WELCOME

Welcome to the Wyong Family History Group Inc.
The Group was founded in 1983 and is run by volunteers, to promote, research and preserve the family history of members, visitors and Wyong Shire pioneers.

​                           General Meetings 
Our General Meetings are held bimonthly on the second Saturday of the month at "The Cottage"
"The Cottage" will open at 11 am for unassisted research, the meeting will commence at 1 pm. 
                  Next Meeting April 13th 2019
  Guest Speaker:Kaye Vernon from Teapot Genealogy 
“The Plight of Children in the 19th and early 20th Century”.
 This presentation includes stories from indexing the book “The Forgotten, Children in Homes and Reformatories” and other records that they have indexed.
 After researching their ancestors, over many pots of tea, Kaye Vernon and Billie Jacobsen not only found that they shared a passion for genealogy, and after producing a family history book and organising a reunion for around 300 people , Teapot Genealogy was born.
Kaye and Billie have spent thousands of hours indexing Australian records, reading tiny entries on microfilm and deciphering elaborate handwriting in old dusty books, to make your genealogical research easier and faster.
Kaye and Billie have extensive experience tracing family trees and discovering family histories. They have also provided research assistance and genealogical work on series 2 of the popular Australian SBS TV program, Who Do You Think You Are.
Together with Wendy Dzubiel, Kaye and Billie are also the hosts of The Teapot Genies, the first internet television program on researching your family tree


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WFHG Vic Gum Family Tree Maker Seminar Sunday March 31 2019
Just a reminder that this event is now only
THREE weeks away. 
If you are within 2 hours of Tuggerah it will be worthwhile attending as there are some new and exciting things coming with FTM
Wyong Family History Group was formed in 1983 at a meeting that was held in the rooms of Wyong Shire Library on the 3rd June 1983 with 32 in attendance.   A committee was formed, and monthly meetings began.  This continued for the next year, then they were held in member’s homes until a room became available at Wyong Public School, Rankin Court.
In 1986 we joined with Central Coast Family History Society to co-host a State Family History Conference at Old Sydney Town.   It proved to be a big task but was a success.   In 1992 we had outgrown the room in the old school, so we moved to Alison Homestead where we shared space with Wyong Museum & Historical Society.   In 1997 we became incorporated, by then we had a respectable bank balance and owned a great deal of equipment and resources.
By 2000 we again needed a new home, so in 2001 we took a small room at the Oasis Youth Centre in Hely Street, Wyong.   We had two cupboards to hold our resources and one computer.
Our next move was in April 2003 into shop 36 Wyong Plaza Shopping Centre where we shared space with the Wyong Chamber of Commerce.   When the centre was closed for renovations, Wyong Shire Council came to our rescue and we were offered the use of two rooms in the new Wyong Community Cultural Centre, 6 Ranken Court, Wyong.  By January 2006 we finally had the room to set up our equipment and hold our meetings in the same location and could display our small library collection.
Now in 2019 we lease the whole building, continue to maintain a steady membership, run Special Interest Groups on different topics.   We have Beginner’s Courses and Information Sessions.   Our online subscription list has grown to include Ancestry.com, Deceased Online, Biographical Database, Roots Ireland.   We have guest speakers who are notable experts in the field, at our General Meetings also our library has grown to include the most up to date publications as well as over 500 resource CD’s
Niel and Julie Nielsen at Lovelanes 2019 thanks Rosie Wood for the photos
         Wyong One Place Study

Tuggerah Library Family History Help Sessions

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Help from our experienced members is available on the 3rd Saturday of each month (January to November) between 9.00am and 12.00pm at the Tuggerah Information Centre (Library), Westfield Shopping Centre, 50 Wyong Rd, Tuggerah, NSW
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​           Winner 2015 Dorothy Fellowes Award for the
​                      Best Website Category 1
 A website designed and administered by a society member
Local LDS Family History Centre
Akora Rd, Wyoming (near ALDI)
Opening Hours:  Tuesday 6 - 8pm  Friday 10 - 2pm
Generally closed during school holidays. Open at other times on request.
Free access
Ph: 4329 3603 email: au_gosford@ldsmail.net
The WFHG has an affiliated agreement with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints which permits our members to access restricted files and images from the computers in The Cottage