8th September 2007
NEWSLETTER
CABOOLTURE FAMILY
HISTORY RESEARCH GROUP INC.
Phone No - 5428 2018
Email - cfhrg@yahoo.com.au
Welcome to our new
Members – Ray & Joy Thornton, and Jim Hope
Next meeting is Saturday, 13th October,
2007 at 1 pm
More Members’ stories are
required for the December issue of our club magazine, Hindsight. This is your chance for you to tell your
story about your family, your research or whatever. Please consider writing a story (can be as
little as one paragraph with a photograph, or a few pages), as this makes our
magazine more interesting. I am running
out of articles that I can use in the magazine!!!
Stories & photos can
either be emailed to cfhrg@yahoo.com.au
or nitemare1948@yahoo.com.au or
left at the office…..thank you, Elaine
Don’t forget to collect your
September issue of the Hindsight next time you are at the Club
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Don’t the months just fly
past now? It seems no time at all since my last newsletter report.
Our thanks go to those
members who supported our most recent fundraising drive. Please continue to
support your club in raising funds for new research aids.
Do not forget that there is
a raffle that will not be drawn until January 2008. The prize is a silky oak
girl’s dressing table complete with mirror and stool with cloth inlay.
We have submitted an
application for a grant to Jupiter’s Gaming Grants in order to purchase NZ
BDM’s. The grant will be considered in
March of next year.
On behalf of the members and
committee I offer our get-well wishes to Mona Robinson.
Happy researching, David
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 – 75c each
Laminating – This can be
done at the office – Cost is $1 an A4 sheet.
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.
OPENING HOURS - PLEASE NOTE: The Club will be closed on Public Holidays due to
lack of volunteers. (If in doubt, please
phone to check if Club Room is open)
While we make every effort
to keep the Club open at the rostered times, a shortage of volunteers means we
are unable to provide emergency cover for rostered volunteers who are unable to
attend on their rostered days, due to other commitments. Please understand if you arrive to find the
Clubrooms closed because of a lack of a volunteer duty person.
Also be aware, that if the
rostered duty persons are the only members in attendance, at approx. 1pm on
Mondays and Saturdays, the Club will close early.
MONTHLY RAFFLE – Tickets are $1 in the monthly raffles. There is always a variety of items to be won
and all monies raised by the raffles is used to buy research resources for the
use of Club Members.
GUEST SPEAKER
Maisie Stratford gave us a very interesting look into the history of
writing and how it has changed over the centuries, and how the origins of
surnames were created. The reading of
the old hand writing was a challenge but by the end of the talk, we were able
to read some of the words on various wills.
Some learning guides that
might help you are these websites:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaegraphy
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/beginners
There are also books in our
Club library that can help you interpret the writing…overall a very informative
and interesting afternoon.
WEBSITES TO TRY:
Downloadable records,
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline
Learning guide to hand
writing
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaegraphy
Census returns, Eng
1841-1901
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/census
Don’t forget to check back
regularly at www.familysearch.org as they are continually adding more details to
the site