Researching family history and genealogy has become a very popular pastime in Australia.  Great Lakes Council's Forster Library, through the Family History Advisory Group, has a range of resources that can provide you with valuable information in your quest for family history.  These resources include:

• One to one assistance;
• Beginner Genealogy kits;
• Births, Deaths & Marriages Indices
• Free access to 'Ancestry on the Internet';
• Reference books;
• Cemetery records;
• Convict records;
• Microfiche and Microreader records.

Skilled and enthusiastic volunteers are also available to assist you in your family history investigations at the following times:

• Tuesday and Thursday - 10.00am to 12 noon
• Wednesday and Friday - 1.00pm to 3.00pm

This is a free service.

The Manning-Wallamba Family History Society has also produced a number of cemetery records publications that are available for purchase and/or use at Council's libraries.