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We Remember Them: wartime stories in our family treesWomen, some dressed in uniform, changing the tyre of a truck during World War Two, Queensland, 1939. The women were part of the Australian Military Women's Emergency Legion. The We Remember Them project will gather stories from our members focusing on the wartime stories in their family trees. A virtual Honour Board will be created on this website to display an image of the individual and a few vital statistics. Each image will be linked to the story of that person’s wartime experiences. Read More |
Another significant milestone achieved by the School Pupils Index team369,500 new records added to the online database! A further 369,500 entries have been added to the online Queensland School Pupils Index Part 7 database in April. In total, our index to school pupils now has over 5 million records. Where we have extracted the pupil names directly from admission registers, a 20 year closure has been observed as recommended by the Queensland State Archives. Schools range from large city ones, with admissions in the thousands, to country one-teacher schools with a total enrolment of hundreds. Some schools have long ceased to exist; others are still functioning. All additional names are from admission registers. The schools include both large and small from across Queensland – including Acacia Ridge SHS, Balaclava SS, Biloela SHS, Deception Bay North SS, Mabel Park schools, Southport SS, Thursday Island SHS, Weipa North SS, William Duncan SS and Wonglepong SS. Check out the list of schools here to find those marked “new”. Congratulations to the QSPI team who contributed to these additional records: Dorothy Jeffrey, Lyn Hooper, Maureen Arthur, Wendy Couper, Jackie Buttress, Mary Geiger, Bev Bonning, Eric and Rosemary Kopittke with technical support and dataset maintenance provided by John Perryn. Teacher and pupils of Glenview State School, ca. 1911Back row (from left to right): George Skerman, Walter Skerman, Walter Jones, Alf Wendt, May Cramb, Doris Nichol, Warnes, Flo Munro. Image & description: State Library of Queensland |
What makes QFHS run?Do you realise that every benefit, resource, activity and service you receive as part of your QFHS membership is provided by fellow-members who volunteer? Any seminar or workshop you attend, our unique digital records, members’ lounge or guest speaker events, our newsletter and journal, our extensive library and map resources as well as countless other IT and admin activities behind the scenes are all produced by volunteers. Without these people giving back to our society, it simply would not exist. Sometimes you may notice a gap in our services and think ‘why doesn’t somebody do something about that?’ or you may have a great idea that ‘somebody’ could bring to life; the answer to these situations is that we never have enough volunteers for all the tasks and great ideas! Maybe you could be the “somebody” we’re looking for? Express interest here. |