In this opening article for 2018, Meg Bate, GSV's Assistant Library Manager, gives an update on the recent additions to the unique GSV Cemeteries Database.
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GSV Cemeteries database
This index contains nearly a million references from cemetery records mostly relating to Victoria. It includes memorial inscriptions or burial registers from our collection. The Society has been transcribing cemetery records since the 1950s and although there are now online websites for cemeteries (with many including photographs), some of those early headstones have disappeared or become illegible or even been destroyed by vandals. Members may use our free Quick Look-up to obtain further details in many cases. A fee for a Quick look-up is charged for non-members.
Added to GSV Cemeteries database:
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Branxholme cemetery register & headstones 1852-1982 |
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Bannockburn cemetery register and headstones 1860-1985 |
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Natimuk cemetery headstones 25/9/1874-1986, registers 26/1/1888-8/4/1986 |
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Mt Koroite Coleraine, Vic: private burial ground of the Young family |
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North Portland cemetery register 1867-1934 |
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Port Fairy (Belfast) cemetery 3 Mar 1904 - 27 Feb 1970 |
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Rheola (Berlin) cemetery register 1/9/1873 to 2/3/1982 |
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Leopold cemetery register 1860-1981 |
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Woolsthorpe cemetery headstones 12.7.1873 - 4.10.1981 |
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Outtrim cemetery register and headstones 3.1897 - 15.4.1946. |
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Survey of the Hopetoun cemetery carried out in the year 1984 for the Hopetoun Historical Society: headstones 28 Feb 1890 to Aug 1984 |
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Meringur cemetery register and headstones 1930 to 1982 |
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Yackandandah cemetery headstones 1858-1980 |
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Wychitella cemetery transcript 1866-1967 |
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Fawkner cemetery (Vic) monumental inscriptions: Presbyterian sections A-F Fawkner cemetery (Vic) monumental inscriptions: Church of England sections A-H |
Added to GSV Genealogical Index of names
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Transportation of female convicts to Sydney aboard the Kains in 1830-1831 |
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The early families of Whroo |
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Eaglehawk early settlers, Milligan & extended families |
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Two squatters: the lives of George Playne and Daniel Jennings |
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Victoria Mercantile Marine Office articles of agreement index 1887-1889 |
Genealogical Index of Names (GIN), containing about 4 million references to people mentioned in our library and elsewhere, is available for members only. GIN comprises the LINX databases held in our library, some with images. However, not all entries are included in GIN for copyright or commercial reasons. Data is added regularly. Members may use our free Quick look-up to obtain further details in many cases. A fee for a Quick look-up is charged for non-members.