Preserving Digital Treasures
The rapid rise of digitally-created photographs, documents, publications, and communications has presented a lot of challenges to libraries and other collecting institutions around the globe. Libraries are devoted to preserving our collection items no matter what format they come in, and a lot … Read more
How to Store Your Collection Safely
We thought you might like this series of videos by the State Library of Queensland. The third in the series is Caring for Collections: How to Store Your Collection Safely. Make storage decisions for the longevity of your collection —choosing storage … Read more
How to House Your Collection
We thought you might like this series of videos by the State Library of Queensland. The second in the series is Caring for Collections: How to House Your Collection.
How to Care for Your Collection
We thought you might like this series of videos by the State Library of Queensland. The first one is about caring for your collection. Take the first steps in caring for your family history collection — sorting, creating an inventory … Read more
It’s a wrap!
December already! What a momentous year its been for us all. This time 12 months ago the NSW & ACT Association of family History Societies Conference was a long way in the future and now we’re looking forward to a … Read more
2017 NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies Conference
We’re delighted to present our Program 2017 NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies Conference with the theme Your Family Story: telling, recording and preserving. Highlights include gaolbirds, telling your family story through food and guest speaker William McInnes. … Read more
Family History Writing Workshop Success
Thank you to Dr Rae Luckie for hosting a fantastic Introduction to Writing and Researching Your Family History Workshop. Dr Luckie talked about life writing and showed lots of examples from genealogy to memoir fiction, overcoming the terror of the … Read more
Packing for Camden
We’re busy packing our suitcase for the 2016 NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies Conference that will be held in Camden this weekend. Lots of exciting things on the program and an opportunity to meet up with family … Read more
Earning a crust
Saturday 2 April we’ll be welcoming Laurence (Laurie) Turtle to Orange City Library to talk about Earning a crust – a practical examination of how to access employment records. This is a new and highly practical talk for family history … Read more
