Coffs Harbour District Family History Society was formed to promote and encourage the study and preservation of family histories and allied subjects. It is able to offer members and visitors the use of an extensive collection of genealogical materials from all around Australia and overseas, especially the UK, as well as the skills and experience of other members.

Their facilities are available free to members, with non-members most welcome for a fee of $5.00 per 3-hour session or part thereof. A full day session is $10.00.

A small sample of what is available is listed below:

Books – Australia wide and Overseas

• Cemetery Records – various
• Family Histories – (Local and Other)
• First Fleet Biographies
• Hunter Valley Register I843- 1905
• Log of Logs – 1788-1998 – 3 Vols.
• Voyage Narratives for Australia & NZ
• Musters & Census 1800-1837
• Parish Registers – Various
• Pioneer Registers – Various
• Shipping Indexes – Assisted Immigration 1844- 1896
• Microfilm Reels
• Bounty Immigrants to NSW (1828-1842)
• Births Deaths Marriages Tasmania (Registers from 1803)
• Coroner’s Inquests
• Census 1841 NSW
• Immigration Deposit Journals
• Mutch Index
• NSW Births Deaths Marriages pre 1856 (Registers)
• Queensland Immigration 1848-1910
• Shipping NSW Assisted Immigrants
• Ticket of Leave Butts (Convicts)

CD-Roms

• BDMs All Australian States
• Government Gazettes SA 1861-1870
• Police Gazettes 1862-1900 NSW
• Police Gazettes S.A.
• Government Gazette Indexes 1832-l863
• Cemetery Records – various
• National Burial Index England and Wales
• English Census Records
• NSW Convict Records 1788-1856 +
• Tasmanian Convicts
• Various Irish Records
• New Zealand Records

Microfiche

• NSW Electoral Rolls 1842-1935
• Inwards Passengers to Victoria 1839-1923
• Immigration into Queensland 1848-1915
• W.A. Births Deaths Marriages 1841-1965
• S.A. Shipping 1846-1885
• Northern Territory BDMs 1870-1902
• Griffith’s Valuation of Ireland
• International Genealogical Index U.K. & Ireland
• Convicts various NSW and Tasmania
• Sands Directory for NSW

Library hours: Tuesday to Thursday and Saturday (except Workshop Saturdays) 10 am-4 pm. Closed on Public Holidays.

Workshops are generally held on the fourth Saturday of each month (except December and January) commencing at 1.30 pm. The Society holds two seminars per year, usually in May and October with well-known guest speakers.

Postal Address:
PO Box 2057, Coffs Harbour NSW 2450