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The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc.ABN 86 947 919 608 A0022763D Level B1 257 Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria, 3000 Australia Ph: 61 3 9662 4455 Fax: 61 3 9663 0841 Email: gsv@gsv.org.au
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The Society was officially formed on 17 March 1941 and has moved
from a handful of people to an organization of over 6,000 members. During this development the service provided to members moved
from a small group of volunteers to the employment of staff to assist the
Society's growing needs. There are now five paid staff and over 350 volunteers
assisting with the far ranging needs of the members. Six decades of development have seen vast changes. More and more
reference books, indexes, journals, microfilm and computer resources have become
available. The use of computers, and the technological changes they have
brought, greatly assist researchers. In 2003 the GSV became a Licensed Film Centre for the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This allows the ordering of films from the
vast collection of the LDS church to be ordered and viewed on our premises. You can while away many enjoyable hours in the GSV Library. The
massive collection contains approximately 18,000 books, 56,000 microfiche, 1,350
microfilms and many pamphlets, maps, periodicals, CDs and computer databases.
The computerised library catalogue enables easy access to the collection and is
also available online GSV
Library Catalogue. Over 30 microfiche readers, 8 microfilm readers and 20
computers, are available for library users. In August 2001 the society felt the need to develop some
guidelines to assist family historians in the collection and use of information
collected. The result of this was the Ethics
Policy, which we encourage all family historians to follow. PURPOSES OF THE SOCIETY The Principal Objects are detailed in clause 2(a)-(g) of the
Statement of Purposes. In a paraphrase, they are: To assist the members in
tracing their ancestors. Council is committed to this objective as the under-pinning
of the society’s work and its reason for existence. Members’ interests are
best protected whilst this objective is pursued. MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS Use of the comprehensive collection Online access Four issues per year of our award-winning
journal Ancestor Free publication in Ancestor of
your surname query (one per year) Free Substantial discounts Discount Reduced prices Free research Free participation If you are unable to visit our
library use our research service, member price of only $25.00 per
hour (non-members $40.00 per hour) |
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