POSTAL ADDRESS:
P 0 Box 574, FORBES NSW 2871

LOCATION:
Rear of Forbes Public Library Victoria Lane and Harold Street. (entrance off Harold Street)

HOURS:
Wednesday 10.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m.
Saturday 12.00 p.m. -3.00 p.m.

Or by special arrangement (opening fee $10)

SECRETARY:
Mrs. Judith Toole, Phone: 02 6851 5919
                             Mobile: 0438 095 311

RESEARCH OFFICER:
Mrs Bernie Symons

LIBRARIAN:
Mrs Jan Downey Phone: 02 6852 1038

MEMBERSHIP FEES:
$20.00 per year.

ENTITLEMENTS:
Use of Group's facilities, research records, microfiche/film, readers and extensive library. (photo copying extra)
F. F. H. G. Journals ( four per year).
Free insertion of articles and research interests in group's journal.
Out of town members - One hour free written research per year.

MEETINGS:
3^rd Saturday of each month at 3.00 p.m. in research room.
A.G.M. – 3^rd Saturday in August.

RESEARCH FEES: For non members.
Visit in person -
       $10 per day for use of all resources. (except copying)
Mail -
       $10 per hour (minimum) plus postage (or SAE)
       and photocopying.

EXTRA CHARGES:
Copies of newspaper extracts - $1.50 per copy (A4 page).
Copies of Marriage Entry from St. John's C.O.E. registers - $10. 00.
Baptism entry - $6.00.
Photographs copied - price by arrangement (approx. $6 postcard size)
Photographs taken of headstones or buildings $3.50.

Mail inquiries - please quote particular interests and list ALL known facts.

All cheques/money orders to be made payable to F. F. H. G. Inc.
Correspondence to Secretary
Please enclose a STAMPED, SELF ADDRESSED ENVELOPE.

PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE Price on Application

Forbes Cemetery May 1863 - April 1994 (Includes 1994 additions)

Forbes Cemetery Additions(These additions are to the 1988 edition of book)

Monumental Inscriptions Eugowra Cemetery 1996

Bedgerabong Transcriptions

Gooloogong Cemetery Inscriptions

Bogan Gate General Cemetery - 1997

Trundle Cemetery 1998

Small Cemeteries and Isolated Graves South of Forbes

Early Days of Forbes - (from Forbes Times Newspaper 1888 - 1895)

Index to St Johns C. of E. Marriage Registers - Forbes (1870-1907)

Index to St Johns C. of E. Marriage Registers - Forbes (1908-1928)

Index to Wedding, Death and Obit Notices, Forbes Advocate 1911- 1919

Index to Wedding Notices in the Forbes Advocate 1920 - 1929

Index to Death and Obituary Notices in the Forbes Advocate 1920-1929

St John's C. of E. History (colour booklet)

Constable Family Reunion (1979)

Back copies of Forbes Journal

GENERAL

Inquiries are welcomed for all regions including other states and some overseas countries. As well as answering numerous key inquiries, many complete Family Trees have already been researched and are on file. Research officers are not professional but only voluntary workers who are ever ready to advise and help with inquiries. Duty officers are always on hand to help and give direction and assistance with research. Research material is not restricted totally to family history. Our library covers many years of Forbes & district historical statistics and subjects - also those of many other towns and areas. The F. F, H. Group's records and information are much sought after and recognised in both NSW and interstate. The town of Forbes was established in 1861 with a gold population rising in the early years to over 30,000 people.

Visitors are always welcome.

PRINCIPAL RECORDS HELD
* Births, Death & Marriage - microfiche indexes to various states of Australia and New Zealand.

* Pre 1856 B.D.M. of N.S.W. microfilms.

* International Genealogy Index (I.G.I.) of many counties of various countries.

* Passenger and Shipping indexes, fiche, books and microfilm N.S.W. 1828-1842.

* General Musters and Census and Electoral Rolls (fiche and printed material).

* Pioneer Registers, also from other areas.

*Local 4 district newspapers on film (some photocopied and indexed).

* Extracts from newspapers, including Early Days of Forbes.

* Probate indexes on microfiche (NSW).

* Land records.

* Cemetery listings - local and other regions (fiche & book form).

*Undertakers records Forbes - 1929 onward.

* Computer printout of council's cemetery list from 1914.

* Sands directories on fiche. Aldine's directory 1888.

* Post Office directories.

* Bank Signature books from several banks in Forbes.

* Eugowra and district families - registers.

* Publications and research- of many families.

* County and Parish Maps.

*Conditional Purchase register Index 1863-1865 (fiche).

* Convict Records.

* Catholic Records Index B.D.M. 1840-1865.

* Histories of Early Runs.

These are only a selection of records held. A varied accumulation in great quantity of relative data for research is stored at the research room.

Many books in our library cover family and early history on local, regional, Australiana and overseas countries.

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