Upcoming Events

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 know the family history group

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Pakenham Cemetery Tour

Pakenham Cemetery

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 supplied). Bookings

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The heat is on at Grill’d

Each month Grill’d Restaurants give three local groups a chance to share in $500.

Grill’d choose three lucky groups to submit 45 words that appear on one of 3 jars at their local Grill’d Restaurant. Customers are given a token and after reading each group’s 45 words decide which group they would like to support

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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 day and listen to two

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Spreading Branches Issue 89

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

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Our First “Ask Granny” Workshop

The “Ask Granny” program was developed in Athens and Clarke County, Georgia, USA by Greg Crane and Judy Russell. The program’s focus is to encourage senior citizens to write down their family history and memories before it is too late.

Greg and Judy have developed specially formatted materials that feature large print and are easy

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What's this subscribe by email thing all about?

Well, we’re glad you asked!

Don’t get us wrong – we just love it when you visit us. However, there is a way to make sure you get to ‘see’ every new post without having to come all the way over here. We can send you one email every day containing any new posts for

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National Family History Week Open Day

National Family History Week 29 July to 8 August 2011

National Family History Week is the brainchild of the Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations (AFFHO). It’s purpose is to bring to the forefront family history organisations and services. According to AFFHO’s website, family history and genealogy is the second biggest subject on the web

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Our First Post

The committee of the Narre Warren & District Family History Group hope to use this blog to inform members and the general public of news or developments within the Group, exciting additions to the Reseach Room, news of outside happenings and events and who knows what else. We certainly don’t at this stage.

It will

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