Syllabus for General Meetings – 2023 & 2024
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Time: 7.30 p.m. – 4th Wednesday in month [except Public Holidays when it is on 3rd or 5th Wednesday in the month].
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Date |
Speaker |
Subject |
25th Jan |
Susie ZADA |
Researching Land in Victoria, Part 2 – OLD Title |
22nd Feb |
Colin MOCKETT |
Another part of local history |
22nd Mar |
Anonymous Presenter |
Family History for Starters, “Do Overs” and Brick Walls – Part 1 |
26th Apr |
GFHG Research Officers and others |
Your chance to ask for Research advice – prepare your questions – a full session of Research Q & A – not restricted to Geelong region. No guarantees that we can answer them all, but with the combined efforts of everyone we’ll have a really good crack. Questions can be sent in advance to geelongfhg@gmail.com clearly titled GFHG April Meeting question. |
24th May |
Chris GANLY |
The racecourses of Geelong region |
28th Jun |
Louise COAKLEY |
The Challenges of a John Doe Case in QLD. |
26th Jul |
Anonymous Presenter |
Family History for Starters, “Do Overs” and Brick Walls – Part 2 |
23rd Aug |
Patrick FERRY |
GFHG AGM plus speaker – Finding Geelong in the National Archives of Australia |
27th Sep |
John GRAHAM |
The Ryerson Index – one of the best free sites for finding deaths and funerals in Australia |
25th Oct |
Maureen TROTTER |
AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Family History. |
22nd Nov |
Members’ Christmas night |
Short presentations from members PLUS “Ask a question – where to find something” – prepare details on what you are asking for / about. John STEWART: Which James was my 3 x G-Grandfather? John GRAHAM: My favourite document. Susie ZADA: Brick Walls – 2 of them in (sort-of) the “Same” family. |
27th Dec |
– |
No meeting |
Date |
Speaker |
Subject |
24th Jan |
Susie ZADA |
Researching Land in Victoria, Part 3 – Land Selections |
28th Feb |
Colin MOCKETT |
Even more local history |
27th Mar |
Carmen QUICK | Welfare records for Family History (State Library of Victoria) |
24th Apr |
TBA |
TBA |
22nd May |
TBA |
TBA |
26th Jun |
TBA |
TBA |
24th Jul |
TBA |
TBA |
28th Aug |
TBA |
GFHG AGM plus speaker – TBA |
25th Sep |
TBA |
TBA |
23rd Oct |
TBA |
TBA |
27th Nov |
Members’ Christmas night |
Short presentations from members. |
25th Dec |
– |
No meeting |