Gympie Family History Society Inc.
Our society is run by volunteers with a passion for local history.
We are a not for profit organisation devoted to helping people research their family history in the Gympie and Wide Bay Region.
We hope you enjoy your visit to our website and find information on the Gympie area and the people who once lived in the district.
NEWS and EVENTS
May
4th – DNA Interest Group
25th – Monthly Talk
2024 EVENTS – April Monthly Talk
The April Monthly Talk will be held at 10am on the 20th at the Imbil Memorial Hall, Yabba Creek Road, Imbil. The cost is $5 and will include light refreshments. Bookings are essential for catering purposes. RSVP with a name, phone number and number of people attending to 5482 8211
The main talk will be presented by Alex Miles and will feature the stories of some of the Italian Prisoners of War who were sent to the Gympie region to work on farms following their detainment during WW2. Alex will share many photos and stories from that time in our somewhat unknown past.
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POSSIBLE 2024 EVENTS – a Monthly Photo Group
Would you be interested in learning how to preserve by scanning, fixing or editing and retouching, and even presenting your treasured family photographs ? ? ?
Let us know if you are interested in joining a group and in the meantime, if you have photos you would like help with preserving, editing etc, drop into our rooms on a Wednesday and we would be happy to assist you.
Photos are, and can be an important resource in telling the history of your family. We will use the one hour or two hour sessions to present, discuss, talk, and run practical classes, on a wide range of subjects to do with photos and documents.
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POSSIBLE 2024 EVENTS – a Monthly Brickwall Group
Would you be interested in joining the Gympie Family History Society BRICKWALL group ? ? ?
Let us know if you are interested in joining a group and in the meantime, if you have brickwalls which you would like help with trying to break them down, drop in to the Rooms on a Wednesday when we would be happy to assist you.
Researching your family history can be fun, although it can get disappointing or frustrating when your avenues for research, or your family history clues, dry up. Maybe you have problems understanding documents, or maybe they do not have enough information. More often than not, someone else has already run across the problems you are facing, so maybe as a group, we all know several heads are better than one, we can be help each other.
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UPCOMING 2024 EVENTS
– check out our new Calendar page for more
EVENTS SCHEDULE
CEMETERY CRAWLS
June, August, October, (dates, times and format to be advised)
MONTHLY TALKS
May 25th; June 15th; July 20th; Aug 17th; Sept 21st; Oct 19th; Nov 16th;
(Times and subjects to be advised)
most monthly talks are held at: 1 Chapple Street,
Gympie
Entry Cost – $5.00
DNA INTEREST GROUP
May 4th; Jun 1st; Jul 6th; Aug 3rd; Sep 7th; Oct 5th; Nov 2nd;
The DNA Interest Group is subject to availability of our expert. Keep an eye
on Facebook for confirmation of dates.
If feeling unwell please do not attend any events.
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MEMBERSHIP
Single Membership: $40.00 per year
Family Membership: $50.00 per year*
*Family Membership is two members of an immediate family residing at the same address.
Memberships are due 1 September each year, and are charged pro-rata for people joining throughout the year.
AGM
The Societies Annual General Meeting is held in September each year at 1:30pm in the
Gympie Family History Society Rooms,
1 Chapple St Gympie. (old ticket office)
Members are welcome and encouraged to attend.
MEETINGS
Society meetings are held on the second Saturday of each month at 1:30pm in the Gympie Family History Society Rooms,
1 Chapple St, Gympie. (old ticket office)
Members are welcome and encouraged to attend.
When visiting please respect each others space and do not come if you feel unwell.
Gympie Family History Society Inc.
Phone: 07 5482 8211
LOCATION
1 Chapple Street, Gympie Qld 4570
SECRETARY gympiefamilyhistory@gmail.com
RESEARCH OFFICER
research@gfhs.com.au
Centre Opening Hours
Wednesday: 9:30am – 2:00pm
Friday: 9:30am – 12:00pm
Saturday: 1:00pm – 4:00pm
HOW TO FIND US
Located in the Old Ticket Office, under the Rattler Railway Station, cnr Station Road & Chapple Street, Gympie
Disclaimer: The information/text material found within is posted with good conscience and thought to be true and correct, but we do not guarantee the information/text material and must be viewed in a similar way as other information on the internet. Our Society website is maintained by our members who volunteer their time and skills.