New Resources
2006
All prices in AUD$ include GST
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. When
ordering, please complete a form and post with your
payment.
NOTE: The asterisk
appearing in titles below signifies <*QFHSdatasearch>
which is a generic interface designed to search
genealogy databases and has been developed by the
Queensland Family History Society Inc. Version 1.7
features field oriented and keyword searches, Boolean
selection, sorting, wildcard searches and, when
applicable, links between search results and images
held as photograph files or in pdf files of the source
records.
Queensland Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions
Beenleigh, Redlands and Cleveland
Districts
This CD consolidates into a single collection of pdf
files inscriptions on headstones and plaques in ten
cemeteries in the Beenleigh, Redland Bay and Cleveland
districts, as transcribed, indexed and compiled for
publication between 1995 and 2002 by Rosemary and Eric
Kopittke. The material has been previously released in
printed and/or microfiche form by QFHS in eight
separate publications. The ten cemeteries covered are
Alberton, Beenleigh, Bethania Lutheran, Cleveland,
Eagleby, Mt Cotton (Cornubia), Mt Cotton (St Pauls
Lutheran) Pimpama Island, Redland Bay (Serpentine
Road) and Redland Bay (Gordon Road). Some are still
active - others closed many years ago.
As well as inscriptions each file includes maps of the
cemetery showing the position of each headstone and an
index to all names referred to on the inscriptions.
Together the entries refer to approximately 9,800
people and the files represent about 800 pages of
inscriptions, maps and indexes.
The material on this CD is an excellent resource for
researching families in the area, covering most of the
major cemeteries and with the earliest headstones
dating from 1864. As well as confirming or showing
possible errors in the burial register, the MIs often
show family relationships for 3 or 4 generations,
including names for people not buried in the grave.
Details can include parents, birth place and date,
marriage information, titles and honours. Neighbouring
plots can include related families.
The files are fully searchable on text using Adobe
Reader, including, with versions 6 or later, the
ability to bring up, in response to a single request,
a list of all instances of the name or pattern you are
searching across all files on the CD. Details are
given in an overall contents file.
Published: August 2006
ISBN:
1 921171 10 3
Format: CD
Cost:
AUD$39.50 incl GST
P&P: Aust : $2.00
Overseas: $35.90, P&P $15.00 |
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EMIGRANTS
FROM HAMBURG TO AUSTRALASIA 1874-1875
QFHSInc
announces yet another release in its
Emigrants from Hamburg
series
This latest resource (available in print and
microfiche form) gives details direct from the
original Hamburg records of passengers departing
for Australasia in 1874 and 1875. Vital details
such as former place of residence, occupation
and age are included for approx 3500 emigrants
who sailed on eleven◊ ships bound for
Australasian ports, including Brisbane (Qld),
Wellington, Napier and Lyttelton (NZ).
(Though one does not have a
departure list, other information on the ship
and voyage is included).
◊ 1874:
Herschel, Reichstag, Gutenberg, Humbolt, Fritz
Reuter
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1875: Lammershagen, Friedeburg, Herschel,
Shakespeare, Terpsichore, Gutenberg.
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Title: Emigrants from Hamburg to
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Published: April 2006
ISBN:
1 921171 06 5
Format: Microfiche x 2
Cost:
AUD$13.20 incl
GST
P&P: Aust : free
Overseas: Please apply |
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Published: April 2006
ISBN:
1 921171 07 3
Format: Book of 169pp
Cost:
AUD$30.00 incl
GST
P&P: Aust AUD$2.50
Overseas: Please apply |
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KEEPING
YOUR RECORDS IN ORDER
Family History & Genealogical Management System
A CD
version for computer users: Essentially, a
Family History and Genealogical Record
Management System
for
beginners and other researchers who want to
become better organised. The CD complements an
earlier print version and covers similar basic
requirements, correspondence, postage books,
files, notebooks, family records, charts --
pedigree, drop, stemma, family group sheets,
other charts and forms, books etc, numbering
systems, preservation and storage - photos,
photocopies, printouts, maps, newspaper
cuttings, jewellery, medals and books, what to
do with your research, and useful addresses.
(This is not a "how to do research" guide).
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Title: Keeping Your Records In Order :
Family History & Genealogical Management System
Published: April 2006
ISBN:
1 921171 05 7
Format: CD x 1
Cost:
AUD$15.00 incl GST
P&P: Aust AUD$2.00 |
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COMMONWEALTH
ELECTORAL ROLL (QUEENSLAND)
1922
CD with QFHSdatasearch Version 1.7*
An index of
details from the Commonwealth Electoral Roll of
approx 419,000 electors registered in
Queensland
in 1922. Entries cover name, title, sex, place
of living, occupation, roll number, subdivision
and division. The index allows direct searching
on name, year and the other details with
QFHSdatasearch.
This is an
excellent starting point for researching
families living in
Queensland
at the time and is a unique source of public
information on individuals. It covers all
electors recorded in the rolls held in the
National Archives of Australia and lists all the
information recorded in the rolls. Combining the
range of information with the search
specifications and sorting facilities in
QFHSdatasearch can be particularly useful for
locating family groups, eg by specifying a
surname and sorting on place of living within
subdivision. The CD is the third in this series.
The 1922 roll
follows the major shifts caused by World War I.
It was compiled after a redistribution of
electorates and the CD includes maps showing the
new Division boundaries. Enrolment was
compulsory, though voting was not, so
Queenslanders from all walks of life are present
in the index.
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Title: Commonwealth Electoral Roll (QLD)
1922
Published: February 2006
ISBN:
1 921171 03 0
Format: CD x 1
Cost:
AUD$49.50 incl GST
(overseas AUD$45.00)
P&P: Aust AUD$2.00 (overseas AUD$5.00)
A companion to
Commonwealth Electoral Roll (QLD) 1913, 1903 ^ |
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QUEENSLAND POLICE GAZETTE INDEX 1864-1874
CD with QFHSdatasearch Version 1.7*
An index to approx
31,200 names and aliases mentioned in the
Queensland Police Gazette (QPG) from its
commencement in 1864 to 1874. QPGs contain details and
information that cannot be found elsewhere as they
were only circulated within the internal network
of the Police Force.
The index is
searchable with QFHSdatasearch.
A special feature of
this CD is the inclusion of "topics" which cover a wide range
of items of interest to family historians and
those who had family serving in the Police Force.
Useful information to the
discerning researcher includes -
INFORMATION ON
OFFENCES
The Gazette records
the names of the victim and suspected offender,
addresses, place and circumstance of the offence,
age of offender, and nationality, appearance,
dress and other marks of identity, and a
description, as accurate as possible, of stolen
property eg horses, &c.
INFORMATION ON
OFFENDERS
A variety of
information is given including the nature of the
crime, aliases, a description of the dress and
physical appearance of the offender, age,
nationality, &c.
LOST PROPERTY
Reports the name of
the person, circumstances of the loss, description
of property, and location.
LISTS OF LICENSES
Most lists, giving
the date and location of the licenses, commence in
February 1871 and are extracts from the Queensland
Government Gazette. Lists commenced earlier for
medical practitioners (January 1865) and chemists
& druggists (February 1870).
POLICE MISCELLANEOUS
INFORMATION
For the entire period
1864-1874, the Police Gazette includes lists of
appointments, promotions, resignations,
discharges, dismissals, reduction in rank, and
transfers (1864-1868 only) with the register
number, date and place (where appropriate).
Rewards to police officers also appear in the
Gazette.
MISSING FRIENDS
These are normally
people whose whereabouts is sought by relatives or
friends. The gazette details (where known) the
name, physical description, time last seen,
occupation, age, nationality, supposed
destination, and other relevant information to
assist in their location.
GOVERNMENT
APPOINTMENTS
These cover Justices
of the Peace and Magistrates.
RETURN OF DEATHS
REPORTED TO THE POLICE IN WHICH INQUESTS ARE HELD
From December 1869,
the Gazette records the name of the deceased,
occupation, age, physical description and dress,
date and place of death, supposed cause of death,
and the names of the persons last seen in the
company of the deceased.
EXTRACTS FROM POLICE
GAZETTES IN OTHER COLONIES
Where it was supposed
that an offender had traveled to Queensland,
extracts from other Police Gazettes, particularly
in the case of serious offences, were published in
the QPG. Notices from the New South Wales,
Victorian, Tasmanian, South Australian and New
Zealand gazettes appear during the period covered
by this index.
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Title:
Queensland Police Gazette Index
1864-1874
Published: February 2006
ISBN:
1 921171 04 9
Format: CD x 1
Cost:
AUD$49.50 incl GST
(overseas AUD$45.00)
P&P: Aust AUD$2.00 (overseas AUD$5.00)
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RAVENSWOOD CEMETERY
HEADSTONES
CD with QFHSdatasearch Version 1.7*
This CD provides
photographs of 145 headstones in the Ravenswood
cemetery in November 2003 and includes an index to
the 196 names mentioned in the monumental
inscriptions. The index can be searched on name
and year with QFHSdatasearch, with search results
linked to the corresponding photographs for
display via a button on the result panel.
Headstones
remaining in the cemetery in 2003 record details
of former residents from 1872 to recent times,
with 2001 the date of the most recent burial
recorded on the monumental inscriptions. Though
there are many burials unmarked by a headstone
these photographs provide a valuable insight into
the lives of those who lived there.
Ravenswood,
located about 120 kilometres south-west of
Townsville, was founded in 1868 following the
discovery of gold and was an extremely prosperous
gold mining centre with a population of up to
5000. The Hotels and Publicans Index published by
QFHS shows more than 50 hotels in the 1870s. Today
it is almost a ghost-town though it still has many
reminders of the past – mullock heaps, tall
chimneys, discarded machinery and the cemetery.
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Title:
Ravenswood
Cemetery Headstones
Published: February 2006
ISBN:
1 921171 02 2
Format: CD x 1
Cost:
AUD$20.00 incl GST
(overseas AUD$18.00)
P&P: Aust AUD$2.00 (overseas AUD$5.00)
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Emigrants
from Hamburg to Australasia 1850 - 1879
CD with QFHSdatasearch Version 1.8
This CD consolidates into one index and a
set of linked pdf files the full 21 publications in the
Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia series compiled by
Rosemary and Eric Kopittke and published by QFHS between
1991 and 2006 in print and microfiche form. It covers all
available departure lists for ships from Hamburg to
Australia and New Zealand during the period, with name,
former place of residence, age, occupation, ship,
destination and departure year recorded for more than
40,000 emigrants. The index allows direct searching,
using QFHSdatasearch, on name, year and the other details,
with search results directly linked to the relevant pdf
files of the original publications.
This CD is a marvellous, unique research
resource for the high proportion of Australians and New
Zealanders with German ancestry and those with a more
general interest in migration from Germany, Denmark,
Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Italy and other European
countries. Not only does it cover all the information from
the original Hamburg listings, much of which is
unavailable on corresponding arrival lists, but also
includes, in the pdf files, information on the ships and
reports extracted from contemporary newspapers. Many of
the Hamburg lists are written in old German script,
presenting special problems to researchers who are not
conversant with the script or the language, and each of
the original publications represents countless hours of
painstaking transcription and translation, checking and
cross-checking names and places, and matching against
other sources where available.
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Title:
Emigrants from
Hamburg to Australasia 1850 - 1879
Published:
by the
Queensland Family History Society, November 2006
ISBN:1 921171 08 1
Cost:
$145.00 AU + $2 postage worldwide.
P & P:
Aust
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