G'day Judith I have a book called "The Heritage of Lethbridge" and the Matthey & Perdrisat families get quite a mention. Would this be of any help to you? Regards Ian Donaldson > I have just joined this list, although I have been researching my family for > some time. > > I've had a browse through the website, and the index names. A bit > spine-tingling to see my ggrandmothers name (Julia MATTHEY (BILES) in the > index, just as I'm copying her death certificate. > > Is it possible to obtain copies of either of the books referred to:- > The Geelong Swiss: record of some 19th Century Families > >From Boudry to the Barrabool Hills: the Swiss Vignerons of Geelong ? > > Would love to hear from anyone who may be researching any of the above > names. >

Hello Ian, I'm sure it would be of great assistance in filling in background. Many of the families seemed to be from around Lethbridge, and in fact quite a few are buried there. Although I have quite a few names and dates for family members, my father, who was a grandson of Julia BILES and Alfred MATTHEY, died in 1948, so I know very little background information. Is the book commercially available? I see it is in the GSV library. Regards, Judy Thomas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Donaldson" <allsure@iprimus.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Biles/Matthey/Perdrisat G'day Judith I have a book called "The Heritage of Lethbridge" and the Matthey & Perdrisat families get quite a mention. Would this be of any help to you? Regards Ian Donaldson > I have just joined this list, although I have been researching my family for > some time. > > I've had a browse through the website, and the index names. A bit > spine-tingling to see my ggrandmothers name (Julia MATTHEY (BILES) in the > index, just as I'm copying her death certificate. > > Is it possible to obtain copies of either of the books referred to:- > The Geelong Swiss: record of some 19th Century Families > >From Boudry to the Barrabool Hills: the Swiss Vignerons of Geelong ? > > Would love to hear from anyone who may be researching any of the above > names. > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== Geelong Family History Group : http://home.vicnet.net.au/~gfamhist/index.htm

Hi Judith, The Geelong Family History Group have "The Geelong Swiss" listed on their publications site so it looks like that is still available .... http://home.vicnet.net.au/~gfamhist/publicat.htm "The Heritage of Lethbridge" is definitely available - I think the cheapest place to purchase is the Golden Plains Shire ..... Was there last week and there are copies sitting on their front counter for sale. http://www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au/ And I vaguely remember seeing "From Boudry to the Barrabool Hills" still on the bookshelves at the Geelong Heritage Centre for sale. I think they also had Heritage of Lethbridge for sale there as well but may be dearer than at Golden Plains Shire. Geelong Historical Records Centre 51 Little Malop Street, Geelong, Vic 3220 Australia (above Geelong City Library) Email : heritage@geelongcity.vic.gov.au Phone : (03) 5221 7007 Fax : (03) 5221 1328 You should also be able to get all of them through inter-library loan from your local library. Hope that helps ....... Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Thomas" <judythom@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 10:48 PM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Biles/Matthey/Perdrisat > Hello Ian, > > I'm sure it would be of great assistance in filling in background. Many of > the families seemed to be from around Lethbridge, and in fact quite a few > are buried there. Although I have quite a few names and dates for family > members, my father, who was a grandson of Julia BILES and Alfred MATTHEY, > died in 1948, so I know very little background information. > > Is the book commercially available? I see it is in the GSV library. > > Regards, > > Judy Thomas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Donaldson" <allsure@iprimus.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 9:57 PM > Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Biles/Matthey/Perdrisat > > > G'day Judith > > I have a book called "The Heritage of Lethbridge" and the Matthey & > Perdrisat families get quite a mention. > > Would this be of any help to you? > > Regards > > > Ian Donaldson > > > > > > I have just joined this list, although I have been researching my family > for > > some time. > > > > I've had a browse through the website, and the index names. A bit > > spine-tingling to see my ggrandmothers name (Julia MATTHEY (BILES) in the > > index, just as I'm copying her death certificate. > > > > Is it possible to obtain copies of either of the books referred to:- > > The Geelong Swiss: record of some 19th Century Families > > >From Boudry to the Barrabool Hills: the Swiss Vignerons of Geelong ? > > > > Would love to hear from anyone who may be researching any of the above > > names. > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong Family History Group : > http://home.vicnet.net.au/~gfamhist/index.htm > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong & District Churches : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdchur.htm > >