Happy Australia Day 2012!
Thursday 26 January – a good day to catch up on your family history research at home as the State Library of Victoria is closed all day. Sports meeting on… Read More ›
Family matters
A ship and its voyage
Collections, Family matters, Research guides, Research tips & tricks:
So you’ve trailed through immigration indexes and passenger lists and found your ancestor arriving into Australia. You may have discovered their age, their occupation, their nationality and possibly even details… Read More ›
Happy new year and some dates for your 2012 family history diary
Family history events, Family matters:
Christmas 2011 has come and gone and over the holidays you spent time catching up with family members. Family stories have been shared as well as questions asked about events… Read More ›
Some new books on surnames…
Collections, Family matters, Uncategorized:
Three new books covering different aspects of surnames reviewed by Genealogy Team member Ann Copeland. A dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia, by Alexander Beider This dictionary contains information on over 25,000 names… Read More ›
2011 – the year that was for the Genealogy Team
Family matters, Uncategorized:
A year of events, acquisitions and communication : 25 February Participation in the annual Shake Your Family Tree Day organised by National Archives of Australia May Library began subscription… Read More ›
New books in the Genealogy Centre
Family matters, New to the collection, Uncategorized:
Workhouse: the people, the places, the life behind doors, by Simon Fowler Starving families, orphans, the sick, the elderly and single mothers – for over 200 years the workhouse was… Read More ›
findmypast.ie now available at SLV!
Family matters, New to the collection, Uncategorized:
We are very pleased to announce that the Irish edition of the major database findmypast is now available free of charge onsite at the State Library of Victoria. This is a… Read More ›
New books in the Genealogy Centre
Family matters, New to the collection:
Another lot of new books has appeared in the Genealogy Centre. Charles Bartlett reviews the latest selection. The parishes, registers & registrars of Scotland compiled by Edinburgh, Scottish Association of… Read More ›
A love of language wins out in poetry slam state final
Announcements, Family history events, News:
Entertainer and writer, Simon Taylor has won the 2011 Australian Poetry Slam Victorian final held at the State Library of Victoria last Friday night.
Serendipity: Desirable but unsought discoveries
Family matters, Uncategorized:
As librarians at the State Library, we perform research into subjects covering the full range of human endeavour as part of our professional duties. Through the research process we follow… Read More ›
