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Family History Research at Qld State Archives Seminar - 22.02.12, 2:00pm

Brisbane City Council's Banyo Library is hosting a seminar on Family History Research at Queensland State Archives.

Learn about Queensland State Archives’ collection and how best to find the information you are seeking. This seminar is presented by an experienced reference archivist and will provide you with the basis you need to start your family history research at QSA.

Location: Meeting room 1

Entry is free. Contact: Library Manager, Julie Tree

Time: 2:00pm

Date: Wed 22nd Feb, 2012

Location: Banyo Library, St Vincents Rd, Banyo

My website is: http://www.archives.qld.gov.au

Harmony Day Seminar - 21.03.12, 10:00am

Celebrate Harmony Day and the importance of multiculturalism in Queensland’s history. Join us for morning tea and a seminar focussing on records relating to Germans from Queensland State Archives’ collection.

Location: Lecture Theatre 2

Entry is free. To book, telephone 07 3131 7777.

Time: 10:00am

Date: Wed 21st Mar, 2012

Location: 435 Compton Road, Runcorn

My website is: www.archives.qld.gov.au

Getting the most out of Queensland State Archives’ online re - 07.03.12, 10:00am

This seminar will provide an overview of the Queensland State Archives’ website and ArchivesSearch catalogue and includes a practical demonstration detailing what can be found and how to find it.

Location: Lecture Theatre 2

Entry is free. Tea and coffee available following the seminar. To book, telephone 07 3131 7777.

Time: 10:00am

Date: Wed 7th Mar, 2012

Location: 435 Compton Road Runcorn

My website is: www.archives.qld.gov.au

Getting Started Seminar at Queensland State Archives - 28.02.12, 10:00am

Learn about Queensland State Archives’ collection and how best to find the information you are seeking. This seminar, presented by one of our experienced reference archivists, will provide you with the basis you need to start your research at QSA. The seminar includes morning tea and a short tour.

Location: Lecture Theatre 2 

Entry is free. To book, telephone 07 3131 7777.

If you are unable to attend this seminar, please to view the PowerPoint presentation on our website.

Time: 10:00am

Date: Tue 28th Feb, 2012

Location: 435 Compton Road, Runcorn

My address is: 435 Compton Road Runcorn QLD 4113 info@archives.qld.gov.au

My website is: www.archives.qld.gov.au

Discovering Your Local History - Put On Your White Gloves

Ruth Gardiner from John Oxley Library, and Saadia Thomson Dwyer from Queensland State Archives, will present a range of treasures from their collections that relate to the Moreton Bay region. 

Participants will have the opportunity to closely view the items on display.

The original Whiteside Diaries will also be on display at this event.

Caboolture Library 07 5433 2000
Redcliffe Library 07 3283 0311

Dates / Times
Caboolture Library, 15 February 2012, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Redcliffe Library, 29 February 2012, 9.30am- 12.30pm

Cost: Free
Bookings: Bookings for this event are recommended.

Ever heard of a Nissen hut?

Once Nissen huts or Igloos were the main stay for the War effort during WWII and several hundred were constructed from one end of the state to the other, with many in Brisbane.  Few remain today, some has been altered over time.

One hut remains in near WWII condition and that can be found at the Amberley Air Base west of Brisbane and it is now Heritage listed.

The National Archives of Australia is holding a seminar which looks at buildings and sites which have now been recognised as a Commonwealth Heritage Sites and this includes a Nissen Hut.  The Seminar will be looking at some other significant Heritage places in Queensland.  The Archives hold records and plans for many of the Commonwealth places.

It is a free seminar and will be held from 10am on Wednesday 15 February 2012 and will be repeated on Saturday 18 February 2012.  The seminars run for approximately an hour and there is a complimentary morning tea.

National Archives of Australia16 Corporate DriveCANNON HILL  QLD  4170

- plenty of parking

- close to Cannon Hill Railway Station

For more information or to make a booking please phone:

Greg Cope - (07) 3249-4204

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Irish military archives to release records online

Ireland's Military Archives are currently digitising a number of key collections which should delight both genealogists and historians alike. These records will be available to search online through their website - http://militaryarchives.ie/ 

The Military Archives has already digitised hundreds of military maps, plans and drawings and in the next few months will launch the "Bureau of Military History witness statements (1913-1921)".

The Military Archives does not hold Irish service records for those who served in the two World Wars. These records are held with The National Archives in London.

For further information on this exciting project read the following Irish Times article -  http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0103/1224309736108.html

More microfilm available: level 3 reading room

Are you frustrated at having to order microfilm from the repository?

Good news! Much more film is on the shelves leading into the reading room at the back of level 3.

Most of the titles are newspapers:

• the major Australian dailies such as the Australian, Australian Financial Review and West Australian
• The New Zealand Herald
• Queensland titles including 21 titles for the Burnett region.

How to find out what is now available in the reading room.

Check the cataloguehttp://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/  There is an option to use the previous catalogue if you are more comfortable with it.

Use the name of the town or region, 'newspapers' and 'microform'. If you search for 'Burnett' without adding 'newspapers' and 'microform' you will get 976 titles instead of the 21 newspaper titles.

If the location code is MFS/B the microfilm is on the newly available shelving as you walk into the reading room.

If the location code is MFS the microfim is inside the reading room.

We also have booklets in the reading room listing newspapers by title and newspapers by place. 

The newspapers extend beyond the Trove cutoff date of 1954, in hard copy if not on film.

There is of course much, much more available......

Check:

our website http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh

our Info Guides http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/about/pub/info_guides/collections/fh

our special indexes http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh#electronic

our selection of other useful websites http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh/websites

When you visit remember to bring your memory stick!

Database - child migration to Canada (1869-1930)

Libraries and Archives Canada has released a database of over 100,000 juvenile migrants who were sent to Canada from Great Britain during the child emigration movement between 1869 and the late 1930's. The majority of these "Home Children" were orphaned, abandoned or paupers, sent out by churches and philanthropic organisations such as Dr Barnado's Home.

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/001015-130-e.html

Irish Archives Resource

This new website allows the user to search across the collections of a number of Irish archives. These include:

• Guiness Archive
• Royal College of Physicians
• Irish Film Archive
• Longford County Archives
• Dublin City Archives
• Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
• University College Cork Library Archives

and more...

Irish Archives Resource
http://www.iar.ie/Index.shtml