Over the past 12 months I've been busy cataloging books for my local family history group. As a former librarian I am rather disappointe...

Sometime last year I was speaking with Jess Dowdell who is responsible for community education at Lake Macquarie City Council. Jess  indic...

Our Group has been involved in a small way with The Society of Australian Genealogists and Lake Mac Libraries in developing a Family Histo...

I am nervous about going out in public during this pandemic and trust that those places I visit take a responsible approach to our safety du...

Australian GeneaGuru, Heather Garnsey, will be the guest speaker via Zoom on 14th November at The Lake Macquarie Family History Group mee...

 I attended my first DNA talk in Australia ten years ago in October 2010.Here is what I wrote on this blog after the event: The last talk I ...

Normally when I present a webinar or talk it is on a topic about which I have a reasonable amount of knowledge. Recently I have been on a st...

A wonderful way to learn about the history of one's local area is via the newspapers that are digitised on Trove . My Scenic Bewitc...

I chaired my first committee meeting as President of the Lake Macquarie Family History Group this afternoon. I was thrilled that they agree...

Several months ago members of the Lake Macquarie Family History Group  (LMFHG) told me that they had discussed with a local library a sugge...

When I woke on Saturday morning little did I know how my day would unfold. While I was enjoying my morning coffee I had a phone call from...

On Saturday next, 15th September, I am giving my Salt Lake City - Geneamecca talk to the members of the Lake Macquarie Family History Grou...

Judy Webster (photo Jill Ball) I was excited to learn that  Judy Webster , a generous and very experienced professional genealogist and...