NATIONAL FAMILY HISTORY WEEK
CDFHS will host an information session "Introduction to Family History" in conjuction with the National Family History Week. Come along and learn how to research your family tree.
Saturday, 31st July, 10am to noon at the Society's rooms, Raintrees Shopping Centre.
POSITIVE AGING DAY CDFHS will have a stall at the Positive Aging Day Displays in Cairns City Place on Saturday, 19th August from 10am to 3pm. Come along and chat with our members about how to trace your family history.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, 28th August, 2.30pm at Cominos House, Greenslopes Street.
COFFEE AND CHAT DAY Saturday, 11th September, 10am to 3pm at Society's rooms
Discover what is in the CDFHS Library and how it can help you with your research.
Cairns & District Family History Society were successful in obtaining a grant from the Reef Hotel Community Benefit Fund to purchase 3 computers, a multi function centre, office chair and mat. These have been installed and will provide further internet connection for members.
Change to Saturday opening hours
The Society's rooms will now open only on the 2nd Saturday of each month from 10am to 3pm.
The Editor of CDFHS Journal "Origins" is looking for interesting stories and articles to publish in the Journal.
Please email the Society for further details or to submit an article
Many thanks to TFS Financial Services for helping the Society with printing.
Check on the latest "Australian" Collection items on familysearch.org
Receive help understanding the handwriting of yesteryear with free online courses from familysearch.org
PROCEDURE TO ORDER FILMS VIA FAMILY SEARCH (LDS CHURCH) ONLINE
Go to website https://film.familysearch.org
Follow the instructions on the right hand side of the page
1. Sign up for a free account. Use your name and email address
2. Select “Cairns and District Family History Society Inc” as the ‘Family History Centre’
3. The LDS Admin will send an email to your home email address which you will need to access BEFORE you can proceed further
4. Confirm your account
5. Return to the “Search Page”, using the above website address if necessary
6. “Loan Type”, select ‘Short Term Microfilm Loan’
7. Add ‘Film Number’ found previously from the ‘Family Search’ IGI pages, and follow instructions
8. Use your own Credit/Debit Card number. Payment will be in Australian dollars @ $7.75 per film
9. If the system does not accept the input, check that the number you have is for a film – not a microfiche. If it is a microfiche then for ‘Loan Type’, selection “Extended Mircofiche Loan’
10. You will then receive a phone call to notify you that the film/s ordered are at the Society’s rooms for viewing. Once you have finished viewing the film/s the Society will return them to LDS.
Please note: If ordering from the Society’s computers, members must bring their own email address and password, credit/debit card details with them to the rooms, because the LDS send an email to your home address for confirmation before you can proceed.
For further information please email our Films Co-ordinator, Peter Mortimer at this Cairns & District Family History Society.
Have Your Own Personalised Family History Web Page!
Have you considered creating your own web page about your family history? Our web designer Tim Koch can assist members in developing a
web page attached to the Cairns & District Family History Society's Web site. A link to your page will be placed on the Member's Interests
page.
When your web page gets published your information is found on the internet by other researchers. These people can then
help you to further your research.
For instance, go to Google and search for "William Jones Sarah Newman". The CDFHS website
comes up number one on the results list! This could be you and your research too!
