Mornington Peninsula Family History Society in Frankston, Victoria | Community organisation

Mornington Peninsula Family History Society

Locality: Frankston, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9783 7058

Address: 55 Towherhill Rd 3199 Frankston, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.mpfhs.org

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23.01.2022 Want to find out about your surname? Have a brick wall in your research? The surname database has some interesting facts about surnames that may point you in the right direction. https://www.surnamedb.com/

21.01.2022 Old family photographs, anyone???

18.01.2022 We have just started loading some newly digitised archives to our catalogue from the early 19th century. These records relate to Aboriginal people and cover the... dates 1832-1835 and 1837-1844. The records are ‘blanket returns’ which are lists of Aboriginal people who received blankets from the colonial authorities. The records are broadly arranged by locality and include both Indigenous and European names for each person as well as their age. These record series are, and always have been, an incredibly valuable source for people tracing family and personal history. http://ow.ly/KRtZ50Cijs9 #NAIDOCweek2020

16.01.2022 Shocked to learn that due to Mornington Shire's 're-structuring', we are losing both Sally Robins and Murray Adams from the Local History Network. The work these two have done over the years has been invaluable and they - and their knowledge and talents - will be sadly missed. The Shire now will be operating local history through libraries.

14.01.2022 Some bargains here for fellow family historians.

10.01.2022 Free access to UK census records on Findmypast this weekend. https://www.findmypast.com/page/free-access

09.01.2022 The Federation of Family History Societies in the UK are holding an online family history show in November. Admission is only 5 until the 18th Oct. The talks will be available to watch afterwards so for us in Australia, the time difference will not matter.

08.01.2022 More Irish Birth, Marriage and Death certificates are now available free on the Irish Genealogy site - Births from 1864 to 1918, Marriages 1864 to 1943 and Deaths from 1879 to 1968. See https://www.irishcentral.com//irish-genealogy-resource-free

07.01.2022 Free digital downloads from the National Archives in the UK.

06.01.2022 Are you hitting a brick wall finding a woman in your family tree? Just in time for Mother's Day, this week’s 5 Minutes With Cassie Gilmartin focuses on her three ways to find our female ancestors in Ancestry records. Let us know your top tips below!

03.01.2022 The caption reads: Portrait of Miss ? Ticket Collector No.15. Can anyone help us identify this mystery Victorian Railways employee? #ArmchairDetectives_PROV. See the image in high resolution here: http://ow.ly/jbvM50DypFZ

02.01.2022 Too much history gets lost to development. Once it’s gone it’s gone.