Victorian Land Memorials [old General Law titles]
Geelong and District Family HistoryThis research has been done by Joan Hunt and uploaded to a blog for the Geelong and District Family History society. The internet address is above.
I was alerted to this blog by a Cranbourne family researcher who gained important details by observing the guide lines set out by Joan Hunt. I have copied the introductory comment to give you an idea about the contents of the Memorials Library.
Joan Hunt displays 14 photographs of the filing cabinets, shelves and bound books that contain information that you will see in that offfice.
Memorials Library, Melbourne
In the Memorials Library you will find the bound Memorials of the conveyance (or lease or other Instrument) of land under the General or Old Law, relating to land granted by the Crown between 1838 and 1862. The Torrens System of land registration was introduced on 2 October 1862.
Registrar-General’s Office
Memorials Library at Marland House
10th Floor
570 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000
10th Floor
570 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000
Please let me know about your experiences in seeking early documents.
