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QFHS Snippets - March 2008 Volume 8, No. 3 |
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15 March 2008 |
Table of Contents
1. About This Newsletter
Snippets is a
monthly publication of the Queensland Family History Society Inc.
(QFHS). QFHS Website
http://www.qfhs.org.au/
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 A reminder that
the library will be closed over Easter from Saturday 22 March – Monday
24 March 2008.
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, 19 March The guest speaker
will be Ms Annabel Lloyd sharing with us information about the treasures
in The Brisbane City Council Archives. 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. Central
European Group
The March meeting of the group will be on Saturday 29
March at the historic Nundah Cemetery, Hedley Avenue, Toombul, at the
normal time of 10 am till 12 noon. For further
information, contact Eric Kopittke Phone (07) 3376 4339 email Computer
Training Workshop Saturday, 5 April
9am – 12 Noon at the QFHS Library. Cost is $11 per session. However, if
you are a library assistant, the cost is $2.75. This session is
entitled ‘Check These Out!’ This session will look at some of the many
genealogical sites on the Internet, and guide participants in how to
best use them. Please note that due to limitations in computer hardware,
this is a demonstration only workshop, as we do not have the facilities
at this time for a hands-on approach. Numbers are limited to 16 places. For further
information, contact Sue Reid on:
smreid@tpg.com.au 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: 27 April 2008 "How
to Keep Your Records In Order" 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 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, 27 March For further
information contact Robert Browning on 07 3359 9801 or email
robertbb@optusnet.com.au Family History
Writing Group These meetings are
held from 9am – 11am at QFHS Library. Next meetings:
Saturday, 15 March and Saturday, 17 May For further
information contact
FHWriters@qfhs.org.au OR Robert Adamson on 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 and Saturday, 26 April For further
details, please contact Garth on (07) 3359 2853 or email:
theboss@powerup.com.au 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 meeting: Saturday, 12 April For more
information about Irish Interest Group contact Mary King on (07) 3205
3353 or email irish@qfhs.org.au 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, 14 March 10am – 1pm and Saturday, 19 April 9:30am
– 12:30pm 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 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 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. Your Stories are
required for a new QFHS Pre-Separation Publication
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.
Brisbane City Council Archives are Relocating
Brisbane City
Archives closed at their current location at Wandoo Street, Fortitude
Valley on Friday, 8 February 2008 and will re-open in their new location
at 115 Muriel Avenue, Moorooka on Monday, 7 April 2008. During the
relocation period, reference advice via phone and email will be
maintained and high demand materials will be available by appointment at
Brisbane Square Library and Customer Centre. Please contact the
City Archivist via email
annabel.Lloyd@brisbane.qld.gov.au or phone (07) 3403 8888 for
further information or to make an appointment.
7. WA
Post Office Directories available online
The directories
cover the period 1893 – 1949 and are an invaluable source of information
for anyone who is doing family history or research on Western Australia. The post office
directories provide information by locality, individual surname,
government service, and by trade or profession. The different sections
enable the enquirer to see at a glance the householders or businesses in
any one town; the address of any householder or business in the State;
and the businesses or individuals throughout Western Australia engaged
in any trade or profession. For more
information go to:
http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/pdf/battye/pods/Post_Office_Directories_Contents.html
8. Cooktown
residents in 1874: signatures on a petition
In Oct 1874,
householders of Cooktown signed a petition. This signature may be the
only surviving example of your ancestor's handwriting. Names are indexed
on
http://www.judywebster.gil.com.au/cookpetition.html.
9. Gow's
web & e-mail addresses changed – again
Rod and Wendy Gow
- newspaper archivists and indexers advise they have new permanent web
and e-mail addresses. The new PERMANENT
web address is:
http://www.gownewspaperindexes.com.au/ Their e-mail
address has changed to:
rgow@gownewspaperindexes.com.au
10. The
Nanango Shire burial register is now on-line
The Nanango Shire
burial register is now on line, giving burial date, cemetery, cause of
death, etc. The Cemetery Database allows you to search for a person by
their surname, their first name or by both names. It displays all the
information held for that person if a record for them is found,
including the location of their grave site. For more
information go to:
http://www.nanango.qld.gov.au/cemeteries.php.
11.
Medieval Genealogy Updates
Details of the
latest updates to medieval English genealogy are at
http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/updates/update.shtml
12. AFFHO
Congress 2009
The 12th
Australasian Congress of Genealogy & Heraldry will be held in Auckland
from Friday 16 through Tuesday 20 January 2009, at Kings College, Golf
Avenue, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand. The theme is ‘Preserving the
Past for the future’. For further
details see:
http://ww.affhocongress2009.org/
13. The
Original Record
This incredible
website has over 6.8 million entries directly available online. It
includes information about: Patent Rolls, Somerset Quarter Sessions,
Faculty Office, Marriage Licences, Edinburgh Gazette, Cases in the Court
of Queen's Bench, Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette and many, many
more! Go to:
http://www.theoriginalrecord.com/
14.
Seminar with Ray Thorburn
Richmond-Tweed
Family History Society Inc. invites you a seminar to be held at The
Players Theatre, 24 Swift Street, Ballina on Saturday 5th April, 2008
from 9:00am to 4:00pm. (registration from 8.30am) The speaker will
be Mr. Ray Thorburn from Kiama Family History Society, a well- known
speaker on Scottish Research. Topics will include: Scottish Records
peculiar to Scotland, Major Causes of Emigration, Tartan ‘The most
visible sign of Scottishness’, Computers in Family History, Genetics and
Genealogy. Cost is $25.00
which includes a light lunch. Enquiries to: Nola Rodey: (02) 6686 3257
or mail: PO Box 817, Ballina NSW 2478.
15. UK
2008 Electoral Roll
The first release
of the 2008 Electoral Roll for the UK is now available online at
http://www.192.com/ 20 million new
names and addresses have just been added. 4 million of these names and
addresses were not listed on the 2007 Electoral Roll. A second release
of 8 million additional records will be added next month. So if you have
‘lost cousin’ or are searching for someone that has moved house or
changed name, now is your chance to find them! This release also
includes a preview of Age Guides for people on the current Electoral
Roll. For more information go to:
http://www.192.com/
16. Find
My Past - Census and Burials
Six new counties
have now been added to the 1871 census of England and Wales on
findmypast.com - these are Cardiganshire, Cumberland, Monmouthshire,
Northumberland, Warwickshire and Westmorland. There are now 40 complete
counties online at findmypast.com, equating to 93% of the population
surveyed in this census. The remaining 14 counties will be added in
early March as part of findmypast.com's mission to offer a full
set of England and Wales censuses online by the end of 2008. Go to:
http://www.findmypast.com/ Another 1.2
million National Burial Index Records to the existing online collection
of Findmypast.com. The new records cover the counties of Somersetshire,
Dorset and Essex and have been contributed by the Somerset and Dorset
Family History Society and the East of London Family History Society as
part of an arrangement with the Federation of Family History Societies
(FFHS) to transfer their local family history society records to
findmypast.com. The National
Burial Index (NBI) is a finding aid for burials that took place in
England or Wales between the years 1538 and 2005. As such, it pre-dates
the civil registration of deaths in England and Wales, which only came
into effect on 1 July 1837, thereby enabling family history enthusiasts
to delve even further back into their ancestors' pasts. The details of
over 11 million burials are now contained in the database at
findmypast.com. It provides the full name, date of burial, age at death,
(when given in the original source), name of the county, parish and the
church or chapel where the burial took place. You can search for
your ancestor by surname across all the records on the site without
needing to know where in the country they came from. The National Burial
Index records can be accessed as part of an Explorer subscription
package or with pay-per-view units.
17.
Queensland State Archives School Admission Registers.
Queensland State
Archives recently received a number of new School Admission Registers.
Some were additions to series already held by QSA while others were for
schools for which no admission records were held previously. Other admission
registers have also been added to the collection – check ArchivesSearch
for your school.
18.
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
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received is deemed to be accurate, but the editor takes no
responsibility for incorrect information supplied. [Editor's note: The
opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and are not
necessarily those of the Editor or of QFHS]
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