Ms Frances Ann Cairns – Grad Cert Family & Community History CSU; MAAGRA

Researcher Type:  Genealogist & Record Agent

Special Interests: Genealogy; Family History Charts; Family written histories.

State/Location specialty: New South Wales

I started my personal family history research in 1985. In 2009 I obtained a Graduate Certificate in Family and Community History from Charles Sturt University and registered my Genealogy business, Family Fascination, in July 2010. I use Family Tree Maker software to record family history data from which I can compile family history trees.  I am on the council of the Military History Society of NSW.   I receive regular newsletters from the New Zealand Society of Genealogists Irish Interest Group. I am a registered reader at the National Library of Australia and am a Justice of the Peace in the State of New South Wales.

Memberships:

• Society of Australian Genealogists
• New Zealand Society of Genealogists
• Irish Interest Group
• Military History Society
• Shire Military History Club
• The Womens Pioneer Society of Australasia Inc
• State Library of New South Wales
• The Royal Australian History Society
• Botany Bay Family History Society

Readers’ Tickets:

• National Library of Australia
• NSW State Archives