Syllabus for General Meetings – 2018
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Map: | Showing location of Library |
| Date | Speaker | Subject |
| 2018 | ||
| 24th Jan | Interactive online session | Getting the most out of FamilySearch |
| 28th Feb | John Greenwood, Conservator | Protecting your own Family Archives |
| 28th Mar | Chris Ganly author | Chris has published books on the MERCER family and Geelong including Gold on Mercer’s Hill |
| 18th Apr [3rd Wed] | Graeme Horsted | Self Publishing of some Family Memorabilia |
| 23rd May | John Stewart | Getting the most out of TROVE |
| 27th Jun | Max Beck | Max will talk about his book A Different Earth – about his gg-grandparents journey from Cornwall to the Burra copper mines in South Australia. |
| 25th Jul | Two DNA gurus – Louise Coakley and Heather Cox – Australian DNA Facebook Page and terrific DNA Blog site | DNA Testing for Family History: Basics & Examples. A webinar / online presentation with a question and answer session at the end (technology permitting). |
| 22nd Aug | Col Hutchinson | GFHG AGM plus speaker – Football Families – Geelong Football Club |
| 26th Sep | Daryl McLure | James Harrison – the Geelong Advertiser |
| 31st Oct [5th Wed] | Judith Oke | Family History resources at the Geelong Heritage Centre |
| 28th Nov | Member’s Christmas night | Short presentations from members followed by supper – please bring a plate. |
| 26th Dec | – | No meeting |
| 2019 | ||
| 23rd Jan | Return of our DNA gurus – Louise Coakley and Heather Cox – Australian DNA Facebook Page and terrific DNA Blog site | DNA Testing for Family History: Part 2. A webinar / online presentation with a question and answer session at the end (technology permitting). |
| 27th Feb | Susie Zada | Norfolk Island: Its settlements and its cemeteries |
| 27th Mar | Peter Begg | The creation of his book – Geelong – The First 150 Years – from his Geelong Advertiser day by day articles. |
| 24th Apr | Michael Menzies | Researching your Railway families in Victoria |
| 22nd May | Mary-Anne Gourley | FIBIS: Families in British India Society |
| 26th Jun | TBA | TBA |
| 24th Jul | TBA | TBA |
| 28th Aug | Chris Ganly | GFHG AGM plus speaker – Chris Ganly and the MERCER family. Chris is the author of Major Mercer: no ordinary life. |
| 25th Sep | John Stewart | Searching for BDMs in Australasia online. |
| 30th Oct [5th Wed] | Rob Hamilton | Rob is a Masonic researcher for local and world wide research accessing Masonic historic records. |
| 27th Nov | Member’s Christmas night | Short presentations from members followed by supper – please bring a plate. |
| 25th Dec | – | No meeting |
