Just a reminder that the 5th Victorian Family History State Conference "Settlers in the Sun" is now only two weeks away. Mildura, where the Conference will be held, is on the NSW/VIC border and is approximatey 30km east of Wentworth, 10km west of Gol Gol, and 117km east of the SA border. Although the Conference is held in Victoria it is not only just for those with Victorian interests. A broad range of topics encompassing everything from how to trace your ancestry, getting organised, using internet resources, WWI & WWII records, convict records, immigration records and schemes, local history records, and much more, will be covered by speakers from ACT, NSW, SA, TAS, VIC and NZ. A selection of six pre-conference workshops will be run on Friday 16th April. Each workshop runs for a duration of 3 hours and include: - Doing your family history in Five Minutes - Writing & Publishing your Family History - Caring for your collection - Workshop of South Australian research - Delving into old family photographs - dating and identifying - Settlers, Selectors and Speculators If you are unable to attend the Conference, however would like a copy of the Conference Papers, you will be pleased to learn we are accepting orders. Further information and Registration Forms for the Conference to be held in Mildura on 16th - 18th April 2004, can be found on our website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ausmdgs/2004.html or by contacting: 2004 Conference Organizing Committee P.O. Box 3467 Mildura 3502, VIC E-mail: SettlersintheSun@telstra.com Kind Regards Roz Voullaire roz@voullaire.com.au Secretary 2004 Conference Organizing Committee