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MEETINGS 2019

BDGS Meeting
BDGS Meeting

Ballarat & District Genealogical Society
PO Box 1809 Bakery Hill Mail Centre Vic 3354 Australia

4th Tuesday of each month (except Dec & Jan) 7:30pm, Meeting Room, Ballarat Central Library 178 Doveton Street North, Ballarat

An engaging program of subjects of interest to the genealogist is being arranged. Come along to the meetings and listen to those many and varied guest speakers, ask questions and find some answers to those hard to solve problems.


2019 MEETING DATES 2019

Tuesday 26th February - Paul Jenkins MLA for Ballarat West (1992-1999) - Jenkins families are inextricably woven into the history of Sebastopol. Come along and hear interesting stories of this suburb of Ballarat famed for deep lead gold mining.

Tuesday 26th March - Who Do You Think You Are? with BDGS researcher Helen Mollison
BBC crew filmed in Ballarat in March 2017 for a program about the ancestors of Craig Revel Horwood, a Ballarat boy, now a British TV celebrity. This episode was screened in Australia on Saturday 9th February 2019 so we are now able to show you the Ballarat section. Hear from Helen how the genealogical research was done and presented.

Tuesday 23rd April - Barbara Harris, BDGS Vice President speaking on the duties of a country cemetery secretary.

Tuesday 28th May - Carol Armstrong -Stalag XV111 A An insight into a POW's life 1941-1945.

Tuesday 25th June - Richard Gilbert has been involved with the Ballarat Tramways Museum for the past 47 years.

Tuesday 23rd July

Tuesday 27th August - AGM Anne Beggs-Sunter

Tuesday 24th September - Susie Zada - DNA: in Focus - and in English

Tuesday 22nd October - Robert Hamilton - Freemasons in Ballarat

Tuesday 26th November - Demonstration of the expectations of the re-build of the Society's website by Jenny Burrell. Christmas Quiz and Breakup. 

Please note that the Library Meeting Room at the Ballarat Library is no longer available due to building works. In 2020 meetings of the Ballarat and District Genealogical Society will be held on the 4th Tuesday of each month (except Dec & Jan) at 7:30pm at the Ballarat North Community Centre, 702 Walker Street, North Ballarat, 3350. This can be reached by travelling north on Doveton Street. The Centre has been refurbished and has plenty of easy parking. Please join us in February when we talk about record keeping for family historians. Jenny Burrell and Betty Slater will lead the discussions and show examples of various ways of recording and storing documents and photos.

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • BALLARAT INDEXES FOR SALE
    • BALLARAT LINK - NEWSLETTERS
    • BDGS COLLECTION
    • MEETINGS
    • MEETING ARCHIVE
    • NEWS
    • SURNAMES OF INTEREST
  • RESOURCES
    • BALLARAT NEWSPAPERS
    • BALLARAT TELEPHONE 1940
    • CRESWICK-FRANKLIN RATEROLL 1876
    • GOLD MINERS
    • MAYORS OF BALLARAT
    • SOME BALLAARAT PIONEERS
    • STOCK BRANDS 1855 ~1860s
    • THE BARRETT COLLECTION 2016
    • VICTORIAN MINING ACCIDENT INDEX
    • 1873 PETITION FARMERS W&D
    • 1891 WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE PETITION
    • BALLARAT AND VICINITY
    • BALLARAT BANKING CO 1921-24
    • BALLARAT CEMETERIES
    • BALLARAT DIVORCES 1890-1924
    • BALLARAT DISTRICT SCHOOLS
    • HOME FRONT BALLARAT WW1
  • BALLARAT HISTORY
    • BALLAARAT MINING DISTRICT 1869
    • BALLARAT HISTORIC TIMELINE
    • EUREKA
    • GALLERY 1 - BALLARAT POSTCARDS
    • SEBASTOPOL HISTORY
    • THE GOLDEN CHAIN
    • THE WELCOME NUGGET
    • UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOS
    • VIDEO LIVING BALLARAT
  • RESEARCH
    • ABOUT FAMILY HISTORY
    • BALLARAT BENEVOLENT ASYLUM
    • BALLARAT DISTRICT MAP
    • BALLARAT DISTRICT RESEARCH
    • CHINESE
    • CHURCHES
    • DIRECTORIES
    • EUREKA
    • EX PRISONERS OF WAR MEMORIAL
    • GETTING STARTED WITH GENEALOGY
    • GOLD MINERS
    • HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
    • HOSPITALS
    • HOTELS
    • LETTERS & JOURNALS
    • MILITARY
  • CONTACT US
  • MEMBERSHIP
    • BECOME A MEMBER
    • MY MEMBERSHIP