Burnie Branch, Tasmanian Family History Society Inc.

03/03/2026

Monday's Day meeting (23 February 2026), was another interesting day with Peter doing a presentation on Creating Books for publication. He talked about various types of books that could be easily created using various formats that he outlined during his presentation. The presentation also included one from Allan Jaimeson who is the President of the Fellowship of Australian Writers Tasmania, NW Branch. Both gentlemen were very informative and inspirational with their presentations.
Peter will be conducting various practical hands-on workshops during the year for members, & others interested, on how to create books, beginning with one on how to create a Photo Book and others such as travel books, recipe books and family history books. Keep an eye out for dates for when these workshops are happening.

24/05/2025

07/06/2024

Did you know that if you become a member of the Tasmanian Family History Society you can now access millions of records for free on the Members Only section of the website www.tasfhs.org
These records include TAMIOT, CSI, Tas BDM's from 1803 to early 1900's. Tas Wills to 1997, Divorces, Inquests, arrivals etc.Most of these also include a link to a digital image of the original entry. More records coming soon including indexes to BDM's from early Coastal newspapers to 1944. Membership application and renewals can now all be done online via the web site.

Tasmanian Family History Society Inc.

07/06/2024

Branch Library at 58 Bass Highway Cooee will be open today from 1 to 4 as well as Monday from 11 to 3. All Welcome

07/09/2023

The Branch Library at 58 Bass Highway, Cooee, will be open this Saturday from 1 pm to 4 pm.
All welcome

21/02/2023

Our next meeting will be on Monday 27th Feb at the Branch Library commencing at 10.30. Guest Speaker will be Grant Youd, who will speak about his book and his life as a train driver. Hopefully he will also have books for Sale. Luncheon available at end of the meeting. Cost $5.00, all welcome.

01/09/2022

A big thanks to all those that came to our open day at the branch library last Saturday. As a follow up we plan to hold a Workshop on Saturday 10 September at the branch library starting at 10 am. The workshop will cover the basics of getting started, resources that we hold and an introduction to some Internet sites for Tasmanian research.
Cost is $15, morning tea and lunch provided. If you would like to come you will need to Register. Email to petjud(at)bigpond dot com for further information and registration details.

19/08/2022

PLEASE NOTE
The open day is Saturday 27th August not 28th as originally published. It is now corrected.

16/08/2022

Open Day
Where: Branch Library, 58 Bass Highway Cooee 2 doors West of Terry Whites Pharmacy
When: Saturday 27th August
Time: Anytime between 1pm and 4pm
If you are interested in researching your Family Tree come into our Branch Library and have a look at the resources we have available and talk to our members about starting your research. Our Library has a very extensive collection of records, some of which are not available elsewhere. Free give a ways to get you started. Everyone welcome.

Branch Library

13/07/2022

Hi Folks, This is an update on our Branch Library

The good news is that we can stay in our current venue for the next twelve months. This will be reviewed then. If an alternate Site becomes available in the meantime, that will be suitable, we will most likely move.

Our opening hrs will remain Mondays from 11 to 3 pm. This may change later on.
We also hope to run some Saturday morning workshops.

07/05/2022

Due to Covid and other problems the Branch library will be only open on Mondays, We are still looking for new Premises, If we can’t find a new place to go to the Branch Library will be closing sometime in June and all our resources will be going into storage until further notice