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Previous Meetings and Events - 2020

Meetings and Events - Archive

Please note: For a more detailed speaker review, refer to the Branch 'News & Views' published in the subsequent month.

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Date	Time	Details See Colour Key
Thursday 13 February 2020	7:30pm	'Postcards - what they can tell us, with examples from the Hutt Valley' - Dawn Chambers Dawn's website http://www.nzpictures.co.nz/postcards.htm. Interesting talk giving a lot of background about postcard printing, subject material and images. Then also some transcriptions of used postcards and associated family info about the senders and recipients. Note that Dawn's website can also be accessed on our website from our links page. Please do check out Dawn's site, if you haven't already, as it is an excellent source of local and NZ history, besides many other items. Top of Page
Thursday 20 February 2020	TBC	'Visit to Wellington City Archives' Met with Adrian Humphries (city archivist). Supplied info about what's held, how and when Archives established. A quick tour of the facility as well. And not forgetting trying out the Mayoral chair in the Reading room! Top of Page
Change of day of week: Tuesday 10 March 2020 Change of Venue: Petone Heritage Library	7:30pm	'Hutt Valley Branch and Petone Heritage Library resources' Trish Meehan spoke about Petone Heritage Library resources, including items like: FamilySearch affiliate library status NZ collections on Ancestry hard copies of electoral rolls/street directories, and CD Roms scanner and how to use it with photos/slides new collections on databases Susie Fraser talked about the new books that we've added to our library, and procedures on how to borrow them. Top of Page
Thursday 19 March 2020 Change of Venue: Petone Heritage Library	10:00am	'Hutt Valley Branch and Petone Heritage Library resources - Research morning' Susie Fraser talked about the new books that we've added to our library, and procedures on how to borrow them. Then folk settled down to do some research, and helping those who came with queries. Top of Page
As at Saturday 21 March 2020, ALL meetings were cancelled until further notice, due to COVID-19 restrictions. Top of Page
Thursday 9 July 2020	7:30pm	New Venue: Naenae Bowling Club Function Room, 25 Vogel St, Naenae, Lower Hutt. [1] Annual General Meeting Agenda for the Annual General Meeting is: The latest amendments to the society’s rules to be adopted by branches Receipt of the branch annual report and statement of accounts Set the annual subscription for the 2021-2022 year Election of Convenor, Secretary, Treasurer and Committee members General Business [2] Speaker after the AGM: - Sarah Hewitt, Convenor, Kilbirnie Branch 'Filling in the Gaps - Using newspapers in your family history' Pre-meeting Meal For those who would like to have a meal prior to our AGM, Chrissy’s Bistro at the Naenae Bowling Club is open 5pm to 8pm on Thursdays, bookings essential: Ph: 567 0561 http://naenaebowls.nz/chrissys-bistro/ New Faces Looking towards the future of the Hutt Valley Branch. We need new branch members to join the committee so that those who have given good service can retire. We are a supportive committee with diverse interests, but it is time to add new faces. Top of Page
Thursday 16 July 2020	10:00am	'Research Morning held at Petone Library' Top of Page
Thursday 13 August 2020	7:30pm	[Click image to link to website] 'Resources available at Upper Hutt Library' - Reid Perkins Top of Page
Thursday 20 August 2020	9:45am for 10:00am - 11.30am	'Trip to Porirua Hospital Museum' - 24 Upper Main Drive, Porirua Travel in own cars. (map) (map close-up) Top of Page
Thursday 10 September 2020 Change of Venue	7:30pm	'Shetland Islands' - Gilbert Inkster Also Jo Lewthwaite from Kilbirnie Branch and the Shetland Society had a display and was able to answer any questions. New Venue: Naenae Bowling Club Function Room, 25 Vogel St, Naenae, Lower Hutt. Chrissy's Bistro at the Naenae Bowling Club is open 5-8pm on Thursdays. If you would like to have a meal before the meeting, bookings are essential. Ph 567 0561. Website: http://naenaebowls.nz/chrissys-bistro/ Top of Page
Thursday 17 September 2020	10:00am	'Assisted Research Morning at Petone Library' Note: The Branch Committee have decided there will not be any research mornings at Petone Library until we are at Level 1. Top of Page
Thursday 8 October 2020 Change of Venue	7:30pm	'Oral History' - Speakers are: Dr Emma Kelly, Ministry for Culture & Heritage; and Reid Perkins, Upper Hutt Library New Venue: Naenae Bowling Club Function Room, 25 Vogel St, Naenae, Lower Hutt. Chrissy's Bistro at the Naenae Bowling Club is open 5-8pm on Thursdays. If you would like to have a meal before the meeting, bookings are essential. Ph 567 0561. Website: http://naenaebowls.nz/chrissys-bistro/ Top of Page
Thursday 15 October 2020	10:00am	'Conducted tour of Christ Church and Cemetery, Taita' - John Daysh Christ Church & its Cemetery are at 73 Eastern Hutt Rd, Taita. Website: Christ Church and Cemetery, Taita Top of Page

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