GENEALOGY

What is Genealogy?

"Genealogy is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. This involves collecting the names of relatives, both living and deceased, and establishing the relationships between them based on primary, secondary and/or circumstantial evidence or documentation, thus building up a cohesive family tree.

Genealogy is sometimes also referred to as family history, although sometimes these terms are used distinctly: the former being the basic study of who is related to whom; the latter involving more "fleshing out" of the life histories of the individuals involved."

( Source : WordIQ.com at http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Genealogy )

More Information

Click HERE for a link to our extended GeneaPals site.

Newcastle Family History Society Newsletter

Click HERE for a copy of the Newcastle Family History Society Newsletter, February 2012 - provided by Margaret Connolly.

Information on meetings

As with our DigiPals and Creative Writing groups, membership is free to those who are already members of ComputerPals, so anyone interested will be most welcome. We have been allocated the first Monday afternoon of each month at 1:00pm in the clubrooms at Islington Public School (ex school holidays).

There is a wide variation in the knowledge and skills of the group, with some just starting out on their family research, while others are well advanced and subscribe to various research sources.

Report on GeneaPals meeting

GeneaPals Meeting : 6 Feb 2012
Attendance: 14

The proposed visit to Newcastle Family History Society was discussed and decided to accept the offer of 12 March at 11.00 am, information will be circulated. This visit is now confirmed.

Much of the meeting was spent discussing a To Do list for 2012 interspersed with practical hints and some demonstration on various websites.

The To Do List:

Practical Demonstration on Ancestry.com.
Accuracy of Public Family Trees on Ancestry.com and in general accuracy of all information in genealogy data bases. How does one get to the source documents?
Members to submit names that they are researching so that we can put them on our website. Other members may see a "shared" person.
Members to submit a list of specific subjects on which they would like help.
Visit to Local History section of Municipal Libraries, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
Sourcing immigration and passenger lists
Visit to Latter Day Saints Family History Centre at Charlestown or have someone visit us and give a talk
How to research early businesses, e.g. in Sydney in the late 1800s
Seek feedback from those who are no longer attending our meetings
Margaret Connolly tabled the latest Newsletter of the Newcastle Family History Society. Also Margaret tabled a Family Questions sheet from Ancestry.com which will go up on our website.

Regards
Lindsay Threadgate