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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

Australian War Graves Photographic Archives - ABC podcast

Listen to military historian, Matt Smith talking to 612 ABC Brisbane Radio about  the Australian War Graves Photographic Archives project and website.

http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2011/11/10/3361615.htm

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/

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. 

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

100 days at sea in hope for a better life - ABC audio file

This year marks the 175th anniversary of European settlement in South Australia. Kevin Jones from the South Australian Maritime Museum talks to ABC Radio Adelaide about the four month long voyage to a new land and the experiences of those migrants onboard.

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/09/08/3313010.htm

Photo: ship City of Adelaide (Source: Picture Queensland)

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

Waipara on the Waves to Queensland

The Waipara brought thousands of immigrants to Queensland 1904-1916.Their departure and arrival was captured in images. In the period 1910-1912, the Brisbane Courier and the Queenslander not only reported on the journeys but also used photographs of passengers leaving Scotland by train to the English ports, boarding the ship, arriving in Brisbane and then at the immigration depot at Kangaroo Point. There are also images of groups of passengers from the vessel.

Find out what is available in these newspapers on Trove http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper It is possible to select ‘illustrated articles only’

Did your ancestors come on the Waipara? We would love to hear your story. Email us at genie@slq.qld.gov.au

Chinese heritage in Central Queensland - ABC podcast

Listen to family history researcher Marilyn Dooley talking to ABC Radio on how she traced her Chinese ancestors in Central Queensland.

http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2011/10/chinese-heritage-in-central-queensland.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

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

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

Australian Census 9 August 2011 - John Oxley Library Blog

Read the latest article on the John Oxley Library Blog about the importance of answering "YES" to Question 60 on census night and build a profile of yourself for your descendants.

http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2011/08/02/the-australian-census-9-august-2011/

ABC podcast: Genealogy and the Census

Listen to Tony Delroy from ABC Radio's Nightlife program discussing why you should say "YES" to Question 60 on your census form and the importance of these records to family historians. 

http://www.abc.net.au/nightlife/stories/3284889.htm

His guests are

• Brad Argent from Ancestry.com.au
• Christine Yeats from State Records New South Wales

ABC podcast: Who Counts? A history of the census

ABC Radio's Rear Vision program examines the history of the census in Australia, Great Britain and the United States of America.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/rearvision/stories/2011/3279033.htm

Guests include:

• Beth Wright - Historian of the Australian Census. Worked for the Australian Bureau of Statistics for many years
• Edward Higgs - Historian of the British Census. Professor of History, University of Essex
• Margo Anderson - Historian of the US Census. Prof of History and Urban Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

ABC podcast: Web of intrigue unlocked - (family history)

Listen to Richard Sullivan from the South Australian Genealogical Society as he discusses with ABC Radio South East SA some of the basic resources available to family historians.

 http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2011/07/28/3280082.htm

ABC podcast: protecting your old documents and photos

Listen to Lydia Egunnike, Senior Conservator from the State Library of Queensland talking to ABC Radio's Spencer Howson on how to preserve your precious family documents and photos.

http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2011/07/state-library-offering-free-assistance-conserving-photos-documents.html?site=brisbane&program=612_breakfast

The State Library of Queensland regularly hold Conservation Clinics which provides one-on-one advice on how to best preserve your family treasures for future generations.

Find out more at: http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on/calevents/general/learning/conservation_clinic2

More digitised Australian newspapers coming soon!

The National Library's Australian Digitisation Program has released a list of newspapers to be digiitised for this financial year. These titles will be searchable online athttp://www.trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper

 Titles for QLD include:

• The Capricornian (Rockhampton)
• The Central Queensland Herald
• The Worker

For the full listing go to - http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp/selected_newspapers/Future_Titles.html

Don't forget the State Library of Queensland holds an extensive range of Queensland newspapers on microfilm.

FamilySearch adds 25 million new records

FamilySearch has announced the addition of 25 million new records to their family history database.

You can find a comprehensive listing at https://www.familysearch.org/node/1251

Highlights include:

• New Zealand Probate Records
• England, Cornwall and Bristol Parish Records 1538-1900
• Peru Catholic Church Records
• South Africa Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1690-
• Solvakia Church Books - 1592-1900
• Czech Republic Land Records 1450-1850
• Netherlands, Civil Registration, 1792-1952

List of Australian genealogy and general history blogs

Unlock The Past has compiled a list of Australian genealogy and local history blogs.  

Take a look - http://www.unlockthepast.com.au/australian-genealogy-history-blogs

"Hebrides People" project and website announced

The Hebrides People project and website has been announced. The website will contain a variety of genealogical records including family trees and oral histories. 

For more information see Chris Paton's Scottish GENES blog - http://scottishancestry.blogspot.com/2011/07/major-hebridean-project-announced.html

Tracing your family history in Cairns

If you live in Cairns (or searching for ancestors who lived in Cairns) there are three places that can help:

• Cairns Libraries

Cairns Libraries hold an extensive collection of books, microfiche/microfilm and CD-ROMS to help you research your family history. They also provide access to Ancestry and Findmypast.

http://www.cairnslibrary.com.au/famhist/default.htm

• Cairns and District Family History Society

The Cairns and District Family History Society is an organisation to promote family history and geneaological research in Cairns, its surrounds, Queensland, Australia and the World. They provide learning courses in family history as well as maintaining a growing library of manuscripts and family histories.

http://www.cdfhs.org/index.html

• Cairns Historical Society (Cairns Museum)

The Cairns Historical Society was formed to record the written, pictorial and oral history of North Queensland. Their library is situated within the Cairns Museum

http://www.cairnsmuseum.org.au/index.php

New family history resources at the State Library of Queensland

Check out our list of new family history resources - http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh/new

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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

The sad tale of Thomas Beynon - stories from the records

Thomas Beynon was born 18 May 1864 at Graig y Bedw, in the Parish of Llangynwyd, County of Glamorganshire, Wales. He was the second son of parents Thomas and Sarah Beynon, nee Williams. His mother died in 1874 of tuberculosis; his father remarried in 1881, to Mary. This secord marriage produced a daughter, Margaret.

Prior to immigrating to Australia, Thomas was working as a coalminer, living in Glyncorrwg, Glamorganshire. He decided to immigrate to seek a better life, selecting the goldmines of Australia as his future. He left his family, and his sweetheart Jennet Popham, heading for Gravesend to board the Duke of Buckingham. He left with the hope that Jennet would join him in Australia once he was settled.

Thomas arrived in Maryborough in January 1886, from where he made his way to Gympie. It was while employed at the Crown and Pheonix Mine that Thomas Beynon died after sustaining severe head injuries in a mining accident; while ascending the mine shaft a cage guide sprung out and hit him in the face. He died in Gympie hospital on 12 April 1886. He was buried the following day at the King Street and Tozer Park Road Cemetery.

During his voyage to Queensland onboard the ship Duke of Buckingham, Thomas kept a diary recording the weather and his interactions with and observation of other passengers. The diary was donated to the State Library of Queensland several years ago by descendants of Thomas' family. You can read a digitised copy of the diary online at http://hdl.handle.net/10462/eadarc/7405  and then click on the thumbnail.

You can also find Thomas' death listed in our index to Queensland mining accidents at http://fhr.slq.qld.gov.au/minacc/

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ABC podcast: Indigenous family history - Townsville Libraries

Indigenous Resource Officer Janeese Henaway talks to ABC North Queensland Radio regarding the role of Townsville Libraries in assisting locals to trace their Indigenous heritage.

http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2011/06/16/3245433.htm

Was your ancestor in the Queensland Parliament?

"The Queensland Parliament’s Re-Member project is a fully searchable online database of biographical information on the parliament’s first members. The database will be updated to ultimately present information on all former members of the Queensland Parliament."

http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/historical/formermembers/

Did you know that some early members had convict backgrounds?

They include:

• Patrick O'Sullivan (1818-1904) - MLA
• Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823-1905) - MLA and MLC
• William Henry Groom (1833-1901) - MLA and Speaker

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TNA podcast: Metropolitan Police service records

This podcast provides an introduction to service records for officers of London's Metropolitan Police between 1829 and 1958.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/metropolitan-police.htm

What is Picture Queensland?

"Picture Queensland" includes images digitised from the photographic collections of the State Library of Queensland's John Oxley Library and Queensland cultural institutions. "Picture Queensland" was launched initially in 2003 and continues to grow as digitised images are added to the collection.

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

The photographs in "Picture Queensland" depict various aspects of Queensland life including the settlement of early pioneers, the prominent people who have shaped our history, the built environment and the fashions we have worn through the years.

The collection benefits Queensland students, researchers and lifelong learners, publishers and authors, genealogists and enthusiasts of all ages who have an interest in, or need to research, any aspect of Queensland's history or development. A collection, previously restricted to 'walk in' clients, is now available to anyone who can access the Internet.

Image: View of the Bellevue Hotel, Brisbane, ca.1900 (Source: Picture Queensland)

ABC podcast: Australia's convict women

Approximately 25,000 women were transported to Australia as convicts.

Listen to ABC Radio's Richard Aedy as he interviews Deborah Swiss, author of the new book "The Tin Ticket".  Deborah discusses the plight of female convicts.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2011/3213892.htm

Dictionary of Sydney project and database

"The Dictionary of Sydney is a groundbreaking project to produce a new kind of history of Sydney: online, growing and changing, covering every aspect of human life.

The Dictionary contains new historical writing enriched with other resources – images, maps, sound, music, oral history, film, documents and pointers to important objects in Sydney collections.

Contributors include academics, professional historians, heritage specialists, local studies experts, genealogists, enthusiasts, volunteers and readers."

View the dictionary/database online - http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/about.html

[text taken from Dictionary of Sydney website]

Photo: S.S. Ormiston sailing under Sydney Harbour bridge. The bridge is still under construction. Sydney city skyline and Circular Quay are in the background. (Source: Picture Queensland)

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/

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