local and family history
Selected web pages for review
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
I do love it when groups in our region progress to having a real web and blog site. We have an addition to this category in the last month. Geelong & South Western Rail Heritage Society Obviously they still want … Continued
I can’t believe that it’s more than two years since I was asked a simple question – is it Sparrovale or Sparrowvale Farm? The sign on the gate is Sparrovale – the sign on the road is Sparrowvale. It would … Continued
The Annual Reports of the Geelong Infirmary & Benevolent Asylum are being indexed by volunteers for the Geelong region. The report for 1877 has just been added to the Geelong & District Database. This makes a total of 28 Annual Reports indexed … Continued
This topic began as a local Geelong and District issue however it was obviously relevant to all of Victoria. There are a multitude of web sites that give you lists of the infamous abbreviations of Place Names in the Victorian … Continued
Did you know that to research people in a region in Victoria it’s really important to know which municipality [council] they lived in at the time? That’s because of the amalgamation of many councils in 1993-94. The municipal records, such … Continued