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. For the foreseeable future our meetings will be held in the Uniting Church, Brantome Street, Gisborne

Members - Free.

Visitors welcome - $2.00 donation.

We also run occasional courses in family history research.

The 2023 Events Diary provides a summary of forthcoming events.


Resources

From 2nd 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.


2023 Events Diary


Annual Stocktake & Cleanup Day

4th 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. Cost is $10 for GGG Members, $15 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.

For all bookings and payments please contact

Lorna Jackson 0402 091 034

or email lorna_jackson@bigpond.com


4th March

Newspapers.com

Lyn Hall


1st April

The Ryerson Index

Julie Dworak


6th May

Problem solving/Breaking down Brick Walls

Group discussion


3rd June

 Australian Government and Police Gazettes 

Lyn Hall


1st July

Using familysearch.org

Julie Dworak


5th August

Victorian Land Records

Fran Thiele


BUS TRIPS/OUTINGS


25th March

SLV, Melbourne 


21st October

Castlemaine 


Contact Mary for bookings

03 5428 3887




MONTHLY MEETINGS 2023


23rd Feb

Using Family Search 

Jenny Harkness 


23rd March

Annual General Meeting

followed by

“Grandmothers” 

Members to share a story


27th April

Crimean War 

General discussion 


25th May

Researching and publishing 

"Over the Log" 

Jenny Trewhella


22nd June

Citing Sources 

Fran Thiele 


27th July 

True or False? How to prove family stories

General discussion 



Family History Month

Saturday Seminar 


26th August

CONVICTS

9.30am – 4.00pm 


Bronwyn Quint

GSV - Descendants of Convicts Group 


Personal Stories

GGG members will share stories 


Professor Janet McCalman – Vandemonians 



28th September

Our ancestors through letters

General discussion 


26th October

Clothing through the Ages 

General participation and memorabilia 


23rd November

Education and School Records 



1st December

Christmas Dinner

Venue TBA