Moonee Valley Family & Local History Blog

Moonee Valley Libraries now has access to the full range of magazines offered online by RB Digital. This means even if you don’t consider yourself to be much of a magazine reader there’s there’s likely something you’d enjoy. For library members they are free to read on your own smart phone, computer or tablet. For history enthusiasts there are 92 history titles to explore from around the World. English language history titles include National Geographic History , American History from the USA, All About History , Archaeology and various BBC history titles such as History Magazine , World Histories and History Revealed from the UK, and from Australia there is Traces (formerly Inside History ).  Two of the history magazine available via RB Digital Recent issues are brimming with great reads. Traces has articles on Paul Brickhill (the Melbourne-born author of the Great Escape and the Dam Busters ), Australia’s oldest synagogue (in Hobart, and celebrating its 175th anniversary t...

Moonee Valley Library Service has several magazine subscriptions that may be of interest to anyone researching their family history.   Ancestor: quarterly journal of the Genealogical Society of Victoria Australian Family Tree Connections Family Tree Magazine: your ancestors, your history All three magazines have a great mix of history and tips and apart from the latest issue are available to borrow. Check them out for yourself at Sam Merrifield Library. JM