It’s with heavy hearts that today we honour the life and service of one of our own. Lyne McGregor held a number of committee positions in our early years before taking a short break from the family history group. She served as our Vice President, Newsletter Editor and Membership Officer. […]
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Maureen Stagg (1943-2024)
We are saddened to hear of the passing of one of our long time members, Maureen Stagg.Maureen is pictured here learning knots with the 1st Cranbourne Scouts.Maureen was a Research Room volunteer for many years, and a happy, lovely lady who helped and supported us in so many ways.Our condolences […]
Discovery Day 2022
Saturday 27 August Casey Complex – 1/65 Berwick-Cranbourne Road, Cranbourne. Over four sessions we’ll be exploring ways to: Find what you’re looking for Interpret and record the results Tell the story FamilySearch 10 am There’s so much to see and do at FamilySearch – and it’s free! Come on a […]
Changes to Research Room hours
We’re changing our opening days and times from 1 August 2022. We will be open on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 11 am to 2 pm. No bookings are necessary. Covid-19 Research Room procedures as at August 2022 We encourage members and visitors to continue to follow social distancing guidelines and […]
First zoom AGM
We had our zoom Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 9 December with 19 attendees, one from Ballarat and one from South Australia. It was different but it was fun. Our new committee is: President: Jane Rivett-Carnac; Vice President: Fay McCoubrie; Treasurer: Lynne Bradley; Secretary: Eileen Durdin; Correspondence Secretary: Lyne McGregor; […]
Newsletter exchange program
We participate in newsletter exchanges with a number of family history groups and historical societies. Most of which come in by email these days. Those newsletters are still coming in for the moment, however, we realise your access to them is on hold while the Research Room is closed. Members […]
Another way to get together and talk about family history
We’re experimenting with a new way to get together and talk about family history – a forum. Our new forum can be accessed through the ‘forum’ tab on the menu at the top of our page. Perhaps you might like to join us………….
Sorry, we’re closed
At an extraordinary committee meeting last night we reluctantly decided to close the Lorraine Taylor Research Room immediately until the 30th April 2020, possibly longer. We cannot risk the health and safety of our fabulous volunteers and we cannot envisage a way to continue to deliver services in the Research […]
Christmas and New Year closure
Although we’ll be closed over the Christmas break we’re happy to open the Research Room for visitors to the area if given enough notice. Please let us know if you’d like to visit us during the break as soon as you can by calling Lynne on 0413 182 551 or […]