We’re excited to advise that the admin building at Cranbourne East was reopened by the City of Casey on 2 July 2020. This means that we are able to access the Research Room once again. The committee have thought long and hard about what services we’re prepared to offer to […]
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Casey Cardinia Combined Index
A number of members have indexed local history material over the years for us. Our amazing Casey Cardinia Coordinator has amalgamated these indexes into our Casey Cardinia Combined Index. The index currently has 161 indexed resources, it’s mainly books, but there’s a few magazines and fiche scattered among the books […]
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 […]
We've reopened for 2020
We’re now operating as usual – Tuesdays and Saturdays 11 am to 3 pm.
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 […]
Elletts’ Grandma
A genealogist researching your family will advise you that you have two Grandmothers and give you their names. If you ask anyone else in your family about their Grandmothers than they will tell you a story about their loved ones, referring to them by names such as: Grandma, Nan, Gram, […]
Writing the War Exhibition
Writing the War Exhibition At the Cranbourne Library from October 26 2017 to December 7 2017. Venue for all the activities is the Cranbourne Library. =============== Thursday November 2 at 11.00am. Michael Madden – Australian Victorian Cross recipients Michael Madden is a multi-award winning writer and will talk about his […]