Ian, it is always welcome to post questions to mailing lists such as this when it relates to the actual list area. Often others have the same questions too or can learn from the advice. I suggest you list a couple of questions and the families you are looking for. You will get better results often if you can supply some details such as dates of birth death marriage, occupation etc about the person/s and what you want to know. These messages can even be searched by people in years to come so you never know when you may have a response. If you are looking in Geelong then try searching in the geelong history centres on line index of books held . http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdbksrc1.asp Info on visiting them and what they hold is also here http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/index.htm Good luck Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: Ian Donaldson <allsure@iprimus.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:20 PM Subject: [GEELONG] Help!!! I need a mentor! > > G'day > > > I would like some help and advice please. > > I have been doing research on my families that have all lived in the Geelong > district, and to now I have had a reasonable amount of success. > > However I have now come to a point where I would appreciate some real > guidance in sorting out dozens of matters that I have little knowledge of. > Some of these are shipping records, unregistered births, places of > residence, IGI records, identification of photos (etc). > > Is there a group or Club that I could contact or would it be OK to ask the > various questions that I have through this group?. > > > Thanks and regards > > > Ian Donaldson > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong & District Surnames of Interest : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdname.htm >