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Tuesday 10:30am - 2:30pm Thursday 10:30am - 2:30pm Sunday 2pm - 5pm

Mornington Peninsula Family History Society

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Mornington Peninsula Family History Society

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Researching family and local history. The Society is the third largest in Victoria. Volunteers are on duty to assist during opening hours.

It is situated in Frankston Sth Recreation Centre in Towerhill Road, Frankston (Melways 102 E7). Meetings are held on the first Saturday afternoons of February, April, June, August, October and December with interesting guest speakers and afternoon tea. Our library and resource centre is available and members and visitors may use: books, microfiche, microfilm, magazines, the networked computers with resource CDs, and internet computers with subscriptions to Ancestry.com and FindmyPast.

03/11/2026

If you have any Irish emigrants who arrived in Australia in the early years. Irish Orphan girls or similar. The following post may be of interest and hopefully you may be able help out.
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07/10/2026

All About That Place has started. For those that haven't heard about it, it is an event hosted by the Society of Genealogists in the U.K and is 10 days of free events exploring places around the U.K. Many (if not most) are online. It is well worth looking at the list of events.

This year we’ll be helping you to put your ancestors into the context of both their time and place. We’re widening our definition of ‘place’ and we’ll be helping you to delve into your ancestors’ lives by exploring their ‘place’ in history. Learn about everything from health and medi...

04/10/2026

Mornington Peninsula Shire residents are most welcome to visit us on Tuesdays - BUT if you live in the Frankston City area do drop in on Thursdays.

04/10/2026

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Good Morning all, we are looking for assistance in identifying this lovely family.
This beautiful photo has been in our collection for many years, no name, no history, so asking for help.
If you recognize this family we would love to hear from you, thank you.

03/10/2026

Early bird pricing ends in November!

21/09/2026

Our AGM will be held at 1pm on Saturday October 3rd followed by a hybrid zoom/in-person presentation by Dr Janet Scarfe who will be talking about her research into WW1 Army Nurses. Dr Scarfe will be zooming in from South Australia but we will be meeting as usual with afternoon tea in our library following the meeting.

24/08/2026

August is drawing to a close and so is this year's family history month celebrations. AFFHO is holding the closing ceremony online on Monday August 31st. Fiona Brooker will be giving a presentation on finding the women in your family history. Register for the closing ceremony at the link below.

Awards | Prizes | Guest Speakers Opening Ceremony: 1 August 20265PM AEST, Online REGISTER Diaspora: the Greek Migrant Experience Did you know that the word ‘diaspora’ is a Greek word meaning ‘dispersion’? 5 million Greeks are estimated to live in countries outside of Greece, and in the years...

07/08/2026

Next Tuesday (11/8) is census night. Please, please ensure that you tick the box to allow your completed census return to be kept securely for 100 years before being released to the public domain. Family historians know how valuable census returns are to their research. They are a snapshot into our ancestor's lives at a particular point in time. Who was at home? What were their occupations? How many children did they have then? Where were they living? The list goes on and on....

We are the ancestors of the future. Think about your great-grandchildren and how much they will appreciate having such a valuable family history resource available to them 100 years from now. Tick the Box People!!!!!!

25/07/2026

Our next meeting next Saturday, 1st August shouldn't be missed if you are considering a holiday researching your family's history.

03/07/2026

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❓I’m looking for a land title, where do I start? Great question! And it’s one we’re often asked in our reading rooms.

➡️ The first step is to find a volume and folio number. This can be done a number of ways...

1. If you own the property, check your rates notice.
2. If you don't own the property, check one of these websites: www.landata.online or https://lassi.land.vic.gov.au
3. If you know how the land was acquired, you may find the information within the relevant records. For instance, if the property was selected, you can check the selection file.

➡️ Now that you have the volume and folio numbers, come into one of our reading rooms and open the new land portal on a public computer.

➡️ Select ‘Titles’ and enter the volume and the last 3 digits of the folio, for example 123/456. Once results appear, click the printer icon to view as a PDF. And voila! You have your land title!

Find additional tips for searching land titles on our website: https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/researching-your-house/certificates-title-1862-1996

Address

55 Towerhill Road
Frankston, VIC
3199

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10:30am - 2:30pm
Thursday	10:30am - 2:30pm
Sunday	2pm - 5pm

Telephone

+61397837058

Website

http://www.mpfhs.org/

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