2026 Calendar

2026 Family History Room Closure

From the beginning of the first quarter of 2026 until midway through the year our Family History Room will be undergoing an exciting renovation, reconnecting it to the main Gisborne Library and making our resource collection again available any time the Library is open once the renovation is complete.

During this period our monthly meetings will continue as normal (in the Library proper) and our research volunteers will be in attendance on Thursday afternoons (1pm to 3pm) at the computer workstations in the Gisborne Library to help members and visitors with their research queries.

Monthly Meetings

4th Thursday 7.30 pm (FEB to NOV)
Gisborne Library

February 26th

‘The Great Walk’ from Robe to the Goldfields (Adrian Hem—Guest)

March 26th

AGM followed by ‘Family Stories’ - True or False?
(Members share a short story)

April 23rd

‘Women Spies’(Panel & General Discussion)

May 28th

“Cornish Married Widows”
(Lynley Hall)

Saturday afternoon June 27th 2.00pm

‘The Welsh in Ballarat’ (Peter Griffiths, author and guest)

Saturday afternoon, July 25th 2.00pm

‘Ancestral Homes’
(Members Stories)

Family History Month

Saturday, August 29th

Seminar

‘Maps in Family History’

9.30am to 4.00pm

Details to be advised

September 22nd

‘The Workhouse/Orphanages’
(Neil Cheney)

October 24th

‘Sarah Davenport—A Woman of the goldfields’

(Julie Mac, author and guest)

November 26th

County Night—Hampshire

(Members Discussion)

Monthly Workshops

2026 details to be advised

Outings

2026 details to be advised

Christmas Dinner

Friday, December 4th

Venue TBA