Rooms Opening for Research

In the January newsletter, Valerie announced that the committee had approved the opening of the rooms for research on Thursdays and Saturdays from 21 January 2021. This is great as it will be full access to the Library including the Computer Room and Meeting Room. Normal opening and research hours resume from that date and Read More …

Lorrie Barzdo Writers Award 2020 winner

A past member, Lorrie Barzdo, always inspired members of the group to write down their stories. Then these stories, then become a pathway for future generations to begin their family history journey. There are criteria to help novice and experienced group members write their stories.  As Lorrie always said “you can write about anything … Read More …

First Life Membership Ever Awarded

Loris was totally surprised at the AGM For the very first time ever, life membership was awarded to member Loris Gray at our recent AGM in August 2020. The meeting was conducted on Zoom and we surprised Loris even more by inviting her daughter and two sons to attend the presentation. To say she was Read More …

12 weeks of COVID-19 newsletters

Our president, Valerie Thornton, has done a wonderful job over 12 weeks to publish a weekly newsletter so we could keep in contact while staying at home as per Government COVID-19 Virus restrictions. The newsletters helped us master Zoom which in turn let many of us attend on line more events than we usually manage Read More …

COVID-19 Virus Update 17 March 2020

COVID-19 Virus Update: Here are extracts from the email from Valerie issued to members about the COVID-19 Virus in relation to Caloundra Family History business on 17 March 2020. Good afternoon members Further to the decision to cancel the general meeting on Thursday 19 March, and in view of the rapidly developing situation, the Committee Read More …

General Meeting Cancelled: Covid 19 Virus

Hello Members, As you know our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday (19 March) with our guest speaker Matthew Wengert on the topic “When Spanish Flu came to Queensland”. This topic is not only very topical but extremely interesting in view of the Covid 19 virus now spreading around the world. The situation with this Read More …