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Table off Contents
1.
About This Newsletter
2. QFHS
Gaythorne Centre
3. QFHS Dates to
Remember
4.
Special Appeal for Indexing Help - Commonwealth Electoral Roll (Qld)
1959 - 100 years on
5. Have Your
Submitted Your Pre-Separation Story?
6.
George Bond Collection
� Recent Additions
7.
Planned Reunion
� Sacred Heart Convent, Yarraman
8.
Brisbane�s Military History Walking Tour - 27 April
2008
9.
Descendants of Moggill Pioneers
10.
Brisbane City Council Archives Reopen
11.
State Library of Queensland Family History Fact Sheets
12. Headstone Photos
13.
www.theoriginalrecord.com
14.
Are you related to Joseph Burbury Stringer?
15. New
Publication - "Hawkesbury District - Chronicles of the 1880s"
16.
Bombala Herald Newspaper Index 1875, 1880-1881
17.
British India
� Surname Search
18.
Central Search added to Irish Genealogical Online Record Search System
19. Old Names
for Diseases
20.
Historical Ship Passenger Records from the UK to Australia 1890 - 1960
Go Online
21. Genealogy Giggles
22. Acknowledgements
1. About
This Newsletter
Snippets is a monthly publication of the Queensland Family History
Society Inc. (QFHS). QFHS Website
http://www.qfhs.org.au/
Please do not click on reply to contact Snippets - the 'click on reply'
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You are encouraged to contribute items which you feel would be of
general interest to the family historian hunting for that illusive
relative. Humorous items and items relating to the technology of using
computers in genealogy are also welcome. Submit your BRIEF items
supplemented by hyperlinks to additional details.
Snippets will rarely include items of a commercial nature and only then
when they are likely to be of interest to a majority of our readers.
Submit your items to us here:
snippets@qfhs.org.au
2. QFHS
Gaythorne Centre
Our address is:
58 Bellevue Ave, Gaythorne QLD 4051
QFHS library - (07) 3355 3369
For details about QFHS Centre, including location map, transport etc,
click here:
http://www.qfhs.org.au/location_hours.htm#Library
3. QFHS
Dates to Remember
QFHS Monthly General Meetings are held on the third
Wednesday of the month (but not in January and December), at the QFHS
Library, and start at 7:30pm. Attendance is free, and visitors are
welcome.
Next Meeting: Wednesday, 16 April
Mr Jim Gibson, retired architect, will talk on Timber Tabernacles - a
History of Timber Churches.
QFHS Daytime Meetings are held on the first Monday of the month (but not
in January and December) at 20 Marmont Street, Geebung from 10am - 12
Noon.
Next Meetings: Monday, 7 April and Monday, 12 May. Contact Maureen
Mutton on 3265 4378 if you would like to attend.
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Central European Group
Meetings are held 9am - Noon on the 4th Saturday of
each odd-numbered month at QFHS Library. A $2 donation goes toward
purchasing relevant records.
Next Meeting: Saturday, 24 May.
For further information, contact Eric Kopittke Phone (07) 3376 4339
email
kopittke@tpg.com.au OR
centraleuropean@qfhs.org.au
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Educational Workshop
Cost is $5.50 per person which goes towards purchasing
more research materials for the Library. Time - 10am to 12 noon at QFHS
Library.
Workshop dates for 2008 are:
29 June 2008
"Where to Begin"
31 August 2008
"How to Keep Your Records in Order"
26 October 2008
"Where to Begin"
For bookings - contact Desley Schafer - phone (07) 3204 4254 or email:
educationofficer@qfhs.org.au
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English West Country Group
This group researches the counties of Cornwall, Devon,
Somerset and Dorset. Meetings are held from 12 Noon - 2pm at the QFHS
Library, on the fourth Thursday of the odd-numbered months.
Next meeting: Thursday, 22 May
For further information contact Robert Browning on 07 3359 9801 or email
robertbb@optusnet.com.au
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Family History Writing Group
These meetings are held from 9am - 11am at QFHS
Library.
Next meetings: Saturday, 17 May and 19 July.
For further information contact
FHWriters@qfhs.org.au OR Robert Adamson on
(07) 3266 8353 OR Sue Reid on (07) 3378 2278.
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Family Tree Maker User Group
These meetings run from 10am - 11:30am venue at QFHS
Library and are held on 1st Friday each month except January and last
Saturdays in each even month except December.
Next meetings are: Friday, 4 April, Saturday, 26 April and Friday, 2
May.
For further details, please contact Garth on (07) 3359 2853 or email:
theboss@powerup.com.au
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Irish Interest Group
Meetings are held from 10am - 12 Noon at QFHS Library
on the second Saturday of the even-numbered months (not December). Next
meetings: Saturday, 12 April and 14 June.
On 12 April, Saadia Thomson-Dwyer will present the talk
�Finding
George - locating records on the Royal Dublin Fusiliers�.
This uses a real-life example of how a single photograph from 1915 and a
letter from the 1920�s lead to a wealth of information about missing family members.
For more information about Irish Interest Group contact Mary King on
(07) 3205 3353 or email
irish@qfhs.org.au
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Member Orientations - 'Old' & New Members Welcome
You will almost certainly learn new stuff about the
Society, and helpful hints about using the Library and researching, all
in a friendly atmosphere and informal setting. New members are
especially welcome.
Upcoming orientations: Saturday, 19 April 9:30am - 12:30pm and Friday,
16 May 10am - 1pm.
Numbers are limited to allow full participation. BOOKING is ESSENTIAL.
Please note: Sessions are usually fully booked, with a waiting list, so
please advise the organisers as soon as possible if you find you are
unable to attend when you have a booking.
Contact Bev Bonning on (07) 3355 7389 or Wendy Annand on (07) 3395 2530
or email them at
welcome@qfhs.org.au
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Scottish Interest Group
Meetings are held from 10am - 12 Noon at QFHS Library.
Donations to buy more Scottish resources are welcome.
Next meetings: Saturday, 10 May and 12 July 2008.
For further information: Email
scottish@qfhs.org.au OR phone Sam on (07) 3266 9131
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Welsh Interest Group
This group meets on the fourth Friday of the
even-numbered months (except December) from 10am - 12 Noon at the QFHS
Library.
Next meetings are: Friday, 18 April and 27 June 2008.
Contact David Livett on (07) 3366 3191 or
welsh@qfhs.org.au for further
information.
4. Special Appeal for Indexing Help - Commonwealth
Electoral Roll (Qld) 1959 - 100 years on.
QFHS Publications Committee is appealing to all members
for assistance with this special project to coincide with the
celebrations of 150 years of the State of Queensland in 2009.
All you need is enthusiasm and a spreadsheet program. Don't worry if you
are a one finger typist and may be too slow as many of our current
indexers just use one finger. Instructions and an example will be given
to each indexer - the team is always available to answer any questions
you may have.
Just one bundle (20 pages) by each member would see us reach our target
of publication in 2009. Can you contribute a page of indexing per day
(60 names, address and occupation) for just 3 weeks to enable us to
complete this significant project?
We currently have a dedicated team of indexers but to complete this
project on time a much larger group will be required. So if you think
you would like to help your society and contribute to the Q150
Celebrations please contact the Publications Committee at:
indexing@qfhs.org.au
5. Have Your Submitted Your Pre-Separation Story?
A wonderful opportunity has arisen which will enable
everyone who has any family member who resided within the boundaries of
the state of Queensland, before separation from New South Wales, to
write a short story about them, and have these stories published in a
new CD to be named Queensland Founding Families: Biographies of Families
who resided in Queensland before separation from New South Wales.
This CD is to be published by the Queensland Family History Society Inc.
to coincide with the Q150 Celebrations celebrating the 150th anniversary
of the establishment of Queensland, and will be released on Queensland
Day, the 6th June, 2009.
We therefore request everyone, whether members of this Society or not,
who can supply conclusive evidence that their ancestors were in
residence in this state prior to the 10th December, 1859, to submit a
story about their people to be included in the abovementioned
publication. Some form of evidence that each individual does qualify
will need to be provided. This can be birth, marriage, or death
certificates; shipping lists, newspaper stories, photographs of
headstones or other genuine evidence. In the case of our original
inhabitants, some form of proof that their people resided in the area in
question will be required.
The Publications Committee requests that each story should be limited to
no more than three A4 pages (12 point font) inclusive of any maps or
photographs. A signed Permission to Publish form should accompany each
submission. Forms are available on request from the library
assistants, or by email from -
r.annand@bigpond.net.au
By preference, and to assist the Publications Committee compile these
stories, please submit each entry by email attachment to -
presep@qfhs.org.au
Or, should this not suit, then by mail to - QFHS Publications Committee,
P.O. Box 1109, Brighton, Qld, 4017.
Please do not limit your stories to your direct lineage; we are looking
for stories about every person who qualifies to be included. Of course
this includes all indigenous people.
If you know of any person outside of this Society who has ancestors who
could qualify, then please contact them, and have them also send their
stories to be published. Our aim is to acquire as many stories as
possible regarding the people who contributed towards the establishment
of the State of Queensland.
Please do not delay in submitting your stories as there will be a large
amount of work to be done by the Publications Committee, and we
certainly wish to avoid any unnecessary rush of entries close to the cut
off date of 31st December, 2008.
For further information contact: Bob Annand, Pre-Separation Group
Coordinator via email on:
r.annand@bigpond.net.au or phone (07) 3395 2530.
See
http://www.qfhs.org.au/sigs.htm#Queensland for details of the
Pre-Separation Group.
6. George Bond Collection - Recent Additions
George Bond has added to his vast collection of
headstone photographs of the following cemeteries - McLeod St &
Martyn St Cairns, Stanthorpe, Ravenswood, Karumba, Longreach, Buderim,
Nambour, Floxton (Dixon family), Mapleton, Monteville, Muttaburra
Toowong (Jewish Chinese Greek Italian Portion & Portions 1, 2, 2a, 4, 5,
6, 7, 7a, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 14, 15, 15a, 18, 22, 24, 25,) Albums of
these cemeteries are now available in the library.
However it should be noted that not every headstone in each cemetery has
been photographed, this particularly applies to Toowong. But then George
(now in his mid nineties) has photographed a considerable number.
Copies of the photographs are available, either as a JPEG scan or a
printed copy. Go to our website at
http://www.qfhs.org.au/ click on 'services' and download an order
form.
7. Planned Reunion - Sacred Heart Convent, Yarraman
For more than twenty post-war years the Sacred Heart
Convent in Yarraman was home to as many as 36 boys at a time. They
boarded at the convent and attended the catholic primary school next
door. On 8 June 2008 many former student boarders and their caring
Sisters of Mercy will hold a nostalgic re-union.
The Sacred Heart convent was completed in 1945. The war was almost over
and education was in a shambles due to teachers being conscripted for
the war effort, so the Mercy nuns, a teaching order of the Catholic
church took up residence in the convent and opened it as a boarding
convent for boys. The first intake in June 1945 saw fifteen boys in
residence. As many as 36 boys slept in the ground floor dormitory.
For the past ten years the convent has been the home of the Yarraman
Historical Society. It is a museum and resource centre and is a magnet
for former boarders and staff. They come 'home' to visit. Now known as
Heritage House it will host the re-union on June 8.
Gaye Smith is one of the organisers of the re-union and would like to
hear from former boarders. She can be contacted on (07) 4163 8137.
8. Brisbane�s Military History Walking Tour - 27 April 2008
Remember our ANZACs and explore Brisbane�s
fascinating Military History on this guided walking tour. Learn about
the role Brisbane played in Australia�s wartime heritage.
Visit ANZAC Square Memorial, Macarthur Museum and Queensland Museum�s
�Courage
of Ordinary Men� Victoria Cross exhibition. The tour is inclusive of a guided commentary
of each venue and morning tea. A three month Brisbane Living History
Network individual membership is also included where applicable.
Date: Sunday 27th April at 9:00am at Anzac Square (in front of the
Shrine of Remembrance on Adelaide Street). The tour will finish at
Queensland Museum at approximately 12.15pm. COST: $10 BLHN members, $15
non-members
Spaces are limited and bookings are Essential. RSVP: By 5:00pm Tuesday,
22 April 2008.
For bookings or inquires, please contact: Kate Mathers, Co-ordinator,
Brisbane's Living Heritage Network. Telephone: (07) 3215 0843 (Tuesday -
Friday) or go to the website on:
http://www.blhn.org/
9. Descendants of Moggill Pioneers
The next meeting of the Descendants of Moggill Pioneers
will be held at 2pm on Sunday, 27 April at Moggill Cemetery.
Everyone is welcome. For more information, please contact
Secretary Keith at
wattos50@bigpond.net.au or President Don at
mgreer1940@gil.com.au
10. Brisbane City Council Archives Reopen
The archives have re-opened at Skyline Business Centre
Unit 15/107-123 Muriel Ave, Moorooka. During April all visits are by
appointment only.
From May 2008 the archives will be open Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9am�5pm.
Appointments are preferred.
Phone: (07) 3403 1711 or email:
Annabel.Lloyd@brisbane.qld.gov.au
11. State Library of Queensland Family History Fact
Sheets
If you're one of the thousands of passionate family
historians in Queensland, you will know how important the State Library�s
family history service and resources are for research. To help you find
what you need family history fact sheets are available online. This is
available for you at:
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/about/pub/info_guides/collections/fh
12.
Headstone Photos
Recent additions to the South East Queensland headstone
photo collection are: Appletree Creek cemetery (just north of Childers)
and Brooweena St Mary's Anglican cemetery (west of Maryborough).
Also included are a number of small historic cemeteries outside the
South East Qld area: Eucla Travellers Cross, WA (near SA border),
Fowlers Bay, SA, Kanyaka Homestead, near Quorn, SA, Oodnadatta Pioneer,
SA and William Creek, SA
You can check them out at:
http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/FamilyHistory/Photos/
This amazing website now has 7.1 million entries directly available
online with a free unlimited search facility. Recent acquisitions
include:
1305-1342 Papal Letters - These are abstracts of the
entries relating to Great Britain and Ireland from the Regesta of popes
Clement V, John XXII and Benedict XII. This source is particularly
valuable for Ireland, for which many of the key government records of
this period are lost.
1625-1639 Somerset Quarter Sessions - The Reverend E. H. Bates Harbin
prepared extracts from the Somerset quarter session records of 1625 to
1639 for publication by the Somerset Record Society (xxiv) in 1908. The
period is covered by quarter sessions minute book 2 (part) and 3; these
are based on the rolls of recognisances; criminal indictments; and the
sessions rolls (which also supplied a hiatus in book 2 for most of
1627).
1683 State Papers Domestic - The State Papers Domestic cover all manner
of business relating to Britain, Ireland and the colonies, conducted in
the office of the Secretary of State, as well as other miscellaneous
records.
1699-1700 Treasury Books - Records of the Treasury administration in
Britain and the colonies, from August 1699 to September 1700. These
include records of the appointment and replacement of customs officers
such as tide waiters and surveyors.
1763-1766 Stamp Office Registers of Apprentices - Apprenticeship
indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound
stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's
trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as
details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 10 December 1763
to 15 July 1766: indexed for masters and apprentices (and trainee
clerks) separately.
For more information go to
http://www.theoriginalrecord.com/
14. Are you related to Joseph Burbury Stringer?
Hi there, my name is Rod Stringer, and I live in the
UK. While tracking down distant cousins in my family tree, I have just
discovered one of them ended up in Queensland.
Joseph Burbeary (or Burbury) Stringer, b. 1870, Barnet,
London d. 11/4/1941, Queensland
http://www.interment.net/data/aus/qld/maroochy/nambour/nambour_ns.htm
I have compiled a family tree of Stringers going back to about 1700 in
England, and any descendants of Joseph Burbury Stringer in Australia
would belong to this tree. Please feel free to pass on my contact
details to any interested parties and I will happily send them the
family tree.
You can contact Rod Stringer via email on:
rod.stringer@crosbytitanic.co.uk
15. New Publication - "Hawkesbury District -
Chronicles of the 1880s".
While indexing the Hawkesbury Chronicle and the Windsor
and Richmond Gazette, newspaper archivists Rod and Wendy Gow extracted
reports of historical interest from which they have compiled Hawkesbury
District - Chronicles of the 1880s.
The articles, direct from the columns of these two local newspapers,
give an interesting insight into the life and times of the inhabitants
of the Hawkesbury district, and include reports on the establishment of
churches, detailed descriptions of business premises and their
proprietors, tours through establishments such as the Windsor Gaol,
Tebbutt�s
Observatory, Fiaschi�s Vineyard, tanneries, coach building and cordial manufactories.
Descriptive reports of visits to local houses, farms and properties,
including Dean�s at Windsor, Anderson�s at Comleroy Road, and Pitt�s at Enfield. Tours through
Windsor, Pitt Town, Wilberforce, Freeman�s Reach. Trips by river boats from Windsor to Gosford, establishment of
Schools of Arts in various townships, including the Windsor School of
Arts in 1857, which was built on the site of the old church and school,
the predecessor to St. Matthew�s Church, the opening of the Hawkesbury Bridge at Brooklyn, reports of
floods and fires in the 1880s, establishment of schools and sporting
clubs, the formation of community committees to urge Government to build
a railway or tramway from Richmond to Kurrajong, and two years later a
similar movement to construct a tramway from Mulgrave to Pitt Town, and
many more interesting historical articles.
Hawkesbury District - Chronicles of the 1880s - is available in A4 book
format, at $30 each (postage free within Australia).
Further details are at:
http://www.gownewspaperindexes.com.au/
16. Bombala Herald Newspaper Index 1875, 1880-1881
The Bombala Herald newspaper, although based in
Bombala, carried news and articles covering the districts from Goulburn
to the New South Wales coast including Bega, Eden, Pambula, etc.
This index contains over 6,500 entries extracted from the Bombala Herald
newspaper, encompassing the period of 1875, 1880 to 1881, detailing
references to the everyday events including these headings and others!
Accident, Advertisements, Arrival, Assault victim, Auction, Bequest,
Birth, Building, Business bought and sold, Cargo, Cemetery, Church,
Death, Death (stillborn), Departure, Divorce, Donation, Election,
Entertainment, Escape attempt, Execution, Exhibition, Farm auction,
Finance report, Fire, For sale, Funeral, Grave, Headstone fund, Hotel,
In Memoriam, Inheritance, Inquest, Insolvent, Land deeds, Land inquiry,
Leaving district, Legal, Livestock, Marriage, Medical, Memorial poem,
Mineral lease, Missing person, Mortgagee sale, Murder victim,
Naturalisation, New business, Obituary, Partnership, Petition, Premises,
Probate, Promotion, Property sale, Publican�s
license, Real Estate, Recapture, Relief fund, Rescue, Resignation,
Retirement, Reward, Robbery victim, School, Search party, Sheep sale,
Shipping, Shipwreck, Shooting match, Social, Sport, Stud horse,
Subscription, Telegraph, Tender, Testimonial, To let, Transfer,
Visit.
The index includes a full listing of entries stating Name, Event. Age
(where stated) and District and is available in either, A4 book format
or on CD-ROM, at $30 each (postage free within Australia).
Further details are on:
http://www.gownewspaperindexes.com.au/
17. British India - Surname Search
Search data largely taken from the British Library�s
India Office records section:
http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/index.php
18. Central Search added to Irish Genealogical Online
Record Search System
The Irish Family History Foundation is delighted to
announce that its all Ireland Online Research Service was launched on
12th March 2008.
The online data is comprised of almost 9 million Irish church and civil
records of baptism, birth, marriage and death and these records are
available to search for the first time on one database. The website has
also undergone a redesign. Take a look at our all Ireland Search and
search across all counties currently online of any combination that you
wish.
The interactive county map on the website clearly shows the records
held. The whole database can be searched or each county can be searched,
even down to civil parish level.
County Cavan has recently been added. Further counties will go online in
the coming weeks including Antrim, Donegal, Down, Sligo, Longford and
Wicklow. They charge 10 euros a record. For further information go to:
http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/index.php?&set=yes
19. Old
Names for Diseases
A glossary of terms used to describe diseases in times
gone by, including a few terms that appear in Bills of Mortality but are
not strictly diseases.
http://www.bignell.uk.com/glossary_of_old_names.htm
20. Historical Ship Passenger Records from the UK to
Australia 1890 - 1960 Go Online
For the first time Australians will be able to view
passenger lists online from ships departing British ports on voyages to
Australia during the 1950s at
http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/ The 1950s is the final decade of
passenger lists to be added to the now complete set of passenger list
records from the United Kingdom to Australia spanning 1890 to 1960.
This comprehensive online resource has been developed in association
with The National Archives of the United Kingdom, and will be an
invaluable resource for Australians interested in tracing their
ancestors who emigrated from the United Kingdom during the last century.
A total of 6.5 million Britons have immigrated to Australia since 1945,
with one million people immigrating down under in the 1950s alone. Every
ship passenger record contains the names of each passenger, the name of
the ship, the date and UK port of departure as well as the destination
port. The records also include the UK address, year of birth, marital
status, occupation and nationality of each passenger, giving key details
of information that could help uncover more branches of your family tree
and further insights to your family�s history.
Previously these records were only accessible from The National Archives
in London but now everyone can easily research their British ancestors�
voyages over the internet from the comfort of their own home, from
anywhere in the world.
The easily-searchable and user-friendly database will enable would-be
genealogists and family historians alike to view digitised images of the
original ship passenger records online, which contain over 1.1 million
pages, listing the 24 million passengers who travelled on long-distance
journeys from UK ports. It has taken a 125-strong full-time team over a
year to complete the mammoth process of digitising the 164,000 original
documents.
Have fun searching for your ancestors on:
http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/
21.
Genealogy Giggles
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My family coat of arms ties at the back....is that normal?
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My family tree is a few branches short! All help appreciated.
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My ancestors must be in a witness protection program!
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Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!
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How can one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE??
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I looked into my family tree and found out I was a sap.
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I'm not stuck, I'm ancestrally challenged.
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I'm searching for myself; have you seen me?
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If only people came with pull-down menus and on-line help...
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Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem leads to two
more!
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Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts and a few bad
apples.
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Can a first cousin once removed RETURN?
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Floor: the place for storing your priceless genealogy records.
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Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards as progress.
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Gene-Allergy: It's a contagious disease, but I love it!
22.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all those who have taken time
out to send items of interest to our "Snippets" mailbox at:
snippets@qfhs.org.au
The more we receive, the more frequently we can produce a Newsletter. If
your submission does not appear in this issue, we will try to include it
in a future edition. Please note that reference to any product does not
imply endorsement. Members are cautioned to evaluate products prior to
purchase.
Pauline Macfarlane
Disclaimer: This newsletter
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accurate, but the editor takes no responsibility for incorrect
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those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Editor or of
QFHS]
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