Member Societies Showcase
Gisborne Genealogical Group Inc
Spring is coming, time to get out and about again?
How about the Gisborne Genealogical Group’s Celtic Day on Saturday 27 August, 9.30am to 4.00pm?
You could also visit their Family History Room and support regional tourism by making a weekend of it and doing both!
Make the most of your trip to Gisborne and also call in at The Gisborne and Mount Macedon Districts Historical Society centre, just on the other side of the library from GGG. This is open Wednesdays.
CELTIC DAY SCHEDULE
Saturday 27 August 2022
THREE SESSIONS
9.45 – 11.00am – The Celts, Cornwall, and the Cornish in Australia – Lyn Hall
11.15 – 12.30pm - Scottish Kirk Session Records – Joy Roy
1.15 – 2.40pm – You can’t research Irish ancestors - All the records were lost – WRONG! - Susie Zada
Venue – Uniting Church, Brantome Street, Gisborne
Bookings are essential
Contact Lorna Jackson – Ph 0402 091 034
Featuring Harpist – Fran Thiele
GGG members: $20 | non-members: $25
For more information please contact Lorna Jackson at: lorna_jackson@bigpond.com
FAMILY HISTORY ROOM
The Family History Room is located next to the Gisborne Library. It will be open for research, between 1.00pm and 4.00pm. each day during the week preceding our Celtic Day (Monday 22 August until Friday 26 August).
Volunteers will be on duty each day to help you with your research queries.
The Family History Library contains:
- over 1200 reference books
- thousands of fiche
- data CDs and DVDs
- journals
- maps
You can view the catalogue at https://www.ggg.org.au/catalogue
Additional family history resources (e.g. Ancestry.com, findmypast, Trove and over 300 years of UK newspapers) are available on the Gisborne Library computer system. For more information visit the Gisborne Library’s Family History page at https://www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au/e-resources/familyhistory<p>
For further information about the Gisborne Genealogical Group, please see their webpage: https://www.ggg.org.au
Images
Top: Family History Room of the Gisborne Genealogical Group, part of the old Council Chambers and Mechanics Institute complex. (Photo courtesy of GGG).
Bottom: Gisborne and Mount Macedon Districts Historical Society in the restored old Gisborne Court House (1858). (Photos courtesy of G&MMDHC).
Acknowledgments: Julie Dworak, GGG; Kristy Love, GSV volunteer.
[Other GSV Member Societies might like to showcase their activities in this section of our blog. Ed]