Continuing our training theme for 2024 we have to announce an information session for interested parties called “Tips, Tricks and Pitfalls when using online family history databases“.  The information session will show you more effective and productive ways to get the best results when you’re searching family history databases such as FamilySearch, Trove, British Newspaper Archive, Ancestry, FindMyPast and more.  It will be held on Friday 19th April from 10.30-11.30am in the music room at the Cultural Centre Precinct. The cost will be $7.50 for members and $15 for non-members. You must book your spot by emailing martinandlinda@gmail.com or ‘phone 68878284 before Wednesday 17th April.

DDFHS is offering a four week course to help people who are beginning their family history search, or who have started and are not sure what to do next.  Following are just some of the points to be covered:
How to organise information you already have.
Where to find new information.
Using birth, death and marriage certificates.
How to use online databases, both free and subscription.
Finding ancestors in immigration records.
The course will be conducted on each
Wednesday in March, that is the   6th, 13th, 20th and 27th of March.
They will run from 10.30am-12.30pm in the Music room at the Community Arts Centre.  Cost will be $7.50 per session for members , $15 per session for non-members.
You must book in for these courses so please contact Linda on 6887 8284 or email martinandlinda@gmail.com to reserve your spot for all or some of the courses.

Our first Share Your Story for this year will be presented by Dugald Saunders MP, member for the Dubbo Electorate. Dugald will provide some insights into the unexpected discovery of his Indian heritage, plus his journey from Mendooran as a child to his current role as our local member.  Come along and hear this interesting story. The cost to attend is $8 which includes afternoon tea and a chance for a chat with Dugald and family history tragics.  Share Your Story will be held in the Drama Room upstairs at the Cultural Centre, commencing at 2pm.

The Society will be conducting their Annual General Meeting on Sunday 3rd March 2024, commencing at 2pm.  It will be held in the Music Room next to Family History Rooms, in the Cultural Precinct.  Come along and support the society, meet up with other members and the committee.  Of course the meeting will be followed by afternoon tea.

Dubbo Family History committee has planned a busy year of Information and Training Sessions for members and the public.  Our first Information Session will be held on Friday 16th February 2024, starting at 10.30am.  The first topic for the year will be “DNA – a very basic introduction: Pros and Cons.  This will will cover what to be aware of, what DNA can tell you and what it cannot.  Also how to test and then use the information you receive. It will be held in the music room next to the family history rooms, with a cost of $7.50 for members and $15 for non-members. Please confirm your attendance by Wednesday 14th February to Linda by Ph. 0488 144 513 or email: martinandlinda@gmail.com

The last day to attend the Dubbo Family History Rooms will be Saturday 9th December 2023.  We will re-open Tuesday 9th January 2024.We wish everyone a  very happy Christmas and New Year, and look forward to providing a continuing service to all our family history researchers.