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Wills and Probate with GSQ
The Genealogical Society of QLD Inc.
Wills and Probate
with Pauline Williams
Wills contain a wealth of information of value to the family historian: they can document the person's situation, family relationships, and you can learn a lot about the individual by the way the will is written. This session explains how the probate system works in Australia and the United Kingdom, and provides an opportunity to examine some wills.
When: Saturday 17 December 2011 9:30 am to 11:45am
Where: GSQ Library, 38 Fisher Street, East Brisbane QLD
Costs: Member $10; Non-members $13
Book at http://www.gsq.org.au or post to
PO Box 8423, Woolloongabba Qld. 4102
Enquires: phone GSQ on 07) 3891 5085 or email to gsq1@optusnet.com.au
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Common names and newspapers
Death and funeral notices, obituaries, accounts of special wedding anniversary celebrations and significant birthdays are just part of the wealth of information that newspapers can bring to family history research.
They can be especially helpful in providing information that identifies when an ancestor arrived in Australia, where they came from, and any surviving family members. This is particularly critical when dealing with common names.
In an interview with Richard Fidler (ABC Radio) recorded in Brisbane at the NAA’s Shake Your Family Tree day I mentioned the obituary of a Thomas Smith, published in the Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton on 14 January 1932, which illustrates perfectly just how useful obituaries can be.
In a single paragraph the obituary tells us the exact date of Thomas’ birth in Co. West Meath, Ireland, the name of the ship that brought him and his parents to Australia, and their date of arrival. These details often make it possible to distinguish the record of your ancestor’s arrival from several recorded arrivals of passengers sharing the same common name. In this instance the shipping information is particularly pertinent as no shipping list for the Great Pacific has survived, the records being destroyed in Queensland floods at the end of the 19th century.
The obituary goes on to describe further details of Thomas’ life and his considerable contribution to his local community.
1 Comment
I can't wait for all newspapers from country areas espically the Rockhampton Bullentin gets online as most of the information I would like would be in these papers. I have already looked at The Queenslander not much information in this paper. Lesley Charlton Canberra
Comment added 8pm, Wednesday 23rd Jun 10 by "Lesley Charlton"
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