by pppg | Jun 22, 2022 | History, Methods & Sources
Miserable Rags or the Resplendent Light of Publicity: The Early Newspapers of Victoria 1838 – 1851 In 1883 Australia was described as the land of newspapers, with the proportion of people subscribing to a newspaper being 10 times that of England. Tim Hogan,... by pppg | Jun 22, 2022 | Methods & Sources
and the Fawkner Diaries Shona Dewar has worked in the Australian Manuscript Department at the State Library of Victoria for 19 years and at present is co-ordinator of the Port Phillip Papers Digitising Project. Since the 1990’s, building renovations have... by pppg | Jun 22, 2022 | Methods & Sources
We have all seen Mechanics’ Institutes dotted throughout the Victorian countryside. Christine Worthington, who is the Promotions and Publications Librarian of the Prahran Mechanics’ Institute provided some interesting history about Mechanics’... by pppg | Jun 21, 2022 | Methods & Sources
There is a saying ‘know thy family, know thyself’ and I think we would all agree that we are influenced in some way by the folk who have gone before us, but how many of us have explored our DNA? I have had my Y-DNA taken and the 25 marker result... by pppg | Jun 20, 2022 | Methods & Sources, Pioneers
Edward Gifford Pryce was born on 26 August 1814 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England, the son of Edward Pryce, merchant, and his wife Eleanor, nee Gifford. He was educated for the ministry at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A.1837). On 21 April 1840 he arrived at Sydney, New... by pppg | Jun 20, 2022 | Methods & Sources
For many of us, computers have become an essential tool in searching for information about our ancestors. Joy Roy, FGSV (1998) who is a member of GUM (Genealogists using Microcomputers) group, author of several books, and principal researcher for...