Manning Valley Historical Society

 

Archives  -  Resources


Please Note:  Archives and Research is open for business again!!

We are now refreshed, revitalised and reorganised!  We await your call!

Should you wish to make a research enquiry,  please email us for the Research Form.

Do not make any payments until we invoice you.

Researchers will be in attendance at the Museum
                      on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
                      (and Mondays by appointment)

Research Enquiries:    Phone Museum  (02) 6553-5823

OR
                                     

Email: Research at MVHS 

  Mail or Email enquiries - Costs:

All research enquiries require a search fee. As an example the fee for 2 Family Names is $30

Archivists will search resources and outline what is available.

The initial search fee and outline is ..................................................$10


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  

Per hour ....................................................................................... $8
 

  Copying

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

  Photographs

Price on Application

  Archive Resources

  Schools:

in the Manning district and beyond

  Family Histories:

Newspaper clippings
Deposited family information
Obituaries
Directories

  Local History:

Information on local business, industry, councils,
locations, lodges,  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

  Facilities:

Microfilm reader

  Archive Co-ordinator

Kaye Wallace

 

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