WAGS

2017 Raffle Early Bird Prize Winner

The WAGS annual raffle early bird prize was drawn by WAGS President, Ian Simon, on 10th October, at WAGS.

The winning ticket holder was Dr Adrian Peck.

Congratulations to Adrian who receives $300

Military Interest Group presentation - Advance notice

Not to be missed - MIlitary Special Interest Group Meeting

Saturday, 18 November 2017 starting at 1.30pm in Unit 4, 48 May Street Bayswater 

Our guest speaker for this meeting will be Dr Mike Galvin, Patron of the Military History Society of Western Australia.  Mike will present a paper about Lt Victor Ketterer MC, 16th Battalion titled 'First to Last and then Some'. 

NEWSFLASH @ end June 2017

FamilySearch have announced they will discontinue their microfilm distribution services on September 1, 2017.

All orders placed by 31 August 2017 will be honoured, so any orders by members will need to be received by WAGS no later than 30 August

The change is the result of significant progress made in FamilySearch’s microfilm digitization efforts, the cost of production and distribution and the obsolescence of microfilm technology. To read the announcement follow this link.

British Regiments of Foot in Australia

The Royal Marines served in the Colony between 1788 and 1790, after which the New South Wales Corps (Rum Corps) took over for the 20 years up to 1810.

After the New South Wales Corps were ousted in 1810 there were twenty four British Regiments that served in Australia between 1810 and 1870, two of those doing 2 tours. Of these there were nine regiments that served in Western Australia for varying lengths of time. This list does not include Enrolled Pensioner Guards as such.

WA is a BIG State

Genealogy and Family History is alive and well in Country WA. Western Australia covers 2.529 Million km² (976,790 sq mi). WA is the second largest country sub-division in the world. That is a lot of ground to cover for a volunteer organisation, but we do have some success in that space.

The Western Australian Genealogical Society (WAGS) has a diverse membership which includes about 8.5% of our members being resident in country WA.

WAGS Affiliated Societies are present in Albany, Australind, Busselton, Collie, Esperance, Geraldton, Mandurah and Rockingham and each has their own membership (see map below)