Wyong Family History Group Inc.

04/12/2025

I Have a Question:

In case you haven't seen this new feature in The Family History Guide, check out the I Have a Question page in the Research Skills menu (https://www.thefhguide.com/ihaq.html). It features 90-second videos that answer some of the most commonly asked questions about doing genealogy research, with links into our website for more information.

For additional interactive videos, see the Guided Learning page (https://www.thefhguide.com/guided-learning.html), also in the Research Skills menu.

04/12/2025

Step back in time and rediscover the stories that shaped our local community!

Please join us over morning tea to hear more about the history of your local area and to purchase your own copy of 'Pictorial History of the Strathfield District' for $30 each.

📅 Friday 12 December 2025
🕗 10am start
📍Ironbark Room, Strathfield Library

Registrations are essential, click the link to register today! https://www.strathfield.nsw.gov.au/Play/Events-Calendar/Pictorial-History-of-the-Strathfield-District-Book-Launch

04/12/2025

Update of 03 December 2025 – 643,205 index records from 65,852 memorials of deeds.

Thanks to our wonderful volunteers we now have 643,205 index records from 65,852 memorials of deeds in our main database. These records and all those in our other databases are fully searchable at: https://irishdeedsindex.net/search/search.php

The highlighted memorial of this update is: https://irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=431578

It is another mega memorial with just over 900 entries. This is a list of tenants of Earl Fitzwilliam.

See also: https://irishdeedsindex.net/search/memorial_list_big.php

04/12/2025

A Guide to Probate Records:

Probate records are created after an individual's death and may contain information you wouldn't find anywhere else.

This Research Guide by Ancestry (https://www.ancestrycdn.com/support/us/2016/11/findingfamilywillsandprobate.pdf) mentions 11 types of probate records and describes the information you're likely to see. For example, inventories give you a detailed look into an ancestor's life, and guardianships can unlock clues for widows, orphans, and children's ages.

See Goal F2 in the United States page for more about probate records (https://www.thefhguide.com/project-9-united-statesf2.html ).

04/12/2025

Interesting

Get in the holiday spirit with recipes, crafts, music and more from the collection.

02/12/2025

🎉 Congratulations to the 2026 Ryerson Index Committee! 🎉

We are pleased to announce the elected committee for 2026:

President: John Graham
Vice President: Bob Atkins
Secretary: Shari-Lei McLean
Treasurer: Kathy Conroy
Committee Member: Pauline Kettle
Committee Member: Peter Kettle
Committee Member: Paul Kean

A big thank you to everyone who continues to support the Ryerson Index and the work we do in preserving obituary and funeral notice data for researchers across Australia.

We’re looking forward to a productive and exciting year ahead in 2026 — with continued growth, new projects, and stronger connections with the genealogical community.
And DEFINITELY hitting the TEN MILLION RECORDS MARK!

Onward and upward! 📚✨

30/11/2025

The Brisbane Water Historical Society celebrated their 75th Anniversary today with a wonderful Fair at the historic Henry Kendall Cottage in West Gosford - and the WFHG was proud to be part of the festivities!
Our team of four, Lynda, Ann, Sue and Regina, happily staffed our information stall and chatted with lots of curious visitors. (Sue is missing from the photo). The grounds were buzzing with interesting stalls, vintage games, and plenty of old-fashioned fun.
A fantastic day celebrating local history and community spirit!

22/11/2025

22/11/2025

Two members of the WFHG, Dellas and I, headed to Kingswood today for the NSW State Archives Open Day. We had a great time browsing the trade tables, chatting with the experts, and attending four excellent talks - Gulwanyang Moran on First Nations community access to archives, Steve Ford on NSW Land Research, Rachel Cullen on WWII records at the National Archives, and we finished with another fantastic session from Andrew Redfern on using AI for local and family history. Such a great day out! Regina Hogan.

16/11/2025

Civil records are one of the few Irish family history record sets that are intact. Here's how to search them 🇮🇪

https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/overseas/irish-civil-records

16/11/2025

This could be interesting maybe worth interrupting our sleep cycle for.

Join APG on 10 December 2025 for a FREE webinar featuring experts from the Virtual Treasury of Ireland (VTRI), which is working to virtually reconstruct the records lost in the destruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland in 1922. Presenters Dr. Ciarán Wallace and Dr. Brian Gurrin will discuss archival tragedy, reconstruction, and will demonstrate the many genealogical resources available on the free research platform. APG is pleased to be a supporter of the preservation efforts of the VRTI.
All are welcome to attend. More information & registration at https://bit.ly/3JoL6mK

16/11/2025

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