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This full day seminar is co-presented by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and the Genealogical Society of Victoria.

Join us for an enlightening seminar where leading experts will reveal how cemetery records can be a treasure trove for local and family historians. Learn techniques to deepen your research and unearth fascinating stories about the past.

Featured Speakers

• Dr. Celestina Sagazio – Historian with expertise in cemetery studies
• Dr. Cheryl Griffin – Social Historian
• Rod Armstrong – Family History Researcher
• Friends of Cemetery Groups – Insights from passionate cemetery preservationists
• Representatives from the GSV and RHSV – Details of our extensive resources

What You Will Gain

• Strategies for using cemetery records to expand your local & family history knowledge
• Tips for interpreting cemetery elements and records
• Knowledge about the resources from the GSV, RHSV and other sources
• An opportunity to ask questions

Details

• Date: Saturday 12 October – 9.00 am for a 9.30 start
• Where: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne
• Cost: $65 for RHSV & GSV Members and $85 for Non-Members
• Inclusions: Light lunch, tea, coffee, and water

Explore the past and enrich your research with insights gleaned from cemeteries. Whether you are a seasoned historian or just starting your journey, this seminar is an invaluable opportunity to enhance your research skills and connect with a community of history enthusiasts.

Follow the links on the GSV and RHSV home pages to book your place

It has just been announced by AFFHO that the Ancestor journal has won the 2024 Nick Vine Hall Award for the best family history journal/newsletter in Australia and New Zealand, in category B for societies over 500 members.

The announcement was made at the beginning of the 2024 AAFHO National Family History Month opening session (by Zoom of course). This makes the sixth time the journal has received this award since 2009 - a real endorsement of the continuing value of the GSV's journal to genealogy and family history.

We've long known that GSV has an Editorial and Creative team to be very proud of when it comes to producing our Ancestor journal. That pride is well-placed, as confirmed again with our journal receiving the great national accolade of winning the 2024 Nick Vine Hall Award. The Editorial and Creative team are all volunteers and we owe them a huge debt of gratitude for their great work for GSV. And many thanks to the contributors as well, who provide such interesting and valuable content for the journal.

You can revisit and enjoy the award-winning edition - March 2023 - on the GSV website under the Ancestor Journal tab - log-in as a member to view our Ancestor journals, we have over 60 years of our journal online.

Stephen Hawke

President GSV

This Award honours Nick Vine Hall AM. Nick represented AFFHO at a National level in a Save the Census Campaign in the mid-1980s. Read more about this at Census Time Capsule.

BE PART OF THIS AWARD-WINNING JOURNAL!

You have a few weeks to get your entry in for this year's Ancestor Prize - closing 4 pm Friday 30 August. See details at https://www.gsv.org.au/gsv-writing-prize-2024

Inaugural Meeting – Thursday 8 August at 10.30am

Are you researching Welsh ancestors? Have you favourite sources of information that you can share? Are you encountering brick walls that are limiting your research? Looking for a forum to share experiences and seek help?

Come along to the inaugural session of this Circle and meet like-minded members. Please be prepared discuss where you are researching, what approaches you have used and to share your research experiences at this first meeting. Plans for future meetings of the Circle will also be discussed.

All GSV Members are welcome to attend. Please register through the GSV Events page to obtain the zoom invitation link. If you need any assistance with registering please contact the GSV Office.

It may be a silver spoon, or a book, or a piece of furniture, or a photograph, or a painting, or even a thimble?

All these treasures will have a story behind them.

Why not tell that story as an entry in the GSV Writing Prize?

Enter the GSV Writing Prize

It closes on Friday 30 August 2024.

Win a subscription to Ancestry.com

and be published in Ancestor.

Full details on the GSV website — https://www.gsv.org.au/gsv-writing-prize-2024