Office Bearers for the 1984-1985 year are:
 

Fees
Membership will remain at $5
Casual Attendance 50c per Meeting
Newsletter Subscription will be 50c per issue

Meeting Place
At the latter Day Saints Church, Ultima Road, Swan Hill

Times
Daylight Saving    7.30 p.m.
Winter Time         8.00 p.m.

NEWS FLASH
After our Group's request, the Swan Hill City Council will release a portion of the defunct Swan Hill Historical Society's funds to enable us to purchase the early Victorian Directories. After purchase the Directories will be available for reference at the Swan Hill Regional Library.

The Directories will include, the Port Phillip Directories 1839-1867, Bailliere's Official Postal Directory of Victoria 1868-1872 and 1875, 1880-1, Wise's Victorian Post Office Directory 1884-1900.

CALENDAR NOTE
The Genealogical Society of Victoria in conjunction with the 1850's Group of the Victorian Colonists wish to announce that there will be a Colonial Dinner to be held at Ormond College, Wednesday May 22nd. 1985. Tickets will be $25.00 each and reservations are required by May 6th.1985.

MEMBERS
 

1.	Elma McKenzie	5 Marraboor Street	Swan Hill
2.	Jenny Clutterbuck	6 Boldrewood Drive	Swan Hill
3.	Joan Vivian
4.	Edna Bowen	48 High Street	Swan Hill
5.	Joan Horsburgh	"Riverhaven" RSD Via Swan Hill	Speewa
6.	Aubrey Harris			302194
7.	Jim Strugnell	12 Mulbar Street	Swan Hill	324105
8.	Helen Walker	5/34 High Street	Swan Hill
9.	Valerie Steggall	26 Gummow Street	Swan Hill
10.	Hans Proebsting	119 Thurla Street	Swan Hill	323628
11.	Helen Howley	25 Marraboor Street	Swan Hill	324334
12.	June Proctor	34 Thurla Street	Swan Hill
13.	Amy Abbott
14.	John Sheahan	49A Gray Street	Swan Hill	324926
15.	Kevin Van Der Stoel	3 Gregg Street	Swan Hill	324121
16.	Glad Beasy	18 Gummow Street	Swan Hill
17.	Margaret Clark	14 Gregg Street	Swan Hill	321791
18.	Dot Harvey	12 Bright Street	Woorinen Sth.
19.	Sandra Nicoll	21 Nowie Street	Swan Hill	323107
20.	Joyce Price		Manangatang
21.	Carol Jordan	Murraydale Road	via Swan Hill
22.	Tom Osborne	1 High Street	Swan Hill	322906
23.	Allie Evans	17 Splatt Street	Swan Hill
24.	Pat Fraser	17 Palaroo Street	Swan Hill	322038
25.	Betty Van Der Stoel	3 Gregg Street	Swan Hill	324121
26	John Brereton	16 Standen Street	Swan Hill	324678
27.	Shirley Durden
28.	Judy Phillips
29.	Phyllis Mason

AN EPIDEMIC

It is reported that a very contagious ailment is going around called Genealogy Pox.

Symptoms

- complaints as to the need for names, dates and places.
- patients have blank expressions and are deaf to spouse and children.
- have no taste for housework, except to look through records at libraries and courthouses.
- have compulsion to write letters, then swear at the mailman if he does not leave mail.
- are found wandering around cemeteries, ruins and remote areas.

- is useless - just leave the patient alone in a quiet corner. the disease isn't fatal, but gets progressively worse. The sicker the patient gets, the more he/she enjoys it.

INDEXES TO PRE 1900 BIRTH, DEATHS & MARRIAGES - VICTORIA
In February 1985, the Government announced the availability of funds, through the community employment programme, for the microfilming of the indexes, in preparation for their release to the public. The complete details of the form in which the indexes will be released in not yet available.

DID YOU KNOW?????
That the cost  of printing the December issue of 'Ancestor' was $7,200.00

The next four issues of Ancestor were planned to follow the themes, Beginners, English, Scottish and Irish research. A special issue of the journal would be issued in 1985 to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the founding of Victoria and would be given an appropriate title.

CEMETERY RECORDS AND TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTIONS
The Swan Hill Cemetery Trust has kindly allowed our Group access to their records. indexing of these records takes place at the Swan Hill Library, every Wednesday night between 7 & 9 o'clock

Edna Bowen has completed preparation work to enable the commencement of tombstone transcriptions of the Swan Hill Cemetery. Anyone interested in helping at either the Library or the Cemetery can contact Edna.

OLD SURVEY MAPS OF SWAN HILL
We thank Allie Evans for the donation of two early survey maps of Swan Hill to our Society. Allie has also donated 15 early survey maps to the Swan Hill Library.

DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS
Hans Proebsting is preparing a Directory of Members' Interests for the Swan Hill Members. It is hoped that this will be available in the near future. Anyone who wishes to be included in the Directory and has not yet done so, should contact Hans immediately/

'IN SEARCH OF A BETTER WAY'  by Aubrey Harris
'In Search of a Better Way' is a family history about John Harris and his descendants, covering a period between 1841 - 1984. John Harris was born in Barnstaple, Devon and migrated to Melbourne from Bristol in 1841

The reader is acquainted with farming life in the 1850's commencing at Mailor's Flat in the Western District and later to the north of the state at Swan Hill. Photographs of descendants (covering many generation), homes, certificates, headstones, farm machinery and other documents such as school registers and shipping records combine to familiarize the reader with the Harris family

"In Search of a Batter Way' is a wonderful family history which expands on the early history in Victoria making it a valuable resource. Our thanks for his donation to our Library.

SNIPPETS

Papua New Guinea Certificates
Birth, Death an Marriage Certificates for Papua New Guinea are obtainable from:

Registrar General's Office
PO Box 1281
Port Moresby
Papua, New Guinea

Eire Certificates
Change of Address - Civil registration certificates of Births, Deaths and Marriages post 1856 in Eire are now available from:

8-11 Lombard Street East
Dublin 2, Eire

The Registrar General
New Register House
Edinburgh EH1 3YT
Scotland

The Registrar of Probates
IAC Building
345 King William Street
Adelaide                       (from the Genealogist, Mar 85)

CORNWALL
Richard A. Ross and his wife have a Cornwall Marriage Register and are willing to help anyone. Send 2 international replay coupons to them at:

68815 Ortega Road
Cathedral City
CA 92234
California
United States of America

Sources at the Cornwall Record Office
Parish Registers  The registers of baptisms, marriages and burials constitute the main sources of family history before 1837. There are 257 parishes in Cornwall, of which about 220 have deposited registers at the GRO

Bishops Transcripts  These are contemporary copies of the parish registers. Usually Cornish Bishops transcripts are split between the C.R.O. and Devon Record Office.

Probate Records  Wills and administrations of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall 1600-1857 are available at the C.R.O. Those for peculiars of the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of Exeter (28 parishes) were destroyed in the last war.

Census Returns  Microfilm copies of the Cornwall census returns of 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1871 are held at the C.R.O. There is a charge of £1 for each reel consulted. Copies of returns for 1881 are held at the Local Studies Library, Redruth.

Other Records  A number of 19th and 20th Century Registers for Methodist and other denominations have been deposited. No Roman Catholic registers are held.

Postal and Telephone Enquiries.
Staff can only give a limited time to each enquiry. Searches of records can only be undertaken for payment. Send s.a.e. for details.

Certified Copies of entries in baptism, burial and pre 1837 marriage registers held can be supplied at £2 each. Certificate from post 1837 marriage registers can be issued at £5 each. Full details of parish, date, etc. must be given. Please do not send any remittance until
an invoice has been received.

C's for thought

Conversation  Speak, copy, record, any and all information you can gather from friends, relatives, officials, books, photos, newspaper clippings, old Bibles, address books etc.

Correspondence  Write to anybody you feel you may be able to help you in your quest. Include a stamped addressed envelope when writing in Australia.  Remember the receiver is not obliged to answer back. When writing overseas you must include 3 International Stamp Coupons (from the Post Office) or two of their own stamps (from special stamp shops i.e. Max Stern, Port Phillip Arcade, Melbourne). Be brief, but include all relevant information. Leave 1¼" margin when writing to the G.S.V. for filing purposes. Keep and file copies of all your letters.

Cemeteries  There are 920 cemeteries in Victoria. The three Societies (G.S.V., A.I.G.S. and The Latter Day Saints) are indexing the tombstones and registers transcribed by groups like ours. These cards can be checked when you are in Melbourne.

Certificates The Birth Death and Marriage Certificates from the Government Statist can be a valuable asset to your research. When filling out the forms, give all the information you have, but they are very helpful if you only have the bare facts. "No Record Result" means the books have been checked by two archivists, and you have to re-think the problem.

The costs at October 1984 are:

Courage and Patience  These you will learn to handle as you progress.

Collating and Filing  Preserve all your finds in Copy-Safe plastic covers, manila folders, expanding file system, alphabet phone book to carry round easily, and file them YOUR way. No two systems are the same. Name and date all photos and finds.

MUSEUM OF EMIGRATION IN LIVERPOOL

This museum is developing a major international maritime museum on Liverpool's historic waterfront. One of the most important objectives will be to tell the story of the thousands of Europeans who passed through the Port of Lverpool during the 19th and 20th centuries on their way to make a new life in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It is hoped to incorporate an 'emigration bureau' to assist visitors with preliminary enquiries into how their ancestors may have started their journey indicating the main source both here and in in their home countries which may help piece the story together.
In particular to establish any 'case studies' of the reasons which led the families to emigrate from Europe, their experience in transit (if known) and how their lives were developed once they reached their destination. If any families or members of local societies whose ancestors passed through Liverpool on the outward journey, Merseyside County Council would like to hear from you.