local and family history
The web site supporting Geelong and District
I’m absolutely awe-struck with the support from friends and strangers alike – it has been amazing and humbling. There are less than FIVE days left for the Pozible crowd funding project to help recover the Geelong and District web site … Continued
Remember when I said the Geelong and District web site and database really needed your help? In early January, 25 years of work was wiped off the web by ‘Company F’ – the web site and database at www.zades.com.au was … Continued
I’m blown away with the number of offers of help, suggestions and encouragement – you are all truly wonderful. I may need some other help and definitely some financial assistance but things are heading in the right direction. There were … Continued
This is how I feel at the moment with 25 years of work wiped off the Internet through no fault of my own. It could be worse – I have the complete database – more than 1.7 million records – … Continued
I know many of you will be frustrated with the technical problems that RootsWeb are having with their Mailing Lists although some of you may just think that Mailing Lists have lost their appeal and aren’t being used any more! … Continued
By now everyone knows that Findmypast and Ancestry have offered free access to some of their Australian records in celebration of Australia Day. More than 40,000 entries from a myriad of different sources have just been added to the Geelong … Continued
Tomorrow = Wednesday 23rd September 2015 at 5.00 pm – that’s the last chance you’ll have for a month or two to access the services, library, microform, and archives of the Geelong Heritage Centre. The next access you’ll have will … Continued
New lists and images for Hotels of Geelong and District. They are also available on one of my Pinterest Boards. This has been a huge project and still has a long way to go, but rather than making you wait … Continued
New lists and images for Schools of Geelong and District. They are also available on one of my Pinterest Boards. Things have been very quiet on my blogs due to intense study and assignments for my Diploma of Library and … Continued
Sometimes things stop you in your tracks and this was one entry in the Geelong & District database that did just that! There I was quietly indexing the four issues of Investigator from 2013 [the journal of the Geelong Historical … Continued