Meetings & Activities
Meetings & Activities
Our monthly meetings are informative evenings, with either a guest speaker or one or more members presenting a subject of interest to family historians.
Our meetings are held at 7.30 pm on the 4th Thursday of the month.
Members - Free.
Visitors welcome - $2.00 donation.
We also run occasional courses in family history research.
The 2024 Events Diary provides a summary of forthcoming events.
Resources
From 1st February our rooms will be open every Tuesday for both GGG members and the general public from 10am till 1.00pm. There will be a GGG member present but no help will be available.
Research Assistance
GGG Volunteers are in attendance in the Family History Room on Thursday afternoons between 2.00pm and 5.00pm.
GGG volunteers are available to assist members and visitors to undertake research using the resources in the Family History Room.
The Gisborne Genealogical Group does not undertake research for people. Our aim is to foster interest in family history research and to continue to build our collection of resources for individual family history researchers.
Researchers seeking information about individuals or families who may have previously lived in the Gisborne or Mount Macedon districts should contact the Gisborne & Mount Macedon Districts Historical Society.
2024 Events Diary
Annual Stocktake & Cleanup Day
3rd February 2023 (Sat)
Starting at 9am
Genealogy Workshops
1st Saturday of the month. These run for 2 hours, from 10.00am to 12 Noon. Numbers are limited to 15 people. $10 for non-members.
Many of the workshops will be exploring various useful genealogy websites in detail. Some will be free sites, others are subscription sites. A GGG member will lead each workshop.
No bookings necessary
2nd March
Understanding DNA
Julie Dworak
6th April
English Records and Resources
Lyn Hall
4th May
Land Records
Dr Fran Thiele
DNA Special Interest Group
The DNA special interest group will meet 5 times a year on the
3rd Saturday morning at 10am.
18 May
20 July
21 September
16 November
BUS TRIPS/OUTINGS
Friday 5th April, 2024
Police Museum, Melbourne
Weekend 19-20 October, 2024
Beechworth
MONTHLY MEETINGS 2024
22nd Feb
PROV Records
Mary Henry
28th March
Annual General Meeting
followed by
“Family Traits - Where have they come from?”
18th April
Vietnam War
23rd May
University of Melbourne Library
Katie Wood
27th June
"To Have, But Not Hold" (Divorce)
Julie Dworak
25th July
"The Voyage to Australia"
General discussion
Family History Month
Saturday Seminar
24th August
THE GOLD RUSH
9.30am – 4.00pm
Geoff Hocking - Goldfields Historian
The Chinese at the Diggings
Professor Keir Reeves
"Metallic Connections: The Victorian Goldrushes"
26th September
New Zealand Records
General discussion
24th October
"The Squatters"
Fran Thiele
28th November
Western Australian Resources
6th December
Christmas Dinner