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A Family History Feast 2009
The Family History Feast is a day of free information sessions for family history researchers. The day includes the annual Victorian Association of Family History Organisations (VAFHO) Don Grant Lecture.
The annual event runs during National Family History Week and is organised by the Public Record Office Victoria; National Archives of Australia (Victorian office); Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages; and State Library of Victoria.
Time: Monday 3 August 2009, 10am–4pm
Venue: Village Roadshow Theatrette, State Library of Victoria (Entry 3, La Trobe Street)
Bookings essential: 03 9348 5600, toll free 1800 657 452, or email reception@prov.vic.gov.au
Cost: Entry is free
Program
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9.30am |
Doors open |
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10–10.15am |
Welcome
Anne-Marie Schwirtlich, CEO and State Librarian |
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10.15–11am |
The Geelong Heritage Centre collection: what can you find in Victoria’s largest regional archive?
Mark Beasley, Manager, Geelong Heritage Centre |
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11–11.45am |
VicHeritage at Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages: an overview of current projects
Anne Levens, VicHeritage Projects Manager, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages |
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11.45am-12.30pm |
Public Records Office Victoria: online and in person
Tara Hossack, Coordinator, Access Services, Public Record Office Victoria |
| 12.30–1.30pm |
Lunch (own expense)
Screening of Who Do You Think You Are?, Season 1, Episode 2 (Film Australia production in association with Artemis International and Serendipity Productions)
Visit Experimedia to see what can be achieved with digital storytelling, an increasingly popular and easy way to turn your genealogy information and photographs into visually stimulating multimedia presentations. |
| 1.30–2.15pm |
Multicultural Australia: finding its story in the National Archives
Mark Brennan, Assistant Director, Access & Communications, National Archives of Australia, Melbourne |
| 2.15–3pm |
Your family story in history: using Redmond Barry's vision of a great library
Vicki Nelson, Redmond Barry Collections Librarian, State Library of Victoria |
| 3–4pm |
Introduction to Victorian Association of Family History Organisations (VAFHO) and the Don Grant Lecture
Jenny Harkness, VAFHO President |
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| Don Grant Lecture - Family history and women’s history: critical intersections
Patricia Grimshaw, University of Melbourne |
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