Do you read the newspaper every day? If so, how do you get it? Do you get dressed, jump in the car, drive to the shops, park, get out, go into the shop, buy the paper, then get back to the car and drive home before you can read it? […]
Articles by: Lynne B
Our first Pakenham Cemetery Tour
Sunday 30th October was a great day for ducks but perhaps not the ideal weather conditions for a cemetery tour. Nevertheless, 25 people braved the elements and joined us for a walk around the Pakenham Cemetery. The weather was kind to us in the end, only a shower here and […]
Casey Cardinia Local History Expo
Casey Cardinia’s Local Heritage Groups will be waiting to talk to you at the Casey Cardinia Local History Expo. If you’ve got family history or family history research interests, or perhaps a school assignment about anywhere in the Casey Cardinia region this will be a great chance to get to […]
Pakenham Cemetery Tour
We’re celebrating History Week (23-30 October) with a tour of the Pakenham Cemetery at 11 am on 30th October 2011. Gazetted in 1865, this picturesque little cemetery has many stories to tell, so come and hear a few of them with us. Cost – $5 per person (tea and coffee […]
Legacy Webinars, Facebook and Genealogists
I used to think that eating breakfast in front of the TV was a bad habit until I started eating breakfast in front of the computer – and I’m willing to concede that it’s not the most social thing to do, but if there’s no one else here, does it […]
Crime in the Port Phillip District 1835-51
Every now and then I like to while away a few minutes just ‘looking’ at a library catalogue, you can have a lot of fun mixing and matching search terms to see what you get and it was during one of these kinds of lucky dip search sessions with the […]
VAFHO AGM & Seminar 2011
The Victorian Association of Family History Organisations (VAFHO) are holding their AGM on Saturday August 27th (1 pm to 4 pm) at the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) – and you’re invited! Don’t miss this opportunity to do a little research at either PROV or National Archives Australia on the […]
Spreading Branches Issue 89
The latest edition of our quarterly newsletter Spreading Branches is out this weekend and again we say “Well done” to our newsletter editor, Pam. But that’s not all we want to say, we’re very excited to be able to say that Spreading Branches has been judged runner up in this […]
A Feast to whet your appetite.
Yes, I know I should have been doing school work or possibly something for the family history group, but yesterday I took leave of my responsibilities (but not my senses) and took myself to the Family History Feast at the State Library of Victoria. Congratulations to the State Library of […]