D P S Melbourne Family History and Genealogy Group

D P S Melbourne Family History and Genealogy Group We are a Family History Group of over thirty years. DPS Family History Group began 29 years ago, we have no joining fee or annual subscription.

Our motto is "Preserving Our Past for the Future", There are no membership fees, we are a not for profit group, simply researchers assisting researchers. We ask for a small donation per meeting to cover the cost of tea, coffee and milk. We also ask that each person brings along a plate of goodies to share for afternoon tea. We meet at Watsonia Library. Meetings are held from January to November o

n the Fourth Sunday from 1 pm doors open Meeting is from 1.30pm o to 4.00pm. At each meeting we may have a Guest Speaker from 2pm or help sessions on various subjects i.e. Computer, Family History or new Tech Products. At each meeting after the talk or help sessions and afternoon tea we have a discussion time where each person can speak about their genealogical finds or ask for assistance with their Family History. Our members with their vast range of knowledge in Genealogy are our best resource. One of our objectives is to encourage people who are new to Family History and help them make connections with as yet undiscovered ancestors. After attending three meetings new members are invited to subscribe to our mailing list which is very active with helpful hints and Family History information. Whether you are new to Family History or an experienced researcher you are most welcome to join us.

24/08/2025

https://austcemindex.com/
Another Australian Cemetery Site well worth a look, and like the Australian Cemeteries website it has been around years more than findagrave or billion graves.
This site has Over 6300 cemeteries, 2.9 million inscriptions and 1 million images online

Search for headstone inscriptions or cemeteries.

D P S Meeting today. Thank you to all who attended, we had a great presentation by our member David who has a depth of ...
24/08/2025

D P S Meeting today.
Thank you to all who attended, we had a great presentation by our member David who has a depth of knowledge on many of the Victorian cemeteries scattered throughout the State.
He reminded us of this site:
https://www.australiancemeteries.com.au/
This site digs down further on what records may exist, who might have these records, such as a cemetery trust, contact details, burial lists and more. Regards Lyn

'australian cemeteries with linked cemetery details, burial registers, headstone transcripts and photographs for your family history.

16/08/2025

The next DPS Meeting is on August 24th.
Unfortunately the Watsonia Library needs to close on this day and the next so we have relocated the venue to the Ivanhoe Library site.
This is at 275 Upper Heidelberg road, Ivanhoe.(Next to the Town Hall)
We will be in the Library Community Room 1.
The time frame remains the same, 1pm to 4pm with our talk beginning at 1.30. We do ask for a $2 donation to cover costs of our presenter and drinks.
This months presentation is by David Weatherill on the Warringal & Old Heidelberg (Hawdon street) Cemeteries.
David has a depth of knowledge on many cemeteries in Victoria.
Details are available on the Yarra Plenty Regional Library site also.

Send a message to learn more

https://ia601601.us.archive.org/12/items/bookofenglishtra00unse/bookofenglishtra00unse.pdfBook of English Trades - An in...
16/08/2025

https://ia601601.us.archive.org/12/items/bookofenglishtra00unse/bookofenglishtra00unse.pdf
Book of English Trades - An interesting book published in 1827 available via the web archive as a pdf. Lots of trades covered such as glass blowers, brewer, brick maker, gun maker, hair dresser, lace make, paper maker, tin plate worker, attorney, baker and much more. Has 86 wood cut pictures.

https://englishancestors.blog/2024/09/20/housing-the-urban-poor-in-19th-century-england/Housing the urban poor in 19th c...
16/08/2025

https://englishancestors.blog/2024/09/20/housing-the-urban-poor-in-19th-century-england/
Housing the urban poor in 19th century England -
Blog of Janice Heppenstall a professional genealogist covers early 1800-1850 England, with the rapid development of towns as people move from rural areas into cities. Thus the increasing number of 'urban poor'.
Janice applies this to how we can use this information in our research
*Look for old photos of the addresses where your families lived
*Use the largest scale maps you can find to identify yards or courtyards, especially with back-to-backs
*Look for multiple households at one address in the census
*Look for families living in cellars

“THE EDITUR OF THE TIMES PAPERSur, — May we beg and beseech your proteckshion and power. We are Sur, as it may be, livin in a Wilderniss, so far as the rest of London knows anything of us, or…

16/08/2025

https://www.clydeships.co.uk/
Scottish Built Ships - Welcome to the Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. This web site aims to present the vital information and the careers of all vessels built by the shipyards of Scotland.
It is very much a "work in progress", so far recording over 40,000 vessels and their histories. In addition, it is planned to add brief histories of each shipbuilder.

Welcome to the Caledonian Maritime Research Trust

https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/3007557Family Search- South Australia Will & Probate Records 1844 to 1...
16/08/2025

https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/3007557
Family Search- South Australia Will & Probate Records 1844 to 1916. You need to register, which is free, with Family Search

This collection includes probate records and inheritance tax records from South Australia. The original records are located in the State Records of South Australia, Adelaide.

Trove - New Additions
16/08/2025

Trove - New Additions

Explore items that have recently been digitised and made available in Trove. Curious to see what's in the pipeline? Take a look at our coming soon page. You can also see what’s new and coming soon from the National Library of Australia.

https://www.geograph.org.uk/United Kingdom Project-The Geograph® Britain and Ireland project aims to collect geographica...
16/08/2025

https://www.geograph.org.uk/
United Kingdom Project-The Geograph® Britain and Ireland project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometer of Great Britain and Ireland, and you can be part of it.
Since 2005, 14,027 contributors have submitted 8,088,924 images covering 283,278 grid squares, or 85.3% of the total squares

Geograph Britain and Ireland is a web-based project to collect and reference geographically representative images of every square kilometre of the British Isles.

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/geographical-names-board/resources/historical/place-names-bookNew South ...
13/08/2025

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/geographical-names-board/resources/historical/place-names-book
New South Wales Place Names Book 1954
Please note, the alphabetical list of names of historical cities, towns, villages, bores, stations, lakes and many more features in this book may contain additional entries that were made after the final entry. Please check last page of each section for these additions.

The Place Names of NSW book from 1954, which lists the cities, towns, villages, bores, stations and lakes in the state at that time.

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DPS Family History Group has been going for 27 years, is a not for profit group, we have no joining fee or annual subscription. We ask for a small donation per meeting to cover the cost of tea, coffee and milk. We also ask that each person brings along a plate of goodies to share for afternoon tea. Meetings Are held from January to November on the Fourth Sunday from 1 pm to 4.00pm. We meet in the Community Room at Watsonia Library. At each meeting we usually have a Guest Speaker from 1.30pm or help sessions on various subjects i.e. Computer, Family History or new Tech Products. At each meeting after the talk and afternoon tea we have a discussion time where each person talks of their genealogical finds or asks for assistance with their Family History. Our members with their vast range of knowledge in Genealogy are our best resource. One of our objectives is to assist people who use computers for Family History. Also after attending at least 3 meetings people are invited to subscribe to our mailing list which is very active with helpful hints and Family History information. Whether you are new to Family History or an experienced researcher you are most welcome to join us.