Sands Directories for Sydney, N.S.W. 1858-1933 have been updated.
Ancestry is accessible on any PC at all bracnh libraries. Access via the online databases link.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Making Modern Australia
Calling for Social History Stories to The Making Of Modern Australia
A new online history project - and soon to be ABC TV series - invites people from all over Australia to tell their personal and family history stories online.
As both a broadband project and TV series, The Making of Modern Australia will be an unofficial people's history, with individuals and families sharing their stories of life in Australia since 1945.
By logging onto www.makingaustralia.com.au people can upload their stories through a combination of photos, home movies, live webcams, sound recordings and text.
The site is particularly looking for stories that are engaging, unusual, amusing, uplifting or perhaps heartbreaking.
The stories can be about anything at all, but the TV series will be made up of four episodes, each one looking at a different theme:
* faith and religion
* romance and relationships
* parenting and childhood
* the Australian home/a sense of place
Where access to the internet or technical skills are limited, people may want to engage the help of younger family members to include their stories and pictures on the website. Alternatively they can send via the postal system a written copy of their story along with some notes on any photos or other visual material they may have to support the story.
Dust off the old family albums, or finally grab a digital camera and interview a friend or relative about what life was like for them growing up, getting married and making a home in Australia.
Those interested in having their family stories featured in the TV series are urged to get started and upload their material before mid-April. All stories will be showcased on the website as a lasting record for others to enjoy and comment on.
Lovers of History, please spread the word so we can gather as many wonderful stories as possible across seven decades from a broad cross-section of people.
If you'd like more information on the project, visit the website or contact Elissa McKeand
E: elissa.mckeand@essential-media.com T: (02) 8568 3100.
PO Box 283 Annandale NSW 2038
A local project also asking for contributions is Wikinorthia: documenting life in Melbourne's north at www.wikinorthia.net.au
A new online history project - and soon to be ABC TV series - invites people from all over Australia to tell their personal and family history stories online.
As both a broadband project and TV series, The Making of Modern Australia will be an unofficial people's history, with individuals and families sharing their stories of life in Australia since 1945.
By logging onto www.makingaustralia.com.au people can upload their stories through a combination of photos, home movies, live webcams, sound recordings and text.
The site is particularly looking for stories that are engaging, unusual, amusing, uplifting or perhaps heartbreaking.
The stories can be about anything at all, but the TV series will be made up of four episodes, each one looking at a different theme:
* faith and religion
* romance and relationships
* parenting and childhood
* the Australian home/a sense of place
Where access to the internet or technical skills are limited, people may want to engage the help of younger family members to include their stories and pictures on the website. Alternatively they can send via the postal system a written copy of their story along with some notes on any photos or other visual material they may have to support the story.
Dust off the old family albums, or finally grab a digital camera and interview a friend or relative about what life was like for them growing up, getting married and making a home in Australia.
Those interested in having their family stories featured in the TV series are urged to get started and upload their material before mid-April. All stories will be showcased on the website as a lasting record for others to enjoy and comment on.
Lovers of History, please spread the word so we can gather as many wonderful stories as possible across seven decades from a broad cross-section of people.
If you'd like more information on the project, visit the website or contact Elissa McKeand
E: elissa.mckeand@essential-media.com T: (02) 8568 3100.
PO Box 283 Annandale NSW 2038
A local project also asking for contributions is Wikinorthia: documenting life in Melbourne's north at www.wikinorthia.net.au
Digitised Newspapers
Following yesterdays presentation the following websites will be of interest to family history researchers.
Times Digital Archives. Access with your library card via databases link
Or as a remote user via the State Library of Victoria
Australian Newspapers beta
Mailing list for Australian Newspapers beta
Google News Archives
Other Digitised newspapers
Northcote Leader (Vic) at Darebin Historical Encyclopedia
Nambour Chronicle & North Coast Advertiser 1903-1983 (Qld)
Papers Past (New Zealand)
Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers (1880-1910)
Brooklyn Daily Eagle online 1841-1902 (US)
Times Digital Archives. Access with your library card via databases link
Or as a remote user via the State Library of Victoria
Australian Newspapers beta
Mailing list for Australian Newspapers beta
Google News Archives
Other Digitised newspapers
Northcote Leader (Vic) at Darebin Historical Encyclopedia
Nambour Chronicle & North Coast Advertiser 1903-1983 (Qld)
Papers Past (New Zealand)
Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers (1880-1910)
Brooklyn Daily Eagle online 1841-1902 (US)
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Irish resources
In honour of St Patrick's Day, Family history researchers with Irish heritage may wish to devote some online research time by visiting the following websites:
Irish Family History Research - Trace Your Ancestors Online - 100's of genealogy resources
The Belfast Newsletter Index 1737-1800
UK Over 20,000 transcribed pages. The Belfast Newsletter, began publication in 1737. Almost every word on the pages is indexed for searching including personal names, place names, advertisements, etc.
Family Search record search - pilot site
Includes Ireland 1845 - 1921 and Republic of Ireland 1922 - 1958 and others. Check "view all collections". Constantly updated. Includes UK 1841 and 1861 census
Ireland - Australia transportation database
Irish convicts via the National Archives of Ireland. Search results will show name, when and where triede, sentence and crime and the original docmentation reference.
Ireland Genealogy Links
The Origins Network
Genealogy Research online specializing in British and Irish research
Ireland's History in Maps (1841 AD)
Article. Famine years, populations figures, includes links, good background reading
Griffiths Primary Valuation of Ireland, explanation
Article
GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy
Ask about Ireland
Ancestry also includes a number of databases for Ireland. See their blog posting
Recommended Reading : Tracing your Irish Ancestors by John Grenham
Monday, March 02, 2009
Sydney Research
The City of Sydney Archives maintain excellent resources on their website. They have just released the Historical Atlas of Sydney, containing digital images of several sets of
detailed maps of Sydney covering the years 1865-1972 more or less, with plans to add more.
In addition the Archives maintain an online catalogue of about 40,000 photographs. The Assessment Books record details of ownership, occupation, construction, and value for buildings in the City of Sydney between 1845 and 1948. The Sydney Reference Collection Published items are catalogued bibliographically within the City Library's "Horizon" on-line catalogue. The Planning Street Cards provide information about historical buildings and development applications from about 1908 to the 1990s.
Other Sydney sites well worth a look include:
Sydney Sidetracks - ABC online
Links historic video, audio and pictures to their locations online. Content on offer includes early images from Port Jackson in 1821, as well as more recent events such as the Hilton Hotel bombing. Downloading the mobile version to your phone is ideal for a walking tour of the inner-Sydney streets if you a planning a research trip.
Dictionary of Sydney
Commissioned essays on all things Sydney and contantly growing. Not a lot to be accessed currently but check the preview and progress link which inlcudes suburb and places of significance and suburb demographics.
detailed maps of Sydney covering the years 1865-1972 more or less, with plans to add more.
In addition the Archives maintain an online catalogue of about 40,000 photographs. The Assessment Books record details of ownership, occupation, construction, and value for buildings in the City of Sydney between 1845 and 1948. The Sydney Reference Collection Published items are catalogued bibliographically within the City Library's "Horizon" on-line catalogue. The Planning Street Cards provide information about historical buildings and development applications from about 1908 to the 1990s.
Other Sydney sites well worth a look include:
Sydney Sidetracks - ABC online
Links historic video, audio and pictures to their locations online. Content on offer includes early images from Port Jackson in 1821, as well as more recent events such as the Hilton Hotel bombing. Downloading the mobile version to your phone is ideal for a walking tour of the inner-Sydney streets if you a planning a research trip.
Dictionary of Sydney
Commissioned essays on all things Sydney and contantly growing. Not a lot to be accessed currently but check the preview and progress link which inlcudes suburb and places of significance and suburb demographics.
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