors:

BOTANY BAY FHS EXHIBITORS

Welcome & Membership table Sales and Raffles  Getting Started Ask for Info English Interest Group Writers' Interest Group Irish Interest Group Scottish Interest Group Family Tree Maker Users' Group Reunion For Mac Users' Group Legacy Users' Group Immigration Soldiers Project Filing Your Records Mapping Family Search Joy Murrin Transcriptions Marilyn Rowan Transcriptions  Turtle Transcriptions Ancestry.com FindMyPast Book Displays Australian States Research OTHER EXHIBITORS  Images 4 U Gould Genealogy Unlock the Past Seniors Endeavour Computer Club   Stampin Up Scrapbooking Port Hacking Potters Spinners & Weavers Calligraphers Jewellery  Cape Banks Family History Society Bankstown Family History Society State Records NSW Biographical Database of Australia Sutherland Historical Society Peter Plowman Books Custom Framers  Flip-Pal Scanners

But that's not all on offer. There is a program of free talks throughout the day:

10.40 am	Peter Plowman, author of Emigrant Ships to Luxury Liners: Postwar Migrant Ships
11.40 am	Joy & Allan Murrin, NSW BDM Transcription Agents: The Best of Times for Family History Research
12.40 pm	Maree McKinley, BBFHS Member - Writers' Interest Group Convenor Writing Your Family History
1.40 pm	Gail Davis, NSW State Records What's in the Archives for Family History?
2.40 pm	Helen McDonald, Local Studies Librarian, Sutherland Shire Libraries Local History Resources in our Libraries

How about popping down to Gymea on Saturday and saying G'day?