Newsletter May 2017
Explore the local history, family stories, research and Society news in this issue. The contents below summarise individual features and link to their original pages.
Contents
- President’s report and meeting notices - page 1Reports local Anzac commemorations and the decision to name the Society library for its late researcher Max Rogers.
- Society notices and Trove group - page 2Continues the President’s report, records Society representatives at Anzac services and describes a historical Trove community initiative.
- Heritage speaker and archives report - page 3Introduces Eric Savage’s heritage talk; archivist Linda Emery reports on volunteer training, town and village file indexing and biography-file scanning.
- Stitched with Love: convict bonnets - page 4Describes a 2017 museum exhibition of embroidered bonnets commemorating convict women and begins a family account of Ann Pugh.
- Ann Pugh family account and research guide - page 5Continues the account of Ann Pugh and John Nichols and introduces a family-history guide; family relationships and dates should be checked against original records.
- Local post and telegraph services - page 6Philip Morton surveys early district mail services and post offices in Bowral, Mittagong and Moss Vale before introducing Jordan’s Crossing.
- Jordan’s Crossing petitions and first post office - page 7Describes an 1871 petition, local correspondence and the approval of an unofficial post office at James Cambourn’s home in 1872; the account continues in the next issue.
- Society information - page 8Contact, opening, membership and committee information printed in May 2017; details may have since changed.
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