Wodonga Family History

10/06/2026

10/06/2026

Tuesday 16th June 2026

🤓“Cracking the Census Code”
Smarter Strategies for Family History Research🤓
Guest Speaker: Judy Charlton
Venue: Hyphen - Wodonga Library Gallery 7.00pm
📠🧭Join Judy as she unlocks some of the secrets hidden in the goldmine of census records across England, Ireland, USA, Canada, and Australia/NZ with proven techniques that go beyond basic searches.
😎Learn how to find those elusive ancestors, interpret confusing entries, and extract maximum value from every census page.

Supper served. 🍰🍩☕️☕️☕️
Members $2 Visitors $5
U3A Albury Wodonga Inc. Albury LibraryMuseum & Lavington Library Albury LibraryMuseum & Lavington Library Wodonga Council Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc Chiltern Athenaeum Museum Bonegilla Migrant Experience

10/06/2026

Recently, FamilySearch expanded its free online archives with over 1 billion new records from 31 different countries. ⤵️
https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/new-records-april-2026?cid=SO-00061067

Some exciting additions include 1 billion from the United States, featuring public and vital records, military and cemetery records, and immigration and naturalisation records; plus 13 million vital, military, and emigration records for the United Kingdom; and 10 million civil registrations and session court records from Ireland. Other countries with significant record additions include the following:
Argentina 🇦🇷
Brazil 🇧🇷
Colombia 🇨🇴
Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
Honduras 🇭🇳
Italy 🇮🇹
Mexico 🇲🇽
Philippines 🇵🇭
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Spain 🇪🇸
Ukraine 🇺🇦

04/06/2026

02/06/2026

Sometimes the best way to find a family name is to stop looking for it! Comment your most valuable tip for fellow researchers in the comments.

28/05/2026

NOW FOR FAMOUS AUSSIE ARTIST POST CARDS.
First lot are by J. H. Scheltema. All are c1910 period.
No 1. "On the Buffalo River Vic." Nice work.
Printed for Swallow & Ariell's. Swallow t.m. on back.
Comments welcome. Share/copy with attribution please.

28/05/2026

26/05/2026

After WWI, state and federal governments coordinated efforts to build farming communities of returned soldiers and their families.

Officials split large pastoral estates into small farms, envisioning that soldier settlers would build prosperous rural communities 🌾

While the scheme was popular, many servicemen struggled due to a lack of farming knowledge, and the land was often too small to be profitable.

This, combined with falling wheat prices and the Great Depression, led to many settlers walking away from the land.

📷: Children sit on bags of wheat on a soldier settler farm in Western Australia, about 1925, Rob Mawson.

25/05/2026

🎶Here's a quick peek at our program from July to December 2026🎶

🧑‍🔧Tuesday 21st July 2026
"Beyond the Joneses: Unlocking Your Welsh Ancestry"
Guest Speaker: Howard Jones

✍️Tuesday 18th August 2026
"Hidden in Plain Sight: Unexpected Details in Occupational Records"
Guest Speaker: Judy Charlton

👶Tuesday 15th September 2026
"When we were Young": Members Showcase
This month, bring along a story, photograph, or object from your childhood to share.

✨️Tuesday 20th October 2026
"Uncovering Hidden Stories: Using Podcasts as Research Tools for Family History"
Guest Speaker: Maureen Cuskelly.

💥Tuesday 17th November 2026
Exploring Chinese Australian Family History
Guest Speaker: Terry Young – Chinese Australian Soc

💫Tuesday 15th December 2026
🎄Venue: TBA
Christmas Party. 💫
U3A Albury Wodonga Inc. What's On in Albury Wodonga Albury LibraryMuseum & Lavington Library Albury Women's Shed Wodonga Council Albury & District Historical Society Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc Hyphen - Wodonga Library Gallery Chiltern Athenaeum Museum Wodonga Family History Yackandandah Museum Albury Wodonga & Surrounds