Manning Valley Historical Society

Archives  -  Resources

 

Researchers will be in attendance at the Museum
                      on Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Research Enquiries:    Phone Museum  (02) 6553-5823

OR
                                     

Email 

 

  Mail or Email enquiries:

All research enquiries require a search fee  ..................................... $10
Archivists will search resources and outline what is available.

If you wish further research based on the outline given .................... $20
 

For a very large research project,
additional research time may be charged at  ................................... $15 per hour
 

Financial members   ...................................................................... Half Price

 

  Personal visit to the archives  

Access to archive records for full day ........................................... $20
Access to archive records for half day  ......................................... $10
 

  Copying

Photocopies (A4 page)..   50 cents per page
Photocopies (A3 page)..   $1

 

  Archive Resources

  Schools:

in the Manning district and beyond

  Family Histories:

Alphabetical information
Newspaper clippings
Deposited family information
Alphabetical obituaries
Family bibles; directories

  Local History:

Alphabetical information on local business, industry,
Councils, locations, recreations, lodges, friendly
societies, local post office histories.

  Church Records:

Parish records  -  births, deaths, marriages
Church histories
Deposited historical information

  Shipping & Immigration:

Local shipbuilding industry
Scottish immigration  -  listed by ship
Some German immigration information
Shipping along the North Coast

  Photographs:

of local content

  Maps of the Manning District:

Survey maps
District maps
Parish maps

  Cemetery Records:

and headstone transcriptions

  Newspapers:

Indexes from 1865
Newspapers on film  1865  -  1950

  Library:

Royal Australian Historical Journals
Other historical journals
Museum journals
Australiana
Research Library

  Facilities:

Microfiche reader/printer
Microfilm reader (by appointment)

 

  Archivists

Chief Archivist & Researcher - Arthur Cooper
Vice-president/Archives - Glenda Smith

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