Category Archive: Victoria

Clues from Certificates

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How death certificates can advance your research It is never a good idea to rely on family members for information. Memories can become distorted and stories, once erroneous, may have now become family lore. I have been researching my Great Grandmother, Millie Green. My father’s memories are hazy to say the least, and there are …

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Family history: where do you start?

My father, Philip Forshaw (on right) act 1935

My Newbie journey into Genealogy My new-found interest in Genealogy started with attending a Genealogy user group – part of the AUSOM (Apple Users Group of Melbourne). I’ve never given my family history a second thought until that moment. However, the combination of hunting for family clues, online access to records and software for recording and …

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Using Newspapers for family research

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Using Newspapers to research your family – for free I need to research events, people and places of  England; in particular, Lancashire. so, where do I go for British newspapers? Whilst many records, sources and resources have made it online, too many of these records require a subscription or credits, often at exorbitant prices. The …

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Organising the census in 1901 Victoria

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How the census was organised in 1901 – Victoria, Australia   Here is an article from The Argus, March 27, 1901 on the eve of the 1901 Victorian census. Given the technology of today, it makes interesting reading. Once the information has been collected, organising and sorting it relied on a system of cards – …

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