local and family history
What’s been added to the web site
If you are researching someone who worked for the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company you will discover that it isn’t easy to find lists of employees. Why is it difficult to find a list of employees? The Geelong and Melbourne … Continued
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
Many people won’t know of or understand Supreme Court of Victoria Equity Case Files, BUT once they do, they will definitely want to access them! The old Supreme Court can be seen in the photo – it was on the … 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
It’s well overdue – a blog showing the entries added to the Geelong and District Database – especially as the last one was back in December 2014! That doesn’t mean that I haven’t been adding lots of entries – I … Continued
Exciting news for everyone! The Geelong Cemeteries Trust has been hard at work – two new HUGE cemeteries added to their online database. You can now search and locate graves online for the Colac Cemetery and the Queenscliffe Cemetery. Cemeteries … 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
Last night I was on a fast-track into the Guinness Book of Records – the oldest woman alive in Australia. I thought it was about time to add some indexes I had to the Geelong & District Database as it had … Continued