Yarra Plenty Regional Library invites you to embark on a journey of discovery with a range of engaging family history activities during the month of August.
To coincide with National Family History Week 2nd - 10th August, activities early in the month include:
An introduction to researching your women ancestors
Eltham Library
Wednesday 6 August
10.30 am - 11.30 am
Preserving your family history
Lalor Library
Wednesday 6 August
7.00 pm - 8.00 pm
New books for family history researchers include the following:
Caledonia Australis by Don Watson
Family History research in the central goldfields of Victoria by Dorothy Wickham
Writing up your family history : a do it yourself guide by John Titford
Family History on the web by Stuart A Raymond
A dictionary of old trades, titles and occupations by Colin Waters
DNA and Family history by Chri Pomery
Tracing your Scottish ancestry by Kathleeen B Cory
Family photographs and how to date them by Jayne Shrimpton
Dating twentieth century photogrphs by Robert Pols
Abbreviations for Australian genelaogists collected and compled by Elizabeth Ellen Marks
Finding your German ancestors by Kevan M Hansen
The great Irish potato famine by James S Donnelly Jnr.
Emigrants and expats: a guide to UK emigration and residents overseas by Roger Kershaw
Single and free: female migration to Australia, 1833-1837 by Elizabeth Rushen
Early modern genealogy: researching your family history 1600-1838 by Paul Chambers
By the hand of death: inquests held for Geelong and District Vol 1 1837-1850
Footprints: the journey of Lucy and Percy Pepper
Preserving the past and present for the future: papers from the Sixth Victorian Family History state conference
Mt Alexander District Directory of Old Settlers and residents 1837-1856
Ballarat and District Pioneers and Old Residents Directory 1837-1855
West Gippsland Pioneers and Settlers Pre 1900
West Gippsland Early Settlers 1900-1925
Family history for beginners and beyond
Roots for kids
Occupational records in Australia by Cora Num
By the visitation of God: inquests held for Geelong & District Vol 2 1851-1859
CD- Roms
Sydney Morning Herald birth marriage death and funeral notices 1831-1853
Census of NSW 1828
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Medical family history
Have you researched your medical family history? For some, it is a reason to start the genealogy quest in the first place. A number of resources are available to make this task easy.
Weblinks:
Tracing your family history: are you at risk?
An article from About Genealogy outlining what is family medical history, why it is important, how it is used, what should be included, how it should be documented and more.
Family Medical history and tools resources online
Links to a number of useful websites
My Family Health Report
This web site allows you to create a personalized family health history report from any computer with an Internet connection and an up-to-date Web browser. Information you provide creates a drawing of your family tree and a chart of your family health history. Both the chart and the drawing can be printed and shared with your family members or your healthcare professional. Used in consultation with your healthcare professional, your family health history can help you review your family's health history and develop disease prevention strategies that are right for you.
Family medical History chart
A chart to print out and fill out for your records.
Cyndislist: medical and medicine
Genealogy starting point online for many links.
Reading:
Relatively speaking : the family tree way to better health by Chris Reading
Weblinks:
Tracing your family history: are you at risk?
An article from About Genealogy outlining what is family medical history, why it is important, how it is used, what should be included, how it should be documented and more.
Family Medical history and tools resources online
Links to a number of useful websites
My Family Health Report
This web site allows you to create a personalized family health history report from any computer with an Internet connection and an up-to-date Web browser. Information you provide creates a drawing of your family tree and a chart of your family health history. Both the chart and the drawing can be printed and shared with your family members or your healthcare professional. Used in consultation with your healthcare professional, your family health history can help you review your family's health history and develop disease prevention strategies that are right for you.
Family medical History chart
A chart to print out and fill out for your records.
Cyndislist: medical and medicine
Genealogy starting point online for many links.
Reading:
Relatively speaking : the family tree way to better health by Chris Reading
Monday, July 14, 2008
Ask before it's too late
As family historians we know the value of interviewing elderly family relatives - no matter how distant. Even elderly friends of the family can have a wealth of information and wonderful memories.
Oral History –
· is a picture of the past in people’s own words
· does not claim to be the last word, but sometimes it is the only word
· requires basic recording equipment and a suitable, comfortable venue
· is assisted by memory triggers, eg, photos, books, toys, memorabilia
· is influenced by the events in people’s lives since the time being studied
· succeeds best with least interference from a sensitive, sympathetic interviewer
Family History Fest continues this week at Diamond Valley library with Beryl O'Gorman who will outline the importance of oral history, methods and equipment recommended. She will also recommend other useful resources.
Ask before it's too late: an introduction to Oral History will be held at Diamond Valley library, Civic Drive, Greensborough at this Wednesday July 16 at 1.30 pm.
Oral History –
· is a picture of the past in people’s own words
· does not claim to be the last word, but sometimes it is the only word
· requires basic recording equipment and a suitable, comfortable venue
· is assisted by memory triggers, eg, photos, books, toys, memorabilia
· is influenced by the events in people’s lives since the time being studied
· succeeds best with least interference from a sensitive, sympathetic interviewer
Family History Fest continues this week at Diamond Valley library with Beryl O'Gorman who will outline the importance of oral history, methods and equipment recommended. She will also recommend other useful resources.
Ask before it's too late: an introduction to Oral History will be held at Diamond Valley library, Civic Drive, Greensborough at this Wednesday July 16 at 1.30 pm.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Times Digital Archives
We now have access to Times Digital Archive, 19th Century British Library Newspapers and Burney Collection Newspapers.
The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985, is an online historical archive, delivering every page as published from 200 years of The Times (London).
19th Century British Library Newspapers - This full-text, fully searchable digital archive includes 50 papers originating in England, Scotland and Ireland, carefully selected from the British Library and providing a broad yet detailed view of British life in the 19th century 17th and 18th Century.
Burney Collection Newspapers - The newspapers and news pamphlets gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media available from the British Library. The collection includes more than 1000 pamphlets, and newspapers from the period. The collection covers more than 200 years of accounts from newspapers from England, Ireland, Scotland and a handful of papers from British colonies in the Americas and Asia.
These databases can be access via the Genealogy databases link. You will need your library card number for home access.
The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985, is an online historical archive, delivering every page as published from 200 years of The Times (London).
19th Century British Library Newspapers - This full-text, fully searchable digital archive includes 50 papers originating in England, Scotland and Ireland, carefully selected from the British Library and providing a broad yet detailed view of British life in the 19th century 17th and 18th Century.
Burney Collection Newspapers - The newspapers and news pamphlets gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media available from the British Library. The collection includes more than 1000 pamphlets, and newspapers from the period. The collection covers more than 200 years of accounts from newspapers from England, Ireland, Scotland and a handful of papers from British colonies in the Americas and Asia.
These databases can be access via the Genealogy databases link. You will need your library card number for home access.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Deceased database online at Necropolis Cemetery
A Search deceased enquiry facility is now available on the Necropolis Cemetery website. Databases of the St Kilda and Springvale cemeteries can now be searched.
Maps of the cemeteries can also be accessed on the Downloads section of the site.
Maps of the cemeteries can also be accessed on the Downloads section of the site.
Launch of the Convict Transportation Registers database
The State Library of Queensland has launched a new resource to research convict ancestors. This database has been compiled from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). The HO 11 Criminal - Convict Transportation Registers series has been indexed by the State Library of Queensland and the index contains the following information:
- Name of convict, including any known aliases
- Place of trial *
- Term of years
- Name of ship and date of departure
- Place of arrival
- Miscellaneous notes e.g. Died at sea; Ticket of Leave, etc.
* The date of trial is recorded on the original registers and will be gradually added to this database
Over 123,000 out of the estimated 160,000 convicts transported to Australia are recorded in this database. These include prisoners sent to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Moreton Bay (Brisbane), Western Australia and Norfolk Island. Also recorded are some ships which were bound for Gibraltar. The records cover the period of 1787 to 1867.
These records mainly include those convicted in England and Scotland. Only a small number of Irish convicts appear in this series of the Home Office records. The database also includes soldiers who had been court-martialled and sentenced to transportation. These "soldier convicts" may have been convicted in various British colonies including the West Indies, India, Pakistan and Canada.
The site also features some well-known Queenslanders with convict backgrounds.
- Name of convict, including any known aliases
- Place of trial *
- Term of years
- Name of ship and date of departure
- Place of arrival
- Miscellaneous notes e.g. Died at sea; Ticket of Leave, etc.
* The date of trial is recorded on the original registers and will be gradually added to this database
Over 123,000 out of the estimated 160,000 convicts transported to Australia are recorded in this database. These include prisoners sent to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Moreton Bay (Brisbane), Western Australia and Norfolk Island. Also recorded are some ships which were bound for Gibraltar. The records cover the period of 1787 to 1867.
These records mainly include those convicted in England and Scotland. Only a small number of Irish convicts appear in this series of the Home Office records. The database also includes soldiers who had been court-martialled and sentenced to transportation. These "soldier convicts" may have been convicted in various British colonies including the West Indies, India, Pakistan and Canada.
The site also features some well-known Queenslanders with convict backgrounds.
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