Posted on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 08:30
Last month I attended the National Archives “Shake your family tree” event at the Victorian Archives Centre. This is an annual event held in major Australian cities each year. A number of presentations held all around the country are now available as webcasts These include the Melbourne presentation: Destination Australia A practical introduction to the NAA website, Destination: Australia. Discover photographs of your post-war migrant . . . more »
Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 09:29
Members of Yarra Plenty Regional Library can now access the UK National Archive’s Discovery service both in the library and remotely via www.yprl.vic.gov.au using their library card. Over 5 % of the collection of the archives based in Kew (London) has now been digitised and is available online. Popular records include medals, wills, Royal Navy Service records, RAF combat reports, Royal Marines’ service records and . . . more »
Posted on Monday, May 13, 2013 - 12:43
The National Library of Australia is pleased to announce the following newspapers which have issues that have been newly added to Digitised newspapers and more on Trove. Many of these newspapers are currently being added to Trove and further issues will become available shortly. New South Wales Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post (NSW : 1900 - 1925)* Arrow (Sydney, NSW : 1916 - . . . more »
Posted on Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 08:44
The National Library of Australia is pleased to announce the following New South Wales newspapers which have issues that have been newly added to Digitised newspapers and more on Trove. Many of these newspapers are currently being added to Trove and further issues will become available shortly. Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW : 1896 - 1939)* Argyle Liberal and District Recorder (NSW : 1903 . . . more »
Posted on Monday, March 18, 2013 - 14:09
Yarra Plenty's family and local history librarian, Liz Pidgeon continues her Scholarship project trip to research "family history and local history services in the UK and USA" The Margery C Ramsay and Barrett Reid scholarships are awarded by the Library Board of Victoria (State Library of Victoria) to a Victorian public library staff member to support their leadership development. The scholarships are awarded in alternate . . . more »
Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 23:00
The National Library of Australia is pleased to announce the following newspapers which have issues that have been newly added to Digitised newspapers and more on Trove. Many of these newspapers are currently being added to Trove and further issues will become available shortly. New South Wales Globe (Sydney, NSW : 1911 - 1914) Irrigation Record (Sydney, NSW : 1913 - 1917) Digitisation generously supported . . . more »
Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 23:00
Family History Fest The popular family history fest program resumes at Diamond Valley Library this month. Family history researchers are invited to meet at the library on the last Wednesday of every month at 1.30 pm and listen to a topic of interest and connect with other genealogists. Wednesday 27 February – Port Phillip Pioneers Meet Barb Hawkins of the Port Phillip Pioneers Group who . . . more »
Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 12:09
Sat 13th April 2013 9.30am – 4pm $65.00 including lunch, morning/afternoon tea Celtic Club 316-320 Queen St Melbourne ~LESSER KNOWN RESOURCES FOR IRISH RESEARCH~ 9.30 am – 4.00 pm Facilitator: Dr Val Noone Speakers Keynote speaker - Nick Reddan Founder Registry of Deeds Index Project Fellow Irish Genealogical Research Society The Registry of Deeds Irish newspaper resources in the NLA . . . more »
Posted on Monday, February 11, 2013 - 13:11
The Margery C Ramsay and Barrett Reid scholarships are awarded by the Library Board of Victoria (State Library of Victoria) to a Victorian public library staff member to support their leadership development. The scholarships are awarded in alternate years. In 2012, the Margery C Ramsay Scholarship was awarded. In November 2012, Yarra Plenty Regional Library’s local and family history Librarian Liz Pidgeon was awarded the . . . more »
Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 08:34
Australian Family Tree Connections Feb 2013 is out. Look for it at Ivanhoe and Diamond Valley Libraries. This month feature articles include: The magic of Westbrook by Adrian N Roberts John Day born 1842-1850 Maitland NSW by Diane Gamble Contributing to Pioneer Registers by June Parbery Death certificates by William McGuirk Are these photographs of the Edgar family? Richard Hubert Davis convict by Bill McGuirk . . . more »
Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 15:01
For some time the Mapping Our Anzacs project out of the National Archives of Australia has served as a portal to find a WW1 service person and see their service record, add a note or photograph to the scrapbook, build a tribute to people important to you. You can browse maps of Australia, the United Kingdom and the world, exploring more than 15,000 places where . . . more »
Posted on Monday, January 14, 2013 - 10:19
One Hundred Names Do you have a naming pattern or naming tradition in your family tree? I have ancestors in Scotland and have found that the use of the Scottish Naming Pattern was indeed used in the naming of my family members. The tradition is as follows: First son is named for the Father's Father. Second son is named for the Mother's Father. Third son . . . more »
