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