Monthly Archives: July 2016
Hill End Family History Open Day
Saturday, 27th August 2016 Royal Hall, Hill End, 11am – 4pm Hill End Family History (in conjunction with Hill End & Tambaroora Gathering Group) are holding an Open Day in Hill End at the Royal Hall. From: 11am – 4pm on Saturday, 27th August 2016 Come along and see what resources are available for researching … Continue reading
New book: Rylstone Autograph Quilt
ANNOUNCEMENT Dan Hatton and Helen Marsonet are working on publishing a book presenting all of the information from the Stitches in Time exhibition held in History Week 2015, and much more. The book will take a couple of years to produce but it is hoped that “Stitches in Time: stories from the 1915 Rylstone Autograph … Continue reading
Descendants of Leighton and Guthrie families to reunite
Are you a Leighton or Guthrie descendant? Descendants of the Leighton/Guthrie families are meeting for a family reunion on the weekend of September 24 and 25 in and around Lithgow, Running Stream, Rylstone and Kandos. Mary Leighton (nee Elliott) born 1800 in Scotland (wife of David Leighton, Builder, born 1812 Scotland), died at Mudgee at … Continue reading
Era ends, but family still talks shop
From 30 August 2004: Betty Edwards shut up shop at 11 am yesterday, ending her family’s 88-year history of keeping Rylstone up with the news. Her mother, Hilda Yarrington, opened the newsagency as a 16-year-old in 1916 when most of the men around the Mudgee area had gone to fight in World War I. “Mum … Continue reading