local and family history
I initially posted this on my Just Love History blog as the impact is a much greater area than Geelong and District. Mark Beasley has confirmed that they will shut down at 5.00 pm on Wednesday 23rd September 2015. Also … Continued
It is only a week away but a local group is organising a 50 year reunion for nurses from Geelong Hospital. The group has managed to track down all the past nurses except one – Jo or Josephine CLEARY. She … 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
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
One of the followers of this blog asked a simple question. My initial reaction was … yet another person asking for help. Depending on what resources I have open at that instant often governs my reply and depth of involvement. … Continued
We’re looking for ideas and trying to get a feel for the amount of interest out there – have a look at the summary of our past blogs on the ditigising of the Geelong Advertiser and participate in the online … Continued
Have you caught up with what Father Christmas has been up to with the Geelong Advertiser? If you’ve registered with TROVE / NLA to be notified via email then you’ll know what I’m talking about but you probably don’t know who … Continued
The Geelong Football Club needs your help … I’m sure there are many people who don’t realise that their ancestor or relative played for the Geelong Football Club but you could just be the person that the club wants to … Continued
The Geelong Infirmary & Benevolent Asylum Annual Reports never cease to amaze me – this time for two reasons. The number of “employees” listed by company / employer. Even if the company or employer kept an archive of their records, … Continued
Message from John Stewart, President, GFHG: Hi everyone (as addressed) Being Geelong Cup Day, the Belmont Library is CLOSED – and they didn’t let us know. Our meeting tonight will be at the South Barwon Community Centre, which is in … Continued