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New Resources 2005
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What's New?

QFHS releases new publications (print, microfiche and digital) at regular intervals. When available to the wider genealogical community, the product is promoted by the release of a brochure giving details and cost. Highlights of new releases during the year are listed below. All our resources are available direct from the Society's Bookshop and order forms are available for download to your printer; complete one and send with payment.

EMIGRANTS FROM HAMBURG TO AUSTRALIA 1879

A companion resource to
 EMIGRANTS FROM HAMBURG TO AUSTRAL/ASIA 1850-1878
 Title: Emigrants from Hamburg to Australia 1879
 Published:  November 2005
 ISBN: 1 921171 01 4 (fiche); 1 921171 00 6 (book)
 Media: 1 microfiche; 1 book (33pp)
 Cost: AUD$6.60 - microfiche; AUD$12.00 - book; prices incl GST
 P&P: Fiche: Free within Australia; Overseas, please apply
 P&P: Book: $2.50 within Australia; Overseas, please apply

QUEENSLAND SCHOOL PUPILS’ INDEX CD Part 3 with QFHSdatasearch Version 1.6.

QSPI Part 3 indexes approximately 340,000 names drawn from 200+ Queensland schools. The three CDs combined cover almost 900,000 names from 600+ schools – about 25% of admissions. Dates for this CD range from 1870 to 2004 with a 30 year closure, as recommended by Education Queensland, when names were extracted directly from Admission Registers. Schools range in sized from large city ones with admissions in the thousands to small country one-teacher schools with a total enrolment of hundreds. Some schools have long ceased to exist; others are still functioning.

Sources from which the names are drawn are diverse - actual school admission registers, school histories covering a significant anniversary (Jubilee, Golden, Centenary) in the life of a school, and local histories which don’t focus on the school but include a pupil list as part of their story. Many sources provide additional information on the family including age at admission, birth date, parents’ names and occupation, religion, address.

QFHSdatasearch is a generic interface designed to search genealogy databases and was developed by the Queensland Family History Society Inc. This version features field oriented and keyword searches, Boolean selection, sorting and wildcard searches.

Click to download a list of schools included. (.pdf or .doc)

A companion resource to
 QUEENSLAND SCHOOL PUPILS’ INDEXES CD Version Parts 1 and 2 with QFHSdatasearch

 Title: Queensland School Pupils’ Index CD Part 3
 Published:  November 2005
 ISBN: 1 876613 98 X
 Media: 1 CD
 Cost: AUD$49.50 incl GST; Overseas AUD$45.00
 P&P: AUD$2.00 within Australia; Overseas AUD$5.00

QUEENSLAND GAZETTED LICENCES INDEX 1860-1901 with QFHSdatasearch V1.6

Three indexes to details of approx 180,000 licences listed in the Queensland Government Gazette from 1860 to 1901. Covers 70,000 timber licence applications (1860-1901); 40,000 goldfields miners’ rights, miners and business licences (1870-1884), and 70,000 applications from 33 other licence types (1860-1899). The indexes can be directly searched on name, year and licence details with QFHSdatasearch.

This is an excellent resource for accumulating information on family occupations and activities. Each index gives name, title, location, licence type, and the date and page of the Government Gazette reference, as well as other information specific to the index. Timber licences are not limited to cutting and removing timber — they also include obtaining quarry material such as sand, gravel, road base, crushed aggregate and rock; the goldfields miners’ and business licences include various business types, with many of the licences taken out by women. Other licences cover numerous activities: selling postage stamps, occupations such as auctioneer and surveyor, dealing in liquor and spirits (apart from publicans and licensed victuallers) and distilling from sugar for fortifying wine and even for scientific purposes!

QFHSdatasearch is a generic interface designed to search genealogy databases and was developed by the Queensland Family History Society Inc. This version features field oriented and keyword searches, Boolean selection, sorting and wildcard searches.

Title: Queensland Gazetted Licences Index 1860-1901
Published: August 2005
ISBN: 1 876613 99 8
Format: 1 CD
Cost: AUD$49.50 incl GST. Overseas Orders: AUD$45.00
P&P: AUD$2.00 Australia wide; Overseas Orders: AUD$5.00

Commonwealth Electoral Rolls (Queensland) 1913 with QFHSdatasearch V1.6

This is an index of approx 362,000 entries from the Commonwealth Electoral Roll showing all electors registered in Queensland in 1913 — the last year before the major population shifts caused by World War I. Entries cover name, sex, place of living, occupation, roll number, subdivision and division. Electoral redistribution changes and Divisional boundaries of the day are also included. Although registration was not compulsory in 1913, most people eligible to enrol did so. This is a comprehensive record providing all information found in the rolls held in the National Archives of Australia.

QFHSdatasearch allows direct searching on name, year and other details. Combining the range of information with the search specifications and sorting facilities can be particularly useful for locating family groups; eg specify a surname and sort on place of living within a subdivision. This version of QFHSdatasearch features field oriented and keyword searches, Boolean selection, sorting, wildcard searches and, when applicable, links between search results and images held in pdf files of the source records.

This is an excellent starting point for researching families living in Queensland.

A companion to Commonwealth Electoral Rolls (Queensland) 1903
Title: Commonwealth Electoral Rolls (Queensland) 1913
Published: March 2005
ISBN: 1 876613 95 5
Format: 1 CD
Cost: AUD$49.50 incl GST. Overseas Orders: AUD$45.00
P&P: AUD$2.00 Australia wide; Overseas Orders: AUD$5.00

Guide to the Microform Collection in the Queensland Family History Society Library and Resource Centre

This publication (book or CD) is a guide to the myriad microform and computer based records held in our library. Although complete details are published regularly in the Queensland Family Historian, a consolidated listing of resources has proved useful. The aims of this publication are to make researchers more aware of the extensive resources available thus enabling them to plan and utilise more effectively their time spent at the library. 

Records have been grouped together into categories within geographical divisions – usually countries subdivided into counties or states as appropriate. The categories have been selected to facilitate location of the records. 

Title: Guide to the Microform Collection in the Queensland Family History Library and Resource Centre
Published: March 2005
ISBN: Print 1 876613 96 3; CD 1 876613 97 1
Format: 3^rd edition 174pp; 1 CD in .pdf format
Cost: AUD$25.00 incl GST both formats
P&P: CD - AUD$2.00 Australia wide; Book POA

Queensland Public Service Index 1864-1948 with QFHSdatasearch V1.6

Three indexes on one CD:

1. an index to approx 65,000 Queensland Public Service Employees’ entries published periodically in the Queensland Government Gazette from 1864 to 1948 (or Queensland Blue Book for 1870-1879). The index gives name, present office, location, date of birth, date of initial appointment, and the date, page and volume of the Government Gazette reference. Further information in the Gazette or Blue Book may include salary, allowance, qualifications and appointment details.

2. an index to approx 35,000 names of teachers mentioned in the Education Office Gazette from 1907 to 1920. The index covers teacher admissions, promotions, transfers and resignations, listing the name, type of entry, standing, school/s, date and page reference in the Education Office Gazette.

3. an index to approx 12,500 names from School Committee notices in the Queensland Government Gazette between commencement year of 1876 and 1899. The school committee index covers notices of appointments and resignations for over 300 schools from all regions of Queensland.

Search on name, year and other details using QFHSdatasearch which also provides direct links to source images of Queensland Public Service Employees lists. QFHSdatasearch version 1.6 features field oriented and keyword searches, Boolean selection, sorting, wildcard searches and links between search results and images held in pdf files of the source records (viewable with Adobe Acrobat – free downloadable software).

This is an excellent resource for researching Queensland public servants.

Title: Queensland Public Service Index 1864-1948
Published: March 2005
ISBN: 1 876613 94 7
Format: CD
Cost: AUD$49.50 incl GST. Overseas Orders: AUD$45.00
P&P: AUD$2.00 Australia wide; Overseas Orders: AUD$5.00

And now something very new .... in partnership with ArchiveCD Books Australia (ACDBA), QFHS has a range of new CDs for sale. This is a joint project that promises to bring more new titles to assist with your Queensland research.

Check out these new titles -

Queensland Blue Book
1870 69pp | 1 CD | (1870) 2004 | $21.00; 1872 74pp | 1 CD | (1873) 2004 | $21.00; 1873 74pp | 1 CD | 2004 | $21.00; 1879 102pp | 1 CD | 2004 | $21.00;
1911 180pp | 1 CD | 2004 | $21
P & P AUD$2.00 Australia wide
The Queensland Blue Books give details of people employed in the Queensland Civil Service for the year of publication. After listings of various appointed and elected Government officers and members, the larger part of these volumes record appointments by department. High quality scanned images of the whole of the original book. These CDs can be viewed by any computer using Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 4 or later recommended). The data is completely self-contained, and requires no installation. Information generally given for each appointment: Office, Name , Class under Civil Service Act (Ordinary or Professional), Date of Appointment, By whom Appointed, and under what Instrument , Annual Salary , Date of First Appointment under Government of Queensland or New South Wales.

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Last update 11 April, 2007