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

Victorian Government Gazette online

This online archive of historic government gazettes provides access to over 160 years of official information published in and about Victoria. It contains images of every relevant page in the Victoria Government Gazette, as well as searchable indexes for each publication and can be accessed at http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/


First published in the earliest days of the colony, the Victoria Government Gazette (1851 to 1997), plus the New South Wales Government Gazette (1936 to 1851) and the Port Phillip Government Gazette (1843-1851) documents the official notifications of government decisions and legal actions to other governments, government agencies and the general public.

Australian Wills

A new site I have been exploring this week tells how to find Australian wills, listing information state by state, and provides links to any sites where indexes or wills can be searched.  Coverage varies for each State and Territory, but relevant addresses for ordering wills are all provided.  Visit http://www.jaunay.com/wills.html to have a look.