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Welcome   to   the   world   of   family   history !

Research  your ancestors' lives in our extensive family history library at Blackburn (Melbourne).



Entertainment Book

The Entertainment Book is now available from the Institute Library
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With the use of just two or three vouchers, you will recoup the initial outlay, all further vouchers are profit. · For a very welcome Father's Day, Mother's Day, Birthday or Christmas present, choose anEntertainment Book Book.

For more information, please click here.


What's New in the Library

1st May 2009 - 1st June

Latest Additions to the Library Catalogue

March 2009 Edition
of
"The Genealogist"
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Lend a Hand Service

A service to enable members to help each other. We invite you to help each other by sharing your local knowledge and skills.

Click here to obtain help or offer your own services.

Updated 10th March



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Institute Members' Interests

Updated 22nd February 2009



Treasure Chest

"Treasures in the A.I.G.S. Library"

Here are just a few of the multitude of treasures which reside in the Blackburn Library.

Updated March 2009




 

James Heffernan



Heffernan House

James  Heffernan  &  Their  House

The house is at the centre of a story which covers Ireland, migration, arrival in Sydney then Melbourne followed by the blossoming of family in both cities.

Dr Arnold's talk will present the background history, records, methods and pitfalls he encountered in his research.

This talk will be for anyone interested in very early Melbourne.

Presenter:

Dr. Lyndon Arnold


Thursday 9th July 2009     7.00pm - 9.00pm

Bookings are essential

For more information, please click here .



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Alexander Henderson Awards and Manuscript Award for 2008



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New  Special  Interest  Groups 

As an additional service to our members, new SIGs are now in operation for 2009:-

Eastern Counties:- Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire
London, Middlesex and Hertfordshire
North West Midlands


For more information, please click here

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Crown Grantees
Painting by Jean Studach



Victorian Crown Grantees Index (Part 2)
1838 to the present day

Land Records of Victoria Index

A searchable database of approx. 148,000 names and data from 700 Victorian parishes

For more information click here

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Scottish -  Irish Members' Interests

Latest Update 22nd June 2009
Scotsman

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Eastern Counties Members' Interests

Latest Update 16th May 2009

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Northern Counties Members' Interests

Latest Update 11th October 2008

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Available at the Institute Library


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Our friendly and experienced volunteers will help guide you through our Australian and Overseas resources.

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The Institute is a founding member of the Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations (AFFHO) ,
a member of the Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) and the Scottish Association of Family History Societies (SAFHS)
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