SCOTTISH ANCESTRY GROUP

Our next Group meeting will be on Saturday 18 September at 1.00 pm in the GSV meeting room. Our guest speaker will be Susan McLean on the topic Buried Treasure - The Robert Burns Statue of Camperdown. This meeting will also be our annual general meeting to elect a new committee for 2010/2011.

BACKGROUND

The Scottish Ancestry Group was founded in March 1990 by a group of GSV members with a common interest in their Scottish heritage. In May 1991, the group was formally adopted as a Service Group of The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc.

MEETINGS

Four meetings are held each year. These are on the third Saturday of March, June & September, and the fourth Saturday in November.

All GSV members and all Thistle subscribers are welcome at the four meetings.
Visitors, i.e. non GSV members, are also welcome.

SCOTTISH ANCESTRY GROUP COMMITTEE 2009-2010

Chairperson  -  John Blackwood

Membership Secretary  - Joy Roy

Editor -  Susan McLean

Treasurer  -  Jeanette McRobb

AIMS

• To promote research into Scottish family history
• To publish a quarterly newsletter containing information relevant to the practice of research into Scottish family history
• To hold quarterly meetings and such workshops as are required from time to time
• To collect and donate research materials relevant to Scottish family history to the GSV Library
• To exchange newsletters with like groups in Victoria
• To undertake indexing and such other projects that will enhance research into Scottish family history
• To maintain a register of members' interests so as to enable correspondence on matters of mutual interest between members

WHO MAY JOIN?

Anyone may join the Scottish Ancestry Group on payment of the annual membership fee.

GSV members may attend the Scottish Ancestry Group quarterly meetings at no charge, but unless they are also financial members of the Scottish Ancestry Group, they may not hold office inthe Scottish Ancestry Group or vote at the annual election of Scottish Ancestry Group office bearers.

Members who are not GSV members may not hold office in the Scottish Ancestry Group.

Where a Scottish Ancestry Group activity involves the use of the GSV Library, any member who is not a GSV member will be required to pay the GSV Library Visitor's Fee.

HOW TO JOIN

The annual membership fee is $11.00 (including GST), for any number of people at the same address

The membership fee year is from 1st September until 30th August the following year, and there is a pro rata fee if you join any time during the year

Complete the application form and send it with your remittance to the address as shown. Note that any cheques and/or money orders must be made payable to The Genealogical Society of Victoria.

Application forms may also be processed in person at the GSV Reception during normal business hours, or you can bring them to thenext Scottish Ancestry Group meeting.

Scottish Ancestry Group
C/o GSV
Level B1 257 Collins Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000.

BEGINNER'S WORKSHOPS

The Scottish Ancestry Group offers new subscribers, as well as those stuck in their research, a "hands-on" class where you can learn the basic steps to Scottish Family History research plus how to locate all the Scottish resources in the GSV Library. Class numbers are small so that each participant can be given individual attention by experienced genealogists.

Workshop places must be pre-booked, and new members can register their interest on the Application form. Spare places on up-coming Workshops will be advertised in Thistle.

OTHER SERVICES

Conferences and Seminars: From time to time, conferences, seminars, and other sessions separate from the normal meeting schedule will be held to enable a broad range of information to be disseminated. Such events will be advertised in Thistle and Ancestor.

Members' Research Directory: The 2006 directory can be purchased through the Society bookshop for $5.50 (incl GST), plus $1.50 postage and packaging if required.

Library Donation Fund: One of the aims of the Scottish Ancestry Group is to donate material relevant to Scottish Family History research to the GSV Library. In recent years, we have purchased microfilms of the entire 1841 Census for Scotland. The Library already held the entire 1851 census for Scotland.

All donations over $2.00 are tax deductible. All cheques and money orders to be made out to "The Genealogical Society of Victoria". Make sure you clearly nominate that your payment is a donation to the Scottish Ancestry Group Library Donation Fund.

Mailing Address
Scottish Ancestry Group
c/o GSV
Level B1 257 Collins Street
Melbourne 3000 Victoria
Australia