| The WARRNAMBOOL FAMILY HISTORY GROUP is the operating name of
the Warrnambool Area of the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies,
Inc.
The WARRNAMBOOL FAMILY HISTORY GROUP is based in the Reference Library at Flagstaff Hill Museum, 23 Merri Street, Warrnambool. Our website can be found here. The Museum is open from 9.00am to 5.00pm daily. The Group staffs the Library on a volunteer roster at various times during these hours. To enquire whether the Library is open, call Museum Reception on (03) 5564 7841. Special arrangements can sometimes be made to open the Library for visitors from outside the Warrnambool district, by writing to: The Area Administrator, and advising of the date and time of your visit. The Resources Collection of the WARRNAMBOOL FAMILY HISTORY GROUP is housed in the Reference Library at Flagstaff Hill Museum, but can only be accessed when the Library is attended by a member of the WARRNAMBOOL FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. |
| RESOURCES COLLECTION
A large range of local, Australian and overseas resources comprises the collection of the WARRNAMBOOL FAMILY HISTORY GROUP and includes books, microfiche, microfilm and CD-ROM records. A large collection is held of: District cemetery burial registers and memorials All these are great sources of information. Most Australian BDMs are available on microfiche, or CD-ROM covering Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and Western Australia. New CD-ROMS are added, as they become available. A 1984 copy of the IGI is held, but 1994 portions have been added for Australia, New Zealand and a number of overseas countries or parts thereof. Victorian Assisted and Unassisted Shipping records and indexes are held and added to, as new records become available. Current Tasmanian Shipping records are also in the collection. The Reference Library at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum holds a huge collection of maritime books and material on the history of the Warrnambool Port and these are fully accessible by the WARRNAMBOOL FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. The Museum's Library also contains an extensive collection of Victorian Government Gazettes, which are a very rich source of information for family historians. The WARRNAMBOOL FAMILY HISTORY GROUP exchanges newsletters with a large number of other Groups and Societies. These newsletters and journals are part of the Resources Collection. MEETINGS The WARRNAMBOOL FAMILY HISTORY GROUP meets on the second Wednesday of the month, February to November inclusive, in the Theatrette, Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, 23 Merri Street, at 8.00pm. MEMBERSHIP Please direct all membership enquiries, or forward payments to:
All AIGS, Inc membership payments through the WARRNAMBOOL FAMILY HISTORY GROUP provide funds to improve our Resource Collection. By purchasing a Library Access Card, members have unlimited access to the resources of the Group whenever the Museum is open. As a part of AIGS Inc, only members of AIGS Inc can have voting rights at Group meetings. |
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RESEARCH SERVICE The WARRNAMBOOL FAMILY HISTORY GROUP provides a research service covering the resources of the group, the Museum Reference Library and the Warrnambool City Library. Requests for research should be addressed to: The Research Officer will then provide details of fees and disbursements involved. No research will be performed until a research fee has been received. NEWSLETTER The WARRNAMBOOL FAMILY HISTORY GROUP publishes 10 issues per year of a monthly newsletter, "The South-West Genealogist", from February to November. The newsletter may be obtained by payment to: The current subscription rate is $8.00 per annum. WARRNAMBOOL FAMILY HISTORY GROUP welcomes the exchange of newsletter with other Groups and Societies, so please contact the Area Administrator at the address above to arrange an exchange. The editor of the newsletter welcomes contributions for publication in "The South-west Genealogist". Articles of interest to members may be used, subject to availability of space. Please send contributions to: The Editor RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH The Death Notices from the Warrnambool Standard Newspaper have been collected and indexed and are available on fiche 1982 - 1992 and 1992 - 1996. This is an ongoing project. Your ancestors may be found in selected death notices - up till 1990 - others are available but not collated. These can give information about four and even five generations of families. Beattie and Phillips, Funeral Directors, Warrnambool, Burial information from 1865 - 1923. These have been indexed and the Indexes are available for purchase on fiche. The Critchett Index of the Warrnambool Examiner, 1853 - 1859 includes births, deaths and marriages, as well as matters of local interest. The Cathcart Index of the Warrnambool Examiner, Dec. 1857 - Dec. 1876 - Here you may be fortunate to find a date of death, an obituary or inquest. This Index also includes births and marriages (indexed by groom and bride). Monumental Inscriptions of Warrnambool Cemetery, on hard copy, compiled by the Meadley Family up to 1980. We also have the fiche produced by the AIGS for this resource. The Meadley Family also compiled a list of "Foreign Births
" at the Cemetery, and with their permission Marie Boyce compiled
the following: We hold four microfilms of the early Warrnambool Examiner Newspaper - the rest are available at our City Library. Do not give up hope of finding information about a local death, as many of our early settlers were buried at the Tower Hill Cemetery, and we do hold those records from c 1857 -1980. Other Cemetery records held by Warrnambool include Port Fairy 1869 - 1935, Terang 1891-1997, Camperdown 1845 -1984, As well, information is available concerning interments in the smaller cemeteries in the surrounding districts. |
| The Warrnambool Area of the Institute conducts monthly
meetings on the second Wednesday of each month, except for January
and December. The meetings commence at 8.00pm.
Meetings are free for members of the Institute, however there is a charge of $3.00 for non-members. The venue is the Flagstaff Museum, Merri Street, Warrnambool. The Area Administrator is Ray Welsford (phone no. (03) 5562 0388 The meeting programmes usually include a talk by a speaker on a subject associated with Family History, Genealogy or a related subject. There an opportunity to socialise with other attendees over light refreshments. There is a Book Stall containing an assortment of books covering genealogy, family history and allied subjects from the Institute Book Stall. Visitors are always most welcome. |
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