10th March
2007
NEWSLETTER
of the
CABOOLTURE
FAMILY HISTORY
RESEARCH
GROUP INC.
Phone No - 5428 2018
Email - cfhrg@yahoo.com.au
Welcome to our new Members –
Joanne Hasted, Erica Thompson, Natalie Purtill, Tonnie Plane, Anne Bowker,
Lorraine Foster and Hilary Berger
IMPORTANT NOTES:
The Club will be closed over
Easter: (Friday 6th, Saturday 7th, Monday 9th of April 2007) and on Anzac Day
25th April, 2007.
Saturday 1 pm 24th March
2007 - GUEST SPEAKER will be Marie Thompson
from the LDS, who will explain what resources they have available and how to
use them.
OPEN DAY 31st March 2007 - same day as the Multi Cultural Festival
being held in the park beside our Club Rooms (if you have an hour or two to
spare, drop in and assist with any visitors that may call in)
AGM – The AGM will be held
on the 16th June 2007 (the 3rd Saturday of the month)
Next meeting is Saturday,
14th April 2007 at 1 pm
President Vice President Secretary
(David Jimmieson) (Elaine Elms) (Janet O’Flaherty)
Treasurer Librarian
(Helen Eaton) (Joanne Beeston)
PATRON: Greg Chippendale
Newsletter Editor
– Elaine Elms
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
As you all will know, we have run our “Trading Table”
on two occasions. The results thus far are far from promising. We have decided
to run it on meeting days until 12 noon. Come along and have a look.
The computer room has now been remodelled to make it
more ‘user friendly’. Thanks to those who did the work.
New rules now apply to the issue of books and
magazines/journals. See the person on duty. New conditions also apply to
printing/photocopying. You must see the duty person for either function.
If you want to obtain an English certificate from the
GRO, you will need to have the Year, Quarter, Volume, Page number and District.
This will then cost £7. You can specify some particulars (parents’ names) on
the application to ensure the correct certificate is sent. If it is the wrong
person then £4 is refunded.
Happy researching,
David
Don’t forget the
Help Wanted Section in the Hindsight…..Your name/details will not be printed in
the magazine, your question will be allocated a number and a listing kept in
the office, of who submitted which question.
Any replies will be via CFHRG email address or PO Box. Your questions can be left at the office or
can be emailed to me at nitemare1948@yahoo.com.au
or cfhrg@yahoo.com.au …thank you,
Elaine
We are in need of
more members to volunteer for ‘duty’. It
is not hard – it is just a case of being there to assist new members and
visitors. Ideally we would like to have
two duty persons per session. At the
moment, most days, we have just one person ‘on duty’. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to
help out with library duty on a regular basis or on a ‘needs be’ basis.
PLEASE NOTE:
THE CLUB EMAIL ADDRESS IS NOW cfhrg@yahoo.com.au
FOR
Coffee Mugs – these are $5 each and come in three
colours – blue, green and brown.
Recipe Book (Members
Favourite Recipes) is
available again in limited numbers if anyone wants a copy…..$5.00 each
Scribblers – NOW available in 3 sizes - 50c, 75c or
$1.00 each
Laminating – This can be done at the office – Cost
is $1 an A4 sheet.
DO YOU HAVE ANCESTORS IN
THE MACKAY AREA OR FLEMING CONVICTS?
If so, the information below may be of interest to
you…………..
MACKAY PIONEER REGISTER PRE
1885
Looking for families – (07) 4952 2762
FLEMING/FLEMMING CONVICTS
Richard & Ann Fleming – Fleming Y DNA Project
Email – jflemming@iprimus.com.au
BITS AND PIECES
The
IF IN DOUBT, PLEASE ASK.
(Pedigree Resource File Discs No. 1 – 125 are on CD
and can still be used in any of the computers)
i.e. The
Easter period, the
HINDSIGHT – Our quarterly magazine is sent to approx. 45 other
Genealogy Clubs throughout
If you haven’t
already collected the March edition of the Hindsight, please do so next time
you are at the Club. Also please if you
have an interesting story to tell, or need help with your research, write an
article for the Hindsight. This is your
Club magazine, and your input would be most welcome.
RAFFLE – a water cooler has been made and donated
by Danny O’Brien and we have decided to raffle it over the coming months. Tickets are $1 each and the winner will be
drawn at the A.G.M.
The monthly raffle was drawn today at the meeting. Thank you to all who support this venture, as
all monies raised by the monthly raffles is used to buy more resources for you
to use in your research...
1st prize is a
framed pyrographic picture - made and donated by Doug Cook – won by Natalie
Purtill
2nd prize is a
creamer and sugar bowl – won by Mary Jamison
3rd prize is a
T-Shirt - donated by EzyDVD – won by Jeff Elms
A new monthly
raffle will start next week and as always, tickets are $1.00 each.
FEBRUARY GUEST SPEAKER –
Patrice Connelly was our guest speaker for February and she gave a very
interesting talk on the errors that you can find on death certificates, and the
various links and leads you can obtain from the other areas on the certificate,
like the informant. It was explained how
certain diseases are wrongly interpreted in the spelling and writing of them,
and how you can trace a genetic health problem through death certificates. Also explained was how body meridians from
Chinese medicine can be used to identify certain diseases. Overall, it was a very interesting talk, giving
some different ideas to consider when reading Death Certificates.
LIBRARY NEWS
Check out the shipping section in our library…. we have a lot of new material that has
been downloaded by our members, Jack Piper and Joanne Beeston. The Irish convicts, NSW 1791-1831 passenger
lists, S.A. passenger lists, NSW & Qld shipwrecks, W.A. Passenger lists,
some Tasmania passenger lists, and N.Z. 1839-1883, 1927 passenger lists of
various ports.
Some have a lot of detail about the passengers, but others only have names, but
still worth checking out.
NEW CDs – Pedigree Resource Files - Actually they are DVDs (please read how to
use on P.4 of newsletter)
NEW MICROFICHE –
NEW CEMETERIES –
Sunday Mail BDMs
– July 2006 – Dec. 2006
Courier Mail
Obituaries – Surnames – 2006
NEW BOOKS –
Shipwrecks &
Ship Passenger lists – donated by J. Piper
Qld. Heritage
Register
Royal Aust. Navy
– various ship information – donated by J. Piper
Brisbane History
Group – Index to publications
Winks, Sarah Jane
– Family tree
JIBSON family
tree
First families
2001 – various families – print out
History of
Gympie Times –
BDMs 1885 to 1889, 1875-1884, 1895-1899 – donated by J. Jones
SPECIAL NOTE FROM THE
LIBRARIAN
There are three Australian
Family Tree Connections Magazines from 2005 missing from the library. If you
have borrowed these, could you please let the librarian know, or return them to
the library.
IMPORTANT REMINDER
The following is not directed at the majority of
members who do the right thing, but unfortunately there is a small number who
need this reminder –
1. Please sign in
when you arrive and sign out again when you leave. This is for safety reasons.
2. LOCKERS must
be used. These are available for the
security of your bags and valuables. NO
bags are to be brought into the CD, microfiche or library rooms. Keys are available from the office.
3. Before
borrowing books or journals please see rostered staff. You are allowed to borrow one book or 2
magazines. New members have to be
ratified before they can borrow from the library. Items can be borrowed for maximum of one month
only.
4. If printing
from the computers or CDs, please see rostered staff before doing so. Copies that are printed in error still have
to be paid for.
5. A reminder
when using the microfiche that it is to be replaced back into the correct
number order and the correct drawer.
Always use the card located on the machine that you are using. This will help guide you to the correct place
to return the microfiche.
Thank you…..the club belongs to all of us. Guidelines are necessary to enable the
resources to be looked after and to be available to all members.
Your Executive Committee.
Websites for you to try –
http://www.rootsweb.com/~engsurry/index.shtml
A great site if
you have ancestors in
www.ancestorsonboard.com (PAID
SITE)
Shipping – 30
million records back to 1890
http://www.iwight.com/library/record%5Foffice/Databases/
Pauper lists;
Alehouse licences –
http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/convictsresults.asp
(2000 convicts
listed)
http://wrms.slq.qld.gov.au/callsubmit/TPWebCallEntry.asp
Ask a librarian -
If you've got a question on any topic, they will do their best to find the
answer for you. "Ask a Librarian" is a free service -- just fill in
the details of your question on the form provided on the website.
http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/miners.htm
Victorian Mining
Accident Index
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/australia/scotaus3.htm
Large Scale
Emigration to
Lots of
information about workhouses – Workhouse life; Poor Laws; Uniform; Daily
Routine; Punishment; Food; Christmas, etc.
http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:STANDARD:2067164915:pc=PC_899
Brisbane City
Council Burial records
http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au
Mariners and
Ships in Australian waters.