Botany Bay Family History Society

Botany Bay Family History Society It is an affiliate library with Familysearch.org giving members access to millions of worldwide records. The Research Centre is manned by volunteers.

Research Your Heritage - whether it is local, interstate or international BBFHS holds and has access to extensive research resources with great volunteers to help you along the way A new requirement of visitors to our research library is that if they are not already expected that day by our volunteers that they phone to confirm that the volunteers will be there after noon on the days the centre i

s open

Our Research Centre and Library is located in Caringbah South. Members also enjoy no-charge access to the subscriptions sites of Ancestry.com (World), FindMyPast (UK, Australasia and Ireland), The Genealogist, Biographical Database of Australia, Internet History Resources, the British Newspaper Archives as well as the many free genealogy sites available on the internet. Our monthly meetings are now held on Zoom with occasional face to face meetings. Zoom meetings have allowed the society to access international and interstate speakers to address our members. There are Special Interest Groups covering DNA, Australian, English, Irish and Scottish research plus Writing and family history programmes including Legacy, Family Tree Maker and Reunion for Mac. Most of these activities were held by Zoom meetings however some meetings are now being held as hybrid with both Zoom and face to face - full details on our website. BBFHS journal, The Endeavour, is published quarterly while a fortnightly E-Newsletter keeps members up to date with all the latest news in the family history world.

Mother’s Day DNA specials $29 with free shipping
29/04/2026

Mother’s Day DNA specials $29 with free shipping

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25/04/2026

Our next meeting with speaker is at the School of Arts, cnr Bowns Rd/Queens Ave on 14 May 2026 starting at 2pm. We are welcoming back Author and journalist, Sue Williams who will tell us about the background to her book 'The Governor, his wife and his mistress'! Its a fascinating tale, don't miss it. She will be bringing books for sale too.
Entry is $5 which gets you a splendid afternoon tea as well as the talk. All welcome. No need to book but inquiries can come to Gill at 0439 667 843.
Photo is of Sue Williams.

23/04/2026

DNA Painter: Exclusive subscription offer: DNA Painter DNA Day 2026

20/04/2026

Meet some of the early Ryde residents who are buried in this churchyard, including Granny Smith. Hear their stories. www.rydehistory.org.au

Another interesting outing organised by Leonie Bell to the Petersham Masonic Egyptian room.
19/04/2026

Another interesting outing organised by Leonie Bell to the Petersham Masonic Egyptian room.

18/04/2026

Need help reading the 1926 Irish Census returns?

Wondering if your ancestor went by their Irish name instead of English and that's why you can't find them?

There's a way to confirm what English name they were known by.

I've popped my hack in the comments below 👉

📷 National Archives of Ireland, 1926 Census. Reproduced with the kind permission of the Director of the National Archives.

17/04/2026
09/04/2026

An index to death and funeral notices, and other death-type information, published in Australian newspapers from 1803 to the present

09/04/2026

Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Free Irish Genealogy [IGP] Irish Genealogy, Cemeteries, Irish Genealogy, Antrim, Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Derry, Belfast, Londonderry, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath,....

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184 Gannons Road South
Caringbah, NSW
2229

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 2pm
Wednesday 10am - 2pm
Friday 10am - 2pm

Telephone

61 2 9523 8948

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BBFHS was formed in 1984 and is located in the Sutherland Shire, approximately 30km south of the Sydney CBD in New South Wales Australia. The society's memberships usually hovers around 500 members. Our Research Centre and Library is located in Caringbah South. Members enjoy no-charge access to the subscriptions sites of Ancestry.com (World), FindMyPast (UK, Australasia and Ireland), The Genealogist, Biographical Database of Australia, Internet History Resources, the British Newspaper Archives as well as the many free genealogy sites available on the internet. The Research Centre is open and manned by helpful volunteers Monday, Wednesday and Fridays 10am - 4pm and Saturday 10am - 2pm. BBFHS’s journal, the Endeavour is published quarterly. A monthly newsletter is handed out at monthly meetings The Botany Bay Bulletin which has all the activities for the coming month. An E-Newsletter for members is emailed to members regularly to inform them of new data bases available, plus any events which are coming up. All of which keep members up to date with all the latest news in the family history world. Classes on a wide rage of subjects are given and Special Interest Groups are held regularly for Australian, English, Irish, Scottish research, Writers, Social Media and the major family history programmes. The details and times for these are all under events on our website http://www.botanybayfhs.org.au/

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