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From: "Felicity Smith" <>
Subject: Beginning English Family History Research
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 23:17:54 +1000

Hi all

There are still some places available in the 5-week on 'Beginning
English Family History Research' which starts at the GSV next Monday.

The details of this course are

Beginning English Family History Research
5-Week Course
Coordinator: Eleanor Pugsley

Monday May 8, 15, 22, 29, June 5
10.30 am - 12.30 pm

Charge: Members $40 Non-Members $55
Booking, with payment, is essential
Class limited to 20 participants

Topics covered will include
Civil registration
. when did it begin
. indexes
. registration districts
. information on a certificate
Census records
. indexes and transcripts
. how to read
. a microform copy
Parish registers
. IGI both microfiche and cd-rom
. marriage, baptismal and burial indexes
. published transcripts
. where copies are held
. and how to access them
Wills
. after 1858
. before 1858
Cemetery records
Gazetteers, maps and directories
Has it been done before?
Electoral rolls and newspapers
Family History Societies

Opportunity will be given to examine these records in the GSV Library

To be held in the GSV Meeting Room
Level 6, 179 Queen Street, Melbourne
Tel: 9670 7033 Fax: 9670 4490 E-mail:

Felicity Smith
Councillor

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