Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc.
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MEERKAT MANOR 
or - Getting started on your Family History
Are you looking in the right direction?
Haven't booked yet - there is still time but slots are filling fast, don't miss out on this FREE WAGS Course...
Thursday 12 March 2015 10am to 12:00pm Cost: Free Course limit: 20
Bookings are required by phoning the Library on [9271 4311] or emailing>> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Last Updated on Thursday, 05 March 2015 12:49
Grid Photos for Kings Park Event 
Grid photos are available on the following link for the Kings Park Cheops Commemoration Serviceat the State War Memorial and Flame of Remembrance.
We would like to identify all those who participated, so please send in your ID#'s - details available on the Together 100 Years Apart page + Photo identification & order form for images page
Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 March 2015 17:04
RSL WA Project to Enhance May Circle, Kings Park 
Kings Park Honour Avenue - May Drive
May Drive in Kings Park was opened on 23 July 1901 by Princess May, Duchess of Cornwall and York, later Queen Mary.
May Drive became the first Honour Avenue in Kings Park and Botanic Garden in 1919. Relatives and friends of men and women who died during World War I (1914-1918) planted 400 oak and plane trees during a planting ceremony.
Last Updated on Monday, 02 March 2015 08:59
The Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc. (WAGS)
6/48 May Street, Bayswater, Western Australia 6053
Member of Australian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc. - AFFHO and
Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:34
Have Your Say 
The last time we did a poll of who was using what Genealogy Software was in Jan 2012.
Since then things have moved on quite a bit, there is more online activity and new options, a couple of the popular proprietary software programs have, or are about to become defunct, and there is a change in our use of operating systems with more Mac and Linux users around.
It's good news week - or not 
Doesn't matter really what the news is, or where it is, if you want to keep up to date with newspapers worldwide, you just have to use this special Newspaper Map.
WAGS and Western Australian genealogy and family history included, if you are wanting to know what local newspaper is current for just about anywhere in the world, you can't go past this. All states of Australia included, and massive numbers of newspapers worldwide available at the click of an icon.
Magic stuff with newspapers and maps....
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 January 2015 23:04
Genealogy in Time annual survey - WAGS is a winner 
WAGS has well and truly made it into the Genealogy in Time's worldwide Top 100 Genealogy Websites - first time in and arriving at number 71.
This is a terrific achievement by WAGS considering that we are up against the monsters in the genealogy world of websites. This including the likes of Ancestry, FamilySearch, FindMyPast, GeneaNet, Geni.com and a whole swag of other paysites.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 January 2015 11:05
2014 Christmas Eve gift for Florida family
On Sunday 5th March 1916, William Hollington Bonsey was presented with a bible.
It was a small, compact volume covered in black hide with an inscription on the flyleaf …….
Last Updated on Monday, 12 January 2015 23:40
WAGS Welcomes - Bassendean Local Studies 
Bassendean has a long history of Aboriginal settlement, and as one of the earliest areas of European settlement in Perth, it also has a rich history of gentleman farmers, convicts and Pensioner Guards.
Further information is available via email or at the Local studies collection at the Bassendean Library.
WAGS welcomes the Bassendean Local Studies Collection as an Associate member of WAGS.
Last Updated on Thursday, 11 December 2014 09:42
Gallipoli Dead from Western Australia
Every WAGS WA Interest Group member and all other volunteers and contributors should be very proud of being able to publish the results of the Gallipoli Dead from Western Australia Project.
Last Updated on Friday, 06 March 2015 08:21