Mr Douglas Browning
Mr Douglas Browning – MAAGRA
Special Interests: England and Wales. Consultations in research methods and sources.
Location: Victoria
Biography:
Lecturer and researcher; transcription of documents in English of any age; Lancashire; London.
email: [email protected]
telephone bh & ah: 03 8637 4730
PO Box 1007, RINGWOOD, VIC 3134, Australia
Office Bearer: Treasurer
Ms Rachel M. Croucher
Ms Rachel M. Croucher – BA (Melb), MA (Monash), MAAGRA
Special Interests: Forensic Genealogy; Adoption; Mixed Ancestries; The Holocaust and Genocide; European History; German Language and History; Irish History; Irish Passports; Sikh Migration Waves in Australia Since the Turn of the 20th Century; Pre- and Post-World War II Lithuanian Migration Waves; The Regions of Gippsland and East Gippsland in Victoria with a particular emphasis on her hometown of Bairnsdale.
email: [email protected]
website: www.originsrn.com
postal address: PO Box 402, North Melbourne VIC 3051
Record agent and Genealogist
Office Bearer: Vice-President
Mr Peter Gill
Mr Peter Gill – BA, B.Ed, MAAGRA
Special Interests: Shipping and immigration, education records, public buildings, inquests/wills.
State/Location specialty: Victoria
Biography:
Peter Gill has been searching in genealogical and family history records for the past 20 years. His experience has developed from an extensive teaching career, which included working in several different libraries. Peter worked in 2 different Melbourne newspaper offices prior to commencing teaching, so he has a broad and practical research background. Has a long interest in Australian sporting history, inquests, probates and wills.
email: [email protected]
website: http://genealogypro.com/pgill.html
telephone bh & ah: 03 9885 2203 fax: 03 9885 7195
2 Mernda Avenue, ASHBURTON, VIC 3147, Australia
Record Agent
Office Bearer: Committee member
Mr Peter Matthews
Mr Peter Matthews, Dip Ed, B Ed, Grad Dip Ed Admin, MAAGRA
Special Interests: in schools, country Victorian towns, wills and probates, and cemetery records
State/Location specialty: VIC
Biography:
Prior to beginning this business Peter Matthews was a teacher for 40 years, and a School Principal for half of that time. His most recent Principal role was at a complex multi-campus school and required significant managerial, leadership and technical skills. He has a close attention to detail, documentation and precise planning, and meeting the requirements of clients. He provides general research work for clients as well as genealogical research and advice.
email: [email protected] http://www.pmresearch.info/
telephone bh: 0427 330 132 mobile: 0427 330 132
PM Research Services, 8 Vickers Street, Kialla, VIC 3631, Australia
Record Agent
Mrs Anita Payne
Mrs Carmel Reynen
Mrs Carmel Reynen
Education:
- Diploma Professional Writing and Editing
- Subjects completed with University Tasmania for Family History
- Certificate of Genealogy Society of Australian Genealogists
Location: Central Victoria with access to Public Record Office, Ballarat
Special Interest: is in making stories from life events, newspapers etc to bring history back to life.
- Dating photographs
- Cemetery Photography
- Repatriation records for return soldiers
Biography: I have over 40 years of Genealogical Experience and have taken part in a number of short courses in genealogy over that time.
Have also been responsible for a local genealogical newsletter for the past eight years. I also administer a number of facebook sites for genealogical interests, however also very aware of privacy issues.
Have also given talks to various Societies re using TROVE, Facebook for Genealogy, searching Military Records as well as using Birth, Death and Marriage Records.
email: [email protected]
Ms Phoebe Wilkens
Ms Phoebe Wilkens
Adv. Diploma Local, Family & Applied History, B. Historical Inquiry & Practice, member of the PHA, MAAGRA.
Special interests include, family history and genealogical research, family trees, local historical research, discovering the history of your home, property or business, breaking down ‘brick walls’ and solving family mysteries.
I have many years of experience working with and utilising records from the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) and the National Archives of Australia, the State Library of Victoria, the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, the Australian War Memorial, as well as local historical institutions and societies.
I also have vast experience working with English, Irish and Scottish records as well as experience working with Dutch and Dutch East Indian records.
Location: Victoria
email: [email protected]
website: www.bornandbredhistoricalresearch.com.au
telephone: 0402 682 329
postal address: PO Box 429, Brunswick, Victoria 3055 OR E3 Federal Mills Park, 33 Mackey Street, North Geelong, Victoria, 3215
Mrs Anne Young
Mrs Anne Young – Grad. Dip., M. Litt. Local & Applied History (UNE); MAAGRA
Special Interests: Working directly with family history researchers
State/Location specialty: Victoria
Biography:
Using a range of materials, both paper and digital, I provide relevant, well-sourced information that answer the questions of clients in a professional, cost-effective and timely manner. I have a Graduate Diploma in Local and Applied History (UNE, 1999) and a Master of Letters (Australian History) (UNE, 2001). I deal directly with family history researchers, and I have also provided professional services through ancestry.com’s ExpertConnect service, completing 96 projects, with an average 5-star rating, the maximum.
email: [email protected]
website: http://sites.google.com/site/anneyoungsresearchservice/
facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AYfamilyhistory/
telephone: 0420 665 308
PO Box 122W, BALLARAT WEST, VIC 3350, Australia
Record Agent and Genealogist
Office Bearer: Secretary