NEWSLETTER
CABOOLTURE FAMILY HISTORY
RESEARCH GROUP INC.
Phone No - 5428 2018
Email - cfhrg@mail.cth.com.au
Welcome to our new Members – Jim Jenner,
Saturday
26th August – Guest Speaker – Desley Schafer
(Topic - How to keep your records)
Next
meeting is
PRESIDENT’S
REPORT
How the months roll by. One of the changes introduced for the benefit
of both our club and members, has been the use of security lockers. The purpose of these is to provide a safe
storage for personal items for members and to help prevent the loss of items
from the club premises. Unfortunately we cannot discriminate between members
and visitors and as such, would sincerely request that members comply with this
requirement. This is not aimed at any
member of the club, but it should be remembered that it is in the best interest
of all members to retain all of our resources.
This service is provided to the user at no cost.
We are at present trying to gain some funding to
purchase NZ Birth, Deaths and Marriages but to date have had no response to our
request. This project is well beyond the Clubs resources.
We have a beautiful Italian marble topped stand
supplied by Jack Piper and two highly desirable collectable plates donated by
Carmen Aebersold. The stand will be on display when the rooms are open and the
prizes will be drawn in November to celebrate the anniversary of the club. Tickets are on sale now at the low cost of
one dollar ($1) each so get your tickets now.
It was most pleasing to see an increase in attendance
on the Friday. We were having increasing doubts about the premises being open
as usually there were only duty persons attending. 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.
Happy researching, David
GUEST
SPEAKER – Roma Waldron
(by the librarian)
Our guest speaker was Roma Waldron, who gave a talk
about the Australian Index she is currently working on. It will have between 1 million and 10 million
names,
BOOK REVIEW
(by Joanne Beeston)
The
This booklet has a lot of information on how to find
your W.W.I. ancestor. In the back is a
Guide to Archives, Museums and Websites to help you with your research. Located in the Military Section Code: REF
MIL.THEB
These are just some of the things on this disc….there
are 100s of files on it, would take weeks to search through it all. These are just some of the items in the Genealogy
on Disk section - COPYRIGHT, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, ABBREVIATIONS, ABORIGINES,
ADOPTIONS, APPRENTICESHIPS, ARCHIVES, ARMY AND AIR FORCE RECORDS, BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS, BLUE BOOKS, BOOKS,
BOOKSHOPS, BRANDS, CALENDARS, CEMETERY RECORDS, CENSUS RECORDS, CHAPMAN CODES -
B.S.S. 6879: 1987, CHANCERY, CHURCH RECORDS, CIVIL REGISTRATION, CLANS, COATS
OF ARMS AND HERALDRY, COLONIAL SECRETARY RECORDS 1788 - 1825, COMPUTERS,
CONVICTS, COUNTIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
COUSINS, DEAD PERSONS SOCIETY, DEED POLLS, DIRECTORIES, DIVORCES, ELECTORAL
ROLLS, FAMILY HISTORY FAIRS, FAMILY GROUP RECORDS, FIRST FLEET, FUNERAL
DIRECTORS RECORDS, FAMILY HISTORY AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, GLOSSARY, GRIFFITH'S VALUATION, GENERAL REGISTRY OFFICES,
HEARTH MONEY ROLLS, HELPFUL HINTS, HOSPITALS, HOTELS, IMMIGRATION, INDEXES,
INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX (IGIs), INDIA, IS IT GREAT BRITAIN? OR IS IT
ENGLAND OR THE UK?, LAND RECORDS, LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS, LIGHTHOUSES, MANORIAL
RECORDS, etc
Also on this CD –
“Australia @ War” -
There are 100s of files in this section as well – Flying under the Sydney
Harbour Bridge, Celebrities in the war, Military Museums in Australia, Military
Vehicles, Military Abbreviations and Terminology, etc.
This CD is well worth a look…..as apart
from having shipping lists; it also has lots and lots of other very interesting
items.
RECENTLY
ACQUIRED RESOURCES
CDs
Qld – Brisbane Courier Mail 1920-1924 & 1925-1929
(purchased with raffle monies)
NSW – Index to the Colonial Secretary’s Papers
1788-1825 (donated Jack Piper)
MICROFICHE
Passenger arrivals Fremantle Interstate 1885 – 1908
(Both these items were purchased with raffle
proceeds)
JOURNALS
Sandgate & Dist. Historical Society & Museum
Inc. – donated by Joanne Beeston
NOTE: If you happen to have a spare Sunday
morning or afternoon, and you have relatives in the Sandgate District, the
museum is well worth a visit. As well as
lots of interesting items, they have heaps of papers on local identities and local
homes and places.
BITS AND
PIECES……………..Helpful News and Information
History
Tickets for the Fair are available from the Office -
$8.00 each. If you buy your ticket ‘at
the door on the day’ they will be $10.00 each.
The fair is at the Mt.Gravatt Showgrounds on Sunday 3rd
September
The
THE STATE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON 22nd SEPTEMBER FOR
6 WEEKS WHILE THEY RELOCATE BACK TO THEIR OLD LOCATION.
Electoral
Rolls
Any State Electoral Roll can be
accessed at your Local State Electoral Office.
Travelling
Exhibitions
What we want: the birth
of Women’s Suffrage in Queensland is at the
Links to
Cemeteries
Joy Murrin, the NSW Transcription Agent, has quite a
few links to cemeteries – see URL below
http://www.joymurrin.com.au/LINKAUScemeteries.htm
Books
for
Reminiscences of Samford
Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 - $5.00 each
Australian Family Tree
Connections magazine
This magazine is
available from the office. We are sent 5
copies of this magazine every month, so if you purchase from newsagent, perhaps
you would consider purchasing from the Club…any copies not sold are returned to
the supplier…Cost is $5.95 a copy (same as the newsagent).
Future Pie
Drives
With regards future pie drives, Palmers have moved to
the south side of
Thank
You!!
Thank you to the members who saved their Bushells’ tokens. We
had only enough tokens to enter one draw in the Bushells Community Cash
competition, which has resulted in the Club winning
$500…. thank you once again Bushells
A BIG thank you also goes to Chris Beeston for giving up his ‘day off’ and installing the new door.
A BIG thank you also goes
to everyone who has donated prizes for the raffles.
There has been a terrific variety of items donated over the past year or
so – something for everyone!!
Our
Hindsight Magazine
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 have been only two photos submitted for the Sept. issue.
It has been suggested that we include a regular
column in the Hindsight “Help Wanted”, where members who are having difficulty
with their research may like to submit questions about certain aspects of their
research. So get your thinking caps on,
and depending on what space is available in the magazine, your questions will
be printed. Remember, our magazine goes
to other genealogy clubs all over
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’.
For
Fund raising is essential
to clubs such as our own as it is the only way in which we can provide new
resources for your research.
If you happen to find a useful resource for sale that
may be of interest to members of the Club, please advise
office staff….we do try to purchase items from different parts of
Raffle Tickets - $1 a ticket – There is a different raffle each month,
with the draw being on meeting day.
Usually there are 2 or 3 prizes, sometimes 4. All monies raised through raffles are
used to buy resources for the use of Club members.
The August Monthly Raffle
Prizes are….
1st prize – 2 bath sheets & 2 face washers
(donated by the Good Guys)
2nd prize – Coffee & Cocktail set (spoons &
forks)
3rd prize – Address book
Special Raffle - $1 a ticket – This raffle is for a hand carved wooden
pedestal stand for 1st prize.
2nd prize is a pair of Royal Albert collectable plates….very
beautiful prizes.
Coffee Mugs – There are both ordinary CFHRG coffee
mugs and 25th Anniversary coffee mugs for sale…..these are $5
each and come in three colours – blue, green and brown.
Recipe Books – The new book Recipes for All Occasions
is now available – cost is $5
a book…there are only a few copies left.
Silver Circle – The winners are
Week 1 – No.11 – Elaine Elms
Week
Week
Week 5 –- Drawn tonight (12th August)
Good luck and thank you to all who participated.
Laminating – This can be done at the office – Cost is $1 an A4 sheet.
Scribblers – 50c each
Some websites
for you to try………………..
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/royal-navy-service.asp
Royal Naval
Seamen (1873 - 1923)
For those of you
who are not aware you can now download (and search) the service registers of
more than 500,000 seamen who joined the Royal Navy between 1873 and 1923. Until now, these records have only been
available on microfiche in the Reading Room at the National Archives,
This site
provides an explanation of medieval medical terms.
This is a link to
the British Library site. The site has information about the Library, its
collections and on-line services. Click
on "What you can do on this site".
Access to digital
historical maps for
This site has
been recommended before but it well worth another look.
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/search.htm
On
http://svc005.wic028p.server-web.com/asp/crem/search_gardens.asp
Lismore Lawn
Cemetery & Memorial Gardens Register- searchable….
You can search by
surname only, surname and date range, and surname and initial.
http://www.wentworth.nsw.gov.au/services/cemeteries/search.php
Wentworth Shire
Cemeteries – Wentworth, Coomealla, Gol Gol, Pooncarie