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JOURNAL ~ ANCESTOR

The Society's journal, Ancestor, is published quarterly and is mailed to all members of the Society.

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Individual copies may be purchased from the Bookshop. Ancestor subscriptions are also available. For details see Membership.

Application for advertisement in Ancestor in .pdf format (you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, to download this file).

Members' Queries are submitted for publication in the Society's journal, Ancestor, as an added source we are now including a list of surnames from recent issues on our Web Page.

For information on the last few issues click here.

Regular features that appear in Ancestor:

From the Pen of the President
An update on the Society from our President.

What's on at the GSV
Details of Thursday Talks, other talks, Courses and Seminars held in the Society Meeting Room.

Society News
News and information of general interest to members.

Research Corner
A topic of interest to assist you with your research at the GSV, by our Research Manager, Eleanor Pugsley.

Recent Additions to the Library
A list of material added to the Library since the last Ancestor.

Q & A with Jenny Carter
Jenny Carter answers research questions submitted by members. If you wish to ask a question Jenny can be contacted through the Society. Please send questions to Q & A, Ancestor, Level B1 257 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000. We regret that neither Ancestor nor Jenny Carter can answer personal research questions, so please do not include SAEs.

Jottings from the Journals
Library Manager, Linley Hooper, has collected information from various publications of other Societies that may be of interest to members.

Around the Groups
News and items of interest from groups and Member Societies associated with the GSV.

Members Queries

Family Gatherings & Bulletin Board
Advertise your forth coming Family Gathering or other events, inclusion dependent upon space restraints.

Editor's Mailbag
Some of the correspondence received by the Editor.

Wish List
News on items being purchased through the Wish List. Many of the GSV's resources have been obtained through donations. As a volunteer organization we could not provide the services we do without the generosity of members. Donations of $2.00 or more to the Society's Library Fund are tax deductible.

Bookshop News
Latest items available form the Society's Bookshop.

Genies on the Web
Information and site addresses regarding family history.

Notes from State Library Victoria
An update on what is happening at the Genealogy Centre.

State Trustees
Cases being handled by the State Trustees of Victoria.

News from Public Record Office Victoria
Update of happenings at PROV.

Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages—Update
News from the Registry of interest to members.