This session provides an introduction to using Ancestry, Find My Past and Trove. Participants will be taught searching skills and given the opportunity to begin investigating their own family history.
Participants must have basic computer skills.
To book online, go to Eventbrite.
The upcoming topics that the group will focus on over the next few weeks are:
New members are always welcome. Just come along to Sam Merrifield Library, Tuesdays 1-3pm.
Each walk costs $10 and includes tea or coffee. The walks take about an hour and a half and return close to their respective points of departure.
On 11 January go on A Stroll Through North Essendon. Meet at 2pm at Max's Coffee and Wine Bar on the corner of Mt Alexander Rd and Leake St in North Essendon.
And on 18 January, enjoy a walk that takes in Travancore Treasures. Meet at 1.30pm at The School Gates on the corner of Flemington St and Mt Alexander Rd, Flemington.
Booking is recommended. Contact EHS on 9370 4607 or esshissoc@mail.com
The first meeting for 2015 will be on Tuesday 13th January, 1-3pm, at Sam Merrifield Library.
New members are always welcome - just drop in at the next meeting.
This presentation examines how World War One was experienced in Victoria. It draws on personal letters and diaries to tell a story of the war as an individual, familial, and communal trial. Through an examination of anxieties over loved ones at the front, it offers new ways of understanding the costs of the war and the capacities of Victorians to meet and endure its demands.
Dr Bart Ziino teaches history at Deakin University. His previous book was A distant grief: Australians, war graves and the Great War.
This talk is free. To book call the library on 8325 1950.