Manning Wallamba Family History Society Inc

Manning Wallamba area Manning Wallamba Family History Society Inc. is interested in family history research in an area bounded by Kendall, Rawdon Vale, Booral, Bulahdelah and Forster on the Mid North Coast of NSW, Australia.

Included are the following areas: Manning Valley, Wingham, Taree, Kendall, Coopernook, Old Bar, Forster, Harrington, Manning Point, Nabiac, Bulahdelah, Kew, Krambach, Oxley Island, Mitchells Island, Tinonee, Moorland, Lansdowne, Killibakh, Failford, Rawdon Vale, Tuncurry, Coolongolook, Bungwahl, Smiths Lake, Wallis Lake.

The MANNING WALLAMBA FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Inc. has been operating since 1985. After holding meetings in several venues the Society "found a permanent home at our Library, and that has been the rent free, expense free home ever since." (quoted from a founding and Life Member)

The Society is grateful to the Greater Taree City Council Library for the ongoing assistance and support.

The Fig Tree is the Society's Newsletter published in January, April, July and October.
[Society's Newsletters are here]

About the Society

Location:	Greater Taree City Council Library Victoria St. Taree
Operating Hours:	Mon-Fri. 9.30am to 12 noon Sat. 9.30am to 12-30pm
Meetings:	3rd. Saturday 1.30pm at the Library - doors open at 1.20pm
Workshops:	1st. Saturday 1.30pm at the Library - doors open at 1.20pm

Membership fee schedule

Renewal	New members
1 July - 30 June	1 July - 30 June	1 Jan - 30 June
Single $25-00	$30.00	$17.50
Family $33-00	$38-00	$21.50

Overseas Membership: Price on application

Research Service

Initial Research Enquiry $20.00 Including limited photocopying, to the value of $5.00
Extra microfilm copying 70c per page. Additional Research $10.00 p/hr
Download a research request form here
Payment for initial research and a business sized SSAE must accompany all enquiries.
(please do not send cash payments through the mail).

Fund Raising Projects:
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Bunnings BBQ:
This is a new project for the Society where it is hoped we will raise considerable funds with a minimum of work. Helpers required approx. 1 day per 2 months.

Burial Records and Unmarked Graves
Our Society is presently upgrading all of the Burial Records of this area, which requires considerable manpower to complete and assistance is always welcome.
The transcribing and recording of cemeteries has shown the Society just how many unmarked and unknown graves and burial sites there must be in the area. A large percentage of names found in the NSW Death Register Indexes for the area do not appear in records held by the Councils, the cemetery indexes or other records available. To ensure that the Manning Wallamba Family History Society Inc. Burial Records are a comprehensive list of all buried in this area they are asking anyone who knows of unmarked graves, graves on private property, placement of ashes or burial sites to provide any details they can by completing the forms available in the Family History section of the Library. Download Forms to Register a Burial/Cremation here (pdf format 10k)

Pioneer Register 3 (pre 1900) - Again this book will require a lot of volunteer work and all the help we are able to get is appreciated.

Download Forms to Register a pioneer here: (pdf format 500k)

Research Data Base: This is another new project which we have undertaken which incorporates compiling a data base of all pioneer names of the area. All the help we are able to get is appreciated.

Please address all correspondence to:
The Secretary.
Manning Wallamba FHS Inc.
PO Box 48,
Taree. NSW Australia. 2430.