The inaugural meeting of the Lake Macquarie Family History Group was held on 21 April 1999 with more than 40 people attending with the first formal meeting on 12 May at the Woodrising neighbourhood centre. The group's convenor, Ms Diane Little, had been a family and local historian for more than 12 yeary and became the inaugural President.
A Website was created in October 2001 with sponsorship from Pacific Internet. From January 2007 the Group established its own organisation domain name and funds the Group's site hosting and email facilities.
A facebook page was established in September 2019 followed by a Blog page in June 2020.
The Group is run by a management team along with members serving in various ancillary positions. They are elected at the annual general meetings of members held in the August meeting. The management team from August 2025 comprises;
| Executive | Committee | |
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| President | CA Leggatt | Jan Butcher |
| Vice President | Jill Ball | Ruth Clenton |
| Secretary | Valda Owen | Robert Eldridge |
| Treasurer | Karen Eldridge | Unita Fleischer |
| Jean Jones | ||
| Jenny Myers | ||
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Lake Macquarie Family History Group Inc. PO Box 639 Toronto New South Wales 2283 Australia |
Updated 8 May 2026
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