local and family history
I do love things that turn up out of the blue! There I was quietly sitting at the keyboard this afternoon when an email arrived with this photo attached. The email said: I found the attached photo in the back of … Continued
The latest additions to the Geelong and District database and web site include the index to the Investigator journals for the years 2010-2012. It also includes the index to the next part to the book – Pioneering Days: a woman’s life compiled by … Continued
The latest additions to the Geelong and District database and web site include the first part of the index to a new book – Pioneering Days: a woman’s life compiled by the Colac & District Family History Group. The group … Continued
The latest additions to the Geelong and District database and web site include a very special file donated by Thelma Birrell. It is from the diaries of Augusta BOSTOCK [1833-1920]. The diaries have not yet been indexed in the Geelong … Continued
The featured index in the latest bundle of additions to the Geelong & District Database is for names on numerous Honour Boards in the Geelong district. These Honour Boards include those commemorating servicemen in the region but they also include other … Continued
We have just added 12,211 entries to the Geelong & District Database – these are burials in Colac Cemetery [extracted from the headstones]. We have to thank Ian Marr for permission to include these entries in the Geelong & District … Continued
It was an exciting time for our region last Thursday [19th May] … Colac & District Historical Society were joint winners in their category in the Sir Rupert Hamer Records Management Awards! Not only was it exciting for them to … Continued
The Colac Court of Petty Sessions [VPRS 301] is being indexed by our Geelong & District volunteers. Currently 1483 entries have been added to the Geelong & District Database. This is an ongoing project – the following entries have been … Continued
New book index added to Geelong & District Database. Year of Hope: 1857 in the Colac district written by Dawn Peel. The index added to the database includes 1300 Colac residents of 1857 from the appendices in this book. From … Continued
New book index added to Geelong & District Database. The History of Colac and District was compiled by Isaac Hebb in 1970. This was a limited edition publication which has been out-of-print for some years. This history was originally printed … Continued