Hervey Bay Family History Association Inc

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Hervey Bay Family History Association Inc.
Hervey Bay Library - Family History Room
161 Old Maryborough Road,
Pialba, Hervey Bay, Queensland ( map )
Phone: (07) 4197-4237
Contact Us

Hours we are open
Monday to Thursday 9am - 4pm; Friday and Saturday 9am - 3.30pm, except Public Holidays
Closed Sundays
There are volunteers in attendance each day to assist you with your questions.

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Memberships

New Member Joining Fee - $10 single, $20 family

Single Membership Renewal - $15 per year

Family Membership Renewal - $20 per year

Membership includes 4 quarterly copies of the 'Bay Leaves', our club journal.
View a sample of Bay Leaves
(Large file - over 1 MB in .pdf format)

Bookings for Readers & Computers

Bookings are essential for microfiche/microfilm readers/copier and computers:

Contact us by phone at (07) 4197-4237
or
Book by Email
(Allow at least 7 days lead time when booking by email.)

Open to non-members without charge

To assist with the purchase of more research material, donations to the Association are most appreciated.

Records We Have On-Site

There are extensive records on Microfilm/fiche, CDs and in books in the HBFHA room, to help you trace your family's genealogy. These include the St. Catherine's House Index on Microfiche, English Probates, Australian BDMs on microfiche and CD, 1881 and some 1891 Census of British Isles on CD, Maryborough Chronicle Films with indexes (indexes 1900-1930 on microfiche and 1885 -1940 on CD), Immigration records, Cemetery Records including the Maryborough Council burial records at the Maryborough Cemetery, up to January 2005, on CD (does not include records of cremations).

For more information, see What we have in our Genealogy Library. (New records, books, CDs and microfiche are being added regularly.)

On site there are several microfiche readers, microfilm readers and on-line computers available for your use and we now have the latest technology equipment to photocopy, save to a flash drive or email pages from microfilm and fiche. The Association has also purchased subscriptions at Ancestry.com, British Origins and World Vital Records, for researching on-line records. All copies and printouts are at a nominal charge per page. Avoid disappointment by calling ahead to book a machine (2 hour maximum). Phone 4197-4237.

The Maryborough Chronicle Indexing Project

Janet Martin is in the process of indexing 'names mentioned' in the Maryborough Chronicle newspaper.

The Maryborough Chronicle has been published since November 1860 and covers central, coastal Queensland (map). The paper is now known as the Fraser Coast Chronicle. This time consuming indexing project has progressed over the past 7 years.

October 2009: The years 1920 - 1930 were completed, which completes the 55 year period from January 1885 to December 1940. These indexes, which contain approximately 570,000 entries, are now available on CD, which is available for public purchase by contacting Janet.

If you do not have access to Maryborough Chronicle microfilms, or for more information about the Maryborough Chronicle Index CD & lookup service, please email Janet at jmgenealogist@gmail.com or click here.

The names indexed from the newspapers are in the following categories: Adv=Advertisement / B=Birth / D=Death / Div=Divorce / Eng=Engagement / F=Funeral / Inq=Inquiry / InMem=In Memoriam / M=Marriage / Obit=Obituary / P=Photo / RofH=Roll of Honour / W=Writeup.

The CD index contains much more information (see above categories) than earlier indexes done by others. The earlier indexes (1900-1930) which were done on microfiche, listed only birth, death and marriage references for Maryborough residents, whereas the CD index, lists ALL AREA NAMES mentioned for any reason. This CD is a very comprehensive tool for finding family information in much of Queensland during the time frame covered.

These databases are available for reference, in the Genealogy room, by clicking on the icon in the Queensland folder on the desktop of each computer.

Official government Birth, Death and Marriage records are currently available for the following dates only: Births-prior to 1919; Marriages-earlier than 1939; Deaths-earlier than 1964. The indexes will therefore, be particularly useful to people seeking family information during the years not available.

The next to be indexed will be 1860 - 1884. This database will be on a new CD entitled the "Pioneer Edition" which will cover the time frame 1860 - 1884. Estimated completion time for the Pioneer Edition CD is 2011.

Website Last Updated: 12 November, 2009
Easy to remember web address for Hervey Bay Family History is tinyurl.com/HBFHA

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