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Threads No. 96 Nov 2013 Final WANGARATTA THREADS The Quarterly Newsletter of the WANGARATTA FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY INC A0022724T ABN No. 72 673 863 599 No. 96 November, 2013 OPEN DAYS: COMING EVENTS: Tuesday & Thursday each week Sunday 1 December 2013 10.00am to 3.00pm. The Myrtleford Cemetery Trust, Chinese Victoria Memorial Foundation and SeeYup Society of Melbourne invites the 3rd Saturday of each month 11.00am to 3.00pm. members of Wangaratta Family History Society to attend the Dedication of the Chinese Memorial at the Myrtleford Pioneer Cemetery on Sunday 1st December, 2013 at 12.00 LOCATION: noon, and afterwards at the Uniting Church Hall, Albert Street, Myrtleford for a light luncheon. RSVP John Taylor 1st Floor 5752 1963 or Judy Whitmore 5751 1458. 100-104 Murphy Street Wangaratta, Vic, Australia. (above Visitor Information Our Society’s Christmas get-together on Centre). Saturday 7 December 2013, 2pm to 4pm Afternoon tea & short Members Meeting at ‘The Vue‘ on the banks of the Ovens River (opposite the Sydney POSTAL ADDRESS: Hotel ), Wangaratta. RSVP Dianne Cavedon on 5722 2607, email [email protected], or add your P.O. Box 683 name to the list in our Library by Friday 29 November. Wangaratta, Vic, 3676 Australia. email: [email protected] Web Address: www.wfhs.org.au Closed over the Christmas New Year period From Friday 13 December 2013, re-opening Tuesday 21 January 2014. Annual General Meeting Saturday 22 March 2013 at 2.00pm. Page No. 1 Wangaratta Threads No 96 November 2013 CONTENTS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS & OTHERS: Coming events 1 President: Ray McKenzie 03 5721 7553 Welcome to new members 2 Vice President: Val Brennan 03 5727 6229 Have a query or wish to Treasurer: Dianne Cavedon 03 5722 2607 make a suggestion? 2 Membership 2 Secretary: position vacant Committee members & others 2 Other committee members: Projects Update 2 Val McPherson Missing Birth Records 3 Elaine Jones Census of Years Past 3 Paddy Milne New Additions to the Library 4 Auditor: Norm Kenny of Kerr Andison and Seeking a Book 4 Kenny Pty Ltd Centenary of the First World War, Threads Newsletter: Cheryl Price. 1914-1918 4 There are 3 committee positions unfilled. Correction 4 If you would like to join please contact a committee member. The New Book in the Library 4 You will be most welcome. Ned Kelly Sympathisers In My Family: Oral History told by Ray McKenzie 5 ‘Threads’ Goes Worldwide 7 PROJECTS UPDATE: The Story of My Grandparents … Wangaratta Cemetery / Burial Records a Cheltenham Couple who were Eventually update & upgrade to searchable database. Interred in Land They Once owned 8 Completion ~ Feb 2014. An Interesting Day in Sydney 10 Wangaratta Cemetery – photography of Handy research sites 11 Memorials to commence 2014 and link to Contribution deadlines & publication database above. dates 12 Eldorado Burial Records, searchable database WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS: update & new map link. Completion Dec 2013. Max Carmichael Tarrawingee Burial Records, imaged, Bert Dyer (returning member) indexed and Memorials photographed ready Lesley Stielow. for database development. Whitefield Burial Records ( Including Rural and Lone Graves) imaged, indexed. Headstones HAVE A QUERY OR WISH TO MAKE A yet to be photographed, in progress. SUGGESTION? Greta Burial Records, imaged and Contact: currently being indexed for progression to Ray McKenzie, President, on database. 03 5721 7553; or Springhurst Burial Register & Headstone Val Brennan, Vice President, on images being linked to index for database 03 5727 6229. development. Chiltern Burial Register and Records images to be linked to Index. Photography of Memorials MEMBERSHIP: yet to commence. Initial 1st year Admin Fee $10 Single Full Membership $25 Joint Full Membership $35 Single Pensioner $20 Joint Pensioner $30 Newsletter only $12 Page No. 2 Wangaratta Threads No 96 November 2013 MISSING BIRTH RECORDS: CENSUS OF YEARS PAST: It was the first day of census, and all through the land each pollster was ready ... a black book in hand. He mounted his horse for a long dusty ride, his book and some quills were tucked close by his The following 1867 newspaper article describes side. some of the mishaps which have happened in the A long winding ride down a road barely there, to- past with official records of Victorian births, deaths ward the smell of fresh bread wafting up through and marriages. the air. The woman was tired with lines on her face and wisps of brown hair she tucked back into place. She gave him some water as they sat at the table, and she answered his questions ... the best she was able. He asked her of children. Yes, she had quite a few -the oldest was twenty, the youngest not two. She held up a toddler with cheeks round and red; his sister, she whispered, was napping in bed. She noted each person who lived there with pride, and she felt the faint stirrings of the wee one inside. According to the Victorian Department of He noted the sex and the age … the marks from Planning & Community Development, gold was the quill soon filled up the page. first discovered in Yackandandah in 1852 and At the number of children, she nodded her head gold mining continued until it wound down in and saw her lips quiver for the three that were 1918, so the population of the area would have dead. been quite substantial at various times during this period. The places of birth she "never forgot" - was it Beechworth? or Stringy Bark? or Collingwood ... or As a result of the above newspaper article, not? Digger records of Victorian births, deaths and They came from Scotland, of that she was clear, marriages (see note 1) which were registered in but she wasn't quite sure just how long they'd Yackandandah for the years 1852 to 1862 were been here. checked and it was found that from 1852 to 1858 inclusive, there were only 10 records of births. They spoke of employment, of schooling and such, The following years show 78 births registered in they could read some ... and write some ... though 1859; 110 in 1860, 93 in 1861, and 122 in 1862. really not much. There are no death records during this ten year When the questions were answered his job there period so deaths were most likely registered in was done, so he mounted his horse and he rode Beechworth. Records of marriages registered in toward the sun. Yackandandah only commence in 1870 so marriages may similarly have been registered in Now picture a time warp ... its now you and me as Beechworth. we search for the people on our family tree. When birth, death and marriage records are lost We squint at the census and scroll down so slow as due to accidents, neglect or even conflict, it we search for that entry from long, long ago. causes many a headache for family history Could they only imagine on that long ago day that researchers. the entries they made would affect us this way? (Note 1: Civil registration of Victorian BDMs If they knew, would they wonder at the yearning commenced in July 1853). we feel and the searching that makes them so increasingly real. We can hear if we listen the words they impart through their blood in our veins and their voices in our hearts. Page No. 3 Wangaratta Threads No 96 November 2013 NEW ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY: CENTENARY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, ‘Born in the English Colony of NSW: 1811- 1914-1918: 1820’. Compiled, edited and published by Dr By Ray McKenzie Craig James Spree, 2013. (Early records of From 2014, the world will be commemorating NSW covering 1801–1810 is on order). the 100 years since millions of soldiers lived, ‘Chinese Deaths and Burials in Harrietville, and died, and fought in the First World War. Some Lonely Graves’. Author: Diann Talbot, Every Australian was affected by the First 2012. World War either directly or indirectly and it is for this reason the year 2014 will be the start ‘From Drovers to Daisy-Pickers: Colourful of a national commemoration on the 100th Characters of the Bogongs’. Author: Ian anniversary of this world event. Stapleton, 2nd edition, 2013. Our Society will be taking part in the ‘Horsemen of the Outback: Their Spurs and commemoration and would like to publish Their Spurmakers’. Author: Don J Corcoran, members’ stories of their families experiences 2nd edition, 2013. at home or at war in Threads during 2014. If you would like to contribute a family story, ‘Unsung Heroes: Stories From the Australian please let me or a committee member or the Stockman’s Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage editor know any time over the next 12 Centre’. Selected and edited by Michael months. Winkler, 2013. ‘Weatherbeaten Wisdom: Colourful Characters of the Victorian High Country’. Author: Ian Stapleton, 2nd edition, 2013. SEEKING A BOOK: CORRECTION: The article titled ‘My Grandfather, Soren (John) Christesen’ in We are still looking to locate and purchase the last edition of ‘Threads’ should read ‘My ‘Born in the English Colony of NSW: 1788- Great Grandfather, Soren (John) Christensen’. 1800’. Compiled, edited and published by Similarly within the body of the article. Dr Craig James Spree - which is out of print. If you know where to find a copy, please let us know on [email protected] or contact a Committee member. THE NEW BOOK IN THE LIBRARY ‘Born in the English Colony of NSW: 1811-1820’, is an excellent source for information. For example, the book gives the following details on the birth of Joseph WARBY (sibling of Benjamin Warby who settled in Taminick on 23,000 acres and of whom the nearby Warby Ranges are named): b.
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