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Activities we
are involved with include:-
# General
Meetings
# Seminars
# Research
# Information
for Members
# Bus
Trips
# Community
Work
# Journal
# Projects
General
Meetings
At our General Meetings, apart from a general genealogy
discussion forum, we have Guest Speakers who speak on topics of interest to our
members and visitors. These can be
staff members of Repositories such as Qld State Archives, National Archives,
Registrar General Dept etc as well as local historians and speakers on
Scrapbooking, Publishing, and War Records etc. We advertise our General Meetings
in the local newspapers and welcome visitors. A program for our General
Meetings is available on our Calendar
of Events.
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Seminars
We
organise several seminars throughout each year. A number of interesting speakers
are invited to talk to the Group at these Seminars on various aspects of Family
Research to help members overcome problems. The speakers are experts in
their field and come from both within Australia and Internationally. A program for our
Seminars is available on our Calendar
of Events.
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Research
Our rooms at the Girl
Guides Hut, Arthur Street, Caloundra are
open for research:-
Thursday 9:30am-4pm (except 3rd Thursday)
Saturdays
9.30am-12.30pm
Research Fees are:-
Members $2 for use of Library,
Microform & CDs
Visitors $5
Internet $2 for 1 hour
up to a maximum of 2 hours.
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Information
for Members
We disseminate
information to members on a regular basis to keep them fully informed on what's
new in genealogy, what members should find of interest, and
what's happening.
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Bus
Trips
We
hire a bus to take up to other Repositories to conduct research, generally on a
monthly basis. These trips include
Qld State Archives, Qld State Library, National Archives and QFHS on a regular
basis and
we have available fact sheets to help members with their research on these
trips. Again visitors are welcome to
come on these bus trips. A program for our Bus Trips is available
with our Calendar
of Events.
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Community
Work
We
are engaged in a wide range of Community Work which involves
libraries, education for primary, secondary, mature age and senior students.
We have had a strong working relationship
with Caloundra City Libraries. In the
past our group has provided
assistance to members of the public in the
Genealogy Room at the Library. The Genealogy Room now is an integral
part of the Caloundra City Council Library with
resources and records available to members of
the public for their own genealogy
research.
Members of the Group speak at other
Community Groups, Schools etc regarding how to
research a Family Tree and collect information,
as there is a growing community interest in
family history research.
We hold Seminars on a regular basis for
our Members and members of the local
community.
These Seminars cover areas of interest
for research purposes.
Beginner Lessons on how to start
researching your family tree and Advanced
Lessors are also conducted by members and these
are well
attended.
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Journal
We
produce a regular journal, the CALOUNDRA CLIPPER, which is published four times per year. It is
free to members.
We
invite and welcome your contributions of
interesting articles for inclusion in the
newsletter. Articles should be submitted to the
editor (brash1_em@telstra.com).
All
contributions are subject to editing. No fees
are paid for material that is printed.
CALOUNDRA CLIPPER is also sent
to various genealogy societies and libraries in
Australia and around the world.
Rates
for overseas subscription are $AUD40.00 for
yearly subscription by mail.
Back
copies will be provided for $AUD2.00 each plus
postage.
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Projects
We
have a number of research projects in place and regularly produce CDs of this
information.
We
have completed the following projects:
# Index
to Records of Gregson & Weight, Funeral Directors1972-1999 on microfiche
# Queensland
Government Railway Index to Staff Records 1878 - 1946 on CD ROM.
More details
are available on our Sales
page.
#
Queensland
Government Railway Index to Staff Employed in Various Departments & Stations
1889-1912 on CD ROM. More
details are available on our Sales
page.
# A
Calendar for 2004 with a Then and Now Theme showing photographs of
Kings Beach, and
Bribie Island from
the Caloundra Lighthouse.
# An
Index to War Memorials and Honour Boards of the Caloundra City
area.
Projects
currently being considered are the Rate Books for Landsborough Shire and further
Railways Records.
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