About Us
How we can help
Lithgow & District Family History Society Inc. provides a resource library and facilities for people who are researching their family history. We also have a huge amount of local history. Our resources include cemetery records, birth, death & marriage records, local, Australia wide and overseas records, CDs, books and microfiche.
Our Resource Centre is located in the Ewen Smith Memorial Hall on the corner of Tank & Donald Streets Lithgow,
Our Resource Centre closed in March under COVID-19 government regulations. We are still closed due to our inability to safeguard researchers and volunteers under the conditions in the COVID-19 Safety Plan. We will continue to work on the plan in the coming weeks and advise when the Resource Centre will reopen via this website, our Facebook page and local media.
Membership
Fees for the year 1 March 2020 to end of February 2021 are:
Joining fee: nil. Membership fee: $45 (journals sent by Australia Post; $40 (journals sent by email).
Membership entitlements include 3 journals per year, free admission to LDFHS Resource Centre during opening hours including assistance with research enquiries, 3 hours free research by the LDFHS research officer for members who live outside Lithgow City Council area.
Non-members’ research at the Resource Centre costs $10 per person on Tuesday evening & $20 on Friday & Saturday. Digital copying is allowed (subject to copyright).
Faces Behind the Facades Main St Lithgow
Faces Behind the Facades, Main Street Lithgow is an ongoing project of the Lithgow & District Family History Society Inc relating to the history of individuals who operated businesses in Main Street Lithgow for a number of years.
Many interesting and informative stories have revealed themselves that help inform us of the people who shaped Main Street and, by their participation in community organisations and both local and state government, the history of our region.
Large scale window vinyls will be on display in relevant business windows in Main Street Lithgow as shown on the map above and will include narratives capturing the stories of individuals, historic portraits and images of the original building facades.
Yvonne Jenkins Memorial Award
YVONNE JENKINS MEMORIAL AWARD
It is with great regret that we advise that this year's essay competition and presentation has been cancelled due to current restrictions on social distancing and holding of meetings.
Don't let this stop you from writing short stories about a member of your family. Our journal editor is always willing to accept stories for our journal.
Maybe choose a photo and tell the story. Who, what, where and why - the basis of a good composition when we were at school. A good place to start.
Email to secretary.ldfhs@gmail.com