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Activities 2021
Dates of meetings and other activities are added to this page as arrangements are finalised. On most occasions a brief summary of the event is added after completion. Exhibitions, seminars, open days etc in which members may be interested are listed in our monthly newsletter. Frequently, some members attend & the more unusual of these are included.
Committee meeting dates are listed for member information.
JANUARY
Friday 22nd - committee meeting
FEBRUARY
February Newsletter for Downloading>
Friday 12th - General Meeting & Annual General Meeting (deferred from November 2020)
Meeting to be held at the Presbyterian Church Hall, Hawkesbury Road, Winmalee, 10:00am.
Friday 26th - committee meeting.
MARCH
Friday 12th - General Meeting & Guest Speaker
The first edition for 2021 of Explorers' Treewill be available for members at the March meeting. Those who have paid for their copy to be posted should receive them early in March. Copies for those who were unable to attend the March meeting and who do not pay for postage, will find their copy in the Concertina file in the Family History Centre of the Springwood Library.
Friday 26th March - committee meeting
APRIL
Friday 2nd April to Monday 5th April - Easter
Friday 9th - General Meeting & Guest Speaker
Sunday 25th - ANZAC DAY
Friday 23rd - committee meeting
MAY
Friday 14th - General Meeting & Guest Speaker
Friday 28th - committee meeting
JUNE
Friday 11th - General Meeting
Friday 25th - committee meeting
JULY
Friday 9th - General Meeting & Guest Speaker
Friday 23rd - committee meeting
NATIONAL FAMILY HISTORY MONTH
This year the dates are Monday 2nd August until Friday 27th August with BMFHS activities planned in Springwood.
AUGUST
Friday 13th - General Meeting
Friday 27th - committee meeting
SEPTEMBER
Friday 10th - General Meeting & Guest Speaker
Friday 24th - committee meeting
OCTOBER
Friday 8th - General Meeting
Friday 22nd - committee meeting
NOVEMBER
Friday 12th - Annual General Meeting (AGM)
The November meeting of the Society will be held at 10:00am on Friday 12th November, 2021 in the Presbyterian Church Small Hall, Macquarie Road, Springwood.
As this meeting will be the AGM there will be no guest speaker however all members attending will hear the various reports from the executive of all activities of the Society over the past year.
The following position are to be elected to the Executive and Committee for 2022
President:
Vice President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Public Officer:
Honorary Auditor:
Explorers' Tree Editor & Team:
Membership Secretary:
Newsletter editor:
Library Roster:
Librarians:
Committee:
Any member who is willing and able to join the committee is encouraged to put their name forward for election. New members come with new ideas and these are always welcome. Being a committee member is not an onerous task. Committee meetings are held once a month, on the fourth Friday of each month. These meetings are held at the Presbyterian Hall in Springwood. It is not essential that you attend each meeting, so long as there is a quorum the meeting can proceed - half the committee members plus 1.
Friday 26th - committee meeting
DECEMBER
Friday 10th - Christmas function
There is no committee meeting in December
Convict Interests The Blue Mountains Family History Society has has been compiling a list of Convict Ancestors, Pioneers and Interests of our Members. Many of our members have quite a few Convict Ancestors whilst others are researching groups of Convicts or particular Convict Ships. This list, along with details of the member involved is available at the Family History Centre in Springwood Library in a loose-leaf folder.
This list is now also available progressively on this website and will be found here. Convict Interests
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