D P S Melbourne Family History and Genealogy Group in Watsonia, Victoria | Non-profit organisation

D P S Melbourne Family History and Genealogy Group

Locality: Watsonia, Victoria

Phone: +61 409 192 864

Address: 4 Ibbottson Street 3087 Watsonia, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 Indexes to Adelaide Gaol prisoner registers from 1838 to 1849 can now be searched on our website: https://archives.sa.gov.au//police-court/gaols-and-prisons T...he registers include details of offences committed and dates of trials. During this time some prisoners were sentenced to transportation and sent to Sydney. If you find a name in our indexes and want to find out more information there are a couple of options to view the records: 1. Make a booking to view the records in our Research Centre: https://archives.sa.gov.au/general-inform//research-centre 2. View the records on online through FamilySearch via the link on this page (please note you will need to create an account with FamilySearch): https://archives.sa.gov.au//police-court/gaols-and-prisons 3. Or check out this link for information on requesting digital copies of the records from us: https://archives.sa.gov.au//copying-and-digitisation-servi Image: SRSA GRG54/24 volume 2 (cover)

24.01.2022 https://genealogy.nationalarchives.ie/ Ireland - Wecome to the National Archives Genealogy Website. From this page, you can now access the Census Records for 1901 and 1911, Census survivals for 1821-51, Census Search forms for 1841-51, the Tithe Applotment Books from 1823 to 1837, the Soldiers’ Wills from 1914 to 1917, and the Calendars of Wills and Administrations from 1858 to 1922.

23.01.2022 https://www.burrasa.info/# South Australia - Burra If you are interested in this area do visit the Burra Family History Group. Various databases, area information and photos.

22.01.2022 http://www.west-australian-daily-funeral-and-death-notices. Australia - Funeral notices from various states, some archives back to 2012

21.01.2022 Great snippets from the State Library Victoria. Melbourne in flood 1891

20.01.2022 Lovely film of early Melbourne.

19.01.2022 https://www.aussietowns.com.au/ Helpful site for information on towns in Aus...location, origin of name, history and what is about the area.

19.01.2022 https://insidestory.org.au/category/recovered-lives/ Recovered Lives A collection of profiles of Australian history’s missing women, in collaboration with the Australian Dictionary of Biography

19.01.2022 https://tinyurl.com/y9mb655d Melbourne Directories 1857-1880

17.01.2022 https://www.law.mq.edu.au//colonial_c/nsw/site/scnsw_home/ Australia A small selection of decisions made in the Superior Court of NSW 1788-1899, also with a smattering of coroners inquests held.

15.01.2022 https://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi Western Australia - Old Bush Schools book by John McKenzie Life and Education in the small schools of WA 1893-1961 Good reading if you are researching family in WA or even interested in bush schooling. Downloadable for own use.

15.01.2022 https://tinyurl.com/yytcpja8 State Library Victoria -ebook The Story of Old George Street - A Chapter in Old Sydney Author Charles H Bertie published 1920 If you are interested in early Sydney this is a good read and also can be downloaded from the SLV

15.01.2022 https://historicgraves.com/ Ireland - ongoing project covering Irish cemeteries, there headstones and graves> Includes headstone photos.

12.01.2022 https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/ Victoria - Site blog: This is a website containing the history of all the places in Victoria (Australia) that have now or once had a population over 200 at any time since the establishment of Victoria as a British colony.

12.01.2022 http://collection.hht.net.au/firsthhtpic/searchPictures.jsp Australia - Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, Quite a number of early photos/prints in this collection which are downloadable. Mix of bits and bots on this site...some good photos of St Johns Parramatta, few family photos and more

11.01.2022 https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/home/ Cornwall - Remember to recheck often as new records are regularly added to by the hard working volunteer transcribers! Latest update 27 Oct to the Cornish OPC Database: BMBs: Blazey, St, Camborne, Dennis, St, Helland, Hilary, St, North Hill, Stephen in Brannel, St, Week, St. Mary OTHER RECORDS: RCG BMDs/Inquests/Funerals/Obituaries, Donated BMD certs, Wills

10.01.2022 http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/index.html DPS Perths site, although not currently maintained, this site has lots of information and worth a visit for those that may have the treasure of a 'convict' in the family.

10.01.2022 https://enrolledpensionerforcewa.org.au/ Western Australia The Enrolled Pensioner Force consisted of soldiers who came to the colony of Western Australia between 1850 and 1874, most arriving during the years of convict transportation as Guards on the convict ships. They were soldiers who had been discharged from Military Service, and who on discharge from the army, were awarded pensions.

10.01.2022 https://11btn.wags.org.au/ Western Australia - Dedicated to the men of the 11th Battalion A.I.F., the Western Australian Battalion WW1 Cheops Pyramid photo

09.01.2022 https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/collections Museums Victoria Collection Do search the collection as you never know what you may find. Search for places in Victoria or surnames of interest. This photo is of three infant boys standing outside a doorway. All three are wearing suits and caps. Photograph shows Charlie Burton, Jim Burton and Eddie Burton, Richmond, circa 1917. These three young boys lived in Richmond. Their family were bakers. item 1689475

09.01.2022 https://tinyurl.com/y6jwo72e Ireland - Gene news re new uploads...... read about it and click the link on the page to go to the civil registrations.

09.01.2022 https://col-burialregisters.uk/ London - The general burial registers shown on this website consist of 495000+ historic records dated from 24 June 1856 to 19 October 1998.

09.01.2022 https://irishlivesremembered.ie/ Irish Lives Remembered - Free Magazine New issue, the 50th, out now

08.01.2022 http://www.boatfamilies.website/ England - Boat Families website Site information - At the launch of the site, in March 2010, there were more than 3,000 names, this tree has now grown to more than 50,000 people, and it has spread from Lancashire and Yorkshire into Cheshire, Staffordshire and beyond.

07.01.2022 http://wjh.us/aef/index.asp America - WW1 Burial Cards Site blog : On May 13, 2020 a transcription project was launched on the Zooniverse platform to transcribe all information from the cards. This card register documents the death and burial information of over 78,000 American soldiers in World War I. Each card contains the name of the individual who died, the unit they were assigned to, the nature of their death and the burial location(s) of the soldier, up to and including their final resting place

06.01.2022 Interesting story on the the Welshmen and mining in Australia

04.01.2022 https://cv.vic.gov.au//built-enviro/the-unsuspected-slums/ Collection of photos of Campaigner Frederick Oswald Barnett who recorded the poverty facing many in the Melbourne slums of the 1930s.

04.01.2022 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/6089302 Victoria - Kew Asylum Interesting article by an Attendant working at the Asylum published in the Melbourne Argus 1886

03.01.2022 https://www.mytributes.com.au/ Australia The my tributes site does cover a number of years....very useful when also using the ryersonindex.org

03.01.2022 https://www.scottishindexes.com/ Next free conference is the 6th December Proposed topics are: ‘The Highlands: Jacobites, Clearances and Emigration’, 'Understanding Scottish Inheritance Records' 'Researching Scottish Ancestors from a Distance', ... 'Using FindMyPast to go Beyond Basic Birth, Marriage & Death Records', ‘Your Burning DNA Questions’, 'Borders Family History Society' 'Orkney Family History Society' ‘Using Kirk Session Records’ Genealogy Q&A, hosted by Graham and Emma Maxwell See more

03.01.2022 Really worth your time so book the date

02.01.2022 https://www.bwm.org.au/nurses.php Australian Nurses in the Boer War- the Australian Boer War site.

01.01.2022 http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/ United Kingdom - Coal Mining Site blog- Welcome to the UK's largest and most comprehensive website concerning the history of coal mining - including a searchable database of over 164,000 recorded accidents and deaths....

01.01.2022 https://www.archiuk.com/ Maps and more - although a subscription site there is a great deal of information available without signing up

01.01.2022 https://www.davidrumsey.com/ The David Rumsey Map Collection was started over 30 years ago and contains more than 150,000 maps, dating roughly from 1550's to current times