NEWSLETTER
CABOOLTURE FAMILY HISTORY
RESEARCH GROUP INC.
Phone No -
5428 2018
Email - cfhrg@mail.cth.com.au
Welcome to
our new Members – Norma Lovell and Ronald Wakefield
Welcome
back –
Gary Nugent
Congratulations
to Janet & John O’Flaherty
A great grandson - Bailey John -
born
Congratulations
to Doug Cook on receiving 2nd place for his Pyrography entry in the Caboolture Show.
DATES TO
REMEMBER
Saturday
24th June
– Guest Speaker – Stephanie Ryan
Saturday
29th July
– Guest Speaker - Roma Waldron
Next
meeting
is
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
I, and I am sure I do so on your behalf, would like
to take this opportunity to thank all those members (and their partners) who
have so generously given of their time to make this Club the success that it
is. These people are too numerous to
mention and their help has been in a multitude of ways, all of which are
necessary to keep the Club functioning.
It would appear that the outgoing committee has
maintained the direction of the Club in an acceptable one and I congratulate
each of them for the manner in which they have undertaken their duties. My congratulations go to the incoming
committee and I trust that they receive the full support of all members.
Now, back to that old subject, where once again I
encourage all members to support your Club through the fundraising enterprises,
as this allows us to purchase new research materials.
We have a beautiful Italian marble topped stand
supplied by Jack Piper and two highly desirable collectable plates donated by
Carmen Aebersold. This raffle will be drawn in November to celebrate the
anniversary of the club. Tickets are on
sale now ($1 a ticket). Now more than ever, we need your support.
If anyone has some time to spare, please consider
being a volunteer in the office. If you
wish to do so, please see any of the duty persons or your committee members.
Don’t forget that there are both normal and
anniversary mugs available for sale.
Happy researching,
David
HELP NEEDED
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’.
GUEST
SPEAKER – Rhona Collinson on
Ancestry.com
The talk by Rhona was very well attended. It was especially nice to see some new faces
in the audience. Rhona explained how to
get the best for your money from Ancestry.com. Thanks Rhona for your very interesting presentation.
THE A.G.M.
AND JUNE MONTHLY MEETING
Our A.G.M. and June Monthly Meeting was held on
President – David Jimmieson
Vice President – Elaine Elms
Secretary – Janet O’Flaherty
Treasurer – Helen Eaton
Librarian – Joanne Beeston
During the Monthly Meeting the following members were
reappointed to the following positions.
Publications Editor – Elaine Elms
Webpage Co-Ordinator – Chris Ryder
Membership Secretary – Glenys Gordon
Assistant Librarian – Jane O’Brien
Assistant Librarian – Chris Ryder
A new position was officially created, that of Library Research Assistant. Jack
Piper graciously accepted his appointment to this position. Jack has been doing research for Library
resources for a considerable amount of time and now it is official!
A special thank you must go to Jeff Elms for his
continuing work in maintaining our computers and for his assistance with all
things “technological”. Well done, Jeff.
DID YOU
KNOW……..
If you haven’t been in to
the Club to research for a while – look at some of the new resources we have
acquired during the last dew months. The
Internet has lots of resources for you to search however; there is a lot of
extra information in these items.
Australian Dictionary of Dates – Men of the Times
Bound for
Census of
Manly
Pioneer Index
South Australian Biographical Index 1836-1885
Dern Index for
LDS Pedigree Resource Files #1 - #115
(There is a lot more information on the discs than on
the Internet)
NSW Maclay Argus Newspaper Index 1885-1889
NSW Sydney Morning Herald BDMs 1831-1853
NSW Riverina Cemeteries
Unregistered Deaths in
Monumental Inscriptions Goulburn
From the end of 2004, The Courier Mail “Deaths,
Funerals and Obituaries” have been collected and put into book form for you to
use.
(A lot of the items have
been donated, others purchased from raffle proceeds and still others purchased
from Club funds)
GENEALOGY
WISH LIST
Do you have a Genealogy wish
list?
It isn’t possible for us to
purchase everything that is available, though we do our best to have a wide
range of resources, but if there is a particular item you would like to help
you with your research, please let Management know. If you don’t let us know what you “want”, we
don’t know what to buy!
FUND
RAISING
Fund raising is an essential part of Club business,
to enable us to purchase more resources to assist you in your research. Thank you for supporting our fundraising
efforts.
Monthly
raffles …Tickets $1.00 each
Don’t forget when you buy your raffle ticket/tickets
you can nominate your preferred item for purchase.
There is a different raffle each month, with the
prize being drawn on Meeting day.
Usually there are 2 or 3 prizes, sometimes even 4.
June Raffle
1st prize – Ceramic Jug
2nd prize – Family Tree book
3rd prize – Cream Jug & Sugar Bowl
SPECIAL
RAFFLE
We have been given some very beautiful items for the
Monthly raffles and it has been decided to use two of these items in a special
raffle. Prizes are a carved wooden
pedestal stand (donated by Jack Piper) and two Royal Albert Collector Plates,
one with Prince Charles and the other with the late Princess Diana (donated by
Carmen Aebersold). This raffle will be drawn on 11th November. Tickets are $1 each and are available from
the office.
SILVER
CIRCLE
If you wish to participate, cost will be $10, paid up
front. The
Weeks 1-4 – prize is $20
Week 5 – Prize is $100
THERE ARE STILL A FEW NUMBERS AVAILABLE.
RECIPE BOOK
New edition “Recipes for all Occasions” is now
available….cost $5 per copy.
COFFEE MUGS
Our 25th Anniversary Coffee Mugs and our ordinary
CFHRG mugs are for sale. $5.00 each and
all money raised goes to the Club. They
are available in blue, green and brown.
LAMINATING
$1.00 per A4 sheet (see office staff)
SCRIBBLERS
For sale 50 cents each
HINDSIGHT
Stories for
the Hindsight can be submitted at any time for publication in upcoming issues
of the magazine. The magazine is sent to
many other Genealogy Clubs throughout
Also
don’t forget our birthday page in the Hindsight. If your birthday is in September, October or
November, please submit your baby/toddler photo for inclusion in the September
issue…so far there has been only one photo submitted for the Sept. issue….thank
you, Elaine
STATE
ARCHIVES
BDM news – As from
The State Archives are now open on the 2nd
Saturday of each month.
CENSUS
Yes it is census year again for
War Bride
Information – National Archives – The Repatriation Commission Dept. to obtain records of War
Brides….contact National Reference Service on
1300 886 881 or email ref@naa.gov.au
(Some of
the) NEW ADDITIONS TO OUR LIBRARY RESOURCES
BOOKS
Jamison & Willington Surname list - M. Jamison
Family Historians Pocket Dictionary (purchased with
raffle money)
Queen’s Baton Relay –
Weekly Register, NSW 1843 newspaper – donated by J.
Piper
Coolangatta – Where is the real Coolangatta – donated
by J. Piper
CDs
BORROWING
OF BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY
If the book DOES NOT have a card in the back, it is
NOT FOR LOAN. You will find that most of the cemetery
books, a good few of the shipping books and the GRD are not for loan. There are other books as well, which fall
into this category.
Also not for loan
are the obituaries from the Courier Mail.
One book of the obituaries is missing….have you seen it anywhere?
There are also a
few microfiche missing from the microfiche room.
LOCKERS
NOW AVAILABLE
There are now lockable lockers for you to put your belongings
in for safekeeping. Keys are available
from the Office. Please sign the ‘Key
out’ form when you take a key and return the key to the office before leaving
the premises.
Goomeri
Pumpkin Festival
Jane, Joanne, Glenys and Elaine, along with Danny,
Chris, Geoff and Jeff visited Goomeri for this festival. It was wall-to-wall food (not all with
pumpkin as an ingredient), market stalls and non stop entertainment. We also took a visit to the local cemetery,
where Joanne found relatives she had been looking for. Well worth a visit if you have nothing to do
on the last Sunday in May next year! … And yes, we rode the camels! (Ask Joanne
about it!!)
WHO DO YOU
THINK YOU ARE?
(BBC2 English Programme)
If you want to watch episodes of this very interesting
family history programme, the videos are available for members to borrow…please
enquire at the office.
WEBSITES
FOR YOU TO TRY
http://www.sheffieldrecordsonline.org.uk
http://au.geocities.com/thefallenofthe42nd/war-graves/cemetery-index.htm
War
http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/qld/ipswich/ipswich.htm
Ipswich General
cemetery info
http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/FamilyHistory/Photos/Haigslea_Lawn_Cemetery-Ipswich/index.php
A guide to
researching your convict ancestors
West Australian
Cemeteries
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/acts/actind.htm
Acts of
parliament of interest to genealogists (English – olden times)
http://www.myrasplace.net/index.htm
http://www.brisbanehistory.asn.au/BrisTime/demo.htm
You have to pay
to access this site, but it looks like a very interesting site – timeline of
events for