23/10/2025
Events at GSV in November 2025
Please register on the website: https://www.gsv.org.au/current-and-upcoming-events
**Public Holiday - Melbourne Cup Day **
Please note that the GSV Library will be closed for the Melbourne Cup Day public holiday on November 4, 2025.
*DNA Study Group
Convener: Maureen Trotter.
This discussion circle is intended for intermediate to advanced genetic genealogy users.
04 Nov 2025 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
*GSV Writers Discussion Circle
Whether you are just starting or an experienced writer, the GSV Writers Circle connects you with like-minded, supportive members who want to make their family history research into readable stories.
05 Nov 2025 12:30 pm to 02:30 pm
*Early English Discussion Circle
Are you having problems finding those pre-1800s ancestors? Where can you go from here? What other sources can be used?
07 Nov 2025 01:30 pm to 03:00 pm
**Library Research Day GSV**
The GSV library will be open on Saturday, November 8, 2025, welcoming you from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. For a smooth and secure visit, please remember that advance booking is essential. Ensure you reserve your spot no later than noon on the preceding Friday. You can make your reservation by reaching out to us via phone or email.
08 Nov 2025 10:00 am to 03:00 pm
*Irish Ancestry Discussion Circle
Our November meeting is a face to face meeting only at the Kathleen Syme library in Faraday St, Carlton. The speaker is Damian Gleeson, a genealogist and historian specialising in Irish-Australia research. He will present on Irish convicts transported to New South Wales with particular emphasis on marriage, bigamy, and family estates.
08 Nov 2025 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm
*England and Wales Discussion Circle
The meetings of England & Wales Circle will focus on topics that are pertinent to the whole of England and Wales.
14 Nov 2025 01:30 pm to 03:00 pm
*ScotlandsPeople
Presenters: John Blackwood and Paula Mitchell
The ScotlandsPeople website, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk "is the official Scottish Government site for searching government records and archives. In this site you have access to the statutory registers of births, marriages and deaths; census returns; church records; evaluation rolls; and legal records from Scotland's courts of law including Kirk Sessions records".
17 Nov 2025 01:30 pm to 03:00 pm
*British India Discussion Circle
The British India Discussion Circle is for GSV members researching their family history in India between 1599 and Independence in 1947.
18 Nov 2025 07:30 pm to 08:30 pm
*FamilySearch Labs - New site features talk
Speaker: Jenny Harkness from FamilySearch
FamilySearch are developing new and potential site features which they are sharing with users before releasing them. These experimental features may be found through the FamilySearch Labs link on their home page. Jenny Harkness will talk about these new features and especially the Full Text Search function which provides the ability to search records before they are indexed.
19 Nov 2025 10:30 am to 11:30 am
*Joint Meeting - ISG & SAG Canada USA Group
22 Nov 2025 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
*Scottish Discussion Circle
Our most recent info is available on the Scottish Discussion Circle Noticeboard. The Circle meets 4 times a year in March, June, September and November on the 3rd Saturday afternoon to hear speakers, tell stories of Scottish history etc
22 Nov 2025 01:30 pm to 03:00 pm
*Family History Tips and Tools Discussion Circle
Convenor: Rebecca Landy
Another in our State to State series: President of the Tasmanian Family History Society, Robyn Gibson will give us a summary of the TFHS branches and the resources they hold.
26 Nov 2025 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
*Convicts and Transportation Discussion Circle
27 Nov 2025 01:30 pm to 03:00 pm
*Victoria and Tasmania Discussion Circle
Convenors: Jackie van Bergen and Michael Considine.
Finishing the year with a planning meeting and VicTas Book Club.
28 Nov 2025 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
