Family Research 'Drop In' - New Format
1 pm 'Drop in Open' - Class Room 2 will be open for group members to settle in with devices and start working on the area/s they have focused on for the day.
1.30pm . Convenor/Mentor./s will begin working with participants.
2pm. Group discussion - pains and gains, stories to be shared, what participants are working on, what they would like help with.
2.30 Review and support for any jointly occurring issues in the group
2.45 ish. Coffee break
3pm. 'Back to work' on devices with help from mentors/other group members.
3.50 to 4 pm Winding up, including arrangements for one to one appointment times to complete any learning needs worked on during the session if requested.
4 pm See you next time!
Note -
*Coffee will be available throughout the afternoon.
*There are naturally occurring 'Drop In' points eg. at the start; for the discussion, and 'Drop Out' points eg. after the discussion, or when goals for the day have been achieved.
In addition to working on tasks, we talked about many things! Here are some resources which came up in our discussion:
Cousin's Calculator and Chart
Cousin's Calculator and Chart - Family Tree Magazine https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/cousin-chart
Cousin Calculator - Hand out (distribute)
Homesteads in Family History
The link between Winton's Margaret Sophia Lindsay nee Weston from Judy Borthwick's Nurses' project and the 1850's Somerton farm project which Val's ancestors were involved in, appears to confirm Val's hypothesis that a number of families moved from Dr Wilson's Summerhill farm project at Somerton/Wollert to settle in the Mokoan/Winton area during the 1860's.
The Age, Monday 2 Feb 1857 p1 "HERNON, MARY. — Ship Phoebe Dunbar. Write to John Hernon, care Dr. Wilson, Summerhill, Post-office, Somerton."
Article - A visit to Dr Wilson's farm at Somerton ... https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/179479980/19220278
Dry Stone Walls Study - Mentions Dr Wilson https://dswaa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Dry-Stone-Walls-Study-2022-1.pdf
Photograph of Summer Hill at Craigieburn (c Wollert)
The relevant historical society is not obvious on the web, but there are some possibilities:
Thomastown - Lalor - Epping Memories on Facebook mention Somerton Railway Station, which opened in the 1880's -
www.facebook.com/groups/31885330970/posts/10158217295025971/
Melton and District Historical Society - contact researcher?
10 Pyke Place, Kurunjang 3337 VIC Australia
0409 306 640
[email protected]
Whittlesea Historical Society? Craigieburn Historical Society?
Follow up to Judy's Post-Cards Blog Post
We received notification that comments had been added to Judy's Post-cards blog post. Judy has followed up through responding to the comments. An example of a comments chain... u3abenalla.weebly.com/family-research---getting-started/serendipity-judy-finds-old-postcards-to-fish-creek-ancestors-at-an-antiques-bric-a-brac-store-in-warracknabeal
The information in the comments provides a good example of a family tree which is available on the broader internet rather than through ancestry - the Wooster family tree project. https://woosterfamily.co.uk/TNG/getperson.php?personID=I02709&tree=GWTpublic
1 pm 'Drop in Open' - Class Room 2 will be open for group members to settle in with devices and start working on the area/s they have focused on for the day.
1.30pm . Convenor/Mentor./s will begin working with participants.
2pm. Group discussion - pains and gains, stories to be shared, what participants are working on, what they would like help with.
2.30 Review and support for any jointly occurring issues in the group
2.45 ish. Coffee break
3pm. 'Back to work' on devices with help from mentors/other group members.
3.50 to 4 pm Winding up, including arrangements for one to one appointment times to complete any learning needs worked on during the session if requested.
4 pm See you next time!
Note -
*Coffee will be available throughout the afternoon.
*There are naturally occurring 'Drop In' points eg. at the start; for the discussion, and 'Drop Out' points eg. after the discussion, or when goals for the day have been achieved.
In addition to working on tasks, we talked about many things! Here are some resources which came up in our discussion:
Cousin's Calculator and Chart
Cousin's Calculator and Chart - Family Tree Magazine https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/cousin-chart
Cousin Calculator - Hand out (distribute)
Homesteads in Family History
The link between Winton's Margaret Sophia Lindsay nee Weston from Judy Borthwick's Nurses' project and the 1850's Somerton farm project which Val's ancestors were involved in, appears to confirm Val's hypothesis that a number of families moved from Dr Wilson's Summerhill farm project at Somerton/Wollert to settle in the Mokoan/Winton area during the 1860's.
The Age, Monday 2 Feb 1857 p1 "HERNON, MARY. — Ship Phoebe Dunbar. Write to John Hernon, care Dr. Wilson, Summerhill, Post-office, Somerton."
Article - A visit to Dr Wilson's farm at Somerton ... https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/179479980/19220278
Dry Stone Walls Study - Mentions Dr Wilson https://dswaa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Dry-Stone-Walls-Study-2022-1.pdf
Photograph of Summer Hill at Craigieburn (c Wollert)
The relevant historical society is not obvious on the web, but there are some possibilities:
Thomastown - Lalor - Epping Memories on Facebook mention Somerton Railway Station, which opened in the 1880's -
www.facebook.com/groups/31885330970/posts/10158217295025971/
Melton and District Historical Society - contact researcher?
10 Pyke Place, Kurunjang 3337 VIC Australia
0409 306 640
[email protected]
Whittlesea Historical Society? Craigieburn Historical Society?
Follow up to Judy's Post-Cards Blog Post
We received notification that comments had been added to Judy's Post-cards blog post. Judy has followed up through responding to the comments. An example of a comments chain... u3abenalla.weebly.com/family-research---getting-started/serendipity-judy-finds-old-postcards-to-fish-creek-ancestors-at-an-antiques-bric-a-brac-store-in-warracknabeal
The information in the comments provides a good example of a family tree which is available on the broader internet rather than through ancestry - the Wooster family tree project. https://woosterfamily.co.uk/TNG/getperson.php?personID=I02709&tree=GWTpublic
Bev Lee