Treasures from Trove - 28 March 1925

The Sydney Morning Herald from 1942 to 1954 is digitised on the Trove site from the National Library of Australia. The KHS blog will, from time to time, post articles from  Trove , relating to the history of the Ku-ring-gai  area.

The articles on Trove are a valuable resource for local history and genealogy research.

1925 'KILLARA.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 28 March, p. 13, viewed 10 August, 2012, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16188139

Volunteering at KHS

We’ve changed a lot of things over the last year!

Are you a room volunteer who can’t seem to find where things are anymore? 

It’s difficult to keep up with changes if you’re on duty once a month!

Maybe you’re just not too sure how to use some of our new resources. 

Or maybe there’s an aspect of room volunteering that you’ve always wanted to learn.

We are holding a couple of training days - on Friday 5 April and Monday 22 April, from 10.30am.

There'll be lots of time for Q&A and for a social morning tea.

Please try to come along.

Anyone who is interested in learning what being a room volunteer is all about is very welcome too.

Please book (in the bookings folder or phone the rooms on 9499 4568) so we know how much morning tea to get in.

Awards for Society members

Seniors Week Mayoral Awards

Mayoral Awards were presented at a morning tea and seniors concert, on Friday 8 March to local organisations and individuals who had contributed significantly to the Ku-ring-gai community.

In the category Outstanding Individual Volunteers, Peter Bidencope and Lois McEvoy received awards for their outstanding service to Ku-ring-gai Historical Society.

International Women's Day Awards

Two of our members were recognised as 'Gems of Ku-ring-gai' on Wednesday 13 March at a morning tea. 
Ku-ring-gai Council created 'Gems' to recognise the work of local women who have helped make their community a better place, and to celebrate International Women’s Day.

Jill Nicholson and Marie Rumsey received well-deserved recognition of their contributions to the activities of the Society.

Congratulations to all four members!

KHS Member in Salt Lake City

I snapped this photo of KHS Family History Team member, Jenny Joyce, just after her first visit to The Family History Library in Salt Lake City today. You can read about Jenny's adventures in her blog posts  from Salt Lake City : jennyalogy.blogspot.com

Jenny Joyce

Jenny was also interviewed by famous US genealogist DearMyrtle in a Google Hangout on Air from the library this morning.

Trove Tuesday - Writing Competitions

Have you considered entering our Writing Ku-ring-gai History competition?

It's not too late and there are great prizes!
The competitions close on Friday 3 May.

Please go to our Society website for full details of the topics, to read the Terms and Conditions of the competition, and to download the entry form. There is no entry fee.

There are information flyers in our research rooms.

Here are a couple of clippings from Trove about history writing competitions from past years - maybe some ideas to get you started?

What is Trove Tuesday?

Well, it was started last year by blogger Amy Houston at Branches, Leaves and Pollen to celebrate the wonderful NLA resource Trove.

Don't forget to check our Calendar tab for other upcoming events.

Rootstech

Tomorrow Morning one of your Society bloggers is taking off to Salt Lake City to join 5,000 family history history enthusiasts at the Rootstech Conference. I am thrilled to have an opportunity to attend this megaconference and have a few extra days to research in The Family History Library. Jenny Joyce from the Society is also heading to the conference and will no doubt be blogging an tweeting about it. We will both have lots to tell you on our return.

It is not my practice to talk about personal things on this blog but I thought some of you may be interested in this particular bit of news. On the Familysearch Blog yesterday it was announced that my session will be one of 13 sessions of the 250 at the conference that will be livestreamed. That means that you can watch the session live over the internet at 8:00 am next Friday. More importantly all of the keynotes will be livestreamed plus some other sessions from family history megastars like Thomas MacEntee and James Tanner. After the conference you’ll be able to access recordings of these streamed sessions at rootstech.org.

I will be blogging about my adventures and experiences in Salt Lake City on my personal blog. My co-blogger, Jackie van Bergen, and I will continue to post on the Society blog during my absence overseas.

Lord Sydney: The Life & Times of Tommy Townshend

This Saturday 16 March at the Ku-ring-gai Historical Society's general meeting, author and former parliamentarian Andrew Tink will speak about his biography of the politician instrumental in the decision to found a colony at Botany Bay.

Please note due to Andrew having another engagement, this talk will start promptly at 1.30pm (earlier than usual), and will be followed by our monthly general meeting and then afternoon tea.

The meeting is held in the meeting room between Gordon Library and our Research Rooms in the Old Gordon Public School on Pacific Highway Gordon.

Visitors are welcome and afternoon tea is provided.