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couple of workshops by the Public Records Office Victoria to mark in your diary. Unfortunately the wiki session occurs prior to the property records one, but both will add to your bank of knowledge.
- “In the street where you live: Add your property research to the PROV Wiki” presented by Lisa Fletcher, on Wednesday 13 Feb 2013 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm
A Wiki is a website which allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content via a web browser. At PROV’s Wiki you can contribute by Tagging people, places, dates and occupations; Transcribing records such as letters and menus; Editing existing pages to add information; or Creating new pages to contribute your knowledge. Use records from the Public Record Office Victoria, as well as memories and photos of your own to help tell a 'street story'.
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- “Tour of the Archives & Researching property records” presented by Public Record Office Victoria, on Monday 18 Feb 2013 from 11:00am to 2:30pm
There are many different entry points into researching property at Public Record Office Victoria. How and where you start, depends largely on where the property is located and what is in the PROV collection relating to your area.
The session also includes a guided tour of the archive. Ever wondered what it looks like deep down in the archive? Find out on a one-hour tour that ventures beyond the Get Smart security doors, through the air locks and into the repository of 90 kilometres of records and 180 years of history in the collection.
Tours are from 11am to 12pm with a break for lunch at own expense) and the information session is from 1pm to 2.30pm.
Both sessions will be held at PROV/Victorian Archives Centre, 99 Shiel Street in North Melbourne, and both sessions are free, just book online at the PROV site.
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