CABOOLTURE FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH GROUP INC.
NEWSLETTER.
Phone No - 5428 2018
Email - cfhrg@mail.cth.com.au
Welcome to our
new Member – Lawrence Crathern
DATES TO
REMEMBER
Saturday, 30th
April – Open Day (Volunteers required to help out on the day)
Next Meeting is
at
OFFICE BEARERS
2004 – 2005
President
Doug Cook
Vice President
David Jimmieson
Secretary
Janet O’Flaherty
Treasurer
Helen Eaton
Librarian
Joanne Beeston
Assistant Librarian
Jane O’Brien
Magazine Editor
Elaine Elms
Newsletter Editor
Elaine Elms
Magazine Committee
Coral Hapgood
Cemetery Records
Position Vacant
Publicity Officer
Coral Hapgood
After
what seems like an eternity, we could be very close to achieving our goal of
converting the bathroom into the office, thus freeing up the computer room for
what it should be for.
We
are continuing to enlarge our research material, both text, fiche and electronic. All of these resources cost money, and even
though we have (or appear to have) plenty in the kitty, it won’t last
long. My point is that although
fundraising always tends to be in Management’s hands, it would be nice to have
a little bit of help. We would like to
spread the load, even if you don’t want to be actually involved. You may have some brilliant ideas for raising
money. Come and talk to me, or any of
team.
While
we are on about spreading the load, don’t forget we are only a couple of months
away from our A.G.M. Even if you are not
interested in the Executive, there are other positions available. One that springs to mind immediately is that
of Programme Officer. There are probably
people out there, you would all like to have come to the Club and talk to us,
but without some input we don’t have any idea of your requirements.
The
Club can only be as strong as its membership, so if you can spare a little bit
of time, please do. Anyone wanting to
help would get all the support Management can give.
Finally,
a gentle reminder, our financial year ends at the end of this month, so our
annual fees are due. If you are still unfinancial at
the end of May, you won’t be able to take part in any voting or other
programmes.
Happy researching
Doug
THANK YOU –
Many thanks to Jane, Joanne and Glenys for assembling, stapling and folding the
March issue of the Hindsight. Your help
was very much appreciated…….Elaine.
LIBRARY DUTY ROSTER
Doug – Every Saturday & Wednesday morning
David – Every Monday afternoon
Janet – Every Monday morning & 2nd
Saturday morning
Elaine – Every Wednesday afternoon
Jane - 3rd & 4th
Saturday morning
Pat V. – 2nd Wednesday morning
Coral – 2nd Wednesday afternoon
Trevor – 4th Wednesday
afternoon
Gloria – 1st Saturday morning & 4th
Monday morning
Glenys – Every Monday morning
Joanne – 4th Wednesday
morning
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’.
David Penberthy
2nd visit on 19th March, 2005
Again this talk was very well attended, with David
explaining how to research at the National Archives in
The amount of information held by the National
Archives is phenomenal /mind boggling to say the least.
Stephanie Ryan’s visit on
26th March, 2005
This was a very informative talk about the various
resources that the State Library of Qld. holds and where to find them. The talk was mainly related to shipping and
various information sheets were given out.
(The information sheets are also in our Library) It was an afternoon enjoyed by all members
who attended the talk.
http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/index/immigration.asp
Shipping into
Qld ports 1848-1884
FUND RAISING IS ESSENTIAL
TO
ENABLE NEW RESOURCES TO BE PURCHASED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL MEMBERS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO GIVE US YOUR SUPPORT IN
2005.
There
is a Raffle every month – Tickets are always
$1.00 each. All proceeds from these
monthly raffles are used to buy resources.
(A list of which resources it is proposed to purchase from the current
raffle is on the notice board). The money does not go into a building fund or
general revenue; it is used strictly for
purchasing resources….ask at the office for tickets. Thank
you to everyone who has supported these raffles….the results have been very
pleasing…lots of new CDs, microfiche, etc
The
MARCH RAFFLE is for a years
membership at CFHGR Inc. There will also
be a second prize….will be drawn at the April meeting
The
APRIL RAFFLE will be for a
hand crochet table centre piece (made and donated by Grace Cronin)…2nd
Prize – Pair of towels The winners will be drawn at
the May meeting.
Tickets
are continually on sale for monthly raffles.
We
have produced a number of these booklets, as a fund raiser, to help you ‘keep track of your families’ while doing
your family tree research……Available from the Office.
The 7 Prizes were won by –
Don Robinson, Helen Eaton,
Jane O’Brien, Mrs.Lakes, Mary Jamison x 2 and Sally
Faulkner
Thank you to everyone who supported the Easter
Raffle.
PLEASE
REMEMBER our 25th Anniversary Hindsight – get your
stories in as soon as possible…..let’s make this a really special edition of
our magazine….thank you to the members
who have already submitted their stories.
Thank you for Donations (from the librarian)
Thank you to Darryl
Hanlon for donating a two-drawer microfiche cabinet. If any one has any more of these drawers that
they do not want, we would be grateful for them.
Thank
you also to Jeanette Raymont
for the extra
Thank
you also to everyone else who has donated books for the library….they are too
numerous to list in this newsletter.
Visit to Caloundra Family
History Research Group – by Jane O'Brien
On Saturday the 2nd April, Joanne, Glenys
and myself attended a seminar at the Caloundra Family
History Research Group. The Seminar was conducted
by Dr Jennifer Harrison - her first topic was convict research in Australia and
the amount of information available is quite amazing- I tried to get as much of
written down as possible so will type it up and put it on the notice board.
Then
there was a short presentation by Mr Alan Phillips from Archive CD Books
Australia - and for those doing Irish research they have just signed up and
will be copying Irish books that are kept in libraries etc so I think that is
excellent - having a large Irish ancestry.
We
then had a break for afternoon tea - which was very enjoyable.
Part
two of Jennifer's talk was organising your records - which I found amazing -
just to put it into practice now. I also tried to get as much info down and
will type up my notes on that topic too.
It was a very enjoyable afternoon and I think our club
would benefit very much from a seminar by Dr Harrison.
Walking
through the McLeod St. Pioneer Cemetery,
Books
of W.A. cemeteries – 24 volumes – donated by Jack Piper
Edwards
Crossing; Laverton General; Leonora General; Massey-Wall burials, Lawn &
Old section; Harrismith, Kelmscott, Kendeneys, etc
British
Regiments 1660-1751 – donated by Joanne Beeston
Units
of the Royal Aust. Force, Vol.5 Radar Units – donated by Jack Piper
Militia
& Volunteers of English, Scottish, Welsh & Irish – donated by Joanne
Beeston
Readers
Digest Great World Atlas – donated by John Crowley
Genealogy
Dictionary – donated by J & E Elms
English
Occupations – donated by J & E Elms
NSW,
Qld. & S.A. Road maps – donated by John Crowley
Deserters
– Military and Naval as settlers 1800-1865 – donated by Janet O’Flaherty
By
Joanne Beeston (CFHRG Inc. Librarian)
An
Index of British Regiments known by
Colonel’s names from 1600-1751 is a print out and should help resolve the
confusion about names before the numbering of regiments in 1751, donated by
Joanne Beeston. Included in the list is
information of the regiments called “The Buffs” and “The Green Howards”.
It has quite a few sites you can access within the
print outs, that will give you more details as these sites would have taken too
much to download. Found in the Military
section. Ref. Code: REF MIL BRIT
Units
of the Royal Australian Air Force, a concise History, Vol.5 Radar Units.
One of a collection of 10 volumes and produced by the RAAF
Historical Section on the various units over its 75 year history.
A very interesting book with a lot of
information and photos of the various radar stations, and where they were
stationed. Donated by
Jack Piper, it is found in the Military Section. Ref. Code: REF MIL UNIT
The
Royal Regiment of
There
are other sites you can access, on various units and how to find about
individuals who served. The book has
only basic information sites, as it was too much to download each individual
unit. Found in the Military
Section. Ref. Code: REF MIL ROY ALR
If you discover an interesting genealogy
website while you are surfing the net, please email the web address to me for
inclusion in an upcoming newsletter….thank you, Elaine (nitemare@mail.cth.com.au)
The
email addresses given below have not been checked to see if they are still
available….I do
not have the time to check them all.
http://www.lilydalecemetery.com.au
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~abneypark/abneyy.html
Australian Funerals Online
http://www.australianfunerals.com
Baedeker's Old Guide Books
http://contueor.com/baedeker
http://www.bristolslostpubs.com
If you go to the Thompson Gale site at: http://www.gale.com during National Library
Week (April 10th to April 16th) they are offering free, unlimited access to 30
databases including the Times Digital Archive.
For a list of all 30 freebies go to the site and click on the National
Library Week banner.
Decisions of the Nineteenth Century Tasmanian
Superior Courts
http://www.law.mq.edu.au/sctas/index.htm
Paddington Cemetery
http://www.queenslandhistory.com/paddington2.htm
Many
of the
http://www.limerickcorp.ie/webapps/TradesReg/Directories.aspx
At this site type in 'convicts' for the
photo search and take a look at the amazing pictures.
http://www.pictureaustralia.org
www.museum.wa.gov.au/welcomewalls