Moonee Valley Family & Local History Blog

A couple of days ago I received a comment from blogger Geniaus that was for an "Ancestor Approved Award". Recipients of the award are required to: Write 10 surprising, humbling, or enlightening aspects of their research; Pass the Award on to 10 other researchers whose family history blogs are doing their ancestors proud. The Moonee Valley Family and Local History Blog was created a couple of years ago after completing the SLV Web 2.0 Training. The blog is part of the new social media that works alongside more traditional resources that are associated with local and family history. Many of our enquiries are from our Ask a Librarian portal, people visiting the library and often requests from overseas. The following are some of the events, activities and queries that the Moonee Valley Library Service has presented over the last twelve months. The Sam Merrifield Library hosted the touring exhibition 'Independent Type Books and Writing in Victoria' in February/March. Our...

The Genealogy Society of Victoria will be commencing classes on the 1st Wednesday of the month in 2011 from 10.30am to 12.00pm Topics to be covered include Gathering family information Recording information Confirming information Starting research - BDMs etc Investigating other records e.g. Passengers, Cemeteries and Naturalisation. Charge: GSV members $8.00, non-members $10.00 Ph: 9662 4455 Fax: 9663 0841 Email: gsv@gsv.org.au Web: http://www.gsv.org.au/

The National Archives of Australia will be hosting an open day at the Public Records Office on Friday 25th February, 9.30am-4pm, the event is free. This is your chance to take part in activities, demonstrations and workshops. For more information and a detailed listing of the Melbourne program visit NNA website.

The Flemington Association Heritage Committee will launch a new brochure on some of the treasures of Flemington. The project was assisted by funding from Moonee Valley Council and the brochure will feature 20 self-guided walks across Flemington's heritage areas. The brochure will be available next month to be followed by a website with many aspects of the history of Flemington. For more information read the article 'Walk through time a step forward' by Robert Fedele in this week's Moonee Valley Weekly.