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Monthly Archives: October 2016

Girls Make History

30 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by Susie Zada in Events, Victorian Government Gazette entries

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Deakin Workshops, Girls Make History, Louise King Funerals for Women

Girls Make History WorkshopsLast week I had the pleasure of participating in the “Girls Make History” Workshops at Deakin Waterfront.  It was presented by Deakin Contemporary Histories Research Group and the Master of Applied Learning and Teaching.

As part of my workshop I promised to provide a number of links for further research.

Starting with some of the case studies I used:

  • Search the Geelong & District web site for … Squatters … there are numerous pages relating to Anne Drysdale and Caroline Newcomb.
  • Grannie Ferris and the Newington Private Cemetery.
  • Grannie Ferris – the Don Grant Memorial Lecture at the State Library – includes the discussion on tracing female ancestors and the Midwife and Nurse registers.
  • Sewerage (and building) records.
  • Sparrovale Farm (without the “W”

Some other links that will help with your research – PLENTY here to keep you occupied for some time:

  • Victorian Government Gazette – and many other links for Victoria and across Australia – the austlii (Australian Legal Information Institute) site (don’t forget to go back to the Home page and investigate the numerous other links – as well as the State Library of Victoria Government Gazette site
  • Public Record Office Victoria – so many avenues to search for digitised records online as well as huge indexed databases of Public Records
  • TROVE – particular the digitised newspapers.
  • Geelong & District database – more than 1.7 million records for our region.

Enjoy your research!

Louise King Funerals for WomenI greatly appreciate that my time participating in the “Girls Make History” program was sponsored by Louise King Funerals for Women.

Heritage environment, cemetery, and award – WINNERS!

23 Sunday Oct 2016

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Burials research, Geelong Cemeteries Trust, Online database, Sustainability Award

Moonah Walk, Queenscliff CemeteryBack on 25 September 2016 I posted a blog with the above title minus the last bit … [ – WINNERS! ] .

The new title with its addition says it all – the Geelong Cemeteries Trust won the 2016 Premier’s Sustainability Award for the category of Environmental Protection.

Congratulations to the Geelong Cemeteries Trust.  And for all of you family history researchers make sure you look at the GCT online searchable database for the large number of cemeteries that come under their care.

You’ll also find some very useful background information on their research page.

GCT recipientsThe award

It’s history week and this is OUR history

17 Monday Oct 2016

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Beach races, Horse racing, Ocean Grove races

2000 - Ocean Grove races

Image: downunder exposures

By “our” I mean Ocean Grove – a lovely corner of Paradise on the Bellarine Peninsula – right beside Bass Strait.

Because it’s unique in Australia, it really is wider than our “local” history so I’ve put it up on my Geelong and District Blog and decided it should also be here.

And there is no denying that the annual even drew the crowds – just look at the photo!

The FULL story and digitised Race Books can be found on my web site.

A VERY unique and important part of our history!

Victoria, Inquest Deposition Files 1840-1925 – online

08 Saturday Oct 2016

Posted by Susie Zada in Database and Indexes, Important news

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Beta web site, Give feedback, Inquests 1840-1925, PROV, Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Inquests

Sample of Victoria Inquest Deposition FileGot an itch to do some research this weekend?  There are limitations – you can’t print or download – BUT if you want to look at Inquest Deposition Files for Victoria 1840-1925 online just go to the under-utilised FamilySearch site.

At the moment you CAN view these on the Public Record Office web site but they are not easy to locate.  It won’t be long before these records are fully searchable and the files will be online on the PROV web site.  And of course don’t forget to look at the NEW BETA web site for PROV – give them some feedback on this exciting new change.  Try some of your inquest searches on the new web site – be prepared for a surprise – you’ll find some online that you can view.

Try the FamilySearch web site for the Victorian Inquest Deposition Files 1840-1925.

And don’t blame me if your weekend just disappears!

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