London Lives

A site worth visiting is London Lives 1690 to 1800 - crime, poverty and social policy in the metropolis.  This is a searchable edition of 240,000 manuscripts from 8 archives, searchable by name and date.  It also gives a thorough historical background on what life was life for eighteenth century Londoners - crime, poverty and illness ; apprenticeship, work, politics and money ; how people voted, lived and died.  Registration to the site allows access to advanced search facilities and personal workspace.  Go to www.londonlives.org/

Family History Seminar

Kyabram Regional Genealogical Society will be holding a Family History Seminar on Saturday 6th November at the Tongala Community Centre from 9.30am - 4.00pm.  Beryl O'Gorman and Jenny Carter from the Genealogical Society of Victoria will each present two sessions on various topics including Irish research.  The seminar will end with a Q&A session for help with your 'brick walls'.  Cost will be $30 with lunch, morning and afternoon tea provided.  For bookings contact Susan Hill on 0428 683 321.

The Kyabram Regional Genealogical Society is a new and growing group.  Enquiries and new members are welcome.

Workhouses

Did any of your ancestors find themselves in a workhouse?  Want to know more about the conditions and how workhouses operated?  Here are a few sites for information about and records of workhouses.
Workhouses & Institutions - www.institutions.org.uk/
Workhouse records - www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?records/records.shtml
Union Workhouse - www.judandk.force9.co.uk/workhouse.html
C19th American Poorhouses - www.poorhousehistory.com/

Trove

Trove is an online search engine developed by the National Library of Australia found at http://trove.nla.gov.au/ . At the click of a button, you can access a large and unrivalled repository of Australian material.  Content is from the National Library of Australia, the State and Territory libraries and over 1000 other libraries around Australia.  Trove also features content from other Australian collections including cultural, business and educational organisations, and major international digital collections.  Trove includes book, journals and magazine articles ; pictures and photographs ; Australian newspapers ; diaries, letters and archives ; maps ; music, sound and video ; archived websites ; and people and organisations.

New Books

New genealogy books purchased :
1.  Social networking for genealogists by Drew Smith
2.  Grow your own family tree by Alan Stewart
Now available at Campaspe Library

Family History Feast Podcasts

The podcast of the annual Family History Feast held on Monday 2 August 2010 is now available on the State Library of Victoria website.

The individual links are:

Joan Hunt: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/node/2716
Sandra Burt: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/node/2717
Kim Burrell: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/node/2718
Peter Gloury: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/node/2719
Philip Thiel: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/node/2721
The Don Grant lecture given by Professor Geoffrey Blainey is now live: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/node/2715

New Books

New Genealogy books purchased :
1.  How did they get here : arrivals after 1924 by Cora Num
2.  Family history for the older and wiser : find your roots with online tools by Susan Fifer.
Now available at Campaspe Library