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Our Research Room Manager and I.T. Officer have informed us that in their humble opinions, we are good to go. Well, good enough to have a go, is what they might have actually said. So, we’re opening the doors from Tuesday 5th September to see how we go.
At this stage we will be open on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 11 am to 3 pm.
We hope [...]
North American Connections with Jane
Did your ancestors live in Canada or the United States? What information is available free on the Internet that can help you expand your story, break a brick wall or connect to a distant cousin?
$5 visitors/members free
Enquiries, further information, bookings – research.of [...]
Welcome to our first meeting in our new home. For most of us this will be the first time we have seen our piece of the Cranbourne complex.
This week we welcome Heather Arnold, Local History Librarian for Casey Cardinia Libraries. She will be talking to us about the history of our new home in what was originally the Sperry New Holland Factory [...]
Without fanfare or witness our two volunteers, Eileen and Jane closed our Narre Warren Research Room for the very last time at 4 pm today. It would be fair to say that after 25 years at the Narre Warren Library, it’s the end of an era for the family history group. So, I guess we can take a moment to be sad, and then we can look forward [...]
Monday 14 August – 10.30 am to 2.45 pm Meeting Room, Cranbourne Library, 65 Berwick-Cranbourne Road, Cranbourne 3977
National Family History Month: Getting your family history into print
10.30 – 11.30: Blogs, eBooks and websites for family history publishing with Lynne
Blogs, eBooks and websites are a cost effective and immediate way of recor [...]
Saturday August 12th at 2.oo pm. Katie Wood Archivist at Melbourne University
Katie Wood is an Archivist at Melbourne University.
She will give us an overview of the University’s collection and how they may be used for Genealogical and local History Research. Katie will also point us in the direction of any collections that have relevance to [...]
The Topic for the July workshop is researching South Africa, India and Burma, all colonies of the British Empire. Many of our family are connected to these British colonies.The information that will be conveyed in this lesson is pertinent to all that have British ancestors sailing to Australia.
This lesson will allow you to learn about the t [...]
Saturday July 8th at 2.00 pm. Ken James – Author
Ken James has written many books with one of the latest being These walls speak volumes, co-authored with Pam Baragwanath. This book has over 1000 Mechanics institutes in the book relating to the history of Mechanics Institutes in Victoria. His talk will be titled “These walls do speak Vo [...]
