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Introduction to Genealogy - 26.02.12, 9:00am

Genealogical Society of Queensland presents 

Introduction to Genealogy - Pauline Williams & Paul Mann

GSQs flagship course—Introduction to Genealogy—is a full day course that provides participants with the foundations for undertaking research in this fascinating area. Topics to be covered include:

ü  Introduction to Genealogy/Family History/GSQ

ü  Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths)

ü  Census records

ü  Parish Registers

ü  Immigration

ü  Help and guidance

The presenters focus on Australia, UK, Ireland, and Scotland but are able to provide guidance on researching in other regions.

Cost:              $50 for GSQ members and $55 for non-members

Time:             9am to 4pm

Venue:           GSQ, 38 Fisher St, East Brisbane

Please register prior to the event and arrive up to 1/2 before commencement.

You may pay via the website at Sunday 26 February 2012 – Introduction to Genealogy - Pauline Williams & Paul Mann

GSQs flagship course—Introduction to Genealogy—is a full day course that provides participants with the foundations for undertaking research in this fascinating area. Topics to be covered include:

ü  Introduction to Genealogy/Family History/GSQ

ü  Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths)

ü  Census records

ü  Parish Registers

ü  Immigration

ü  Help and guidance

The presenters focus on Australia, UK, Ireland, and Scotland but are able to provide guidance on researching in other regions.

Cost:              $50 for GSQ members and $55 for non-members

Time:             9am to 4pm

Venue:           GSQ, 38 Fisher St, East Brisbane

Lunch is not included - Please bring your own lunch - Kitchen has microwave, fridge etc. The following link will take to the Booking form wich you can use to book and send it with payment or you may choose to pay online 

http://www.gsq.org.au/index.php/events/coursespresentations

Time: 9:00am

Date: Sun 26th Feb, 2012

Location: 38 Fisher Street, East Brisbane

British Newspaper Archive - new website

The British Newspaper Archive was officially launched this week.

Over the next 10 years approximately 40 million newspaper pages will be digitised from the British Library's collection. Articles can be searched by keyword, name, location and date. 

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/help/about

Please note this is a pay-per-view website.

Queenslanders, remember you can access another great British newspaper database, 19th Century British Library Newspapers with your State Library of Queensland e-services card. 

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/find/articles/databases_news

15,000 WWI nursing service records from the UK online

The National Archives in England has recently launched their latest digital collection of over 15,000 World War One nursing service records.

These records provide details such as: 

• date and place of birth
• training prior to and during the war
• references to their suitability as military nurses
• hospitals, field ambulances, casualty clearing stations and other medical units they served in
• confidential reports containing their superiors' assessment of their performance

You can find more information on this collection at the National Archives' website - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/635.htm

New digital collections added to Connected Histories (UK)

Connected Histories has recently added four new digital resources to its collection of historical British records.

• Convict Transportation Registers (originally compiled by the State Library of Queensland - contains details of over 123,000 convicts transported to Australia) 
• John Foxe's The Acts and Monuments Online (martyrology and ecclesiastical histories published between 1563 and 1583) 
• Nineteenth Century British Pamphlets (the most significant British pamphlets from the 19th century held in UK research libraries) 
• Cause Papers in the Diocesan Courts of the Archbishopric of York, 1300-1858 (relates to disputes over matrimony, defamation, tithes, probate, breach of faith by the clergy, and church rights)

http://www.connectedhistories.org/

WWII Escapers & Evaders on findmypast.co.uk

You can now search 10,529 records of WWII Escapers & Evaders on findmypast.co.uk

These records are individual reports for allied service personnel about their experiences of escaping from prisoner of war camps or evading capture in Central Europe throughout WWII.

Each entry will tell you the following key information about your ancestor: name, rank, number, corps and reference to the original paper file at The National Archives in Kew.

You may also be able to learn details of your ancestor's decorations, date of capture, the camp in which they were held and/or the date of escape.

Free onsite access to findmypast.com.au and findmypast.co.uk is available at the State Library of Queensland.

The above text is taken from http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/news/escapers-evaders.html

Findmypast launch their "Manchester Collection"

"For the first time ever, findmypast.co.uk has launched a collection of records that relate to an entire city. The Manchester Collection provides an insightful snapshot into what life was like in the city of Manchester.

The records in the collection provide information about apprentices, cemetery records, industrial school registers, parish register transcripts, prison, school and workhouse registers."

For more information on this collection check out the Findmypast blog - http://bit.ly/oqQcJd

The above text is taken from Findmypast blog

Free access to Findmypast.co.uk is available at the State Library of Queensland

UK Apprentice Books now on Ancestry

Ancestry has recently released a new collection of records - UK Apprentice Books 1710-1811.

This collection contains registers of the money received for the payment on taxes for an apprentice’s indenture between 1710-1811. The registers kept track of the money paid by masters of a trade to have an apprentice. The dates in the records are for when the tax was paid and may be some years after the apprenticeship, not when it started or finished.

Until 1752, the apprentice’s parents’ names were included, but afterward are rare. The records include:

• Sum received
• Name of master
• Address of master
• Trade
• Name of apprentice
• Date of articles of apprenticeship

Above text was taken directly from the Ancestry Library Edition website.

Free access to Ancestry's Library Edition is available in the reading rooms of the State Library of Queensland. Access is also available at most public libraries and family/local history societies.

3 million UK crime, court and convict records to be digitised

The National Archives (UK) has announced that their extensive collection of crime, court and convict records will be transcribed, digitised and published online.

The records will be searchable by name, alias, date of birth, place, offence and sentence. Content such as judges' reports, prison registers, transfer papers and gaolers' reports will also be included.

Check out the following link for further information:http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/611.htm

UK railway employment records on Ancestry

Did your UK ancestors work on the railway?

Ancestry recently launched their newest set of records "UK Railway Employment Records, 1833-1963".

The database includes records from 

• Great Central Railway Company, 
• London and North Eastern Railway Company
• London and North Western Railway Company
• London and South Western Railway Company
• London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
• London, Chatham and Dover Railway Company (formerly the East Kent Railway)
• London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company
• Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company
• Midland Railway Company
• Retired Railway Officers' Society

Free access to Ancestry is available at the State Library of Queensland and at most local libraries and family history societies.

NEW: Over 500,000 British Militia service records - Findmypast

Findmypast.co.uk has just released 500,000 militia service records between 1805 and 1915. The militia was a volunteer force of part-time soldiers.

Free access to Findmypast is available onsite at the State Library of Queensland.

http://www.slq.nnub.net

TNA podcast: Histories of mental health (UK)

Podcast: 'Revolting to humanity': histories of mental health

"The 19th century ushered in a new way of seeing mental health. For the first time, 'madness' was not a condition understood as an extension of the criminal or poor classes, but as a unique social group in its own right. Central government undertook the beginnings of a structured response to the way in which those suffering from mental health problems were dealt with. By examining the development of this response, it is possible to reveal snapshots of the lives touched by mental illness during this century and the beginning of the century to follow."

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/histories-mental-health.htm 

Duration: 30 mins

Text taken from The National Archives website.

FindMyPast now available at State Library of Qld

Pay-per-view family history website FindMyPast (UK and Australian editions) is now available at the State Library of Queensland. Access is free and available for use in our public reading rooms.

FindMyPast's databases include:

• English census records 1841 to 1911
• Passenger lists leaving the UK 1890 to 1960
• British Army Service Records 1760 to 1913
• Assorted Australian police gazettes, directories and electoral rolls 

Come and visit us today: 

State Library of Queensland, South Bank

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au

TNA podcast: From crime to punishment: criminal records

From crime to punishment: criminal records of our ancestors from the 18th and 19th centuries

Listen to Jeff James from The National Archives (UK) as he discusses a variety of criminal records including:

• Quarter Sessions and Assizes records
• Hulk registers
• Convict transportation registers

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/criminal-records.htm

Jeff James is Director of Operations and Services at The National Archives, and has previously worked as Head of Operations at The British Library.

Duration: 42 minutes

BBC podcasts: Trace Your Roots

"Trace Your Roots" is a fascinating radio series produced by BBC Radio. You can listen to the last two series online.

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006zbxm/episodes/player

Programs include:

• Tracing Rootless Ancestors
• Radicals and Revolutionaries
• Adoption
• Immigrants' Tales
• Vanishing Without A Trace
• Caribbean Roots
• Roots in India
• Census [special show]

Launch of Connected Histories database - UK

"Connected Histories provides an integrated search facility for interrogating 11 major electronic resources in early modern and 19th-century British history."

Electronic resources include:

• British History Online
• Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540 - 1835
• London Lives 1690 - 1900
• John Strype's Survey of London Online
• The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Online, 1674-1913
• Origins.net
• House of Commons Parliamentary Papers

In September 2011 several additional resources will be added.

Some resources searched by the database are fee-based.

http://www.connectedhistories.org/

Do you have Huguenot ancestry?

It is estimated that 20-30% of the English population have Huguenot ancestors somewhere in their background. Most people would be unaware of this. Large numbers of migrants from the British Isles came to settle in Australia so there will be many Australians who also have Huguenot ancestry. If you find a French sounding name amongst your English or Irish ancestors there is a chance that you may be one of them.

The Huguenots were French-speaking Protestants who, subjected to religious persecution at various periods in France in the 16th to 18th centuries, sought refuge in neighbouring Protestant states, particularly England and the Netherlands.

For more information on Huguenot records please consult our information guide:http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/180139/SLQ_Info_Guide_3_35_-Tracing_Huguenot_heritage_-_2010_10.pdf

State Library of Queensland: http://www.slq.qld.gov.au

English medieval genealogy - useful website

Tracing your English ancestry back to medieval times is no easy feat. The website "Some notes on English medieval genealogy" is a great place to start. This site provides you with links to useful resources such as manorial records, parish registers, charters, heralds' visitations, probate records and more.

http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/

Education Program 2011 at Genealogical Society of Qld

Join GSQ for family history events.  Bookings are essential

Download notice as pdf file

British History Online - digital library

"British History Online" is a digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.

Among their collections is a number of resources useful for family historians including:

•  Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714 - which lists all known members of Oxford University.
• Victoria County Histories - local histories of English counties
• Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1857- biographical details of bishops and the senior clergy

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/

NEW DATABASE - 19th Century British Library Newspapers

The State Library of Queensland has now subscribed to:

19th Century British Library Newspapers 

A rich collection of primary source material, this database provides full runs of 48 titles from the 19th-century, totaling more than two million easily searchable pages. This is a fantastic resource for family historians tracing their English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish ancestors.

This database can be used offsite (ie. at home) by e-services members or Queensland public library (QPL) account holders. Offsite access is only available to Queenslanders.You can connect to the database at:

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/find/articles/offsite

Queenslanders can register for an e-service cards at:

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/services/ecard