Syllabus for General Meetings – 2022 & 2023
At this stage, and in fairness to our members, we need to limit our on-line meetings and in-person meetings to our financial members only.
Members will be notified via our Notice of Meeting newsletters, otherwise use our Contact Us form for enquiries.
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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]. Scroll down for details. |
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Location:
Parking: |
Belmont Library 163 High Street [Belmont] Geelong, Victoria 3216There is ample free parking at the side of the library – enter off Roslyn Road. |
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Map: |
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Date |
Speaker |
Subject |
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2022 |
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19th Jan |
Susie ZADA |
Researching Land in Victoria, Part 1 – TORRENS Title NOTE: 3rd Wednesday due to Australia Day |
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23rd Feb |
Colin MOCKETT |
Strength & Grace: strong women who shaped Geelong. |
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23rd Mar |
Kate FOLLINGTON, Public Record Office Victoria |
Become a Mapwarper! And discover other state records. ***** See below |
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27th Apr |
Michael RUMPFF |
German Research |
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25th May |
John STEWART |
TROVE – it’s not just newspapers |
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22nd Jun |
MyHeritage |
French Research and MyHeritage |
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27th Jul |
Cheryl BAULCH
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Resources from Torquay Historical Society, Anglesea (Surf Coast), Lorne, Winchelsea, Mount Duneed, and Museum Without Walls for Family History research. SAVING FAMILY STORIES – SPECIAL exciting launch with the Belmont Library BEFORE our Monthly Meeting – you must RSVP direct to Belmont Library invitation for this event. |
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24th Aug |
Nicholas HAMS |
GFHG AGM plus speaker – National Archives of Australia – Finding Families |
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28th Sep |
Carollyn WILLIAMS |
Early Pioneers and Landowners in Torquay & District |
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26th Oct |
Shannon SUTTON |
Australian War Memorial resources for Family History research |
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23rd Nov |
Members’ Christmas night #1 Marg FREWIN |
Short presentations from members. #1 Copyright for Family History |
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28th Dec |
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No meeting |
***** – Map nerds alert! The Historic Maps and Plans collection and Parish Plans of Victoria have been digitised and can be downloaded for free. This talk will show you how find the various types of plans from 1830s onwards, and how you can help to overlay the maps on a digital map of today.
This is a discovery talk not a deep dive research lesson.
Kate will also run through how to navigate Public Record Office Victoria’s new catalogue.
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Date |
Speaker |
Subject |
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2023 |
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25th Jan |
Susie ZADA |
Researching Land in Victoria, Part 2 – OLD Title |
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22nd Feb |
Colin MOCKETT |
Another part of local history |
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22nd Mar |
John STEWART |
Family History for Starters, “Do Overs” and Brick Walls – Part 1 |
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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. |
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24th May |
Chris GANLY |
The racecourses of Geelong region |
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28th Jun |
TBA |
TBA |
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26th Jul |
John STEWART |
Family History for Starters, “Do Overs” and Brick Walls – Part 2 |
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23rd Aug |
TBA |
GFHG AGM plus speaker – TBA |
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27th Sep |
TBA |
TBA |
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25th Oct |
TBA |
TBA |
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22nd Nov |
Members’ Christmas night |
Short presentations from members. |
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27th Dec |
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No meeting |