Meetings & Activities
The Gisborne Genealogical Group has decided to open our doors again for assisted research, commencing Thursday Feb 4, 2021. In order to meet covid requirements bookings are essential.
Phone 5428 3925
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 2022 Events Diary provides a summary of forthcoming events.
Research Assistance
GGG volunteers are available to assist members and visitors to undertake research using the resources in the Family History Room.
Volunteers are in attendance in the Family History Room on Thursday afternoons between 2.00pm and 5.00pm.
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.
2022 Events Diary
Annual Stocktake & Cleanup Day
29 January 2022 (Sat)
Starting at 9am
Genealogy Workshops
1st Saturday of the month. These will run for 2 hours, from 10.00am to 12 Noon. Numbers will be limited to 10 people. Cost is $10 for GGG Members, $15 for non-members. To book and to pay please phone 0402 091 034 or email lorna_jackson@gmail.com. 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.
BUS TRIPS/OUTINGS
20th April (Wed)
Ballarat
PROV (New Centre)
and places of interest
Contact Mary for bookings
numbers limited
10th September
Bendigo
Places of interest
MONTHLY MEETINGS
24th Feb
The Language of Headstones
Frank de Groot
Geelong Cemetery Trust
24th March
Annual General Meeting
followed by
“The Ancestor you would like to meet”
Members to share a story
(3 minute limit per person)
28th April
Women in War
Members Night
26th May
DNA - Tips and Tools
Julie Dworak
23rd June
The Psychology of Genealogy – Why do we
research our ancestors?
Members Night
28th July
Organising Records
Members Night
Family History Month
27th August
CELTIC DAY
9.30am – 4.00pm
Cornish – Lynley Hall
Scottish – Joy Roy
Irish – Susie Zada
lunch break 12.15-1.15
afternoon tea at 3.15pm
22nd September
Calendars
Julie Dworak
27th October
Manorial Records
Lynley Hall
24th November
Genealogy Quiz Night
Tricia McLay
2nd December
Christmas Dinner
Venue TBA