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Irish Catholic Records

Saturday 18 February 2012 - Irish Catholic Records with Saadia Thomson Dwyer

A rhetorical question - Are your ancestors Irish catholic?  Archivist Saadia Thomson Dwyer presents a session on how to research your Catholic Irish Ancestors in Ireland from the late 18th century to modern times.  Saadia will discuss the many Irish Catholic records now online, library and archival collections, visiting places of interest and using family material. Many records are now available digitally on line through the Irish government and many local history projects. This is an interesting talk for those tracing Irish history.

Please register and pay prior to the seminar.  

Cost:              $10 for GSQ members and $13 for non-members

Time:             9.30am to 11.45am

Venue:           GSQ, 38 Fisher St, East Brisbane

Event Booking form can be found at 

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

Irish in Queensland: their cultural legacy - Talk @ SLQ

Free lunchtime talk on the history of Irish people in Queensland - 14 March

Many Queenslanders can trace their ancestry back to Ireland due to the vigorous programs of migration in the 19th century that enticed working class Irish men and women to our shores. What was life like for these early settlers? Why did they come here? What is their enduring legacy in Queensland’s society and culture? Historian Dr Jennifer Harrison and Director of Mercy Heritage Centre Peter Connell will discuss how the Irish have left their mark on the Queensland consciousness.

This is an Out of the Port free lunchtime talk, presented by State Library’s John Oxley Library and the Department of Environmental and Resource Management.

When: Wed 14 Mar 2012, 12:30 pm -

Venue:State Library of Queensland, slq Auditorium 1, level 2

Cost: Free

Bookings: Free, no bookings required

More information:

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on/calevents/general/talks/deepen/irish

Trace your Irish ancestors with Findmypast.ie - now at SLQ

Free access to findmypast.ie is now available in reading rooms of the State Library of Queensland.

Findmypast.ie contains a variety of records including:

• Irish prison records
• Wills dating back to the 13th century
• Griffith's Valuation of Ireland

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

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

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

Irish Prison registers 1790-1924 now on Findmypast.ie

This week Findmypast.ie released "Irish Prison Registers 1790-1924". The original Prison Registers, held at the National Archives of Ireland, cover all types of custodial institutions, from bridewells, to county prisons, to sanatoriums for alcoholics. They contain over 3.5 million entries, spread over 130,000 pages, with most records giving comprehensive details of the prisoner, including: name, address, place of birth, occupation, religion, education, age, physical description, name and address of next of kin, crime committed, sentence, dates of committal and release/decease.

Please note Findmypast.ie is a fee-based website. 

Some of the above text is taken directly from the Findmypast.ie press release. 

New Irish church records

The Irish genealogy website http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/ has added new  birth, death and marriage records. They are free!

Counties covered include Carlow, Cork, Dublin City and Kerry.

Check the list of what is available at http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/record_list.html There are Church of  Ireland and Presbyterian records as well as Catholic ones.  

It is possible to search by person, location and date. The database search is tolerant of variant spelling. There is also a help option  available . The indexed records, which also include the names of witnesses and sponsors, link to the original records.                                                                                                                                

Ireland - County Kerry burials database

Over 70,000 burials records for County Kerry in Ireland can now be searched online. The original burial registers for over 140 cemeteries have been digitised. 

http://www.kerrylaburials.ie/en/index.aspx

Launch of Irish Landed Estates Database

The Connacht and Munster Landed Estates project was launched on 20 May.

"The Landed Estates Database provides a comprehensive and integrated resource guide to landed estates and historic houses in Connacht and Munster, c. 1700-1914. The aim of this guide is to assist and support researchers working on the social, economic, political and cultural history of Connacht and Munster from c.1700 to 1914."

http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/

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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

Irish migrants coming to Queensland - radio interview

Listen to Stephanie Ryan, senior librarian for family history at the State Library of Queensland as she discusses with ABC 612 radio presenter Kelly Higgins-Devine the arrival of early Irish migrants to Queensland and highlights a few of the records available to family historians.

http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2011/03/greening-brisbane.html?site=brisbane&program=612_drive

Photo: Queensland Irish Association float taking part in the St. Patrick's Day parade, Brisbane, 1937

Education Program 2011 at Genealogical Society of Qld

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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

Dublin wills and marriage licences, 1800-1858 via NLA website

An slq researcher recently alerted us to the following handy resource accessible online through the National Library of Australia's website

Appendix to the thirtieth report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records and Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland. An index to the act or grant books and original wills of the diocese of Dublin from 1800 to 1858

In addition to wills and intestacies the indexes include marriage licences. Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname.

To access these documents go to the National Library of Australia website http://www.nla.gov.au/ and click on the link to eResources. If not already registered as a user you will need to register and login.

Then click on the links as follows:>Licensed resources>‘H’>House of Commons Parliamentary Papers>Accept (terms of the license agreement)>Visit site>Search

The quickest way to retrieve the appendix is to search by paper number. The paper number is Cd. 4

Once you have access to the full text document you can search its contents by using the search box at the bottom of the screen.

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