The Lorraine Taylor Research Room at 110 High Street, Berwick is now open on Tuesday and Saturday between 11 am and 2 pm. Our general meetings will also be held here. We invite our members and friends to come and see our new home. Visitors are always welcome.
News and articles
Cranbourne Research Room closure 15 June
We wish to advise members and friends that following the decommissioning of the admin building at the Casey Complex, the City of Casey is helping us relocate to a new home at Berwick early next month. So, we’ve decided that this month’s general meeting is a good time to close […]
Lyne McGregor (1963-2024)
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. […]
Saturday 30 March Easter closure
Wishing all our members and friends a safe and happy Easter long weekend.Our Research Room will be closed tomorrow (Saturday 30 March), but we’ll be open on Tuesday as normal, or as normal as it gets in the Research Room.
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 […]
Research Room closure 16 September 2023
Members and friends are advised that the Research Room will be closed on Saturday 16 September because we don’t have enough hands on deck to operate the room and host a general meeting. Thank you to those duty volunteers who are still doing double and triple shifts each month to […]
Research Room closure 17 June 2023
Members and friends are advised that the Research Room will be closed on Saturday 17 June because we don’t have enough hands on deck to operate the room and host a general meeting. Thank you to those duty volunteers who are still doing double and triple shifts each month to […]
Research Room closure 20 May 2023
Hot on the heels of a very successful Volunteers’ Morning Tea this week we’ve had to make the difficult decision to close the Research Room tomorrow (Saturday 20 May) because we just don’t have enough hands on deck to keep it open and run a general meeting at the same […]
William Donald (Don) McNab–one of God’s gentlemen.
Sometimes it’s the littlest things that create the biggest obstacles. This turned out to be true for thirteen-year-old Don McNab when an ant bite on his left leg became infected. It caused no end of pain and suffering until he finally had the leg amputated when he was in his […]