Have you ever wondered about war service by your family members or friends in the wars. This information session will help you learn about WW1 and WW11 service members, with information such as where they enlisted, what they were doing before they enlisted, where they were posted, and other interesting information about their war service . It will include researching  personnel using a variety of online sources, and details revealed by different databases.  The course will be conducted by Lesley Abrahams on Friday 18th September 2026, from 10.30-12.30pm. It will be held in the music room at the Community Arts Centre, with a cost of $8 for members and $15 for non-members.  There will be a limit of 15, so get in now and book your place by emailing: ljabrahams@bigpond.com before Wednesday 16th September.

Another Share Your Story event is fast approaching. For August we will have the mayor of Dubbo, Josh Black give a presentation to us on his family. One branch in particular had strong ties with the north coast in the early days, when “cedar was king” in that area. Come and join us at 2pm on Friday 21st August and share this story. It will be held in the Drama Room (formerly Black Box theatre), upstairs in the Community Arts Centre, Wingewarra Street, Dubbo. Feel free to invite family and friends along. The talk will be followed by a cuppa and chat with everyone. This is included in the cost of $8. Please advise Lyn by email baretsmiths@bigpond.com by Wednesday 19th August, 2026, if you will be attending.

Do you have ancestors who came to Australia as assisted migrants?
This Zoom presentation by the ACT Family History  society might be of interest to you.  The event will be held on Saturday, 8th August, 1pm-5pm. There will be three presenters with Dr.Richard Reid the first. He will cover the subject of assisted emigration from the United Kingdom and Ireland to Australia, from 1830-1890. The second presentation by Amanda King-Hardie, will be titled “Across Oceans and into the Archives: Twentieth Century Immigration Records at the National Archives of Australia”. Mike Traynor who is a Maritime Educator will give the final presentation with “Bound for Australia: The Ocean Passage that Shaped Your Family Tree”.
You will get all of this for the small sum of $50.  For more information and to register please visit: https://www.familyhistoryact.org.au

Dubbo & District Family History Society invites you to attend an information session to help you find Death Records as well as sources of death records beyond the official death registers.
The session will run  on Friday July 17  from 10.30 am – 12.30 pm
in the Music Room at the Community Arts Centre
cost is $8 for DDFHS members, $15.00 for non-members.
there will be a limit of 20 participants.
To register, contact Linda Barnes 0488 144 513 or by email to martinandlinda@gmail.com.

The popular Share Your Story event will be held on Friday 19th June 2026 commencing at 2pm.  This month our guest speaker will be Rod Crowfoot, managing director and driving force of Macquarie Home Stay.  Rod will share stories with us of his family history, so make sure you book in for this event.  Cost of $8 includes a cuppa and a chance to chat with Rod and other attendees. Please RSVP to Lyn at baretsmiths@bigpond.com  before Wednesday 17th June.  It will be held in the Drama Room (formerly Black Box theatre) upstairs in the Community Arts Centre.

We would like to thank Orana Business Solutions in Fitzroy Street Dubbo for their kind donation of a printer to our society.  Being a non profit volunteer run organisation we often find it hard to cover all our expenses.  When our office printer recently ‘died’ we were referred to Orana Business Solutions. Imagine our joy when the business offered to donate a refurbished printer to us.  Thank you so much to Matt and Trent who installed the printer for us on Thursday. We would recommend them if you are looking for an honest provider in this area, give them a call (0477 946 651)