PROV Digitized Records & Online Indexes

This Public Records Office of Victoria list has links to all the records online through the PROV site,  including passenger lists, wills, education, Koorie heritage, building plans, prisoners, divorce, mental health and more.  Go to www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide023/PROVguide023.jsp and look at the list of resources available.

Unlock the past

Unlock the past is a partnership by Gould Genealogy & History, Archive Digital Books Australia, Family Photo Book and Shauna Hicks, this is a very new and growing site of Genealogical information, links, articles, resources and events.  Go to http://www.unlockthepast.com.au/

Find My Past free 24 hour trial

British online genealogy company, FindMyPast has announced that it has taken over the Australian operations of World Vital Records They have launched the new Australian FindMyPast.com.au website with 35 million records,including many Australian directories, government gazettes, post office directories and other publications.
When you find an item of interest you can view the full text of the original entry in PDF. They're offering a free 24 hour trial (no credit card required) with this new site. Go to http://findmypast.com.au/ to find out more.

English Jurisdictions 1851

This is part of the Familysearch site that I never knew existed.  Go to http://maps.familysearch.org/   Enter a place name to access information about parish jurisdictions, including parish register and bishop’s transcripts dates, divisions such as county, civil registration district, probate court, diocese, rural deanery, poor law union, hundred and province. You can even see a map of other parishes within a certain distance, from ¼ mile up to 15 miles.

Victorian State Conference

Coming up fast is the 7th Victorian Family History State Conference, The Border and Beyond, to be held at ClubMulwala from 28-30 May.  More information is available from VAFHO, the Victorian Association of Family History Organisations.  A great looking program has been organised - if you are attending I will see you there!

New Books available

2 new genealogy books are now available at Campaspe Regional Library.   They are :
1.  Genealogy : how to do everything by George S. Morgan
2.  Google your family tree by Daniel M. Lynch
Holds can be placed on these and other genealogy-related titles via our library website at
www.campaspe.vic.gov.au/library

The Ryerson Index

The Ryerson Index Online Database contains 2,445,558 notices from 170 different Australian newspapers.  To search the database, enter a surname, with or without one or more given name(s), a location name, and/or a year range.  Find it at http://ryersonindex.net/search.php