Lake Macquarie Family History Group Information

Lake Macquarie Family History Group Inc. PO Box 639 Toronto New South Wales 2283 Australia. Email: Secretary LMFHG . Promote the study of family history and local history. Encourage the recording and preservation of family and local history. Provide facilities to assist and benefit members research. Publish journals, newsletters and other publications to assist members. Promote public access to Government records of interest and importance to family and local historians. Useful resources and searchable database links. What is family history? How many questions do you have regarding your ancestor? Would you like to know not only who they were but also what they looked like? Are you interested in learning of where they lived and the type of house in which they resided? Are you curious about their employment, their lifestyle and the historical, social economic and geographical settings for that period of time? Involvement in family history research enables questions such as these to be answered. The ever increasing number of people participating in this hobby is a testament to the rewards that can be gained and the friendships that can be made. Local family history groups do not limit themselves to researching families in their own local areas. Members can be found researching their family origins from areas as diverse as outback Australia to Austria, from Sydney Town to Dublin City, from Jamaica to China and all places in between. The inaugural meeting of the Lake Macquarie Family History Group was held on 21 April 1999. A Website was created in October 2001 with sponsorship from Pacific Internet. From January 2007 the Group established its own organisation domain name and funds the Group's site hosting and email facilities. A facebook page was established in September 2019.