An Excellent Day
On Friday 7 August I attended an all day seminar at the Western Sydney Records Centre, Kingswood. They are part of Museums of History NSW. (We still call the NSW State Archives.) The seminar was on Vital Records: Tracing Births, Deaths and Marriages in NSW. After a welcome by Martyn Killion A/Chief Executive Officer, Museums of History NSW, it was time for the talks to begin. Louise Briffa, Director, Operations and Service Delivery, NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages was our first speaker and she gave a talk on the history of registration in NSW. She explained various things about the records and answered questions. Morning tea was provided and it was a chance to catch-up with friends and enjoy standing in the sunshine. Heather Garnsey OAM was next with her excellent talk on using church records to solve problems and add more details. She explained that there are more to church records than the registers and they have different information to the registers....