Current Projects

  1. The completion of a book in recognition of the year of the older person was completed for residents at a local retirement accommodation place, Ottrey Lodge. Residents were interviewed and stories and photographs were collated to create a small publication. 

  2. Recording of the Numurkah, Wunghnu and other local cemetery records onto computer disc to enable quicker research has been undertaken and we are able to do look ups.

  3. All the records for the Tocumwal cemetery, NSW have been indexed and photographed and are available for look ups for a small fee. We also would like to collect and make available to researchers other local cemeteries. We are now working on publishing a CD of information collected on this cemetery.

  4. Our publication on local pioneer families around Cobram prior to 1900 "In the Days of the Punt" is now available as an e-book on CD. It now comes with Volume 2 that includes many more stories of local families that settle in the Cobram-Barooga district with particular emphasis on the large Italian community that have settled in the area.  Click here for a list of the Surnames covered in Volume 1.  You can purchase this CD for $25 plus postage.

  5. Indexing of Card Indexes includes local schools across the district, local cemeteries such as Barooga, Katamatite and some other smaller cemeteries, Rate records and some Newspaper indexes. These are available for look ups.

  6. Barooga General Cemetery 1901 - 2005 Burials and Transcriptions book is currently on sale for $5 plus postage.  Click here to see information about purchasing a book and an index to surnames in the Barooga Cemetery. We will be updating these records and be putting them onto CD in the near future

  7. Moira Shire School Records: Our Secretary Barbara Coleman is attempting to collect any records or photos relating to schools that were or still are in the Moira Shire. She has collected quite a lot of information so far and indexed what she has so far. Nicole Close has put this together on a web based CD. Barbara is still keen to collect any information, records or photos of schools in the area, so if you can help please contact her or Nicole.  If you would like any information on the data we have collected please contact us. (See contact details on Home Page)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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