Table of Contents
1.
About This Newsletter
2. QFHS Gaythorne
Centre
3. QFHS Dates to
Remember
4. New
Co-ordinator for Welsh Interest Group
5. Have you
Renewed your QFHS Annual Membership?
6. Junction
Park State School 120th Anniversary Year
7. National
Archives, State Archives and State Library Joint Seminar
8. Boonah
and Mary River Valley District Community History Booklets
9. Tracing
Queensland Indigenous Family History
10. NSW & ACT
Association of Family History Societies Inc. 2008 Conference
11. Gale Newspaper
Collections Website
12. Cumberland Mercury
newspaper index 1879
13. Australian
Online Database Lists "Free Settlers"
14. Stonehenge was "a
Long-Term Cemetery"
15. Scottish
Clans turning Global via the Internet
16. Restored
public access to RC parish registers for Cashel & Emly, Cloyne and Kerry
17. Encyclopaedia of
Genealogy
18. U.K.
Historical Occupational Trade Directories Now Online
19. Google Books
20. Elusive Ancestor
21. Acknowledgements
1. About
This Newsletter
Snippets is a monthly publication of the Queensland
Family History Society Inc. (QFHS). QFHS Website
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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 July
A presentation will be made by a member of the Masonic Grand Lodge.
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 July and Monday, 4 August.
Contact Maureen Mutton on 3265 4378 if you would like to attend.
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Central European Group
Meetings are held 10am - Noon on the 4th Saturday of
each odd-numbered month at QFHS Library. A $2 donation goes toward
purchasing relevant records.
Next Meeting: Saturday, 26 July.
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:
Sunday, 31 August - "How to Keep Your Records in Order"
Sunday, 26 October - "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, 24 July
For further information contact Robert Browning on 07 3359 9801 or
email: robertbb2@bigpond.com
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Family History Writing Group
These meetings are held from 9am - 11am at QFHS
Library.
Next meeting: Saturday, 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-numbered month except December.
Next meetings are: Friday 4 July, Friday 1 August and Saturday, 30
August.
For further details, please contact Garth Elvery 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 9 August and 11 October.
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: Friday, 18 July 10am and Saturday, 16
August 9:30am.
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, 12 July and 13 September.
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 meeting is: Friday, 22 August.
Contact Paul Wood at welsh@qfhs.org.au
for further information.
4. New Co-ordinator for Welsh Interest Group
After assisting the QFHS for the past 18 years, David
Livett is going to now concentrate on the local history of Ashgrove and
Enoggera. We sincerely thank David for his contribution to our Society.
The co-ordinator for the Welsh Interest Group is now Paul Wood who can
be contacted at: welsh@qfhs.org.au
5. Have you renewed your QFHS Annual Membership?
Annual membership subscriptions fees for QFHS are now
due. Single membership (including Journal) is a bargain at $50; Dual
membership (including Journal) is a steal at $75, Associate
Group/Society membership (including Journal) is an unbelievable $75 and
Journal only subscription a paltry $25.
Make your membership renewal today via the subscription form included in
the May Journal or at:
http://www.qfhs.org.au/renewmembership.htm
6. Junction Park State School 120th Anniversary Year
To celebrating its 120th anniversary this year, the
school is currently seeking anyone who has had an association with
Junction Park.
History is best defined by the sharing of stories, particularly of those
who have walked through the gates, experienced and been part of the
school's community. So regardless of whether you are or were a student,
staff or volunteer member or indeed if you're now aged five to one
hundred and five - all of us have something valuable we can tell about
our time at Junction Park.
It is with great pleasure that we extend an invitation for you to write
down your memories and submit them for display at our upcoming Fete.
Depending upon the volume of stories, time and costs, we will
investigate the possibility of having them collaborated and placed into
a commemorative book or CD. We will know more about this after the
closing date and will advise of the outcome at that time.
Please return your written submissions to: Kent Dock - Junction Park
State School, 50 Waldheim Street, Annerley QLD 4103 or submit your story
in Microsoft word to: kdock3@eq.edu.au
7. National Archives, State Archives and State Library
Joint Seminar
This seminar will be presented by specialist staff from
Queensland State Archives, the National Archives of Australia and the
State Library of Queensland and will focus on the collections and
services of the three institutions.
This free event will be held on Thursday, July 17 from 9.30am to 3.30pm
with lunch provided at The J, Noosa. For more information, go to:
http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/events.asp
To book your spot, telephone (07) 3131 7777.
8. Boonah and Mary River Valley District Community History
Booklets
Queensland State Archives has commissioned brief
histories of the Boonah and Mary River Valley districts by historians
Kay Saunders and Murray Johnson. The booklets include historical
photographs of the areas, and a detailed history of the region.
You can peruse the booklets at the QSA website:
http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/publications.asp#research
9. Tracing Queensland Indigenous Family History
Are you tracing Indigenous family history? This website
provides access to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resources,
information and records useful in tracing Queensland Indigenous family
and community history, where the information is held and how it can be
accessed.
'Footprints before me' can be found at:
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/ind/footprints/
10. NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc.
2008 Conference
Dubbo & District Family History Society Inc. are proud
to present the 2008 conference for the NSW & ACT Association of Family
History Societies Inc. The theme is "Conquering the tyranny of
distance".
The Conference will be held on 12- 14 September, 2008 at the Dubbo RSL
Club Resort.
For more information: Email -
ddfhsconf2008@yahoo.com.au
or
http://www.dubbofamilyhistory.org.au/ and follow the link 2008
Conference.
11. Gale Newspaper Collections Website
Free access to many newspapers is available via the
Gale newspaper website available at:
http://access.gale.com/gdctrial/
You need to register - for individuals it's "none" and for institution
name and select "International" for State in the drop down box.
The Times (London) 1785 To 1985, digitised and fully searchable is just
one of the newspapers available.
12. Cumberland Mercury newspaper index 1879
The Cumberland Mercury and Rural Gazette newspaper,
based in Parramatta, N.S.W., serviced all of Sydney and surrounding
districts from Campbelltown to Hornsby and west to Penrith and
Windsor-Richmond districts, featuring reports from these centres and
also from further afield.
This index contains over 5,300 entries extracted from the Cumberland
Mercury newspaper, 1879, detailing references to the everyday events
including: Accident, Appointment, Arrival, Bequest, Birth, Birthday,
Business owner, Carriage license, Death, Estate, Family, Farewell,
Funeral, Grave, Hawker's License, Headstone, and many, many, many more!
To facilitate ease of research, the format states the DATE of the
edition of the particular newspaper and the P&C (page and column) number
within that edition.
The newspaper, in microfilm form, is available for viewing at some
historical and family history societies and is also available at your
local municipal library through Inter Library Resource Sharing from the
National Library in Canberra. Armed with this index, it is a very simple
task to locate the particular newspaper article which may enhance your
family's history.
This index is available in either, A4 book format, or, on CD-ROM, at $30
each (postage free within Australia).
Further details are available at:
http://www.gownewspaperindexes.com.au/ then click on the link to the
"Cumberland Mercury Newspaper index 1879" which includes a full listing
of entries stating Name, Event. Age (where stated) and District.
13. Australian Online Database Lists "Free Settlers"
Details of millions of Britons who travelled to
Australia in the late 19th and early 20th century in search of economic
success were recently released online. The details of 8.9 million
so-called "free settlers" or economic migrants to Australia are
available.
The free settlers were brave and ambitious, making the choice to leave
their homes and travel by ship for many months to the other side of the
world for the chance of a new life. Australia's population rose more
than 100 times between 1826 and 1922, largely due to immigration, as
well as a rapidly-growing economy.
See if you can track some of your ancestors at
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/
14. Stonehenge was "a Long-Term Cemetery"
Scientists now speculate that England's Stonehenge was
a burial ground for much longer than had previously been believed. The
site was used as a cemetery for 500 years, from the point of its
inception.
Archaeologists have said the cremation burials found at the site might
represent a single elite family and its descendants - perhaps a ruling
dynasty. Their results suggest burials took place at the site from the
initiation of Stonehenge, just after 3,000 BC, until the time the large
stones appear at about 2,500 BC.
You can read more on the BBC News web site at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7426195.stm
15. Scottish Clans turning Global via the Internet
The internet has revived interest in the Scottish clans
system.
http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINL2762174120080527
16. Restored public access to RC parish registers for
Cashel & Emly, Cloyne and Kerry.
The National Library of Ireland has announced that they
are once again to allow public access to their microfilm copies of Roman
Catholic parish registers from the dioceses of Cashel & Emly, Cloyne and
Kerry.
Due to a dispute over copyright, the registers were withdrawn from
public access in 1992. Read more about the parish registers at:
http://www.apgi.ie/news.html
17. Encyclopaedia of Genealogy
This free-content web-based encyclopaedia is created by
its readers, people like you. The Encyclopaedia of Genealogy is
available to everyone, free of charge. Everyone can also contribute
information, again free of charge.
The Encyclopaedia of Genealogy serves as a compendium of genealogical
tools and techniques. It provides reference information about everything
in genealogy except people. It provides explanations of how to look up
your family tree and explanations of terms found in genealogy research,
including obsolete medical and legal terms.
The Encyclopaedia of Genealogy explains where to find records, how to
organise the data found, what the terminology means and how to plan your
next research effort.
Visit the encyclopaedia of Genealogy at:
http://www.eogen.com/
18. U.K. Historical Occupational Trade Directories Now
Online
The Pigot's Trade directories have recently gone
online. These are a unique collection and cover 27 counties and provide
invaluable information for the 1830's going back as far as the time of
William IV. The Directories cover the period from 1830 to 1839 before
the official Civil Registration began and are a valuable source of
additional information when researching your ancestors.
All major professions, nobility, gentry, clergy, trades and occupations
including taverns and public houses and much more are listed. There are
even timetables of the coaches and carriers that served a town.
Parishes are listed for each area with useful information including the
number of inhabitants, a geographical description and the main trades
and industries of the area or town.
Search for those long-forgotten trades from Cow keepers to Wool
staplers. The collection is fully searchable and can be searched by name
or occupation or each county may be easily browsed by page. This is a
useful resource for anyone wanting to know more about the area where
their ancestors lived and worked and is available to members with a
subscription. The annual subscription fee is 37.50 UK pounds.
For a full list of records online go to:
http://www.familyrelatives.com/
19. Google
Books
Do you still enjoy reading books, but can't afford to
buy them all? Try Google Books. It offers a full search engine and even
has genealogical books!
Enjoy reading at:
http://books.google.com/
20. Elusive
Ancestor
I went searching for an ancestor. I
cannot find him still.
He moved around from place to place and did not leave a will.
He married where a courthouse burned. He mended all his
fences.
He avoided any man who came to take the Census.
He always kept his luggage packed, this man who had no fame.
And every 20 years or so, this rascal changed his name.
His parents came from Europe. They should be on some list
Of passengers to the U.S., but somehow they got missed.
And no one else in this world is searching for this man.
So, I play genea-solitaire to find him if I can.
I'm told he's buried in a plot, with a tombstone he was
blessed;
but the weather took engraving, and some vandals took the
rest.
He died before the county clerks decided to keep records.
No Family Bible has emerged, in spite of all my efforts.
To top it off this ancestor, who caused me many groans,
Just to give me one more pain, betrothed a girl named JONES!
- Merrell Kenworthy
21.
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
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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
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