by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Methods & Sources
Members may or may not be aware that we have microfiche for borrowing in the Library. We no longer have a microfiche reader available to view these files. 1. We have Box Hill, Brighton and Burwood Memorial Cemetery Transcriptions on Microfiche in the Library. Are...
by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers, Places
Elgar’s Special Survey Henry Elgar was a West Indian merchant who purchased 5,120 acres in a Special Survey in Boroondara in the Port Phillip District, without having ever stepped ashore in Australia. True or False Bob Kerr, who lives on land which was part of...
by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Former Members
Michael Grogan(PPPG Member No. 1332) It was with great sadness that we learnt of the death of Michael Grogan on 18 July 2018. We remember Michael as a marvellous Committee Member and Examiner of Proofs. From the moment he joined the Group in April 2007, he was an...
by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
Edward Waghorn was born May 1806, Chatham, Kent, England and died 18 July 1868, Melbourne, Victoria. Thomas Fletcher Waghorn was born 1800, Chatham, Kent, England and died 1850, Islington, London, England. WAGHORN FAMILY There were ten Waghorn children and all were...
by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
Charles Forrest was born in Cawnpore, India on the 19th April 1809 to Charles Ramus Forrest and Ellen St. Leger, daughter of General William St. Leger. Charles was the fourth generation of his family to serve in the army. Charles won his commission in 1827 at the...
