GSC Library New Resources

GSC library report for 5 November 2019

Books, map and microfiche accessioned for the November meeting

Journals and electronic files added to Research NAS

in progress

Queensland Schools – list of schools updated again showing more resources available in our library.

Obituaries and personal notices – newspapers scanned and images edited - thank you Val Law

Scanning of books and journals – thank you Jan England

Library Accessions

Accessions this month are 32 books and 50 microfiche titles

Donations have been received from Alex Penhaligon, Annalies Nutley, Betty Garrad, Dale Hickey, Esme Davies, Jan Bedwell, Judi Wickes, Judith Whale, John Keith Enever, Lynne Callaghan, Marie Warren, Nambour Museum, Wendy McMullin and Sunshine Coast Libraries

Asia

A brief history of Bali : piracy, slavery, opium and guns : the story of an island paradise  by Willard A. Hanna & Tim Hannigan.   This book tells the story of Bali, its rulers and its people, and their encounters with the outside world.  It sketches the culture and politics of the island against the backdrop of an economic dilemma that has confronted the Balinese for centuries – how to preserve their unique identity in the face of foreign incursions.   Originally published in 1976, a new introduction and epilogues by Tim Hannigan place Bali within the context of modern Indonesian culture and describe the impact that tourism is currently (2016) having on the island.  [back cover].  No index, bibliography, map, 287 pages, soft cover, 21 cm.  Shelf location:  Asia Indonesia HIS

Australia

Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook : Part 5 Foreign Office : introduction, class and piece list by National Library of Australia & Library of New South Wales.  Departments of the Foreign Office fall into two categories – political and non-political. There were numerous administrative changes after 1815.  Departments include : Consular Department ; Slave Trade Department ; Commercial Department – established in 1865. Responsible for treaties, tariffs, industrial questions, laws, etc.  No index, 114 pages, soft cover, 30 cm.  Shelf location: AUS GUI

Trove : discover genealogy treasure in the National Library of Australia  by Shauna Hicks.  2nd edition published 2016.  Since the first edition, Trove has grown exponentially.  We can now not only search the collections of the National Library but also other libraries, archives, museums and research institutions.  Trove is only one of a number of resources available for research and this guide looks at other services including eResources.  This guide lists and explains the various Trove zones and other features. Follow the tips and you will soon become another Trove fan.  [back cover] Index, 43 pages, soft cover, 21 cm.  Shelf location: AUS GUI

Australia  edited by Oswald L. Ziegler.  The story of Australia from 1901-1976.  The involvement in wars and survival through depressions and national disasters, the periods of booming prosperity and achievements in science and the arts, in international sport, and in evolving new techniques in industry and commercial development.  It tells of the Constitutional crisis that shook the nation in 1975.  Many leading authorities have contributed segments to this book. [dust jacket]  Federation, Prime Ministers, Commonwealth, Citizens, Heritage, industry, commerce, agriculture.  Index, 360 pages, hard cover, 30 cm.  Shelf location: AUS HIS

Regionalism and Australia : Origins and diversity : Study Guide B Chapters 7-11  by Weston Bate & Kevin Livingstone & Ian Wynd.  As its title suggests, this book is about the creation of regional identity in Australia. It is in part about differential cultural transmission from Europe to the separate Australian colonies and in part about geographical and other local factors which helped to define communities.   agriculture, geography, squatters, gold, Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales.  No index, 98 pages, soft cover, 28 cm.  Shelf location: AUS HIS

Grasses of subtropical eastern Australia an introductory field guide to common grasses - native and introduced  by Margaret Elliott.  Perceptions of grass differ, in some areas grasslands are valued pastoral areas and ecosystems.  For example, The Mitchell Grass Downs around Longreach.  A coastal endangered ecological community is the Themeda Grassland on seacliffs and coastal headlands.  Native grasses should be better valued, understood and used by home gardeners and land managers, this book provides a useful tool towards achieving that outcome. [foreword].  guide to identifying grasses.  Index, 105 pages, soft cover, 21 cm.  Shelf location: AUS Natural HIS

My One Fourteenth Millionth Share  by Gwen Piper.  In the 1950s much of the Australian coastline was still undisturbed and very beautiful.  The dunes were clothed with the native vegetation, the bush behind often intact.  It was not hard to fin a vista of successive hillsides covered in bush bordering the sea.  Estuaries were line with mangroves, birds were abundant, fish plentiful in them.  Since the rapid exploration has removed beauty, damaged ecosystems and reduced the recreational value for the general public.  This book present examples of development on the south-eastern coastline. [back cover]  Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Noosa, Fraser Island.  No index, maps, 136 pages, soft cover, 28 cm.  Shelf location: AUS Natural HIS

Australian Story : behind the scenes  by Australian Broadcasting Corporation.  This book takes us behind the scenes of the show to revisit fifteen stories, some told from the perspective of the subjects of individual programs and some from the experienced journalists, producers and crew who work on the show.  No index, 238 pages, soft cover, 25 cm.  Shelf location:  BIO  GEN

Peaks and Valleys : an autobiography  by Lloyd Rees & Elizabeth Butel.  Born in Brisbane in 1895, Lloyd Rees, was a painter and draughtsman of extraordinary range, he employs this same eye for detail and penetrating perspective in Peaks and Valleys, the story of his long and gifted life. From the days of his childhood on the Brisbane River, we follow the artist through an adolescence marked by illness, into an early adulthood with more than the usual share of human tragedy. In the early 1930s he married Marjory Pollard and from this time the passage of his life became smoother, his development more assured. Index, 281 pages, soft cover, 25 cm.  Shelf location: BIO Rees

England

St Austell  by Valerie Brokenshire.  Series: Pocket Images.  This book of over 200 photographs provides a unique record of life in and around St Austell.  From a small market town, St Austell developed with the prosperity of the tin mines, and subsequently the china clay products, so that by 1879 the main streets were filled with the principal shops befitting a busy and thriving community.  There were many family businesses in St Austell, Many of these traders are featured in this book [back cover].  streets, business, buildings, churches, transport.  No index, 221 pages, soft cover, 25 cm.  Shelf location:  ENG CON HIS

Post Office London Street Directory for 1899  edited by Adam Rees.  Discover addresses and occupants of thousands of homes in the capital. [Cover]  sample data from Your Family Tree.  This small book is an extract of some streets from the 1899 street directory.  generally the first few pages from each letter of the alphabet. for example Abbey Gardens to Air St ; Back Gravel Lane to Baron’s Court Rd ; Cadogan Gardens to Cambridge Place ; Dacca St to Denbigh St ; Earl’s Court Rd to East India Dock Rd ; Fairfoot Rd to Fenchurch St.   No index, 143 pages, soft cover, 18 cm.  Shelf location: ENG MDX DIR

Mendip Country  by Jillian Powell.  In 'Mendip Country' Jillian Powell with photographer Julia Davey explores these famous Westcountry hills which stretch for some twenty miles [back cover].  The book highlights villages and places of interest.  England, Somerset, Chew Valley, Cheddar, Midsomer Norton, Downside Abbey, Banwell, Norton St Philip.  No index, 96 pages, soft cover, 24 cm.  Shelf location: ENG SOM HIS

Europe

The Normans and their Myth  by R.H.C. Davis.  Ever since the achievements of the Normans - superbly described and illustrated in this book - were first praised by their own historians, it has been assumed that they were part of a unified, common design, a saga of a distinct Norman race. In a fascinating piece of historical detective work, the author examines the myth behind this assumption, demonstrating the alarming way in which a few eloquent chroniclers can 'make' history, and how a myth, once accepted, can influence people and events. [dust jacket].  Index, bibliography, 144 pages, hard cover, 22 cm.  Shelf location: EUR  HIS

Vasa : 1628  by Erling Matz.  The story of the Swedish warship which was launched in 1627 but capsized and sank in the harbour on her maiden voyage in 1628.  The last of her guns were salvaged in 1683.  In 1956 the Vasa was located at a depth of 32m off the island of Beckholmen.  In 1961 the ship was raised and preservation began. No index, 48 pages, soft cover, 24 cm.  Shelf location: EUR SWE HIS

Family History

Gentlemen & Gentlewomen  by Alex Penhaligon.  Alex shares first-hand accounts of the pursuit for information, and the personal impact of the experiences upon her. The book blends together the stories of her ancestors and the personal journey in bringing to light the details of their lives. Alex underscores the themes of dignity and integrity of her forebears. Simultaneously she attempts to redress the gender bias by uncovering the lives of the women of her family, some referred to on their headstones as the daughters of one of Queensland's first Presbyterian Moderators, the Rev. Alexander Caldwell [book launch publicity].  Ewing, Caldwell, Plumridge, Morrow, Ireland, Brisbane, Gympie.  No index, 275 pages, hard cover, 27 cm.  Shelf location: FAM HIS Ewing

Ireland

Fodor's 2015 : Ireland  by Paul Clements, & Alannah Hopkin & Anto Howard.  Fodor’s correspondents highlight the best of Ireland, including Dublin’s elegant architecture, the West’s dramatic landscapes, and Northern Ireland’s revitalized capital, Belfast.  Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure you make the most of your time, whether it’s your first trip or your fifth [back cover]. contents include description of places of interest which includes historical background, trip plans, restaurants, accommodation.  Index, maps, 702 pages, soft cover, 21 cm.  Shelf location:  IRL ATL

Ireland : Ireland, Dublin  edited by Rebecca Baer.  Ireland map, Dublin map.  Shelf location:  IRL ATL

Military

Flying into the mouth of hell  by Laurie Woods.  The author's story of his Royal Australian Air Force service culminating in a tour of operations against the enemy, whilst an aircrew member on the Australian Lancaster 460 squadron immediately following the invasion of Europe by the allied forces where in the first three months following the invasion the aircrew casualties of Bomber Command exceeded those of the invading ground forces.  This story is based on Lancaster "K2'' Killer - ND615 and the crews who flew in "our plane"  [back cover].  No index, 241 pages, soft cover, 21 cm.  Shelf location: MIL BIO Woods   

The Australian and New Zealand Expeditionary Forces : Assemblage at and Departure from Albany  by A.G. Sands & W.H. Campbell.  Originally published at Albany, W.A. by W.F. Forster & Co. the proprietors of ‘Albany Advertiser’.  This publication was originally prepared early in 1915; the censor forbade its issue until 1920.  Description and images of the assemblage at Albany, the port, Naval Escort.  List of ships of the Australian and New Zealand transports. Images of the troopships.  No Index, 25 pages, soft cover, 25 x 32 cm.  Shelf location: MIL WW1 HIS

To Kokoda  by Nicholas Anderson.  Having captured the village of Kokoda with its vital airstrip, the Japanese headed for Port Moresby, traversing the treacherous Kokoda trail. The Australian Army was ill prepared to confront the Japanese.  Later, when veteran AIF brigades were rushed forward to bolster the militia, they also fell in the path of the Japanese onslaught. But the over-extension of supply lines and disaster on Guadalcanal eventually cruelled Japanese aspirations and the Kokoda campaign became a bloody and protracted struggle as the Australian troops fought to drive the Japanese off the Owen Stanleys and out of Papua." [Back cover].  index, 236 pages, soft cover, 25 cm.  Shelf location: MIL WW2 HIS

New South Wales

Kempsey and Macleay River Valley  by Earl McNeil.  Pictorial guide to the Kempsey region of New South Wales.  This booklet dates back to the late 1950s or early 1960s.  images depict aerial view of town, street views, ambulance station with vehicles, churches, schools, Frederickton, Smithtown, timber, cattle, South West Rocks,   No index, 32 pages, soft cover, 15 x 21 cm.  Shelf location: NSW 2440 HIS

Queensland

Upper Forest Springs : 1840 settlement and history 2008   edited by Steve Corbett.  Located near Allora on the Darling Downs.  The history of the district, describing the old way of family life.  There are many families featured along with photographs and a list of school pupils from 1898-1961.  Families include: Abernethy, Adair, Ball, Banks, Bell, Blanch, Bourke, Burge, Chard, Dalton, Darr, Dougall, Gilmore, Hall, Herron, Hoey, Imhoff, Masters, McLellan, McCullough, McMillan, Morrish, Roberton, Smith and Allen families, Telford, Tickle, Willett, Wright. subjects include farming, churches, public hall, butter factories.  No index, maps, 244 pages, soft cover, 30 cm.  Shelf location: QLD 4362 HIS

Love Mary  by Save the Mary River Coordinating Group.  Small book published as part of the “Save the Mary” campaign. Stories from people affected, environmental impact, Queensland, Mary River, Gympie, Kandanga, Imbil, Brooloo, Amamoor.  no index, 65 pages, soft cover, 15 x 21 cm.  Shelf location: QLD Local 4570

Holiday Mood : Sunshine Coast : Golden Sands, Sapphire Waters, Lush Green Landscapes  edited by Helen Elward.  Promotional tourist guide for the Sunshine Coast.  Highlighting attractions, restaurants, markets, shopping, art and culture.  Many advertisements for businesses.  No index, 120 pages, soft cover, 25 x 29 cm.  Shelf location: QLD Local HIS

Lake Clarendon State School 1902-1977 : history of the school and district  by Lake Clarendon State School Jubilee Committee.  Includes history of Methodist and Church of England.   Lake Clarendon State School Admission Register - first 10 years and children presently (1977) attending the school.  This small booklet contains recollections of students and teachers plus class photos and photos of teachers.  No index, 32 pages, soft cover, 22 cm.  Shelf location: QLD SCH 4343

Scotland

Scottish genealogy   by Bruce Durie.  A comprehensive guide to tracing Scottish family history.  this guide also discusses DNA, palaeography, heraldry, Clans, Families and tartans.  The author covers both physical and electronic sources, and explains how to get beyond the standard 'births, marriages and deaths plus census' research, reminding the reader that there are more tools than just the internet, and not everything written down is correct!  [adapted from back cover] a reader-friendly guide which includes a large glossary of Gaelic, Latin and Scots legal words.  Index, maps, facsimiles, 364 pages, soft cover, 25 cm.  Shelf location: SCT  GUI

Let's See : Royal Deeside  by William S. Thomson.  Small 1950s pictorial tourist guide to the River Dee in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and the surrounding area which includes Balmoral, Braemar and Crathie.  No index, 32 pages, soft cover, 14 x 21 cm.  Shelf location: SCT ABD HIS

Welcome to the Isles of Mull, Iona, Staffa  by John Brooks.  Pictorial tourist guide book to the islands in the country of Argyll, Scotland.  Description of the places along with some historical background.  Places include Torosay Castle, Duart Castle – home of Clan Maclean, Lochbuie, Bunessan, Calgary, Dervaig, Tobermory.  No index, map, 24 pages, soft cover, 25 cm.  Shelf location: SCT ARL ATL

Perth   by Gavin Smith, & Ruth Smith.  Series: Britain in old photographs.  Perth in Perthshire, Scotland.  Through a lively and intimate mixture of rare photographs gleaned from private and public sources, this book presents a fascinating and wide-ranging record of life in a settlement which has frequently been at the centre of events in Scottish political history. The book deals with dramatic historical events, along with the occupations and pastimes of the people, including its important connections with the whiskey industry, glassmaking and textiles.  No index, 126 pages, soft cover, 25 cm.  Shelf location:  SCT PER HIS

United Kingdom

Before 1837 : the Essential Guide : track down your ancestors before census records and civil registration began!  Edited by Russell James.  A guide to tracing family history before civil registration began in 1837.  Contents include: Parish papers, Wills and Probate records, Newspapers, Directories and College lists, Criminal and Court records and Migration.  No index, 50 pages, soft cover, 21 cm.  Shelf location: UK GUI

Nobody's Child : who are you when you don't know your past ?   by Kate Adie.  Inspired by her own circumstances as an adopted child, author and BBC reporter Kate Adie writes from many perspectives about what it means to be an abandoned child [WorldCat].  An informative well-written book depicting the stories of foundlings throughout history. Adie reflects on her own background as an adopted child to explore the nature of family and belonging, the need to know one's proper birth-date and original name at birth [goodreads].  No index, 324 pages, soft cover, 24 cm.  Shelf location: UK HIS

Western Australia

The Golden Mile  by Geoffrey Blainey.  Kalgoorlie in Western Australia is a rarity - a mining field worked continuously for 100 years, although a few times it came perilously close to extinction.  Kalgoorlie eventually passed all the gold records set by Ballarat and Bendigo. This is the story of those who found the gold, the companies like Great Boulder and Golden Horseshoe and Perseverance which paid the big dividends, the men who worked in the deep mines, the pitfalls they encountered. But it is primarily the story of the goldfield and what kept it alive when other fields died. [dust jacket].  index, 184 pages, hard cover, 21 x 26 cm.  Shelf location: WA 6430 HIS

Microfiche - all England

An index to burials for Woodford, Essex : 1638-1812  by East of London Family History Society

Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM ESS

Index to "St. Edwards Church, Romford, Essex : inscriptions in the church and churchyard copied by Alfred Bennett-Bamford 1887-97"  by East of London Family History Society 

Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM ESS

Monumental Inscriptions : All Saints Church, Cranham, Essex  by East of London Family History Society Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM ESS

Monumental Inscriptions : St Helen and St Giles, Rainham, Essex and St Mary and St Peter, Wennington, Essex  by East of London Family History Society.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM ESS

Monumental Inscriptions at All Saints Church, now the church of the Holy Family & All Saints Guivathon Street, Witham : 1774-1984.  Contents: Notes on church ; Index of persons ; Index of places in Essex ; Index of places out of Essex ; Index of occupations ; Map of churchyard and church interior ; Monumental Inscriptions including Churchyard, Church Interior ; Over 1000 transcriptions along with a description of monument.  1 Microfiche Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM ESS

Monumental Inscriptions at 'old' and 'new' All Saints, East Hanningfield, Essex, 1728-1994.  Contents:  Notes on church ; Index of persons ; Index of places in Essex ; Index of places out of Essex ; Index of occupations ; Map of churchyards and ‘New’ church interior ; Monumental Inscriptions including Churchyards, Church Interior and War Memorial ; 244 inscriptions, including War Memorial.  1 fiche.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM ESS

Monumental Inscriptions at St John the Baptist, Danbury, Essex : 1605-1996.  Contents: Notes on church ; Index of persons ; Index of places in Essex ; Index of places out of Essex ; Index of occupations ; Map of churchyard and church interior ; Inscriptions including Churchyard, Church Interior and War Memorial ; Over 1400 headstones transcribed along with a description of memorial.  1 fiche.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM ESS

Monumental Inscriptions at St Mary and St Edward, West Hanningfield, Essex : 1361-1994.

Contents:  Notes on church ; Index of persons ; Index of places in Essex ; Index of places out of Essex ; Index of occupations ; Map of churchyards and ‘New’ church interior ; Monumental Inscriptions including Churchyards, Church Interior and War Memorial ; 244 inscriptions, including War Memorial.  1 fiche. Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM ESS

Monumental Inscriptions at St Mary, Dunton Waylett, Essex 1690-1995.  Contents: Notes on church ; Index of persons ; Index of places in Essex ; Index of places out of Essex ; Index of occupations ; Map of churchyard ; Monumental inscriptions including the Churchyard and Church Interior ; 84 headstones transcribed along with a description.  1 Microfiche Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM ESS

Monumental Inscriptions at the parish church of St Peter, South Hanningfield : 1678-1994.  Contents: Notes on church ; Index of persons ; Index of places in Essex ; Index of places out of Essex ; Index of occupations ; Map of churchyard and church interior ; Monumental Inscriptions including Churchyard, Church Interior and War Memorial ; Over 100 transcriptions along with a description.  1 fiche. Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM ESS

Monumental Inscriptions Witham, Part 1.  Each section includes introduction or notes, index of persons, places and occupations, plans of church or churchyard.  Contents:  St Nicolas Parish Church ; Church of the Holy Trinity Family, Newland Street ; United Reformed Church, Newland Street ; Quaker Burial Ground ; War Memorial ; 1 Microfiche Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM ESS

St. Mary Magdalene - East Ham : Grave Locations (1986)  by East of London Family History Society.  See printed guide (in the binder for Box 19): St. Mary Magdalene in East Ham, Essex: Grave Locations. This guide includes a description and history of the church, key to the Grave Type (GT) code.  This index shows: surname, Forename, age, died, GT, Grave No.   1 Microfiche.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM ESS

Hill Lane Cemetery, Southampton : Monumental inscriptions 1798-1991  compiled by Sue Collins. Refer also to binder for Fiche Box 19 – there are a few errors and omissions for this large cemetery in Southampton, Hampshire.  Use the master index to find surname of interest and note the code (or codes if more than one headstone) this code refers to parts in the cemetery.  Then check the header on each fiche to locate that part for the headstone transcription.  The codes run from Aa-Zdd and then from AAa-SSc.  Fiche 1 has common abbreviations and master index.  14 fiche.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM HAM

Monumental Inscriptions, Southampton - All Saints & St Mary's Churchyard.  Both of these cemeteries in Hampshire, have an index and then are followed by the transcriptions.  All Saints Southampton : Monumental Inscriptions 1769-1880 ; St Mary’s Churchyard, Southampton : Monumental Inscriptions 1690-1889.  1 fiche,  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM HAM

Monumental Inscriptions, Southampton - various parishes.  Each of the following burial places list abbreviations, an index and then the transcriptions.  St. Marys - Sholing, Southampton, MIs 1854-1987 ; Christchurch, Highfield, Southampton MIs 1840-1975 ; Church of the Ascension, Southampton MIs 1922-1980 ; St Lawrence Church, Southampton, MIs 1688-1918 ; St Denys Church, Southampton, MIs 1868-1979.   Hampshire.  1 fiche.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM HAM

Ashwell, Hertfordshire : Monumental Inscriptions of St. Mary’s Churchyard, Ashwell Cemetery, United Reformed Church, Zoar Baptist Church and Quaker Burial Ground.  Fiche title: Hertfordshire Monumental Inscriptions, Ashwell ; Originally published in 1986.  M.I. Series No. 7.  Contents: Introduction, page 1 ; Plan and Monuments in St. Mary’s Churchyard, page 2 ; Plan and Monuments in Ashwell Cemetery, page 13 ; Plan of Congregational Church (now United Reform Church) and Monuments, page 26 ; Plan and Monuments in Zoar Baptist Burial Ground, page 30 ; Quaker Burial Ground, page 32 ; Monumental Inscriptions recorded by Cussans, Weever, Chauncy and Inscriptions on six bells in Tower, page 33 ; Index to Surnames, page 34.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM HRT

Flamstead, Hertfordshire : monumental inscriptions of the Parish Church of St. Leonard's and the Graveyard of God's Acre.  Contents: Introduction, Plan and monuments Flamstead Churchyard, Plan and Memorials inside St. Leonard’s, Plan and monuments in God’s Acre, Flamstead, Book of Remembrance, Monumental Inscriptions recorded by W.B. Gerish, Ashes scattered in the Garden of Rest, Flamstead Roll of Honour, War Memorial, Index of Surnames, page 35.  1 fiche.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM HRT

Fleet Marriages of Hertfordshire People to 1754 : an alphabetical index of grooms and brides.  Contents: Introduction - General, Herts Fleet Marriage index ; Abbreviations - Geographical, Trades ; The Index ; Endnotes ; Appendix A. Herts Place Name Variations, page 204 ; Appendix B. Spouses with no place of origin cross-referenced to spouse with one.   Index shows: Name of first party ; Locality ; Occupation ; Marital Status ; Date of Marriage ; Spouse ; Locality ; Marital Status ; Reference ; Miscellaneous Remarks.  Refer to introduction pages 3-5 for explanations of the fields used in the index.  Also to the Endnotes for further comments.  3 fiche.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM HRT                  

Hertfordshire Strays : out of area entries & late baptisms : volume 1.  edited and compiled by June Thomas.  names gleaned from a number of sources generally, birth, marriage and death records, monumental inscriptions and census.  Index shows: Surname, forename(s), Year, Source, Location.  1 fiche.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM HRT                  

Hertfordshire Strays : out of area marriages : volume 6.  edited and compiled by June Thomas & Jack Parker.  Marriages, many from a number of London, Westminster and Suburban churches. ; Abbreviations.  ; ‘ ….’ name is given as shown ; ? indicates that there is some doubt in the original ; (?) after place name indicates original is not clear ; Index shows: Surname, forename (place), Year, Mar. Parish, Place  ; The index does not show who they married.  1 fiche.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM HRT 

Monumental Inscriptions, All Saints', Hertford  by Hertfordshire Family & Population History Society.  Contents: Introduction, page i-ii ; Monuments in Churchyard, page 1-79 ; Andrews’ transcription of Old Churchyard 1884, page 79-86 ; Monuments inside Church recorded by Cussans (all destroyed by fire), page 87-91 ; Monuments now in the Church, page 91-93 ; Gerish recording of New Churchyard, page 94-96 ; Inscriptions recorded by Turner, page 96 ; 49th Regt. of Foot Crimean War Memorial, page 97-99 ; Hertfordshire Regiment War Memorial 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, page 100-105 ; Index to Names, page 106-115 ; Maps (of churchyard), page 116-128.  2 fiche.  

Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM HRT 

Monumental Inscriptions, Stanstead Abbotts and St. Margarets.  Contents: introduction ; monumental inscriptions in St. James’s Churchyard and Church ; St. Andrew’s Church (there are none in the small churchyard) and St. Margarets.  Also inscriptions record by Gerish, names on the War Memorial.  1 fiche.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM HRT

An index to All Saints Poplar : Burial Dues 1824 – 1838.  The book contains details of about 2500 burials for a period in which no known burial register survives.   The burial order book records names of all people buried at the church and some at the nearby East India Chapel, which was a Chapel of Ease to St Dunstan Stepney before All Saints was consecrated in 1823.  Also given are the ages and where the body was brought from. Where given, this is included in the index together with the date of the burial order.  The Dues book also gives details of undertaker and fees paid.  Index shows, surname, forename, address, age, date.  2 Microfiche  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM MDX                

An index to two registers of Banns of Marriage for the parish of Christ Church Spitalfields in the county of Middlesex for December 1833 to September 1861.  Rescued from salvage outside the church and passed to the East of London FHS.   Columns: 1: surname ; 2: forename(s) ; 3: status (B, S, W, M minor) ; 4: Parish or place code ; 5: remarks ; 6: surname ; 7: initials only of forename(s) ; 8: status ; 9: Parish or place code ; 10: date of first call of Banns.   Page 2 on fiche 1, has code used in status, remarks column and for the parishes or places.  3 Microfiche.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM MDX                      

An indexed transcript to baptisms 1865 - 1947 at Cubitt Town Primitive Methodist Chapel, Manchester Road, Isle of Dogs.   Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM MDX                       

City of London Burials 1813-1853 (including a few later burials) : Parts 1 and 2 (merged into one index).  by Cliff Webb.  Series: West Surrey Family History Society, microfiche series 6.  The index (which was originally in two parts), has combined into one alphabetical sequence.  It covers burials in 76 parishes in the City of London for the period 1813-1853. It contains references to 36,242 burials. It does not constitute a complete index for the city [microfiche guide].   This index lists: Name, Age, Year (and month if from St Sepulchre), Parish.  4 microfiche. Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM MDX

Holy Trinity Church, Mile End, Old Town : monumental inscriptions by East of London Family History Society.  Includes details  about the church, list of incumbents, transcription of headstones, name index at end, Place name index.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM MDX

Index to Holy Trinity Minories Marriages - Volume 1 : 26 March 1676 to 22 June 1683.  

Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM MDX                      

Index to Holy Trinity Minories Marriages - Volume 2 : 24 June 1683 - 27 Jan 1686/7.  

Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM MDX                      

Index to Holy Trinity Minories Marriages - Volume 3 : 29 January 1686/7 - 8 November 1692 

Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM MDX          

Index to Holy Trinity Minories Marriages - Volume 4, 9 Nov 1692 to 31 Dec 1698          

Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM MDX          

Index to Holy Trinity Minories Marriages - Volume 5, 1 January 1698/99 to 24 March 1754. Entries are arranged in two series, alphabetically by male and by female surname; in both cases the spouse is named.   Where an alternative reading of a name is feasible, both variants have been indexed.  These have been annotated in the index: the variant spelling is marked “#”, while spouses in these cases have been marked “+”.  The numbers in each entre refer to the page (or folio numbers) in the register.  The index does not contain dates for each entry.  Readers will have to consult the original. On page 1 of the first fiche there is a guide to dates and numbers which will give an indication of the approximate date.  The index shows: Husband - forename, surname, Wife – forename, surname, Page No. ; 2nd part shows: Wife – forename, surname, Husband - forename, surname, Page No.  1 Microfiche.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM MDX      

St. Katharine by the Tower - memorial inscriptions - burials and list of occupiers affected by demolition.  See printed guide (in the binder for Box 19): Names recorded on monuments in the Church and Chancel.  Index shows: Name, date, age, notes . St Katharine by the Tower – Green Churchyard, extract of burials, for the period Jan 1795-Dec 1812 - Index shows: name, age, date.   St Katharine by the Tower – Fleming or Flemish Churchyard, extract of burials, for the period Jan 1795-Dec 1812 - Index shows: name, age, date.   St Katharine’s List of Occupiers and index to occupiers listed. St Botolph-without-Aldgate list of occupiers and index to occupiers.  1 fiche

Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM MDX                      

Virginia Street Chapel, St. George in the East, E. London : baptisms, 1832-1840.  See printed guide (in the binder for Box 19). Index shows: born date, baptised date; names; father, mother; sponsors; notes.  Fiche 3 has notes about the index on page 259.  The index starts on page 260.  The numbers against father, mother or sponsor, relate to the page number, it also lists variations and cross references.  4 Microfiche.  Shelf location: FCH box 19 ENG BDM MDX

Chapel of St Mary, Parish of St Martin, Birmingham, baptisms 1774-1812, Chapel of St Paul, bpt 1779-1832, Chapel of St John Deritend, Aston, mar 1700-53.  transcription of Baptisms from St Martin and St Paul, both in the Parish of St Martin, Birmingham.  Also of marriages from St John Deritend, in the Parish of Aston.  Index to these baptisms and marriages is on fiche 2, the index shows surname and page number.   Aston is in inner Birmingham, Warwickshire.  2 fiche.  Shelf location : FCH box 19 ENG BDM WAR

Memorials of the Old Meeting House Chapel, Great Queen Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire.  Contents: History of the first chapel ; List of Low Bailiffs of Birmingham ; List of Mayors of Birmingham (Unitarian) ; The Graveyard ; Transcription of memorials, page 5 ; Index to Monumental inscriptions as numbered, fiche 2.  Index shows surname, first name and number.  2 fiche.  Shelf location : FCH box 19 ENG BDM WAR

Registers of St. Philip's, the Cathedral Church of Birmingham : marriages 1715-1800 (inc.) transcribed by P. Shellis.  Contents : Introduction ; Transcribed list of marriages - date, and names of parties.   Index to surnames at end of marriages with the page number the surname occurs on.  3 fiche.  Shelf location : FCH box 19 ENG BDM WAR

The Registers of St. Martin's Birmingham, Co. Warwick, Vol.II.  Fiche title : Birmingham Warks St Martin Part 2 Bapts 1653-1708, Mar 1653-1706 Burs 1653-1704 ; Facsimile of book published in 1903 ;  Contents: Preface, The Register:  Baptisms 1653-1708, includes a page (1555-1556) not printed in first volume ; Marriages 1653-1706, start page 182 (note a few from 1700s at beginning) ;  Burials 1653-1704, start page 218 ; Name index page 353  ; Place index page 409.  4 fiche.  Shelf location : FCH box 19 ENG BDM WAR

Transcript of the First Register Book of the parish church of Saint Martin, Birmingham, 1554-1653.  Fiche title : Birmingham Warks St Martin Part 1 Bapts 1555-1653, Mar 1554-1641 Burs 1554-1630 ; Facsimile of book published in 1889 ; Contents: Preface, Rectors of the Parish Church, Burials, Weddings, page 83, Baptisms, page 119-125 (fiche 1) page 126-265 (fiche 2) page 266 (fiche 3), Surname Index (shows surname and page number), page 1 (fiche 3).  3 fiche.  Shelf location : FCH box 19 ENG BDM WAR

Post Office Directory of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey & Sussex : Private residents & trade directory : 1851  by Society of Genealogists. Shelf location FCH box 19 ENG DIR

Directory of Hampshire, 1859           Shelf location : FCH box 19 ENG DIR HAM          

Pigot & Co.'s directory of Hampshire, 1823 – 1824  by Society of Genealogists.  Facsimile of Hampshire part of Pigot & Co’s directory of 1823-1824.  Description of Hampshire, list of villages in alphabetical order, with description and listing of people under their occupations.  1 fiche.  Shelf location : FCH box 19 ENG DIR HAM

Pigott's Directory 1830 : Hampshire  by Society of Genealogists.  Description of Hampshire, list of villages in alphabetical order, with description and listing of people under their occupations. 2 fiche.  Shelf location : FCH box 19 ENG DIR HAM

Pigot & Co.'s directory of Hertfordshire 1823 – 1824  by Society of Genealogists     

Shelf location : FCH box 19 ENG DIR HRT           

Name Index to Poor Law Settlement Papers (supplement) : examinations, removal orders, settlement certificates, apprenticeships, bastardry bonds & misc  by Essex Record Office & Essex Society for Family History.  Series: Essex family history series, 5; Essex Record Office publication, 144.  This supplementary fiche adds further information from settlement papers. It includes more names from parish records in the Essex Record Office which had not been deposited or catalogued at the time of the previous publication. All known major collections of settlement certificates, settlement examinations, removal orders and bastardy and pauper apprenticeship papers have now been indexed and published in this series.  This fiche contains, in addition, names indexed from a collection of apprenticeship indentures held in the custody of the Town Clerk in Saffron Walden.  1 microfiche.  Shelf location : FCH Box 19 ENG IND ESS

Name Index to Poor Law Settlement Papers : settlement examinations  by Essex Record Office & Essex Society for Family History.  Series: Essex family history series, 3; Essex Record Office publication, 133.  This index of about 40,000 names has been compiled from Settlement Certificates, Removal Orders, Settlement Examinations, and Apprentices indentures.   These records can provide evidence for finding the parish of origin of families which moved from one parish to another, sometimes over considerable distances. They can also provide details of employment, place of marriage, and names of wives, husbands and children.  These indexes generally show names, present parish, parish of settlement and year.  The apprentice indentures show name, master's name, location and year.  4 microfiche.  Shelf location : FCH Box 19 ENG IND ESS

Transported beyond the seas : an alphabetical listing of criminals prosecuted in Hertfordshire who received transportation sentences to Australia 1784-1866  by Hertfordshire Family & Population History Society.  from the five Hertfordshire courts, namely the Hertfordshire Assizes, Hertfordshire Quarter Sessions, Liberty of St Albans Quarter Sessions, Hertford Borough Sessions and the St Albans Borough Sessions.  The convict index shows: No. ; first name ; surname ; age ; place ; yr ; court ; stc ; ship ; crime ; detail.  Other indexes include, Place, Court Date, Ship Index, Victim Index.   Recommended that you refer to the guide pages 5-7 for explanation of fields.   2 fiche.  Shelf location : FCH Box 19 ENG IND HRT

Poll Books of the Borough of Lewes, Sussex : 1802, 1812, 1826.   Fiche Title : Poll Book, Lewes 1802-12-26.  Facsimile of Polls, details vary slightly for each year, generally they list the name, parish and occupation. There are other lists of voters rejected and persons charged with Poor Rate. For the 1826 there is an index at the end.   1 fiche.  Shelf location : FCH Box 19 ENG IND SSX

Sussex Poll Book, 1734  by Society of Genealogists.  Facsimile of "A Poll taken ... at the City of Chichester on Thursday and Friday the Ninth and Tenth Days of May 1734 For the election of two knights to serve for the said County in this present Parliament". Candidates: The Rt Hon. Henry Pelham Esq; James Butler, Esq; Sir Cecill Bisshopp Bart.; John Fuller, Esq.  Alphabetical listing by parish and columns headed P | B | B | F (for each candidate listed).  Persons listed under their parish, "where there is no addition to the name the person dwells in that parish where his freehold lies".  some show occupation and a place. 2 fiche.   Shelf location : FCH Box 19 ENG IND SSX

1873 Return of Owners of Land Warwick.  The Return lists holdings by size (in acres, roods and poles) and estimated yearly rental of all holdings over one acre. It is laid out by county and landowner, with an identifying address for each landowner. For landowners with extensive, scattered holdings, the address may not correspond to the land's location and may be outside the county in question. The location of the land is not given. [wikipedia]. We also have this as a digital version - see link in Research NAS “UK IND England Return of Owners of Land 1873”.   1 fiche.  Shelf location : FCH Box 19 ENG IND WAR

GSC Collection

Use the link in Research NAS (R drive) to access these files

Australia

Australia                                   (link in Research NAS “AUS HIS more files in GSC collection”)

Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) Still relevant in an online world by Shauna Hicks.  2014 powerpoint presentation, What is the AJCP ?, brief history, AJCP handbooks - key guides ; microfilm and online. 54 pages       File: AUS GUI Australian Joint Copying Project AJCP.pdf

Australian Aborigine             (link NAS “AUS Aborigine - files in GSC collection of the Australian Aborigine”)

Aboriginal Stockwomen : Their Legacy in the Australian Pastoral Industry  by Tauri Simone.  historical description of the colonisation of specific areas of Australia and the foundations of the pastoral industry. The vital role that Aboriginal women played in the pastoral industry. 389 pages.  File: AUS HIS Aboriginal Stockwomen.pdf

Australian Convicts     (link in Research NAS “AUS CVT more files in GSC collection of Convicts”)

Trace your Australian convict ancestors like Anne Reid.  guide to records available online, description of documents, 5 pages      File: CVT GUI Trace your Australian convict ancestors.pdf

Queensland

Queensland                                        (link in Research NAS “QLD - more files in GSC collection”)

A century of Brisbane journalism article in Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland vol_4 (4) 471-493 (1951) by Clem Lack.  23 pages.  File: QLD 4000 HIS Brisbane journalism 1951.pdf

In every sense a gentleman : Spencer Browne : soldier, journalist, historian.  Article in Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland vol_9 issue 5: pp. 30-49 (1974) by H.J. Summers.  biography of Major-General Reginald Spencer Browne who died in Brisbane on 9 Nov 1943.  20 pages File: QLD BIO Spencer Browne RHSQ 1974.pdf

Queensland Aborigine    (link NAS “QLD Aborigine - files in GSC collection of Queensland Aborigine”)

A Study of the ‘lived experience’ of Citizenship amongst Exempted Aboriginal People in regional Queensland, with a focus on the South Burnett region  by Judith Anne Wickes.  An estimated 4,092 certificates granted to some 5,257 people between 1897 and 1967 who sought exemption from protectionist laws on the grounds that they were capable of managing their own affairs in a ‘civilised manner’. 233 pages.  File: QLD HIS Citizenship amongst Exempted Aboriginal People.pdf

Queensland books and thesis   (link in Research NAS “QLD books and thesis in GSC collection”)

A Thousand Miles Away : a history of North Queensland to 1920  by G.C. Bolton.  when North Queensland was settled, it was taken for granted that white men could not work in the tropics.  Sugar plantations were founded on imported Pacific Island labour. Meanwhile, inland North Queensland was developed by squatters and miners whose way of thinking differed widely from the planters. The author draws on sources from reports of government departments to the reminiscences of old residents to trace the social, economic, political, and human story of the early settlement of North Queensland. [dust jacket]  Pioneers, Aborigines, Mining, Pacific Islanders, Gold, Maps, index.  366 pages (1970 edition).  Digital version of GSC Accession No. 09099.  File: QLD 4871 HIS A thousand Miles Away 09099.pdf

Serving Thuringowa : Chairmen and Mayors, 1879-2004 by Judith Jensen.  biographies of the Chairmen and Mayors of Thuringowa (Townsville region). In addition, it contains the views of current members of Council as they guide the future of the City.  52 pages    File: QLD 4817 BIO Thuringowa.pdf

Queensland Schools (link in Research NAS “QLD SCH Queensland school files in GSC collection”)

Southport State High School City of Gold Coast      Heritage Study, 12 pages           

File: QLD SCH 4215 Southport High School history.pdf

Victoria

Victoria                                               (link in Research NAS “VIC - more files in GSC collection”)

Surveying the Black-Allan Line  by Nadia Albert  history of surveying the border between Victoria and New South Wales and about the surveyors.  Includes a time line of events surrounding the boundary line.  30 pages.  File: VIC HIS Surveying the Black-Allan Line

United Kingdom

What are Merchant Navy crew lists?  By Simon Wills.  where records are found, online links, 3 pages.  File: UK GUI Merchant Navy crew lists.pdf

England

English Directories      (NAS “UK  DIR English directories (not individual counties) in GSC collection”)

Kelly's Directory of Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, Wiltshire and Dorsetshire.  1880 edition, Hampshire (page 10) index, description, Hundreds, geology, police, magistrates, town index (p.47).  Wiltshire (page 582) Dorset (page 862).  1175 pages.  File: ENG DIR 1880 Kelly Hampshire Wiltshire and Dorset.pdf

English Counties : Hampshire (link in NAS “UK HAM more files in GSC Collection of Hampshire”)      

The Antiquities of the Priory of Christ-Church, Hampshire by Benjamin Ferrey.  Christchurch Priory (now in Dorset) consisting of plans, sections, elevations, details and perspective views of the present church.  Published in 1841, includes monuments.  132 pages  File: ENG HAM HIS Christchurch Priory Antiquities.pdf

An essay descriptive of the Abbey Church, Romsey  by C. Spence.  description of Romsey and the Abbey, its monuments, Abbesses, estates.  168 pages        File: ENG HAM HIS Romsey Abbey Church.pdf

Hampshire Recusants : a story of their troubles in the time of Queen Elizabeth  by Francis Aidan Gasquet, (published 1895).  Religious laws passed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and of the consequences they entailed upon those who remained firm in their adherence to the old religion.  Catholics, 66 pages.  File: ENG HAM HIS Hampshire Recusants.pdf

Reports of Cases in the Hampshire County Courts during the years 1917 - 1920 : being judgments delivered by Judge Barnard Lailey.  Edited by F.E.B. Duff.  list of cases, followed by description.  tithes, covenants, workmen's compensation, bailment, tenant, Defence of the Realm, increase of Rent Acts, injury of Real Estate.  200 pages    File: ENG HAM HIS Hampshire County Court cases 1917-1920.pdf

English Counties : London & Middlesex 

      (Link in Research NAS“UK MDX more files for Middlesex and London in GSC collection”)

London and its Environs Described : containing an Account of whatever is most remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, In the City and in the Country Twenty Miles round it.  Vol. V.  published in 1761 this volume covers streets, monuments etc Mon-Sin. from title page "Comprehending also Whatever is most material in the History and Antiquities of this great Metropolis.  Decorated and illustrated with a great Number of Views in Perspective, engraved from original Drawings, taken on purpose for this Work. Together with a Plan of London, a Map of the Environs, and several other useful Cuts".   382 pages.  File: ENG MDX HIS London and its Environs Described vol_5.pdf

Europe - Germany

Europe              (link in Research NAS “EUR Europe - more files in GSC collection of Europe”) 

Searching for Your German Ancestral Village  by Ashlee Peck.  Family Tree Magazine article (with links - some to magazine articles which is by subscription)         File: EUR GER GUI Searching for your German Ancestral Village.pdf

6 Websites for deciphering old German script  by James M. Beidler.  Family Tree Magazine article (with links). 4 pages (2 in reality).  File: EUR GER GUI websites for deciphering old German Script.pdf

Photos rares du 3e Reich conservées par la revue  (images of Berlin 1939-1940).  These colour pictures were taken by a Life photographer between 1939 and 1940 in Berlin and were lost for over 70 years because the American photographer disappeared at the beginning of the war, along with his Rolleiflex camera. They were found by a nurse in a Berlin hospital, who kept them put away during all these years.  After her death her daughter returned them to the present editors, who retain the copyrights to Life Magazine, which has not been published since the early '70s.   51 pages.  File: EUR GER HIS Berlin 1939-40.pdf

Ireland

Ireland Maps and Histories     (link in Research NAS “IRL more files in GSC collection of Ireland”)

Plotting your Irish roots : an Irish Counties map    by Andrew Koch,  familytree article, basic counties and province map.  2 pages  File: IRL ATL GUI Ireland counties map - Plotting Irish Roots.pdf

Ireland counties and province map.  map from familytree article - Plotting your Irish roots : an Irish Counties map            File: IRL ATL Ireland counties and province map.jpg

Ireland Guides                               (link in Research NAS “IRL GUI Irish guides in GSC collection”)

A Primer in Irish Genealogy  by Sean J. Murphy.  2019 guide.  first steps, research methods, computers and the internet, names, census records, vital records, valuation records, church records, more advanced sources, principal repositories and online resources.  61 pages.  File: IRL GUI A Primer in Irish Genealogy by Murphy 2019.pdf

Irish Genealogy.  Bare Bones Selective Bibliography of What to Consult When Getting Started in Irish [both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland] Genealogical Research  3 pages.  

File: IRL GUI Irish Genealogy bibliography.pdf

Military Archives : October 2019 Release.  Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection.  This release will bring the number of individuals whose files are now available online up to 9,555 entries.  The files relate to claims lodged by 1,540 individuals, or by their dependents, contain new and unique information on the War of Independence and the Civil War.  1 page  File: IRL GUI Military Service Pensions Collection 1916-1923.pdf

Ireland XO Insight : Old Irish first names and aliases.  who do you belong to? ; how traditional Gaelic names were interpreted ; how to research old Irish personal names ; When an Irish surname appears as a forename ; case study.  4 pages.  File: IRL GUI old Irish first names and aliases.pdf

Irish Counties : Tipperary    (link in Research NAS “IRL LOU Louth more files in GSC collection”)

Onondaga County and County Tipperary  by IrelandXO Connections.  the family history of her grandfather, Frank Dennis Heffernan a descendant of Timothy Heffernan and Catherine O'Dwyer of Glenough, Tipperary.  3 pages.  File: IRL TIP FH Heffernan family.pdf

Pacific

Pacific                           (link in Research NAS “PAC - more files in GSC collection for Pacific area”)      

PAMBU: 40 years of archival collaboration in the Pacific Islands. Paper for PARBICA, ARANZ, ASA Conference, Brisbane, 12-17 October 2009.  By Ewan Maidment.  Pacific Manuscripts Bureau operations.  Efforts to film church archive documents in the Pacific Islands.  20 pages.  File: PAC HIS PAMBU archival collaboration.pdf

Military

Military                           (link in NAS “MIL more files in GSC collection of Military and War”)

Trace your Boer War ancestors like Charles Dance  by Laura Berry.  how to find records, description of records, 5 pages.  File: MIL GUI Boer Trace your Boer War ancestors.pdf

Family history detective : Boer War records  by Paul Reed.  service papers, finding records, army career, discharge papers, naval records, Imperial Yeomanry Casualty Lists, Officers - Army Lists, Casualties, Regimental records, Medal Rolls.  4 pages.  File: MIL GUI Boer War Records YFT35.pdf

Research Guides

General Guides                                 (link in NAS “GEN Guides more files in GSC collection”) 

Hebrew Consonants : Hebrew Transliteration Scheme.  Writing Hebrew words in the English alphabet is called "transliteration" and is as much an art as a science. Examples.  2 pages.  

File: GUI Family History jew Hebrew transliteration.pdf

Old Disease names and their modern definitions.  Quick reference to the medical terms used on your ancestors record of death. 9 pages.  File: GUI Family History Medical old disease names.pdf

Glossary of medical terms used in the 18th and 19th centuries.  10 pages. 

File: GUI Family History Medical terms 18th and 19th century.pdf

Tips for searching transcribed records  by Stephen Peirce.  transcription of digitised records remains an imperfect system, with the many millions of errors in transcribed records still presenting genealogists, be they amateur or professional, with challenges when it comes to conducting research.  Hints to conduct searches. common errors.  3 pages.  File: GUI Family History Searching transcribed records.pdf

Understanding Translation vs. Transliteration  by FamilyTree.  explanation of terms.  For genealogists, transliteration comes into play when you’re researching people and places that use non-Roman alphabets, such as Hebrew, Cyrillic or Greek, and name changes of immigrants from those places. 1 page.  File: GUI Family History Understanding Translation vs Transliteration.pdf

How to print a family tree to enjoy and share  by Rachel Fountain,  very basic, just lists a few options - free as well as paid. 3 pages.  File: GUI Printing a family tree.pdf

How to Create A Beautiful Family History Website.  By David A Fryxell, hints and ideas if you wish to go that path.  File: GUI WEB create a family history website.pdf

Journals

journals and newsletters added this month 

Use the links in Research NAS (R drive) to access these files

(eg “NSW JNL New South Wales Journals”,  “UK  JNL English journals in GSC collection”)

Australia

Placenames Australia : newsletter of the Australian National Placenames Survey, September 2018.  Yo Yo Creek, Qld - Warrego River, Augathella, Charleville ; Wagga Wagga South - name changes ; Tungamull ; Bilpin or Norwood ; Fiji ; Indigenous toponymy ; fictional places.  File: AUS JNL Placenames Australia 2018_09.pdf

Placenames Australia : newsletter of the Australian National Placenames Survey, December 2018.  County names in Victoria ; Collaroy ; Kaurna placenames ; Heathmont street names ; Placenames that incorporate compass points and Wagga Wagga schools ; Indigenous toponymy File: AUS JNL Placenames Australia 2018_12.pdf

Placenames Australia : newsletter of the Australian National Placenames Survey, March 2019.  Broken Bay ; W Tree, East Gippsland ; Terrible Billy near Tamworth ; Which Georgiana ? ; Australian state names and demonyms ; Indigenous toponymy ; Canowindra.  File: AUS JNL Placenames Australia 2019_03.pdf

Placenames Australia : newsletter of the Australian National Placenames Survey, June 2019.  Australia's German placenames ; Sutherland Shire suburb names ; Coads Tank and Daysdale NSW ; Westralia ; Les Murray's places ; Currabubula ; Ston(e)y Point ; what did it mean? words, how respelt and meaning ; Coogee ; Island of Koro, Fiji.  File: AUS JNL Placenames Australia 2019_06.pdf

Placenames Australia : newsletter of the Australian National Placenames Survey, September 2019.  Australia's Chinese placenames ; Tamworth street names ; Howqua Vic ;  Kojunup, Karinyup, Porongorup... all those WA -ups ; Koetong, Vic ; Kaleno - Moonee Ponds. File: AUS JNL Placenames Australia 2019_09.pdf

The Federation of Australian Historical Societies, eBulletin No. 192, 18 Oct 2019

The use of social media by historical societies ; Heritage of the Air Conference - Canberra, 14-17 November ; Great Air Race Talks Program, Darwin, October - November ; War display at UWA, Albany ; Taralga (NSW) celebrates 200 years of settlement ; Canberra Railway Museum reopens to the public.  File: AUS JNL FAHS E-Bulletin 192 2019_10.pdf

New South Wales Journals

Berrima District Historical & Family History Society newsletter No.520, September 2019

Victims of John Lynch remembered (executed at Berrima in 1842) ; Italian Prisoner of War ; school bus stranded in flooded Bong Bong River in 1959 ; 1948 truck accident at Belmore Falls ; 1891 Michael William Morris killed by falling tree ; File: NSW JNL 2575 Berrima 520 2019_9.pdf

Berrima District Historical & Family History Society newsletter No.521, October 2019

Franz Ferdinand’s visit to Australia and locally in 1893 ;  Tamworth (brief background) ; Mt Gibraltar stair repairs (built in 1930s as depression relief) ;  JG Morris a Bowral business pioneer ; Bradman Oval and Pavilion, Bowral.  File: NSW JNL 2575 Berrima 521 2019_10.pdf

Descent, journal of the Society of Australian Genealogists, September 2019, Volume 49, Part 3.  The Indomitable Miss Jane Skillicorn of Christchurch, NZ ; My Family Tree and the DNA Chainsaw Massacre - Eldridge family ; What's in a name ? a family excavation - Matthew St Leon ; DNA Research Group: Happy DNA stories ; Allister and the Sparrows - Sparrow family letters ; Three Tips for Google Searching ; News - Rookwood Cemetery's new online search ; NLA map georeferencing ; State Records NSW - upgrade to collection search ; Highlights from the Library Collection - Scottish research ; Highlights from the Manuscript and Image Collection - Malet family history book (of Jersey).  File: NSW JNL 2000 Descent 2019_09 49_3

Dubbo & District Family History Society Newsletter 44, September-October 2019

Book launch “Adelong, a Small Town in a Big War” ; accessing mental health records NSW ; Australian Carbonising and Textile Company which went into production in Depot Road, West Dubbo in 1936 and continued on until 1951 ; Window on women – Barbara Millgate (1940-1985) File: NSW JNL 2830 Dubbo DFHS Newsletter 44 2019_9-10.pdf

Murrumbidgee Ancestor, the journal of the Wagga Wagga and District Family History Society, October 2019, No. 128.  Notes From Wagga Wagga ; Research: Mary Ann Cartwright and Douglas McGregor and Joseph Henry Bieman, James Lynch and Mary Elizabeth Andrew, William Sable and Hilda McGee, John Carroll and Caroline Mason, Honeysett & Naden family, Starr family, John Butler and Lydia Longmore ; My Auntie Effie - Euphemia Eleanor Baker (1880-1968) ; Pioneer Women of Australia - Annie (Watmough) Carter (1858-1945) ; The Eldest Daughter - Mary Ann Gilmore ; A Famous Female Ancestor - Catherine Harrop.  File: NSW JNL 2650 Murrumbidgee Ancestor 128 2019_10.pdf

News from The Barracks, newsletter of Maitland and Beyond Family History, Sep-Oct 2019.  Descendants’ Day at Dalwood – Wyndham, Timson, Kimmorley, Baker, Urquhart, Murray-Prior ; research – Thomas Waters and Susanna (nee Partridge) Borrow  ; murder of Mr Hoskin by William Moore ; Alphabet Girl – given names for every letter of the alphabet - Ann Bertha …… Pepper ; Tydfl Evans daughter of John Evans and Martha Bevan. File: NSW JNL 2320 News From The Barracks 2019_09.pdf

Port Macquarie Historical Society Newsletter, Vol 7 Issue 7, August 2019

news for members - File: NSW JNL 2444 newsletter 7_07 Pt Macquarie HS 2019_8.pdf

The Cedar Log, journal of the Richmond-Tweed Family History Society Inc.  Issue No. 139 March 2019.  Pioneers of Bangalow – Robert Campbell, Thomas Robinson, William Barby  ; From Tattymoyle, Tyrone, Ireland to Australia – Jane and Simon Isaac on the ship Adam Lodge ;  John McLeod and Margaret McLean ; What a Way to Go! – Isaac Cornwall ; In the Loop - articles of interest ; Snippets from Don  - East Perth Cemeteries, Norfolk Island ; Word Cloud – family names (place mat idea?) File: NSW JNL 2478 The Cedar Log 139 2019_03

The Cedar Log, journal of the Richmond-Tweed Family History Society Inc.  Issue No. 139 March 2019.  Pioneers of Alstonville – Andrew Freeborn ; John Perry ; Jens Christian Frederiksen ; A Family Legend – William Overell and Alice Nightingale ; Dr John Waugh Drysdale ; Somerset to Newcastle – Louis Blackwell ; Researching The East Ballina Waterfront – dance hall and skating rink ; The Early Sugar Millers of Ballina – John Sharpe, William Clement & Lemuel Griggs Snow, George Martin, John ‘Frederick’ Skennar ; In the Loop – books and articles ; Snippets from Don – Canadian heritage, first name abbreviations.  File: NSW JNL 2478 The Cedar Log 140 2019_06

The Cedar Log, journal of the Richmond-Tweed Family History Society Inc.  Issue No. 139 March 2019.  My Mother – Annie Sutton ; Early Days in Byron Bay – Robert Duncan ; Who Was Henry Fulton ; What Have We Done? – presidents report ; Convict Connections – Samuel Dean ; The Lost Robert Spence ; In the Loop – books and articles.  File: NSW JNL 2478 The Cedar Log 141 2019_09

The Hawkesbury Crier, newsletter of the Hawkesbury Family History Group, December 2018. Padley Bros of Windsor ; News from State Archives ; Hawkesbury Benevolent Society ; Quotes about the Hawkesbury River ; Old Christmas Recipes ; Citing your sources ; Notable Hawkesbury Residents ; Macquarie's Five Towns ; Some Hawkesbury Headstones ; Hawkesbury Queen 1918 ; Street Photography exhibition ; Riverstone journal ; News.  File: NSW JNL 2756 The Hawkesbury Crier 2018_12.pdf

The Hawkesbury Crier, newsletter of the Hawkesbury Family History Group, June 2019

Unusual Will of George Reekie (died 1928) ; Oh Susanna! - Susanna Bowd (1834-1891) ; Spanish flu in the Hawkesbury ; Some Hawkesbury headstones ; Cautionary Tales with DNA ; Set in Stone: McQuade Monument ; The Murphy’s from Co. Carlow ; Nurse Greentree’s “fine work at the war” - ww1.  File: NSW JNL 2756 The Hawkesbury Crier 2019_06.pdf

The Hawkesbury Crier, newsletter of the Hawkesbury Family History Group, September 2019.  The loyal Brinsley Hall ; The Two Marys at Windsor RC Cemetery, Mary Ryan, Mary Wickham ; Ann Forbes Descendants Reunion ; Australian Joint Copying project update ; Rose Family Reunion ; Joseph Murphy of Pitt Town, Obituary 24 July 1931 ; Thomas Edward Bowd ; North Richmond Public School 1876 ; Kingham Family of Currency Creek ; My Sullivan ancestors of Ballytruckle, Waterford, Ireland and settled at Enfield in 1841 ; Some Hawkesbury headstones ; Events & News.  File: NSW JNL 2756 The Hawkesbury Crier 2019_09.pdf

The Valley Genealogist, journal of Bega Valley Genealogical Society, Vol.34 No 3, October 2019.  The Visit by the Asama Maru (1931) ; Kameruka Golf Links (Kameruka Estate and the Lucas-Tooth Family) ; Harts of Lochiel ; History of the history of the Three Tathra Hotels ; Blacka Reunion

File: NSW JNL 2549 The Valley Genealogist 34_3 2019_10.pdf

Queensland Journals

Caloundra Clipper, magazine of Caloundra Family History Research, September 2019, Number 106.  Vale - Betty Hadland and Dorothy Cotillard ; Fishing by Geoff Kelly - FamilySearch merges in his Mann, Gidley/Furneaux and Bryce trees ; The Three Cosgrove Sisters - of Magill, South Australia ; My Love Affair with the Bunya Mountains.  File: QLD Local JNL 4551 Caloundra Clipper 106 2019_9.pdf

Humpybong and After, History Redcliffe.  Volume 36 Issue 22, September, October & November 2019.  Some Anniversaries - timeline ;  Jim & Clarice Gibson Park ; Leo Burn - No 1 Bank St, Margate ; One of my Adventures - Lesley O'Sullivan ; Motor Racing Australia - closed circuit Woody Point.  File: QLD JNL 4020 Humpybong and After 36_22 2019_9-11.pdf 

Snippets, e-news of Queensland Family History Society, November 2019, Vol 19 No 11.  news for members.  Website: rats of Tobruk tribute ; Findmypast updates ; seafaring ancestors ; Boer War ; Convicts ; butcher occupation trade titles ; book Ship of Death about the ‘Emigrant’ quarantined at Dunwich in 1850 ; book ‘Emdens last voyage – the battle of HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden.  File: QLD JNL QFHS Snippets 2019_11.pdf

The Gazette, journal of the Toowoomba and Darling Downs Family History Society, Vol 33 No 3, November 2019.  William Lucas Bond and the origin of the name Torrington ; Richard James Barry (1839-1886) ; Archie Cameron (1852-1937) ; Charles Droughton (1835-1913) ; The Dickmans build a Dam ; James Patrick O’Connell (1838-1890) ; Doreen Powell nee Gibbons (1934-2019) ; Early Teachers at Gowrie Junction State School: John Goffage ; Charles Thomas Edwards (1859-1910) ; John Noakes Fisher (1831-1912) ; A Gaydon — 'the leading saddler in Toowoomba’ ; Stephen Henry Whichello (1839-1923).  File: QLD JNL 4350 The Gazette 32_3 2019_11.pdf

The Maranoa Enquirer, newsletter of the Roma & District Family History Society Inc.  Number 89, May 2019.  new book - Burials, Hodgson Cemetery & Bindango Station Cemetery (revised and updated) ; Dexter Kruger 109th Birthday ; Sports Display – Badminton, Rifle Shooting ; Interviews with senior citizens - Elaine Ferrier, Don Mcintosh ; obituary - Carmel Mawn ; Weddings - extracts from Maranoa District Marriages, Births and Deaths Registered at Surat 1863-1876 ; new book - My story by Alec Waldron.  File: QLD JNL 4455 Maranoa Enquirer 89 2019_5.pdf

The Maranoa Enquirer, newsletter of the Roma & District Family History Society Inc.  Number 90, September 2019.  The Minnie Palmer - boat used when river in flood ; Excerpts from 150 Years of Roma - Jill Baker, Rachael Hartley ; Weddings - Hilleary and Wilson, Taylor and Stinson ; Tara Leigh Robinson born 1983 ; William A. Milkins and William J. Milkins ; Royal Hotel ; CWA Hostel ; State High and Intermediate School, Roma, Certificates ; Books for Sale.  File: QLD JNL 4455 Maranoa Enquirer 89 2019_5.pdf

Victoria Journals

Bridges & Branches, newsletter of the Echuca-Moama Family History Group, Number 115, September 2019.  Discovering details of Mining Accidents ; Sarah Doak and George Campbell ; Golden Wedding – Isaac and Elizabeth Martin ; Aimee Milne ; reasons for admission to the Ararat Lunatic Asylum 1870-1910 ; Marriages ; Sister Dene Skelly 1889-1954 ; Private Albert Bernard Leslie Lawson  1883-1915 ; Thomas George Norley 1891-1918 ; letter from Frank Dawson (ww1) File: VIC JNL 3564 Bridges and Branches 115 2019_9

Scattered Genes, newsletter of Wonthaggi Genealogy, August 2019.  New Australian records on Ancestry.com,  File: VIC JNL 3995 Scattered Genes Wonthaggi 2019_08.pdf

The South-West Genealogist, September 2019, newsletter #298.  Warrnambool & district historicals – September 1911 as recorded in Warrnambool Standard (not avail on Trove) Births, deaths, marriages, in memoriam, accidents, business, Churches, Court, district news, education, land and clearing sales.  Websites, resources at HeritageWorks.  File: VIC JNL 3280 South-west Gene 298 2019_9.pdf

The South-West Genealogist, October 2019, newsletter #299.  Warrnambool & district historicals – October 1911 as recorded in Warrnambool Standard (not avail on Trove) Births, marriages, deaths, in memoriam, accidents, Council, Court, property sales, insolvency, district news, sport.  Websites, resources at HeritageWorks.  File: VIC JNL 3280 South-west Gene 298 2019_9.pdf

Irish Journals

Irish lives remembered, Issue 45, summer 2019

·         Findmypast County and BMD Registration Districts Map

·         Croagh Patrick (County Mayo): The Sacred Mountain of the Sun God

·         Linking Your DNA to Ireland’s Ancient “Kings and Queens”

·         The Kavanagh/Cavanagh Surname and its Relatives, Kinsella and Redmond

·         An Irishman Abroad: David Tynan O’Mahony [“Dave Allen”]

·         A Concise Guide to Tracing Your Irish Ancestors using US, Canadian, Australian and British Records

·         Money, Mountain Dew, and Murder: Illicit Poitín Distillation in Ireland During the 1920s. : PART 2. “Children going to and coming from school are reeling round the roads drunk with poteen”

·         Dear Genie 1 – Tracking Tyrone Emigrant Samuel Maguire 

·         Dear Genie 2 – What did Presbyterian Robert Byers Manufacture in Cork City? 

·         Dear Genie 3 – Robert Hetherington: Was he from County Laois? 

·         Photodetective – A Grand Style for a Cavan Farmer’s Wife [analysis of a reader’s photograph]

·         New Irish Records on Findmypast (Summer 2019) 

·         A Golden Hour and Gems Galore for Diana Collison 

·         Film discussion : Gone With the Wind. A Southern US Reflection of Hierarchy, Power and Essentialism in Ireland 

File: IRL JNL Irish Lives Remembered 46 2019 autumn.pdf

Irish lives remembered, Issue 46, Autumn 2019

·         Findmypast County and BMD Registration Districts Map

·         Steve Coogan’s Maternal Great-Great-Grandparents: Their Fight for Tenant Rights in Nineteenth Century Mayo - John Coonan (1823-1874) Richard Walsh (1837-1915)

·         The Solar Boat at Knowth (County Meath)

·         Finding Your Birth Family through DNA can be an Emotional Rollercoaster

·         The Barry Surname

·         Ricardo Wall y Devereux: The Power behind the Throne

·         Money, Mountain Dew, and Murder: Illicit Poitín Distillation in Ireland During the 1920s. PART 3. “The Gharda would be unworthy of any confidence if they failed to make use of every method to rid Ireland of this curse”

·         When does a Genealogist become a ‘Professional’ Genealogist?

·         England’s ‘Cheddar Man’ Revealed by DNA. Relevant to the Ancient Irish?

·         Dear Genie 1 – My Ancestor was Shipwrecked and Ate a Horse! Is it True? 

·         Dear Genie 2 –Great-Great-Grandfather John McNally from Monaghan – Where is the Record of His Birth? 

·         Dear Genie 3 – The Mysterious Albert Victor Doake Payne from Dublin 

·         Photodetective – The Ruxtons from County Offaly: On a Day Out? [analysis of a reader’s photograph]

·         New Irish Records on Findmypast: Autumn 2019 

·         Census Records: Fighting the Curse of Carneliga! 

·         Letter to the Editor – A response to Maura Flood’s Summer 2019 article

·         Book : Defending Trinity College Dublin, Easter 1916. Anzacs and the Rising

File: IRL JNL Irish Lives Remembered 46 2019 autumn.pdf

Canadian Journal

Cariboo Notes, Quesnel Branch of the British Columbia Genealogical Society, Vol. 36 No. 3, winter 2019.  My Husband’s British Home Children - John Kennedy and Jessie Bulloch of Renton, SCT children sent to Canada in 1890 ; My British Home Child - Jessie Drummond Lindsay born 1881 Glasgow sent to Canada aged 3 yrs ; book Trace your ancestors and fixing loose pages ; Web Bytes - europeana, british home children, Swedish american, probate search (UK) ; Our Heirlooms - Olaf Linus Pearson Rask (1868-1961) ; Doukhobor heritage ; Alex Jmieff born 1880 Russia ; Trying to Reunite a Family Bible with a Descendant - Mary Barradell, Hanford ; Names Being Researched ; Quesnel Area Land Records ; Vale Virginia Monnich.  File: CAN BC JNL Cariboo Notes 36-3 2019 winter.pdf

Jan Bedwell

Librarian.  3 Nov 2019