by pppg | Jun 17, 2022 | Methods & Sources
Beryl O’Gorman’s favourite quotation is ‘the survival of any tribe or family depends on the ability of someone in each generation to pass on the stories’. As genealogists, we are in a good position to take on that role, to listen and take... by pppg | Jun 17, 2022 | Methods & Sources, Pioneers
Probate for settlers in the Port Phillip District was generally granted by either the Supreme Court of New South Wales or the Ecclesiastical Court in Sydney, N.S.W. These probate papers are now held by the Public Record Office of Victoria at their North Melbourne... by pppg | Jun 16, 2022 | History, Methods & Sources
Police Historian Gary Presland described early policing in the Port Phillip District and provided sources of information for reasearch. In May 1836, Police Magistrate George Stewart arrived in the Port Phillip District with Sergeant John Shields and Constable Timothy... by pppg | Jun 16, 2022 | Methods & Sources
A few years ago [this was written in 2005] the Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages announced plans to release on CD the images and indexes of pre civil registration church records. Since then a number of articles on the subject have appeared in the... by pppg | Jun 15, 2022 | Methods & Sources
Having published a book titled “Dating Family Photos 1850 – 1920”, Lenore Frost gave us some helpful information about old photographs. Early photos were the Daguerreotype, the Ambrotype, the Carte de Visite, Cabinet photos, and postcards. The... by pppg | Jun 15, 2022 | History, Methods & Sources
On 2 March 1841 a census of all of New South Wales was held. For collection and statistical purposes the Port Phillip District was divided into the counties of Bourke, Grant and Normanby and the Police Commissioner’s Districts of Western Port and Portland Bay....