Wangaratta Family History Society

 

 

Design Experts

Website sponsored by
Design Experts

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 2010

              

August                   National Family History Week

 

                                                         
National Family History Week 2010 will be a busy and exciting time in Wangaratta so mark some
of these dates on your Calendar, join in and have an enjoyable and productive time.
These are some of the events that we at WFHS have scheduled:
• The Research Library,1st floor, 100 Murphy St (above the Visitor Information Centre)

   will be open daily Monday to Sunday from 10.00am to 3.00pm and offers:


• free in-house access to our resources and assistance with basic research;


• free lunch of soup, sausage rolls and sandwiches on Tuesday 3 August at 12.30pm to help
celebrate our 25th anniversary;


• the Bowmans Forest Cemetery CD Launch by the Mayor, Cr Anthony Griffiths, also on
Tuesday 3rd August scheduled for 2.30pm. Please come along, enjoy lunch and stay on for
the Launch, a great way to spend the day. Members, please along a plate for afternoon tea;
and
• a display of the Frederick Bailey Deeming exhibit on loan from the Public Records
Office of Victoria (see more information below).


Our members and volunteers will be conducting the following computer research sessions at the
Wangaratta High Country Library at 21 Docker Street:
• Family History Research on the Internet – Wed. 4th August, 6:30pm to 8:00pm;
• Family History Research on the Internet for beginner researchers -

                                                                      Sat. 7th August 10:00am to 11:30am;
• a reasonable level of computer skill is required for both sessions.
Bookings are essential and can be made by contacting the library on 03 5721 2366.

A full coverage of events is given in National Family History Week Brochure including

activities at the High Country Library, Wangaratta Historical Society, Eldorado Museum and
Wangaratta family History Society. -


 


The story of Frederick Bailey Deeming:
......   wife-murderer, bigamist, thief, and confidence trickster.
During the three months that Deeming's case was heard before the
courts, he featured in newspapers and became the subject of a
theatrical play and also a gruesome waxworks exhibit.
Fact and fiction collided in penny dreadfuls and shilling shockers
compiled from news reports, transforming Deeming's crimes into
sensational pulp fiction.
Retrace the events of the case by reading original documents on display
such as letters received by police from the general public leading to
Deeming's arrest, witness statements of those who encountered
Deeming in one of his many disguises, and the trial arguments over
whether Deeming was insane or truly responsible for his crimes.
A large selection of illustrations from penny dreadfuls about Deeming
are featured throughout.

 

 


"));