by pppg | Jul 1, 2022 | Methods & Sources
VicHeritage’s “Early Church Records” DVD. I had the good fortune to look at the DVD “Victoria’s Early Church Records” by VicHeritage, just recently and had the best adventure I had had for ages. I have been writing a ‘Pioneer... by pppg | Jul 1, 2022 | Methods & Sources
Margaret May of the Victorian BDM Registry discussed projects the Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (BDM) has worked on over the years and what its future holds. Eighty-six full time staff registered 77,500 births, 38,500 deaths and 29,000 marriages... by pppg | Jul 1, 2022 | Methods & Sources
Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239A’Beckett Street, Melbourne. The Royal Historical Society of Victoria ( RHSV ) was formed in 1909. Their Collections include: The Pioneer Register, an historical register that was set up after survey letters were written... by pppg | Jul 1, 2022 | Methods & Sources, Pioneers
A valuable source of information about the early settlement of Victoria is a collection of letters written by the early settlers themselves and published as “Letters from Victorian Pioneers” in 1898. Most of these letters were written in response to a... by pppg | Jul 1, 2022 | Methods & Sources
Nicole Llewellyn is the manager of the Reading Room at the Public Record Office of Victoria (PROV) overseeing a staff of nine people. One of her main interests is to make the PROV’s website easier to navigate and over a period of time to have all the public... by pppg | Jun 30, 2022 | Places
The year 2007 saw the 75th Anniversary of the opening of the Great Ocean Road and was marked with many celebrations as befitted this iconic road. Many speeches were given, as were thanks to the ex-servicemen and others whose toil, sweat, blisters, hardships, heat,...