NEWSLETTER UPDATE – 14th OCTOBER
2009 – CABOOLTURE FAMILY
HISTORY RESEARCH GROUP INC.
On Monday, we had a meeting with 2 Council
Representatives (Pam and Julie), re new premises for the Club. The only option at the moment, besides
‘joining’ the Council Library, is to take the offer of a couple of buildings at
the
Another
meeting with Council Representatives will be held in 2 weeks time. The Old Fire Station will be a memory by
Christmas 2010. Work on the new Council
building will start in June next year.
In the
meantime, if you know of an available accessible building that would be
suitable, please advise a Committee member.
It was
decided at the meeting on Saturday that as we don’t get many members attending
the Guest Speaker talks, that we would invite a number of people from different
like-minded clubs to attend…i.e.
Membership stands at approx. 110 at the
moment.
The Cookie dough fund raiser has now closed, but as
the dough had to be ordered in lots of 8, there will be a few spare ones for
sale….so if you didn’t get around to ordering some and you would like some,
please see office staff….thank you to everyone who participated in this ‘new’
fundraiser.
Not long now to Christmas, so
donations of non-perishable goods can be left at the office for the Christmas
Raffle.
Saturday 31st October at 1 pm…our guest
speaker is Esma Rigby who will talk about the Finnish Road Constructors in
Nth. Qld…..title may not sound interesting, but Esma is an extremely good
speaker and you will enjoy this talk…..so come along….
Irish Roots magazine is now on FACEBOOK – more details at www.irishrootsmagazine.com
Joanne, our Librarian needs some assistance with the
project she is doing on the Mayors of Caboolture.
Below is a survey option you may like to take part
in…it has nothing to do with the Club.
Who are
the Genealogists of
Family
history, since the advent of the Cook Bi-centennial in
A
survey of Australian genealogists has been launched to examine these questions
as part of a master's research program at the University of New England -
School of Humanities.
Entitled
‘Who Are the Genealogists of Australia' the survey asks genealogists about
their motivations for beginning their research and why they continue to conduct
their research. They are also asked about their research interests and how and
where they conduct their research and why they make those choices. The survey
also investigates their plans for the product of their research. Finally,
genealogists are asked about their demographic characteristics.
In
undertaking this survey, one substantial problem exists. That is, there is no
census of Australian genealogists that enables a representative statistical
sample to be easily taken. Genealogists practice their craft in many different
ways and locations. Surveying them in any one place will not achieve the broad
representation needed. Therefore, for a comprehensive result to be achieved it
is important that as wide a range of participants as possible be obtained.
Your
help in undertaking the survey will positively assist in developing the
comprehensive picture aimed for in this research project.
The survey is open for participation until 30 November 2009, and can be found at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ausgensurvey/
Christine Yeats
Manager, Public Access
State Records NSW