local and family history
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
What a great album! Robert “Bob” Bruce IRVING [RBI] loved Ocean Grove with a passion. His grandfather, Thomas GRANT, was a member of the Ocean Grove Progress Association in the early 1900s when he built the “Lookout” for the people of Ocean … Continued
I’m not surprised if anyone has “lost” this family – and it’s not just because the surname has multiple variations: WILD WILDE WILDS WYLD WYLDE WYLDS And that’s just some that I’ve found. The family headstone in the Catholic Section … Continued
Sometimes we take things for granted and don’t realise how many people are not aware of the myriad of different places they can find a person’s date of death – cemetery records and newspaper notices to name just a few. … Continued
A lot of titles have been added to the Ocean Grove land titles database so it’s worth checking again. A lot of new photos have also been added – links to these can be found in the PDF Section Plans. In … Continued
Additions to the Geelong and District database are quite a mixture but it would be hard to go past the story of one of our local nurses who served during WWI – Sr Olive Laura THOMAS. Looking at the Geelong Infirmary and … Continued
I can’t think of any image more appropriate than the Old Iron Bridge at Shelford to bring back memories of Peter Alsop. Ss Peter & Paul’s Catholic Church at Ashby [Mercer Street, Geelong] would be up there and there were … Continued
Gosh I hope everyone has been following the number of Geelong Advertiser editions added on to Trove / NLA in the last couple of weeks! I was going to post some messages on our Geelong & District and GDHA Mailing Lists … Continued
OK – my holidays end tonight so the output will slow down but I just wanted to get this last bit working. Then I will have a formula to follow for the updates to the Ocean Grove land titles. I’m … Continued
Some things are worth waiting for! Just over 10 years ago – 10 May 2004 – I purchased and downloaded a digital copy of a Certificate of Title Vol 1946 Fol 389059. This was the largest of several early Titles … Continued