Meetings, Speakers and Topics from previous years.
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2020 Use Browser BACK arrow to return to the top | ||
Date | Speaker | Subject |
2020 | ||
2020 Jan | Susie ZADA | Geelong Infirmary and Benevolent Asylum records – an absolute treasure trove |
2020 Feb | Dr Liz RUSHEN | Marshalltown and the MARSHALL Family |
2020 Mar | Colin MOCKETT | A Condensed History of Geelong |
2020 Apr | Geelong Cemeteries Trust | The present and the future |
2020 May | Colac & District FHG | Colac resources for Family History research |
2020 Jun | John STEWART | Searching for Wills and Probates in Australasia online. |
2020 Jul | Col HUTCHINSON | Connewarre District History |
2020 Aug | Michael KING | GFHG AGM plus speaker – Michael KING – The History of Undertakers and Funeral Directors in Geelong |
2020 Sep | Louise COAKLEY | Practical Tips for Working with Speculative Trees – DNA and non-DNA |
2020 Oct | Lorraine SMITH | Author of Journey of a Lost Manuscript – signed copies of her book will be available for purchase at the meeting. |
2020 Nov | Member’s Christmas night | Cheryl BAULCH – Pages from My Album Kerry COOPER – Henry George HOLLAND: exploring a Convict’s origin Irene MORGAN – Are we really O’Keeffes? Carollyn WILLIAMS – Grave Mysteries Short presentations from members followed by supper – please bring a plate – so YOU have something to eat during our Christmas Zoom meeting |
2020 Dec | – | No meeting |
2018 Use Browser BACK arrow to return to the top | ||
Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
2018 Jan | Interactive online session | Getting the most out of FamilySearch. |
2018 Feb | John GREENWOOD, Conservator | Protecting your own Family Archives. |
2018 Mar | Chris GANLY, author | Chris has published books on the MERCER family and Geelong including Gold on Mercer’s Hill. |
2018 Apr | Graeme HORSTED | Self Publishing of some Family Memorabilia. |
2018 May | John STEWART | Getting the most out of TROVE. |
2018 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. |
2018 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). |
2018 Aug | Col HUTCHINSON | GFHG AGM plus speaker – Football Families – Geelong Football Club. |
2018 Sep | Daryl McLURE | James HARRISON – the Geelong Advertiser. |
2018 Oct | Judith OKE | Family History resources at the Geelong Heritage Centre. |
2018 Nov | Member’s Christmas night | Short presentations from members followed by supper – please bring a plate. |
Ian DUNCAN . . . .Don MACKINNON . . John STEWART |
two brothers, his gg-grandfather and gg-uncle, who came out from Scotland, and their lives here.
his research into his ship-jumping Swedish gg-grandfather. new information on his gg-uncle. |
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2016 Use Browser BACK arrow to return to the top | ||
Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
2016 Jan | John STEWART | Where was Arthur STREETON really born? |
2016 Feb | Jason McGREGOR | The history of Fort Queenscliff and its many buildings and characters. |
2016 Mar | Ted STEPHENS | Researching the LANGLAND and STEPHENS family backgrounds. |
2016 April | Jo MITCHELL | The Barwon River – People & Places |
2016 May | Bruce HUNTER | From Cornwall to Geelong – a History of the CURNOW family. |
2016 Jun | Margaret COOPER | Primary Teacher, wife, gardener and prolific author of local and family history books relating to Meredith. |
2016 Jul | Bernard CLANCY | The Battle of Long Tan in Vietnam (50th Anniversary) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. |
2016 Aug | John HARRISON | As an apothecary John showed different plants, herbs and potions use to help cure people of their maladies. |
2016 Sep | Susie ZADA | The Lady Squatters – Anne DRYSDALE and Caroline NEWCOMB. |
2016 Oct | Roadshow – various speakers | Scottish Roadshow in lieu of monthly meeting |
2016 Nov | John STEWART | The Stewarts of Mt Duneed. |
Sue WOOD | Great-Aunt Amy Marie PYLE. |
2015 Use Browser BACK arrow to return to the top | ||
Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
2015 Jan | John STEWART | Researching Street Names. |
2015 Feb | Susie ZADA | Researching Victorian Land Titles and associated documents. |
2015 Mar | Marg FREWIN | History of dental surgery and registration in England and Australia, followed by the MAWSON family – a dental dynasty. |
2015 Apr | Julie STEFFANOFF / MAXWELL | The history of Bethany – the female refuge in Kildare (Geelong). |
2015 May | Ted STEPHENS | The ORMONDs of Borriyalloak – Scottish family who sailed to Melbourne in 1843. |
2015 Jun | Doug BRADBY | History schoolteacher who works at the Ballarat Gold Museum educating visitors, local schoolchildren and adult groups about history. Doug’s grandparents walked to Ballarat in 1858. |
2015 Jul | Bellarine Historical Society | WW1 display at the Old Court House Museum, Drysdale. |
2015 Aug | Dr Dorothy WICKHAM | The influence of Women on the Australian Goldfields. |
2015 Sep | Cheryl BAULCH | World War I soldiers named on Honour Boards, Monuments and Carins in the Surf Coast Shire. |
2015 Oct | Susie ZADA | Australian Wills and Probates, and indexes. |
2015 Nov | Darryl PHILLIPS | Researching his ancestor who was a publican in Sydney in 1827 – before that he was a convict! |
June PARROTT | Told us about her gg-grandfather HIGGINS found after many years of fruitless research. | |
Gwen and John THRELFALL | Researching the history of Duneed. |
2014 Use Browser BACK arrow to return to the top | ||
Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
2014 Jan | David WILSON | An ‘Easyjet Tour’ of Moliagul in central Victoria and the LING family. |
2014 Feb | Stanley and Moira YOUNGMAN | The siblings from Norfolk told of the history of their g-grandfather Charles GREENWOOD who was transported to Australia in 1830. |
2014 Mar | Bob WILLEY | About his book ‘Drysdale Boys & One Girl’ – those who served during WWI. |
2014 Apr | Bob MARMION | The story of murder and mayhem in 1942 at Queenscliff during the war. |
2014 May | Spencer LEIGHTON | History of Torquay and the Torquay Historical Society. |
2014 Jun | Pam JENNINGS | Old Mount Moriac. |
2014 Jul | Anne STEWART | Overview of the Geelong Regional Library Corporation and many resources for family historians. |
2014 Aug | SLV | Visit to the State Library of Victoria. |
2014 Sep | John STEWART | Demonstrated accessing the State Library of Victoria’s eResearch options. |
2014 Oct | Rhonda COFFEY | The history of the Cottage by the Sea at Queenscliff. |
2014 Nov | Sue WOOD | Solving a brick wall with American connections. |
David COOK | The story of David’s wife’s uncle who enlisted in the army in 1942 then changed to the Air Force in 1943. | |
David WILSON | Old family photographs and how much they can reveal when studied properly. |
2013 Use Browser BACK arrow to return to the top | ||
Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
2013 Jan | Alan BUCHTER | The history of Batesford – update on his research. |
2013 Feb | Deb ROBERTSON | History of Geelong Gaol. |
2013 Mar | John STEWART | Tips and Tricks using TROVE. |
2013 Apr | Alan HART | Illicit whiskey in the Western Districts. |
2013 May | No meeting – winter recess. | |
2013 Jun | No meeting – winter recess. | |
2013 Jul | No meeting – winter recess. | |
2013 Aug | John STEWART | Detached Parishes’ and boundary changes – things that can affect your research. – England and Scotland. |
2013 Sep | John STEWART and David WILSON | Demonstration of Ancestry Library Edition. |
2013 Oct | John STEWART | Traps and pitfalls of family history. |
2013 Nov | John STEWART | Family History Trivia Quiz. |
2012 Use Browser BACK arrow to return to the top | ||
Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
2012 Jan | 11 participants | Show and Tell. |
2012 Feb | Stephen DUE | The Australian Medical Pioneers Index. |
2012 Mar | Marg FREWIN and Brendan | Getting the most out of Online Research. |
2012 Apr | John STEWART and Pam JENNINGS | Beginning your Family Research and discussion on genealogy programs. |
2012 May | Jenny COLEMAN | Early postal history in Victoria. |
2012 Jun | Marg FREWIN | Public Record Office Victoria – searching and accessing records. |
2012 Jul | Margaret HAYWOOD, Marg FREWIN, John STEWART | Three Brick Walls – all different, all interesting. |
2012 Aug | Victorian Pioneer Index revisited. | |
2012 Sep | Pam JENNINGS | The Loch Ard Disaster. |
2012 Oct | Marg FREWIN | Genealogy Quiz on occupations. |
2012 Nov | GFHG Christmas Party – no formal meeting. |
2011 Use Browser BACK arrow to return to the top | ||
Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
2011 Jan | Marg FREWIN | Early dentistry in Victoria. |
2011 Feb | Bob NICHOLLS | History of the Geelong Mission to Seafarers. |
2011 Mar | James DIMMICK | History of the Geelong Art Gallery and some of the important works of art owned by the Gallery. |
2011 Apr | Col HUTCHINSON | European settlement in Connewarre. |
2011 May | Phillip MANNING | The history of the building from 1886 through to the development of the National Wool Museum. |
2011 Jun | Heather Le GRIFFON | Her research and discoveries for her book ‘Campfires at the Cross’ – Francis and Sarah TUCKFIELD. |
2011 Jul | Trevor PESCOTT | Birdlife around Geelong and district. |
2011 Aug | Lady TEVIOT | Afternoon meeting in lieu of general meeeting. |
2011 Sep | Dr Bob MARMION | Victoria’s Naval Forces from the 1850s. |
2011 Oct | Alan HART | The story of his father, Jack HART, RAF navigator in Sweden. |
2011 Nov | John STEWART | His ancestor Alexander WEBB, famous Geelong artist. |
Photo guessing competition – Members as babies. |
2010 Use Browser BACK arrow to return to the top | ||
Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
2010 Jan | Alan BUCHTER | History of Batesford. |
2010 Feb | Marg FREWIN | Searching the Internet for Family History. |
2010 Mar | Rod CHARLES | The history of bicycling in the Geelong region. |
2010 Apr | Peter MANSFIELD | The history of Geelong Councils and his recent book ‘In Perfectly Safe Hands’. |
2010 May | Jennifer COLQUHOUN | History of the Geelong High School. |
2010 Jun | Merrill O’DONNELL | Researched the women from the Colac region who signed the 1891 petition. |
2010 Jul | Jane SALMON | History of the Geelong Botanic Gardens. |
2010 Aug | Pam JENNINGS | Photographs and Letter to the Editor, Geelong Advertiser, from Daniel BUNCE. |
Viv WORTHINGTON | Her ancestor, Mr WITHERS, began the Pioneer Bus Tours. | |
David and Eva WILSON | The role of pets in our extended family. | |
2010 Sep | Elizabeth NORTH | History of Legacy in Geelong. |
2010 Oct | Marie DALLMAN | Basic research on Irish ancestors and their history. |
2010 Nov | Christina MIDDLETON | Memorabilia, poetry, song and recitation telling the story of her Scottish mother and Australian father – wartime bride and suitor. |
2009 Use Browser BACK arrow to return to the top | ||
Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
2009 Jan | John STEWART | The importancce of questioning and corroborating all family history stories. |
David WILSON | Old Geelong area photographs needing identification. | |
2009 Feb | Dianne HUGHES | Photographing and recording many old cemeteries and burial places in Victoria. |
2009 Mar | Joan HUNT | Resources in the Ballarat area for family historians. |
2009 Apr | Ralph STAVELEY | Early years of the Police Force in Victoria. |
2009 May | Vince ROSS | The aim and history of Narana Creations and Cultural Centre – an Australian Aboriginal cultural tourism and educational facility at Grovedale. |
2009 Jun | Marg FREWIN | Marg’s visit to the east cost of the USA and the historical and genealogical aspects of her trip. |
2009 Jul | Neil THOMAS | Seven Cornish fishermen who made the journey to the Victorian Goldfields. |
2009 Aug | Pam JENNINGS | Public Record Office / Geelong Insolvency research competition. |
John STEWART | Name variations and why they may have occurred. | |
2009 Sep | Jenice COOTS | The ‘art’ of prize-winning at the Geelong Show. |
David WILSON | The building partnership of TREVENA & GUBBIE. | |
2009 Oct | A lively Question and Answer session. | |
2009 Nov | Susie ZADA | Searching for Laurence RYLAND and finding Priscilla RYLAND. |
2008 Use Browser BACK arrow to return to the top | ||
Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
2008 Jan | Lloyd WORTHINGTON | The WORTHINGTON family beginning with J W E WORTHINGTON, born in 1829. |
2008 Feb | Dr Peter MUNSTER | George Ward COLE and the founding of St Leonards. |
2008 Mar | Karen MATHEWS | History of the Geelong Fire Brigade. |
2008 Apr | Michael LAWRIWSKY | The story of Albert JACKA, Australia’s first VC winner, and the Great War with its heroes. |
2008 May | Captain Colin SPRINGALL | His 26 years as a ship”s pilot, latterly on Port Phillip Bay. |
2008 Jun | Les SANDERSON | History of Little River and the Little River Historical Society. |
2008 Jul | Michael & Louise KING | The history of the funeral directing businesses in Geelong. |
2008 Aug | Linda TRUSACK | Researching her aunt’s life at Lakeside, Ballarat Asylum. |
2008 Sep | Jenice COOTS | Byromine Homestead at Yarrawonga and Elizabeth and John HUME. |
Gwlad McLACHLAN | Geelong Voices’ – the oral history CD project. | |
2008 Oct | Sheila DAWSON | Early theatre, opera and pantomime in Geelong and the Geelong Association of Music & Art. |
2008 Nov | Members’ Christmas Party |
2007 Use Browser BACK arrow to return to the top | ||
Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
2007 Jan | Liz HEAGNEY | Talk about the Prisoners of War memorial wall project at Ballarat totalling 3,800 POWs being memorialised. (Has grown to 8,600.) |
2007 Feb | Peter MANSFIELD | The story of Grame BERRY, controversial and passionate Victorian and Geelong politician in the late 1800s. |
2007 Mar | Jenny GLARE | Jenny from McKillop Family Services explained the history of Catholic Orphanages in Victoria. |
2007 Apr | John HARE | A child evacuee to Australia from air-raids in London and surrounding areas in 1940. He published a book on the subject titled No Time to Say Goodbye. |
2007 May | Noel LINDSAY | With technical assistance from Bob & Lynette WILLEY, Noel related his early life, night school training at the YMCA, enlistment in WWII in 1942 to his discharge in 1946. |
2007 Jun | Russ STEPHENS | Russ, archivist at the Geelong Football Club related the history of the ‘second oldest football club in the world with codified rules’ – Melbourne is the oldest. |
2007 Jul | Lindsay COX | Outlined the research holdings of the Salvation Army. |
2007 Aug | Graeme JEBB | The history and practicality of Heraldry. |
2007 Sep | Marg FREWIN | Workshop on how members can help with compilation of the Pivot Tree. |
2007 Oct | Sue WOOD | Breaking down her Anglo-Saxon brick walls with the release of the 1881 Census. |
Ian DUNCAN | Grandma, alias Florence EDWARDS, alias Florence BETRIX identified with the help of McKillop family services and some oral history at Fyansford. | |
John STEWART | Showed 2007 winning Mysterious Memorial in England – epitaph of Sarah JOHNSON who died in 1819. | |
Brian FALLON | 6,000 munitions workers sailed from Australia to England in 1916-1920 for training – details in National Archives UK – MT1139-4-1, MP421-3 and MT1384-2. | |
2007 Nov | Members’ Christmas Dinner at Leopold. |
2006 Use Browser BACK arrow to return to the top | ||
Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
2006 Sep | Russ PRESTON | History of Scouring in Geelong. |
2006 Oct | Ian GRIBBLE | Ian talked about his ancestor, Duncan GRIBBLE, who was involved in mining. His history and records yielded wads of interesting information and stories. |
Pam JENNINGS | pam highlighted a number of projects that GFHG members were working on including photographing headstones and transcribing them. | |
Brian FALLON | ||
2006 Nov | Members’ Christmas Dinner. |