local and family history
The Winchelsea girls are amazing! Di and Joan have finished indexing the 1,700+ pages of the CD publication Irish in Geelong & District. This has resulted in 33,452 index entries being added to the Geelong & district database. IMPORTANT: – the … Continued
This has nothing to do with Geelong & District but a general tip on how family trees on the web can go horribly wrong. Anyone who has done some serious family research knows that a large number of family trees … Continued
If you think that you need to be a member to visit the Genealogical Society of Victoria [GSV] hopefully this blog will encourage you to visit and find out the facts first hand. The other misconception some people have is that … Continued
I do love some of the wonderful hidden treasures amongst the records held at the Public Record Office Victoria – and those that have been transcribed or indexed by the Geelong Family History Group [GFHG]. As part of an ongoing … Continued
I’m sitting at my keyboard wondering where I’m going to find the strength to get off the chair and crawl into bed! I’m totally physically and mentally exhausted … but what a magnificent couple of days! It’s all over and … Continued
Wow – day 1 of the Victorian Expo (Geelong) was terrific – caught up with heaps of friends, didn’t stop talking ALL day [surprise anyone?] and we launched our new “book” [CD] … Irish in Geelong & District. What a … Continued
Am I excited? You bet I am! Just over a year ago Pam Jennings & I published Scots in Geelong & district to 1860. The obvious question from people was when are you going to do the Irish one? Of … Continued
Unlock The Past and the City of Greater Geelong have issued a HUGE invitation to anyone wanting to come to this terrific Expo. It’s a banner across the Melbourne-Geelong Road – on the footbridge spanning the main road into Geelong – … Continued
Well I really can’t quite believe that it is SEVEN months this week since I first posted the news of the Unlock the Past Victoria Expo to be held in Geelong on Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd September! And now … Continued
How many times have we heard this or found them in our own family research? It’s “common knowledge” that immigrants lied about their age and / or their occupation to be eligible for the various assisted immigrant schemes – that’s … Continued