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Lithgow Library marking National Family History Month
Aug 8, 2018
The Lithgow Library is marking National Family History Month during August in conjunction with the Lithgow and District Family History Society.
Throughout August an eclectic collection of items donated to the LDFHS over 30 years is on display, along with items from the library collection.
The Society has invited Leonie Knapman to speak about her life growing up as a miner’s daughter in Glen Davis and Keith Painter will share some of the interesting information that he has unearthed during his research on James Padley.
Mr Painter’s latest project is a biography of James McMillan Padley, one of Lithgow’s leading residents in the early 1900s.
The free history talk will take place this Saturday 11 August from 9am to 11.30am.
National Family History Month is celebrated throughout Australia every August. Family history and genealogy is one of the most popular hobbies around the world. There are over 250,000 Australians who are members of family history related organisations and the month has broad appeal across the country.
(The photo accompanying this story is from the Lithgow District Historical Society Collection, and features a family group outside Eskbank House in the 1890s, including the mother of Mrs. G. Webster of John St. standing in the centre).
