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The new registered business name of Anne MANN, from Katane Creative, AIGS is up and running! It has been a was the designer of our new livery, ‘soft opening’ – a gradual changeover based on the new colour scheme of signage, livery, web site and getting suggested by Sandra JOYCE some the new name into the family history time ago – you’ve seen it in the latest world. There will be some areas where information brochure. A special you will still see the name AIGS being thank you to Carolann THOMSON used, particularly for legal and financial for her guidance and tireless work in purposes. It is still who we are. co-ordinating this process. I want to thank everyone who has I’m sure you have all visited the new been involved in the lengthy process. Family History Connections website, Your AIGS Councillors have been either by selection or when re-directed behind the idea from the beginning, from the old AIGS one. Council and the unanimous decision on the is extremely grateful that Linda choice of a new name was heartening. FARRELL offered to design the site for I have heard nothing but good us. It looks modern, fresh and inviting, comments about how Family History and is much easier to maintain. Linda Connections explains what we do as has a full-time job, a family to look an organisation! I want to thank all after, she runs the Facebook page, and Gail White the Councillors for their support. she has other hobbies as well (South
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4 FHC | The Genealogist | March 2018 African family history research for one). Volunteer Awards Congratulations Linda on a job well done. 2017-2018 The artwork and signage on the We were delighted to recognise these Cheryl HEAZLEWOOD for her outside of the Library, an exciting work members at our lunch in February: dedicated work editing, laying out, in progress, is the work of Michael printing and distributing the monthly TROIANI from PrintBaron in Burwood Rosemary ALLEN for her work as an News & Events and her continued and he has done a great job. The building Interest Group Convenor (Northern work as a Library Assistant. looks so much more interesting and Counties), long serving and recently encouraging of visitors. See the story of retired Councillor, a regular Library Marion TAYLOR for her work Assistant and frequent guest speaker. on Council, with particular that photograph later in this magazine. responsibility for Volunteers, as The year is rolling along with the thank Russell COOPER for his work on Interest Group Convenor (Early you lunch for volunteers held earlier Council, particularly as Membership Victoria & Tasmania), and frequent this month at the Blackburn RSL, our Secretary for several years, and for guest speaker. AGM is fast approaching in April, continuing as a Library Assistant. John WISHART for his invaluable followed by the Annual Luncheon & Jane DAVIES for her work as an work as a regular Library Assistant, Awards Presentation at the end of May. Interest Group Convenor (North particularly on Tuesday evenings, as Planning has also begun to celebrate the West Midlands), committed teacher of a member of the Maintenance Team, 45 years since AIGS was formed and Starting Out classes, service on Council and for ensuring the Library is set up began its operation after a Committee as Secretary and frequent guest speaker. for any event on its calendar. meeting on August 6, 1973.
Notice to AIGS Members of Annual General Meeting
Date: Wednesday 18th April 2018 Time: 7.30pm Venue: AIGS Library, 1/41 Railway Rd., Blackburn Agenda: 1. Welcome 2. Attendance and apologies 3. Minutes of the AGM held on 19 April 2017 (approved by Council on 8 June 2017) 4. President’s Report for the year 19 April 2017 to 17 April 2018 5. Financial Report for the financial year 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 6. Appointment of Price Gibson Pty Ltd as Auditors for the financial year 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018 7. Life Membership presentation 8. Guest speaker (TBA) 9. Election or announcement and introduction of Councillors for 2018/2019 10. Refreshments
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The Carroll Family by Pauline Turville
Visitors to the Library will have noted the family portrait which graces the windows closest to the front door and perhaps wondered who they were… This is the family of Robert and Georgina CARROLL. He later moved the business to North Melbourne where it Robert Joseph CARROLL, was born in Launceston in 1837 operated for 50 years. The shop was eventually taken over by to John and Margaret CARROLL who had come from the TURVILLES, sons of Edith Jane CARROLL, who ran a Dublin to settle in Launceston in 1833. They moved to well-known sporting goods and fishing business, J.M. Turville. Melbourne in 1838. Like many people of her time, Georgina CARROLL was favoured Georgina O’BRIEN was from Limerick in Ireland. Her family with a strong constitution. She lived in four different countries moved to New York when she was six, and she was 16 when on three continents at a time when travel was extremely hazardous she came to Australia. It is reported that Georgina was at and strenuous. She was raised from an early age by a single Royal Park to see Burke and Wills set off on their expedition. mother with a multitude of siblings, living through a disastrous famine and at times of wars and civil unrest. She bore twelve Robert married Georgina in 1864 at St Francis’ Church, children, ten to adulthood and yet still lived to the age of 77. Melbourne. Robert was a cartage contractor at the time of their marriage and later worked as a saddler. In 1873 Throughout their life together Robert and Georgina the family went to New Zealand, returning to Melbourne produced twelve children, six of whom were born in around 1888 where Robert and two of his sons opened a Melbourne and six in New Zealand. It is not certain which saddlery business called “Carroll and Sons” in Kensington. children are shown in this image.
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TheShipsList by Cynthia Neale
http://www.theshipslist.com/
TheShipsList started up almost 20 years ago and now has an extensive assortment of shipping information such as passenger lists, immigration reports, ship pictures and ship wrecks; including a lot related to Australia and New Zealand. With the number of ships carrying immigrants around the world, you will not find a complete list on any website, but TheShipsList has a lot of voyages covered.
The amount of information varies under the different menu the name or word you entered, plus extra sites that Google headings, but some of the lists are more extensive and several has identified. cover unusual types of information. There are ships of many Entering CROSSMAN in the Full Website search box will types of voyages listed, not only those used for immigration. return all occurrences of the word CROSSMAN in the whole Throughout TheShipsList site there are Adverts for other website. Entering JACKET in that search box will return companies so only click on the items you want to see. all mentions of the clothes item ‘jacket ‘, any references to a person with that name, and any ship with the word jacket The heading banner appears on every page of the site, so it is in its name, for example the ‘Red Jacket’, which is a ship that easy to move around from Ship Arrivals to Passenger lists to came to Australia. Ship Pictures. To return to the main page at any time, click Home on the menu. Alternatively and probably the best option is that you can scroll down the ‘Passenger Lists’ page to the ‘Australia / New Although they do not have many search options on Zealand’ section and choose from the 26 relevant lists. individual pages and lists, you can use the usual Find option (Ctrl+F) on any page. If you choose ‘Immigrants to South Australia 1847-1886’ (12th item down the Australia list) you can then either choose an actual year near the top of the page, or scroll down Passenger Lists (a fair way) to see the voyages listed for each year. Note that not all voyages have passenger lists. TheShipsList There are 19 ships listed for the year 1852 in the ‘Immigrants states that between 1860 and 1900 there were 1,317 direct to South Australia’ section and the list for the ship ‘Charlotte sailings to Australia. Jane’ gives you all the passengers on that voyage including their names, ages, occupations, and birthplaces with a few You can search the Australia Lists, the North America Lists people having extra information. A lot of the voyages have a or the Full Website, using the search fields at the top of the similar amount of information. Passenger Lists page. Wildcards can’t be used. When you use any one of these three searches, you will be taken to a list of pages within TheShipsList site that includes
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A few of the available lists are noted as ‘off-site’ usually An interesting one is ‘Women to Australia 1848-50’, which is a meaning that they are lists belonging to other historical list of ‘Famine Orphans from County Cork to Australia’. Most associations or personal websites that the owners have have their name, age, year of arrival, place of origin, parents, allowed us to access through TheShipsList. religion and ship on which they travelled included in the list.
When the passenger list for a particular voyage is displayed, Ship Arrivals one quick way to search for the required person on that voyage is to use the normal Find (Ctrl+F) option, This is a list of voyages that have been discovered in gazettes, remembering to allow for spelling variations. newspapers and books. Often passenger numbers are shown, but only a few have passenger lists. However, if you find a ship listed here you might find a Ships Pictures few details about the actual voyage, such as the fare, the Here you will find pictures of quite a few ships. The number of days the voyage took, number of deaths, weather index shows the ship’s name and the name of the shipping conditions, names of some officials such as the Master or line; and some have the relevant voyages and other Surgeon, and other comments. information as well. Comments about the ship ‘Confiance’ in 1853 arriving in The ship ‘Great Britain’ has a couple of pictures, a list of Geelong were: its voyages (32 of which were to Australia), and a copy of “400 pass.; bad voyage and many deaths; scurvy and whooping a Poster advertising the voyages to Melbourne, Brisbane, cough 23 child. & 4 women die; six weeks in quarantine “most Sydney, Adelaide and New Zealand. Shamefull on the part of the government to send a lot of sick Below the list are some other interesting items about people on shore on such a wild uncultivated unchristian like immigrants such as pictures of Barnado Children arriving place as this’, where beef and damper were the only food for the at St John in Canada, the Emigration Office in London in living and where the dad [dead] were buried like dogs.” 1911, and an Emigration Office in Ireland. Some have a link under the picture to take you to the full story and an enlarged view of the picture. Ship Wrecks Here there are details of a number of wrecked ships including the Australian well-known disaster of the ‘Cataraqui’ that Ships Descriptions was wrecked off King Island in the Bass Strait in 1845. Quite a few ships have their own individual websites and There were 369 emigrants aboard the ‘Cataraqui’ and only those website addresses are included in the ships descriptions. one survived along with eight crew members. Mainly a description is like a short life story of the ship, such The details of some of the terrible catastrophes found in this as where and when built, whether re-named or commenced list have been collected from newspapers, government reports a different role, and if it was wrecked, sold or scrapped. It and eye witnesses. usually includes details of size, tonnage, rigging, and speed. Some ship wrecks, including the ‘Cataraqui’ have a full list of Included is a list of websites to try if the ship of interest is a passengers and crew. Naval ship or a Merchant shipping vessel.
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Ship Rigging The Google Option This section displays the different types of ships, such as a Ship officials and crew are not usually listed in the Passenger Schooner, Clipper or Barque (sometimes called Bark). It has Lists, so may be hard to find. Another way of attempting descriptions of the main types with pictures or drawings of to find a ship’s officer on TheShipsList website is to use the each. For example for Barque there is a description with a Google ‘site:’ command in the Search field of Google itself. drawing and several pictures of individual ships of that type. For example, to look for the ship’s captain Mr LOVELESS, type Loveless site:theshipslist.com. If there are passengers of the same name, they will appear in your results as well. This command can be used to find any particular item on any site, for example if you type Melbourne site:theshipslist.com, the returned list will include any reference on TheShipsList to the word Melbourne, whether it is the name of a person, place or ship.
An extensive list of the types of ships can be found in Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_ship_types
Diaries and Journals ‘Diaries and Journals’ is one of the minor headings listed just under the Menu. Here you will find some Journals and other accounts of voyages and some additional interesting items, for example: • A day by day journal kept by a 15 year old of the barque ‘Fatima’ from England to Port Adelaide in 1850. The ‘Fatima’ passenger list is included. • The rules for passengers on the ship ‘Great Britain’ in 1849, which include the hours of rising and retiring, cleaning regulations, set washing days; and behavior rules.
Marriages at Sea This is only a short list of marriages; however it is the complete content of the British “Register of Marriages at Sea in the Public Record Office” files, which were transcribed and contributed to TheShipsList. The amount of details included in these records is similar to those in a Parish Marriage Register.
Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) This is a small, but helpful section that has answers to questions about shipping and immigration, rather than about the actual website.
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Preserve all that Travel by David Cotton
From 1830 the movement of people from all walks of life or pirates with passengers who were soldiers, convicts or began to change as railways were built. Prior to the railways, emigrants, and of course the crew were sailors who have always the only way to travel was by water or road. A classic been a mobile lot. It is not very encouraging to say that if you geography lesson for British schoolchildren was to follow have lost an ancestor circa 1700 they could fit into any of these herring as they followed the warm Gulf Stream ocean current seven categories. Remember the armies and navies of Europe which circled the British Isles and provided nutritious food were often press-ganged recruits. for the fish. Thus the fishing ports of Newquay Cornwall, Fishguard Pembrokeshire, Fleetwood Lancashire, Oban The other form of water travel was to use the internal Scotland, Aberdeen Scotland, Leith Scotland, Whitby waterways of the country i.e. the rivers and canals. Coals Yorkshire, Grimsby Linconshire, Lowestoft and Yarmouth from Newcastle would frequently be taken by coastal vessel Norfolk all owe their existence to the herring. If your to Kings Lynn Norfolk, off loaded on to barges and taken by ancestor was a fisherman he could have followed the fish watermen on the Great Ouse far into the centre of England right round Britain and wed and had children in any of the to places like St Ives Huntingdonshire and Bedford nearly fishing or other smaller ports. 100 miles from the coast. My own ancestry has watermen who plied barges on the Great Ouse in the 17th and 18th century and they did not settle down until 1850 when the railways took away most of their trade.
Land-based pre railway travel was by road. Until the advent of the tunnel, mankind followed the valleys, found the easiest mountain pass or the shallowest part of a river to ford and eventually bridge, found food for his animals and stopped to rest near water or shade or for protection. Other people stopped at these places for the same reasons and they talked and exchanged goods. A ‘camp’ arose and children met other children and eventually married and so it went on. Today some of these ‘camps’ are the biggest cities in the world but others did not become industrial towns or railway towns and so lost their modern day importance.
Pre 1800 family history is hard but not impossible. A good map showing the ancient trade routes and the major towns will help. A good example of an old city that has lost some of its importance is Norwich in Norfolk. Up to the mid 1700s it was the second largest city in England after London. Thomas MOULE, a map maker in 1836, described Norwich thus: ‘An ancient, large populous city on the river Wensum which is navigable to the sea. It has a castle on a hill, a cathedral and formerly had Coastal trade has been common for thousands of years 60 churches and now (in 1836) has 36 churches and and until recently most of the ships were very small sailing numerous dissenting meeting houses. It was formerly a vessels. In Britain, towns like Kings Lynn Norfolk, Wisbech great manufacturing city but has much declined of late’. Cambridgeshire and Boston Lincolnshire were large ports in Why did it decline? Industrial revolution moved the hand the 17th century with European trade. Boston was the home weaving based industries to Yorkshire and Lancashire. port of both Bass and Flinders. Today their importance has Changes in farming activities meant fewer agricultural diminished but do not forget them when thinking of family labourers were needed and so from about 1750 onwards the history. The famous phrase ‘Taking coals to Newcastle’ relates population moved elsewhere. Perhaps one of your missing to British coastal shipping trade. Coal has been sent from relatives circa 1700-1800 will be found in Norfolk? Newcastle Northumberland to London and other parts of Britain by coastal vessel for centuries. There are numerous examples of population movements around the world. Our ancestors were much like ourselves. ‘Across the ocean’ water travel was virtually unknown until They had to walk round mountains rather than fly over them Columbus in 1492. The Vikings had been the best exponents, but the necessity of finding a mate, food and shelter has always reaching Iceland, Greenland and America in about 1000. been a human trait, and part of our fascinating hobby is From about 1500 onwards Europeans of all nationalities studying the political and geographical reasons why and how became oceanic travellers. They were either explorers, traders they moved around.
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Treasures in the library by Lesley Haldane & Frances Barrett
There are many volunteers who assist in the library and it has been decided to acknowledge them over the forthcoming issues. This month, I want to acknowledge two sets of special treasures in our library. First, the mainstay of our Library - our wonderful Office Manager/receptionist/bookkeeper/all-round font of knowledge – Tricia, who is totally dependable, has a wide range of all things related to family history, and seems to be completely unflappable. She is ably supported by Coral and Mick, who are always there to lend a hand. The other treasure I decided to mention in this issue is the Research Team who are devoted to helping discover your ancestors. They like nothing better than delving into the archives, books, cds, and various other resources in the Library to help solve your family history queries. This is one of the many services we provide, with all funds being put back into the Library. There are ten experienced researchers who endeavour to answer your questions; Barrie, Bev G. and Bev W., Diane, Jenny, Julie, Patricia, Lyn, Susan, and Trish who are dedicated to helping find answers for you. Thank you all for the hours you put in behind the scenes. Your help is very much appreciated.
Here is a series of historical atlases new to the in Hungerford built in 1840 to hold 344 inmates. There is library that will make interesting reading: much to visit in this atlas. ENGLAND: Others in this series are A New Historical atlas of Cheshire; Historical Atlas of Sydney Collection 1855-2004; Historical An Historical Atlas of Berkshire published by the Berkshire Atlases of County Durham, Oxfordshire and Staffordshire; Record Society edited by Joan DILS and Margaret YATES and the Family Tree historical maps book of Europe which is BRK 912.DIL is one of them. a country-by-country atlas of European history 1700s-1900s. All of these have clear maps and details of each map. A very new cab off the rank is a beautiful follow up to these atlases. This is so new it is not yet catalogued although it should be available by the time you read this.
There are reference maps of Ecclesiastical parishes of Berkshire 1831 and 1901, Berkshire villages and towns, civil parishes 1887-1974, the maps of the Hundreds of Berkshire c. 1800. “a hundred was the division of a county for administrative, military and judicial purposes and comprised enough land to sustain approximately one hundred households” (Wikipedia). This big book discusses medieval towns, medieval churches, Berkshire towns 1500- 1700, disease and doctoring 1500-1700, Berkshire bridges and roads, watermills, rivers and canals. There is even a chapter (complete with maps) discussing the children of the foundling hospital at nurse in Berkshire 1741-1768. A fascinating chapter on Workhouses under the Old and New Poor Law complete with maps and a photo of the workhouse Continued over >
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THE PARISH ATLAS OF ENGLAND – An Atlas of Adams aged 39 years. He has left behind him a widow and English Parish Boundaries c. 1830. Pre 1844 Boundaries. six children to deplore his removal! It is published by Malthouse Press and edited by And another one: T.C.H.COCKIN. ALCOCK, Richard Ponsonby 18 Jan 45. October 25, in The main part of this book is the Atlas, with each English the neighbourhood of Mynpoorie (where he was barbarously county listed. At the beginning of each county is a list of murdered whilst travelling down to Agra by a gang of parishes with page and reference numbers relating to the dakoits) Captain Richard Ponsonby ALCOCK, Assistant following maps, enabling you to easily find the area you Quarter Master General of the Bengal Army, and second son want. The reference numbers are down the side of each of George ALCOCK Esq. of Dublin. map. There is so much detail in these maps. For instance, my family comes from the tiny parish of Winwick in In this case, the death was in India, but recorded in the Irish Northamptonshire, and it was quite exciting to find the local newspaper probably because the family was from Dublin. All Saints Church actually named [with its dot] on the map! It is not every day that you read a notice of a marriage of the Apart from names of surrounding parishes and counties, President of the United States, but this notice was published the maps show where farms (named), barns, churches, in the 3 Aug 1844 edition of the Chronicle, Ref; 44-16. villages and even nurseries are situated. Boundaries often change so these maps give an indication of what the English At New York, on Wednesday 26th of June, John TYLER, countryside looked like pre-1844. It is a beautiful book and President of the United States, to Miss M.L.GARDNER, has much in it to be treasured and read. daughter of Hon. David GARDNER of Southampton, LI (who was killed at the bursting of the mammoth gun on board the steam frigate Princeton). The bride is stated IRELAND to be about 20 years of age, and highly accomplished; the President is between 50 and 60. The Coleraine Chronicle, Births, deaths and marriages 1844- Even if you have no ancestors in this area, this book is well 1869 IRL/LDY 929.38 NOR. Published by the Coleraine worth a browse. You never know what you may find. branch of the North of Ireland Family History Society. This is the perfect beginning for a search for your ancestors from Londonderry, although there are also entries from as far AUSTRALIA away as America and Australia. Coleraine is a large town and civil parish 55 miles from Belfast to the northwest and 30 Sands & McDougal Directories -1917, 1941-1976 miles east of Derry in Northern Ireland close to the mouth of the River Bann. Twenty-six years of invaluable genealogical information taken from issues of the Coleraine Chronicle from 1844 has been painstakingly indexed here, bearing in mind that civil registration for marriages in Northern Ireland did not commence until 1845 with births and deaths commencing in 1864. There are over 3,600 births, 8,800 deaths, and 5,800 marriages carefully indexed and recorded. The entries are clearly laid out with columns for registration numbers (marriage), name, date of newspaper issue, and details of the notices. An example of a birth notice reads: BOYD, son, 07 June 1845. At Bushmills, on Saturday last, Mrs.S.BOYD of a son. Often only the fathers name is mentioned, with no identification of the mother, although in this instance only the mother’s name is mentioned. The child’s name is not mentioned. These entries at least give an indication of the date of the event with the newspaper issue date being the clue. There are some quite funny and interesting notices too. Here is an example of such a death notice. These big books line the library wall under the office window so they are easily accessible. I must admit I haven’t looked ADAMS, Archibald 17 June 48. On the 3rd Inst. Of into them before but am impressed with the information consumption, at Ballynease, near Portglenone, Archibald enclosed within each tome. Yes I have to say tome as they
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are such big, heavy books. However, they need to be with all the information stored there and they were very valuable accessories to make living in the city of Melbourne and outlying suburbs and towns easier. There are lists of names with street addresses in the alphabetical section; the trade section has details of every business operating in this area with their names and addresses. Sometimes the Trade Section will include people employed in specific industries such as law, banking, and baking in separate sections. At the front of the one I looked at, 1974, there is a list of Shire Councils but the main index is of Postal Districts with Post Codes in alphabetical order of suburb. The index has the street names with names of residents underneath with the numbers of their dwellings. For instance, this dwelling in MT WAVERLEY – 3149 (Bradshaw St) 2 Brown J.A 4 Ladd, K. You get the picture. Those of you with ancestors in Victoria would find this a valuable source to investigate, particularly if you know the name but not the address. These books have 1000 pages and list names and address of ALL HOUSEHOLDERS in suburban Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Golden Square and Sebastopol postal districts. These directories were the forerunner of the telephone directory, but nowadays seem to be a neglected source of information. Publication of these directories began in Victoria in 1839, and contains residential information with the name and address of the householder and sometimes their occupation. The Library has issues from 1917 up to 1974, with some gaps.
Happy hunting!
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Melbourne and Townsville – The Link by Rod Beaumont With thanks to Bruce McDowall and Mary Richardson
In 1859, about the time that Queensland separated from New It is totally conceivable that BOYD, who in Melbourne South Wales, there was a major shift in wealth from Melbourne befriended the McCRAE’S was also encouraged to come to to Queensland. As might be expected, those that went early Melbourne by MITCHELL. (Georgiana’s Journal makes settled near Brisbane and rapidly moved north as all of the land mention of being entertained by BOYD.) At the time, BOYD was taken up. Why did the HANN family move to the Burdekin was working in London. MITCHELL also had links to the in North Queensland? McHAFFIE’S of Phillip Island. MITCHELL had been an attendant to the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsula War, Some years earlier, Major Thomas Livingstone MITCHELL and Lt. Col. James McHAFFIE, father of William and John had taken leave to visit England and to publish a book about David, had been a senior officer, 60th rifles (The King’s Royal his exploration. Whilst in London, he was well received and Rifle Corps), during the conflict. later received a knighthood for his work. At a dinner on his return to Sydney, MITCHELL said: “These friends were aware The existence of such a powerful social group in Melbourne that my attention was required in London to all enquiries about was to have an influence on Australian history. The list is Australia, and I am happy to say that some of the finest British not complete and many others came from Wigtownshire to youth are now spread over our plains; from which germs we may Melbourne, possibly encouraged by the emigration of the anticipate growth of a people worthy of that enlightened nation members of the above list. from which they sprung.” On 6th October 1855, the 25 year lease of the Theatre Royal We know from the writing of George Gordon McCRAE that was advertised for sale. The building had only been opened to MITCHELL had influenced his parents decision to come to the public on 23 December 1854 and the sale was an attempt Melbourne . Andrew Murison McCRAE and Georgianna to avoid bankruptcy by John Melton BLACK who was the lease McCRAE, George’s parents, were remembered in a diary owner, and completed the lower saloons and entrance hall, but known as Georgiana’s Journal. Specifically, there was a group of the bankruptcy proceedings took place before he could discharge people of interest who may also have their arrival in Melbourne the lease. The building itself was owned by a Mr. BAYNE, attributable to Major MITCHELL. These are: James Hunter although this may have been a legal manoeuvre to avoid the ROSS, Hugh Lewis TAYLOR, Benjamin BOYD, William actions of bankruptcy. The solicitors handling the transfer were KERR, Captain James McMECKAN, and William McHAFFIE. A’Beckett, Selwyn & Goodman of Chancery Lane, a well-known Regardless of their reasons for coming to Melbourne, all of group of Melbourne solicitors. Thomas Turner A’BECKETT these gentlemen had one thing in common, they were from later left the partnership to replace James Hunter ROSS as a Wigtownshire, Scotland. Member of the Legislative Council. Let us briefly have a look at these individuals: James Hunter At some balls that were held at the Theatre Royal, F.M SELWYN ROSS was a solicitor who established Blake and Riggall in 1841 was among the stewards for the events. The stewards were (the company after numerous mergers is now known as Ashurst responsible for ticket sales. It is clear that F.M SELWYN knew Australia). He became an MLC in the Victorian Parliament John BLACK. John M BLACK returned to England briefly, in 1851, being replaced by Thomas Turner A’BECKETT in to escape the pressures of being sued for bankruptcy. This 1852. ROSS was significant in the establishment of the Royal allowed him to regain his composure and return with an English Melbourne Hospital, and as Provincial Grand Master of Australia Opera to the Lyceum. Two years later, in December 1857, he Felix (Freemasons). Hugh Lewis TAYLOR was a solicitor who dissolved a partnership with Alexander HENDERSON. The became Chairman of Directors of the London branch of the partnership had been prosperous for at least ten months, but Bank of Victoria. Benjamin BOYD was born in London but the came to an end after problems regarding the hiring of workers family home was Merton Hall, Penninghame, Wigtownshire. for the Princess Theatre. In 1837 he was the Lord High Constable of Scotland, Director John also dissolved a partnership with his brother James and of the Union Bank of London. He established the Royal Bank then took on the running of a farm which they had gained of Australian Wool Co. William KERR was owner/editor of from Peter INGLES, a witness to the dissolved partnership The Argus, having sold the business due to legal process, and with Alex HENDERSON. James BLACK committed Town Clerk. He was also the Right Worshipful Master for the suicide on 29 September 1859. John M BLACK moved to Kilwinning Lodge. Captain James McMECKAN, as a young Sydney to continue his business in entertainment, changing man, had come to Van Dieman’s Land and Sydney to deliver his name to avoid confusion with John BLACK (MLA). On convicts. Some years later in 1836 he came to Williamstown 23 June 1859, Alexander HENDERSON, John M BLACK’S from Hobart on the Endora as First Officer. On this journey, his ex-partner, married Caroline Elizabeth ROSS the daughter of passengers included WJT CLARKE . In 1852, McMECKAN, James Hunter ROSS. returned to Melbourne and established the partnership of McMeckan, Blackwood and Co., in King Street Melbourne. On 6th October 1857 a meeting was held in St. Patrick’s Hall. William McHAFFIE with his brother John David McHAFFIE Those present on that night were Dr J BLACK, Chairman: H held a licence for Phillip Island, issued by The Admiralty in McMILLAN, Edward WILSON, W LYALL, Dr EMBLING, London, a source of discontent for the Victorian Government. Dr MUELLER as Director, T.J SUMNER was elected Treasurer,
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and W.H ARCHER, Honorary Secretary. F.M SELWYN TOWNS had set up an office in Melbourne, he must surely became the foundation President. The purpose of the meeting have known of the likes of McMECKAN and McMICKING. was to establish an Ornithological Society, but Dr. BLACK Joseph HANN moved that the plan be extended to a general Zoological was McHAFFIE’s society. Through a decision to include all animals, initially neighbour, HANN this became known as the Acclimatisation Society and was the at Coolart, and beginning of the Melbourne Zoological Gardens. Interest in McHAFFIE on the the activities of the society rapidly gained the interest of the Island opposite. people of Melbourne including George COPPIN, and John Access to the Island David McHAFFIE. COPPIN is significant as he along with was either via Bass Frederick Michael SELWYN were the first people to make a and a crossing on the donation of animals to the Zoological gardens. Residing in Bay eastern side of the Street Brighton, SELWYN, had been the owner of the most Island, or via Sandy extensive collection of animals in the colony until that time. Point (Coolart) on John David McHAFFIE was the holder of the pastoral licence the west. Access via for Phillip Island. It was suggested, and generally accepted, Coolart was easiest that Phillip Island was the perfect place to release animals for as the McHAFFIE acclimatisation. Of course, there was no point in releasing house could see the the animals on Phillip Island if they were hidden from view, point and a boat so visits to the Island began in order to view the animals. By could be dispatched March 1861, Hansard reported that red deer were on the Joseph HANN when a fire on the island, but quail had been there from 1857. beach signalled a visitor. Until the boat arrived the visitor could enjoy the There are some interesting coincidences within this company of HANN and his family. Travel time is quicker via group: McHAFFIE came from Wigtown in Scotland as Sandy Point, so all visitors going this way would spend an hour did the father of John BLACK the builder of the Theatre or more with the HANN’S and leave their horses at Coolart. Royal. ROSS and McHAFFIE were both members of The Melbourne Club. SELWYN, President of the Meanwhile in Queensland 1859, George Augustus Frederick Acclimatisation Society, died of unknown cause at Coolart, Elphinstone DALRYMPLE explored the Burdekin River. the home of Joseph HANN, in October 1859. DALRYMPLE’S expedition had been funded by subscription. He departed before Queensland was proclaimed and returned McHAFFIE was looking for a wife, and he found Georgianna after the proclamation. It was DALRYMPLE who lobbied HENDERSON. They were married in late 1861, although for the establishment of the port and township at Bowen. Georgianna moved to Phillip Island at the beginning of George DALRYMPLE was born in Aberdeen, although the 1861 and took her sister Euphemia with her as a chaperone. thirteenth child in the family and the tenth son, he was a Euphemia at the time was engaged to Dr. Ferdinand part of the family of the Lord of Stair, which represented MUELLER, Director of the Acclimatisation Society. Wigtownshire in the Parliament. After returning from his An important person in the Acclimatisation Society, MUELLER exploration of the Burdekin, DALRYMPLE joined Walter would later be honoured with the title Baron Ferdinand VON and Arthur SCOTT in setting up a company to take up the MUELLER. MUELLER had some few years earlier been Valley of Lagoons in the upper Burdekin. a part of the Augustus Cornelius Gregory exploration party The SCOTT brothers had a daughter who married the Rev. to travel across of North Queensland, although it was at the SELWYN in Sydney. He in turn was a brother of A.R.C time still a part of New South Wales. The exploration party SELWYN the Victorian geologist. SELWYN was a cousin travelled through the Kennedy District in North Queensland. and brother in law to F.M SELWYN who had died at Coolart No doubt there had been extensive discussions regarding the in 1859. Further the SCOTT family had links to G.W animals and land that he had seen on the expedition. RUSDEN whose sister is buried in the plot next to F.M McHAFFIE was having trouble with trying to purchase the SELWYN in Brighton. land upon which he had settled. He sought the assistance In November 1859, William HANN the eldest son of of a politician, Peter SNODGRASS (MLA), and employed Joseph married Mary Burge HEARN, and for some time Robert Towns and Co to act as his agents. McHAFFIE’S took on the management of the HEARN property at Mount wife Georgianna had worked for Peter SNODGRASS as Martha. Mary was the niece of W.J.T CLARKE who had a governess. McHAFFIE was later named as a trustee to many years before travelled to Melbourne on the same ship the Snodgrass estate. Robert Towns & Co had an office in with McMECKEN. William soon had a job of his own, Melbourne, now the Immigration Museum. Robert TOWNS working for Robert McMICKING as the manager of his lived in Sydney and Townsville is named after him. Given that newly purchased station Mannus near Tumbarumba in New
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Melbourne and Townsville – The Link Continued from page 13
South Wales. Robert was the son of Thomas McMICKING T.J SUMNER and J BENN. SUMNER had been present at of Miltonise, Wigtownshire. On 19 September 1860, a letter that first meeting of the Acclimatisation Society. from William was published in the Argus, stating that one of For his venture, Joseph took on financial partners of Edward his workers had heard an English lark in Tumbarumba. He was KLINGENDER (who had been the partner of F.M. SELWYN clearly interested in the activities of the Acclimatisation Society. and subsequently became the senior partner), Rivett Henry With William BLAND (who had previously been Joseph’s mortgager employed in New at Coolart), and Richard DAINTREE who had married South Wales, and Lettice Agnes FOOTT the daughter of Henry Boorne his second son James FOOTT. DAINTREE had another connection to the group, Charles HANN having been born and grown up in Hemingford Abbots, running a butcher shop Huntingdonshire, the town where SELWYN’S father Rev in Mornington, Joseph Edward SELWYN became Rector. Further DAINTREE’S HANN purchased employer was A.R.C SELWYN, the cousin and brother in law Coolart and the land to F.M SELWYN. BLAND had previously been Protector of around totalling almost Aborigines in West Australia and on an official expedition had 1197 acres, although his life saved by A.C GREGORY when they were attacked he still had another by aborigines. In coming to Melbourne, he had business and 2000 acres leased from financial dealings with Edward KLINGENDER. the government. DAINTREE’s father-in-law, H.B FOOTT was born in At Mannus, William Hampshire, although the family property was only about six employed a young miles from where Joseph had lived in Birdbush, Wiltshire, man Edward Rowland before coming to Australia. In fact, it was Joseph’s neighbours EDKINS in the the GROVE family that purchased the FOOTT family farm. William HANN destruction of the H.B FOOTT had surveyed the land around Coolart so that old house, preparing Joseph could purchase his Pre-Emptive Right. Three of the for construction of a new house. William was a confidant men named, F.M SELWYN, H.B FOOTT, and DAINTREE, young man and did the things that he thought appropriate played cricket for the Coast club. H.B FOOTT even played at the time. Unfortunately his employer McMICKING cricket for Victoria at one time. didn’t necessarily agree with William’s ideas, and there was a Among the early settlers of the Kennedy area in Queensland separation of the ways in early 1861. William was aggrieved were, Edward CUNNINGHAM on Woodhouse, John M with the dismissal, and wanted some legal satisfaction. The BLACK on Woodstock, having left Melbourne in 1861, and case was set for Albury Court in July 1861. William was Joseph HANN at Maryvale. BLACK’S financial partner, unsuccessful in his action. LONGSHAW, died of “Fever and Ague” while with John By coincidence young men in the Albury area at the time and William HANN. He was buried on the Houghton included Michael and Edward CUNNINGHAM, managers River by a Mr. STENHOUSE, William HANN and others. of Taramiah near Yarrawonga. The two men were involved in Having lost the financial assistance and the manpower that the local horse racing events at Albury. Michael performed LONGSHAW would have provided, BLACK sought a new official duties during racing days. Edward CUNNINGHAM partner in Robert TOWNS. He was already involved in left Michael to finish their contract at Taramiah and went Queensland property closer to Brisbane, but was excited north to Queensland in late 1860 or early 1861. After enough to sign the contract with BLACK. TOWNS later Michael CUNNINGHAM left Taramiah, EDKINS took wrote a letter to enquire about the credentials of his new over the management until the scourge of pleuro-pneumonia partner. Some years earlier, Robert TOWNS had been decimated the cattle herds along the Murray River. He with appointed chairman of the committee to search for Benjamin George SAWTELL, now unemployed, then decided that BOYD after his disappearance in Guadalcanal. Robert going north to Queensland might be the thing to do. E.R TOWNS and Co had also been among the subscribers for (Rolley) EDKINS later returned to learn how to inoculate DALRYMPLE’S exploration of the Burdekin. for pleuro-pneumonia, but at the time of the decimation, In 1863, Robert TOWNS had signed a contract with John inoculation did not exist. Graham MACDONALD. MACDONALD had gone to Joseph HANN having taken out a mortgage through Rivett Queensland earlier than Joseph HANN, but in travelling Henry BLAND, decided to sell Coolart in an attempt to around found himself on the same ship as Joseph, the secure his own future and the future wealth of his family in Balclutha, travelling from Sydney to Brisbane. That they spent Queensland. Constrained by the court action that William had time in conversation cannot be disputed, as in Brisbane Joseph undertaken in Albury, he timed his departure for September so bought horses for John, for which he was reimbursed later, that they could meet in Rockhampton. Joseph sold Coolart to rather a generous act by Joseph unless John was known to him.
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Joseph continued on to Rockhampton, Contact details: and the property of Charles ARCHER where William joined him. William and Robert CALDWELL of Dromana, Bristol Naval & Military had been visiting P.F MACDONALD, although this coincidence may have Convenor: Lynn Hammet Convenor: Carolyn Morrisey had something to do with the incidents [email protected] [email protected] Meetings: at Cullen La Ringo. Regardless of this, Editor: Ann Collins 1st Friday (February, May, June, August, [email protected] P.F MACDONALD gave Joseph a October & December) at 2.00pm Meetings: native companion (black boy) to travel 4th Monday of the month at 7.30 pm with, a generous gift. Early Victoria & Tasmania In 1864 Joseph HANN drowned in Northern Counties Convenor: Marion Taylor tragic circumstances, leaving William [email protected] Convenor: Rosemary Allen to take control of Hann and Co. Meetings: [email protected] William’s wife Mary became pregnant 1st Saturday of the month at 10.00 am Meetings: and with the birth approaching, RSL Clubrooms, South Parade, Blackburn 3rd Friday of the month at 2.00 pm William took time out to check another start up. He went to the Landing, Eastern Counties North West Midlands there he waited for J.M BLACK. The location of the Landing was not clear Convenor: Barbara Alderton Convenor: Jane Davies until reading a newspaper article by [email protected] [email protected] Captain MACBEATH of the Three Editor: Judith Cooke Meetings: th Friends. In the article, he mentions [email protected] 4 Tuesday of the month at 1.30 pm seeing J.M BLACK in Cleveland Bay Meetings: on the same day that William saw him 3rd Monday of the month at 1.00 pm Scotland at the Landing. BLACK, reportedly Co-Convenors: Alex Glennie had 20 men erecting buildings, fencing, Ireland [email protected] etc. William’s son was born 6 days and Suzanne Stancombe later, but died after just 11 days. Contact: Russell Cooper [email protected] [email protected] Townsville’s beginnings had started Editor: Lesley Haldane Meetings: at least twelve months earlier on 16 [email protected] 2nd Sunday of the month November 1863 William HANN had Meetings: (Feb-Nov) at 2.00 pm written: “CASSIDY bought five steers 2nd Wednesday of the month at 2.00 pm from Fenwick, they drove them on to South West England Inkerman to yoke them up and take London & Home Counties (Including Hampshire and The Isle of the wool down to the landing to go Wight) down by the steamer.” (London, Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Kent, Sussex) Contact: Jill Davies And on the next day: “Mr. Contact: Rob Owers [email protected] HAMILTON’S team came from the [email protected] Editors: Pam Bunney Landing, heavy road. ANNINGS, Meetings: [email protected] JAMES and two others at the Landing 2nd Tuesday of the month at 2.00 pm Rae Alexander with their drays after loading”. [email protected] Meetings: Edward CUNNINGHAM married 2nd Friday of the month Caroline HANN in April 1865. (Feb-Nov) at 2.00 pm Rolley EDKINS became a business partner to both Frank and William HANN, in a property that became known as Lawn Hill. Please check the details including contacts, dates and times of meetings as there are changes for 2018. If in doubt, contact the Library for confirmation.
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1930s Australia Automatic Traffic Control within the City of Melbourne
Motorists visiting Victoria must report, with their cars, registration certificates and licence, to the nearest police station when crossing the border to obtain a visitors permit label showing the period for which the permit is issued must be affixed to the windscreen or some other prominent position of the car. An extension of the permit must be made by application to the police. Control of Kerbside Pumps – Precautions against Fire – the engine must be stopped before motor spirit can be serviced from a kerbside pump. Motorists are also cautioned against smoking in the vicinity. Passing Stationary Trams – a motorist must pass a stationary tram at a speed so slow that he is able to stop the vehicle immediately in case of sudden danger. No driver of a motor vehicle must pass a stationary tram not alongside a safety zone at a speed exceeding 4 mph. In the cities of Brighton, Prahran, Richmond, Footscray, Collingwood, Sandringham, Brunswick, Coburg, Preston and Port Melbourne, motorists may not pass stationary trams. Drivers must signal when about to stop, turn right, or when the driver requires other vehicles to pass him on his right. Speed Trials – no person may use a public highway for racing or for trial of speed except with special permission. Head Lights must not dazzle. The main shaft must not be elevated more than 4 feet above the surface of a level roadway at 100 feet. Sounding Horn – whenever passing or about to pass another vehicle, motorists must sound the horn and on other occasions wherever necessary, but not when passing churches except in case of sudden danger. In case of accidents the driver of any car concerned directly or indirectly, must stop, produce his licence, and give his name and address and that of the owner of the car to any member of the police force present, or to the injured person or his representative. (Source: advertising material found under old lino)
Ed. Note: Further reading on the history of service stations can be found in The Encyclopedia of Melbourne edited by Brown- May, A & Swain S, Cambridge University Press 2005 p653-4
Super Shell Kerbside Pump Illustration
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Letter from England Peter Bennett
At about 1 am on 20 December 1861, John HALL and it will end, so even in March it will be worth having a look John TUCKEY were on a poaching expedition in a piece if you are in the market for English or Welsh BMD entries. of woodland known as Shear’s Copse, on the Ditchley The system has been received well by family historians Park estate in Oxfordshire. But they were not alone, for here, the much reduced cost, from £9.25 to £6.00 being two of Lord Dillon’s gamekeepers were there also, and an obvious draw. It also suits many to have an electronic they confronted the poachers. The end result was that version of the event. We can only hope that something like Stephen MOULDER the gamekeeper was shot dead, and this will soon become a permanent fixture of our research John HALL was convicted of his murder. His accomplice and perhaps be taken further. At present it only includes TUCKEY received three months for poaching. This event births to 1916 and deaths to 1957. had wide coverage in the newspapers of the day, and is still remembered by some locals. I had heard that there Ancestry have extended their coverage of London school was a memorial of sorts in the wood and it not being far admission and discharge records of 1840 to 1911 to from my home I went to have a look. It is a large piece 1918. It is only another seven years, but it brings in an of stone in the ground, about a metre high, inscribed additional 100,000 records so it has to help someone. ‘Stephen MOULDEN 1861’, the lettering as clear as They have also given us admissions and discharges to when it was done. Poor Law school districts from 1852 to 1918, another 210,000 pupils. These are schools for pauper children. Local accounts say that John HALL spent the rest of his The records give age and the parish to which they were days in prison here, but on looking with the benefit of so chargeable. Parents are sometimes named, but they often much information now on the internet, I quickly found simply noted that they were in the workhouse without that he was transported to Western Australia in 1864. giving names. Regardless of the lack of detail in one Newspaper accounts on Trove, convict records on Ancestry, record, put it with everything else that can be found on an and Findmypast’s Australian indexes took me to his death individual, and hopefully a family picture will be built up. in 1890 at Greenough, near Geraldton. The big recent parish register addition comes from Sharp-eyed readers will also notice the spellings of Findmypast. They have given us register images from MOULDER and MOULDEN, and records show that the Portsmouth, Hampshire area. Baptisms, marriages the family are recorded both ways at random. Neither and burials are included, although all have a 100-year Ancestry nor Findmypast combine the names in their cut-off. As well as the Portsmouth parishes, they include soundex searches, which shows how we must always look those for the surrounding area, including Gosport, for our own variant spellings. Havant and Fareham. In the course of the search, I found that John HALL’S There are also admission and discharge registers for sister Sarah with her husband John MAYCOCK and Portsmouth workhouse. These records commence in 1879, children emigrated to New Zealand in 1874. It would be but again only records over 100 years ago are included. As the icing on the cake to discover if there was any contact a further bonus for Portsmouth researchers, Findmypast between them. It has been an interesting exercise and have transcribed electoral rolls from 1835 to 1873, with a will add some facts to the slim file on the case held in our few small gaps. museum at Charlbury. It also shows just how much can be gleaned from online records. There are a few loose It is possible that some Portsmouth people will have come ends to the story, which I know are not online and I will from or gone to nearby Sussex. The Genealogist has look into when the opportunity arises. added nearly two million parish register entries for Sussex. These are also transcripts, coming from the Parish Record But the main point of this Letter is to look at new Transcription Society who have been publishing Sussex resources which will help your research, not mine, parish registers for many years. although I hope John HALL’S records will encourage others to look again at their research from time to time to Researchers with Irish ancestry will be familiar with the see what has come along. indexes and images accessed from the General Register Office of Ireland site. They have added marriage images We have had another ‘PDF pilot’ from the General Register 1870 to 1881, which gives a good run as they previously Office. This is a scheme to gauge the demand for birth, had records 1882 to 1940. Death entry images still only marriage and death records in a format other than the commence in 1891, and it will be good when those are traditional certificate, sending them via PDF. There was taken further back into the 19th century. While on Irish a previous test a year ago, and now we have another, for records, Findmypast now have Dublin electoral registers a minimum of three months from October 2017. I am writing this at New Year, and there is no word yet on when Continued over >
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Letter from England Continued from page 17
from 1908 to 1915. These are which are interesting in It is encouraging that so much new material is coming our themselves but they might also help in locating people who way. Who knows, one of these might be just the thing do not turn up in the 1901 and 1911 census indexes and to knock down that stubborn brick wall. I know that images. It would be easier to identify possible family if an I live in hope for some of my lines and I am not alone. address was known. Someone might even have been looking for John HALL, the murderer from Charlbury, and now they will know what Details of some 65,000 people interred in the north of happened to him. County Dublin are searchable on the Buried in Fingal site, http://buried.fingal.ie. The records cover the years 1877 Peter Bennett to 2013. Most of the index entries lead to an image of the register entry, giving lots of useful information. I was making a search for a Belfast family recently and came across a huge database for the Clifton Street Cemetery, http://www.cliftonstreetcemetery.com/. It offers a combination of monumental inscriptions and burial registers and seems to me a vital place to search for any Belfast ancestors. And last, to army research. Those looking for British soldiers who served in the First World War will be familiar with the service, medal and other records available on Ancestry and Findmypast. They will also know of the destruction of many service records in 1940. However, there are alternatives to compensate for some of the loss. There has always been a sizeable collection of pension records at The National Archives, Kew, in class PIN26. Until now the catalogue entries have been vague, showing surname and initials and little else. This part of the catalogue has now been rewritten, so that we get full name, regiment and nature of disability. The files are held at Kew, and have not been digitised, so obtaining a copy is not straightforward, but it should be useful to know that a file exists all the same. The files give plenty of details about the soldier, helping to fill in the record of war service. There are also pension records held elsewhere. A few years ago, the Western Front Association obtained a large collection of about six million pension record cards. They are now to be scanned by Ancestry, and as far as I know, will eventually appear on their site. The cards have useful service details, often not to be found in other records, as well as notes of family and addresses.
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Bendigo Diggings Tram No 7 was likely still running on the Bendigo commuter A crowd funding campaign for $35,000 was launched to have service when it closed down in April 1972. The 102 year old it rebuilt and restored in Bendigo at the Tramways Depot J-Class tram had sat dormant in the old Gasworks yard on by skilled local tradesmen. Restoration was modelled on its Weerona Avenue since that day. appearance in 1960 for Bendigo Tramways.
The tram was originally built in Sydney in 1915 when it The Bendigo Family History Group donated $2000 for the became No 76 for the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust. appeal. We hope the publicity will attract the public to our It was sold in the 1930s to the Electric Supply Company in Genealogy and Research Service in the Bendigo Library. The Ballarat for use as No 19 there. In 1960 it became No 7 tram tram will attract tourists and locals by talking tram tours in in Bendigo until the closure of this service. Bendigo city.
(This article first appeared in the Bendigo Advertiser on Dec 11, 2017 and is reprinted by courtesy of the Bendigo Family History Group) Bendigo Tram no. 7
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Rita goes home By Ann Dixon
I work in an Op Shop on Tuesdays, and recently we David married Matilda SEZEL in 1909, and became an received a beautiful pencil portrait of a young woman. Australian Citizen the same year. David and Tilly had From her hair style, it could be dated to the 1940s. There about five children, of whom Rita was the youngest, b1928. was an inscription on it which was very difficult to read, but we could just see the name Rita ROSENBERG. I I often find family photos in antique centres, and it saddens thought that it was very sad that this portrait had such me that they have ended up there, having no value to their little value that it had ended up in a Charity Shop. It families. Most family historians treasure these images from would have little interest to anyone, except perhaps a the past and I am certain that Rita’s recovered portrait will member of her family. be a valued memento for her family.
This was a real challenge for a family historian, and I thought it was possible to track down living relatives of Rita’s. My first step was to Ancestry Public Trees, where there was an entry which looked right, and some images for Electoral Rolls for Rita MAVER. Rita had apparently married Jack Louis MAVER in 1949. He was a Civil Engineer and they moved around Victoria in subsequent years. Also on Ancestry there was a reference to Jack’s obituary when he died in 2013 at the age of 93. His wife Rita was mentioned and the Christian names of his children and grandchildren. One of those was listed as Greig, so I tried the White Pages and sure enough there was a G. MAVER. I rang the Op Shop to make sure that the portrait was still available, then rang the number.
Mrs. MAVER answered, and at first was a bit cautious. I asked whether her husband was Greig and whether his mother was Rita ROSENBERG. This was indeed the case and I told her about the portrait, asking her to contact me to let me know the outcome. When I went in to the Op Shop a week later, I was told that the portrait had been sold. Apparently Greig and his wife had purchased the portrait the same day as receiving my call. I was delighted to find that Rita had found her family.
Greig later phoned me with a little more information. The inscription claimed that the portrait was done in 1944 when Rita was 16. The artists name was signed, but difficult to read, possibly GARTORILL. Greig had not known of the portraits existence, and had no idea how it ended up at the Op Shop in Ivanhoe. Rita died in 2011 and Greig has put a tribute to her on the Internet. There are some photos of a young Rita, showing her to be a beautiful brunette.
A little more information came to light. Rita’s father was born in Russia in 1881 and he and his five brothers set sail for New Zealand c1903, however upon arriving in Melbourne they decided to stay. David subsequently set up business in 1903 selling ladies shoes from a shop in Windsor. The business was passed down through the family, and is still there. The beautiful Art Nouveau façade has been Heritage listed.
Rita MAVER 1950
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The core of the PMI’s collection is its local histories. The library holds information on pretty much every town in Victoria and a significant number of towns Australia wide. There is so much knowledge in these resources. For example did you know that… ….in St Kilda in 1931 after the St Kilda festival carnival there was a battle of petals in Lower Esplanade. Community clubs threw rose petals at members of the Royal St. Kilda Yacht Club who were dressed as pirates and ‘raiding’ the petals hoards. ….when advertising the new Palm Beach Estate in Somers (on the Mornington Peninsula) in 1925 one of the virtues listed was that “rabbits, hare, wild duck and quail in season provide fair sport for the gun” ….the oldest continuous brass band in Australia is the Thomas’ Foundry Band of Castlemaine formed in 1886 for the “cultivation of music”. ….in 1841 James COWPER acquired 160 000 acres for 10 pounds and the assurance that he had enough stock to actually use the land. This land was the very beginning of the town of Mooroopna. ….in 1973 the Prime Minister and the Premiers of New South Wales and Victoria came together to announce the development of a growth complex for Albury Wodonga. This was beginning of the development of the two towns as a city. ….in the late 1800s marble was considered a viable industry for Toongabbie in Gippsland. Toongabbie marble can be seen in mansions in Ballarat amongst other locations, but the venture was ultimately defeated by lack of accessibility and transport options. …in 1852 the Eaglehawk goldfield was founded and the original party stayed for six weeks and left with half a hundred weight of gold. Within three years Eaglehawk had a population of 20 000. …the town of Port Fairy in western Victoria was founded when James ATKINSON obtained the special survey rights of 5120 acres in 1843. He went on to name the town Belfast, though the name was changed to Port Fairy (after the original name of the district) in the late 1800s by petition of the townspeople. This is just a taste of the information that is available from local histories, but especially for family historians it is only the tip of the iceberg. Local histories offer information
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Local Histories at the PMI Victorian History Library on institutions in towns that your ancestors might have been part of. For example a PMI patron recently found his ancestor discussed in chapters on the mining companies in Chewton in Victoria. Local histories can also tell about where your ancestor lived; another patron found a photo of their family’s house in Hawthorn that they’d never seen before. They can tell you about your ancestors themselves. A PMI patron’s ancestor was one of the founders of Port Fairy and the local history books were a treasure trove of information. They can tell you about people your ancestors were connected to. A patron’s ancestor worked for Aboriginal Protector, George Augustus ROBINSON and the written history of Prahran was able to give information on the man himself and the places their ancestor would have worked and lived under ROBINSON. Most importantly, local histories can give you the colour to add to your family history. If a family history is simply a list of dates of who begat whom, then it is less than useful. Local histories give you the texture of the world your ancestors inhabited. They can give you layers to add to your writing to flesh it out and build the whole picture rather than just one corner. Even if you don’t want to use them for family history, local histories can tell you so much about the past of where you live now and if nothing else, they are fascinating reads. The local history collection is only part of the extensive resources that the PMI holds, which are invaluable to family historians. For example, they also index the historical society periodicals from around Victoria. These provide the minutia of history that is just not available anywhere else and will be discussed in greater detail in the next issue of The Genealogist.
PMI Book List • St Kilda: The show goes on: The history of St Kilda Vol. III, 1930 to July 1983 / Anne Longmire • All Our Somers / Bruce Bennett • Castlemaine: From camp to city 1835-1900 / Geoff Hocking • Mooroopna to 1988 / Historical Society of Mooroopna Making a City in the Country: The Albury Wodonga national growth centre project 1973-2003 / Bruce Pennay • Toongabbie, Gippsland: A gateway to the Walhalla goldfields / Alan Harding and Roger Ries • Eaglehawk: Welcome back / Aylene Kirkwood and Bev Hanson • Port Fairy: The first fifty years / J.W Powling
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Bendigo Family History Group Speakers Program
Meetings are followed by refreshments and all are welcome to attend. See page 39 for contact details.
• March 17 – “Are you Irish?” This St Patrick’s Day, BFHG invites you to come and discover what is available in the Bendigo Goldfields Library and how our members can help you trace your Irish heritage.
• April 21 – Sally Rose Carbines from VANISH which provides a specialised research service for people affected by adoption (domestic and inter-country), parents, adopted persons, adoptive parents, family members, those affected by donor conception, Forgotten Australians (former wards of state, defacto adoptees, those placed in institutions or foster care in Victoria). If you are in this category or you know someone who is, come and find out more about this Victorian Government funded service.
• May 19 – Heritage planning for Greater Bendigo. Dr Dannielle Orr, the City Of Greater Bendigo’s Heritage Planner, is passionate about the importance of preserving history and enriching our knowledge of places, history, people and heritage.
• June 16 – Census: how to find them and how to read them. Presented by Alex Glennie, well known Scottish historian.
• July 21 – Presenting & Preserving Photos on Computer. Presented by Darren Lewis, accomplished writer and historian. Darren will lend his expertise on setting out photos within a manuscript text, and how to keep them in place on the page.
First Sunday of the month, 2 – 4pm Sunday Talks (unless otherwise stated)
Saturday 14th April, 9.30-11.30am Sunday 6th May Blackburn RSL, 2 Diggers Way, Blackburn AIGS Library
‘ADOPTED CHILDREN’ “A MATTER OF HONOUR – THE 5TH VANISH is an organisation which helps people MOUNTED RIFLES IN THE BOER WAR” affected by adoption (domestic and intercountry) Presented by Dr Robin Droogleever, President of - mothers, fathers, adopted persons, adoptive Anglo Boer War Study Group of Australasia parents and family members of all these people.
Presented by volunteers from VANISH
Wednesday 18th April, 2-4pm Sunday 3rd June, 2-4pm AIGS Library AIGS Library (note the Library will be closed for research from 1pm) ‘TO DNA TEST OR NOT DNA TEST, ‘WRITING MEMOIR AND FAMILY HISTORY’ THAT IS THE QUESTION’ An interactive talk by Irene Graham, visiting from It’s very fashionable to have a DNA test for Ireland. Irene is author of The Memoir Writing genealogy purposes these days, but what does it Workbook, and is founder of The Creative Writer’s really tell you? How does it help you with your Workshop and The Memoir Writing Club. Don’t leave research? Does it help you with your research? your story untold. Find out more about writing your life story and preserve history for future generations. Presented by Jane Davies
26 FHC | The Genealogist | March 2018 VicGUM is a not for profit organisation and offers software support to members. They are the Australian Distributors for Family Tree Maker (FTM). The latest version is now available. To purchase visit the website: www.vicgum.asn.au VicGUM members receive a 10% discount Research Services when they purchase on line. Also available: Reunion 12 TV programs will always provoke an upsurge of Vicgum members receive a monthly interest in Family History. The sponsor of one popular newsletter, connection to Gumnet, members show would have you believe that it is as simple as entering a name to have the information about your only website and ongoing technical support. family background unfold. With so much in the way of For member benefits visit the web site and family history resources available on-line what are the join on line benefits of using an experienced personal researcher? email: [email protected] Phone: (03) 9078 4738 Each of our team has the knowledge and skills to be objective Level 4, 460 Collins St Melbourne VIC 3000 and so approach your questions in a logical manner. We have First Sunday of the month, 2 – 4pm PO Box 397 Collins St West VIC 8007 experience in solving difficult problems and this enables us to make (unless otherwise stated) a reasoned and educated analysis of what we find. We can critically evaluate the available information, especially given how often there are occurrences of those with the same or similar names in the records, or when there is conflicting information. Sunday 1st July, 2-4pm Furthermore, we know where to find less common records and AIGS Library sometimes those stored in odd places. We know how precise or otherwise records are from certain times and we have an “FAMILIES IN BRITISH INDIA - understanding of the variations in spelling of names and places over time. We can decipher many examples of old handwriting, BEGINNING YOUR RESEARCH” abbreviations and legal terms. Presented by Mary-Ann Gourley Why do we have a two hour minimum and is it worth it? Yes! Consider that we have to read your research request, understand just what you want, check the information provided, then get to the search and write up the findings. You want facts, and it can take time to find them. Research Fees: Members $25/hour, Non-Members $40/hour (minimum initial charge is two hours per person). Look-Up Fees: Members: $12, Non-Members $20 per look up. All monies received for Research services are donated directly to the Library. Sunday 22nd July, 2-4pm AIGS Library If you would like to join the list of our many satisfied clients, apply through the website (www.familyhistoryconnections.org. ‘USING THE RESOURCES OF THE AIGS’ au), selecting Research for full information and application forms. Alternately contact the Office on 98773789. If you missed out on this talk in February, then you can book for this repeat session. You will also hear about new Any queries can be sent either by e-mail to research@ developments at the AIGS. familyhistoryconnections.org.au or mail them to the Research Co-ordinator, AIGS, PO Box 339, Blackburn, Victoria, 3130. Presented by Gail White and Linda Farrell. Members only. Free. We look forward to helping you find more about your family history this year.
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Whether you are new to genealogy or have been investigating family branches for many years, online resources will inform much of your research. Remember to re-visit websites regularly to check for updates which might just have what you’ve been looking for… FHC expert Noeleen Ridgway provides some valuable freebies.
AUSTRALIA & UK http://www.exploregenealogy.co.uk – here are more than 110 articles written by experts, including one for WWI http://www.naval-history.net – this site now has the called “Tracing Your Family History using Military complete Royal Australian Navy, Royal Navy and Royal Records”. Type this into the search box. Marine casualty lists from pre-1914 to 2008 including both World Wars, listed both alphabetically and http://www.genuki.org.uk/ – Genuki has a list of links to chronologically by ship, plus more. articles and leaflets for a variety of WWI information, such as “Conscientious Objectors and Exemptions from Service” and “British Army: Campaign Records”, once UNITED KINGDOM again use the search box. http://www.military-genealogy.com – launched by the Naval and Military Press, this website hosts a number of SCOTLAND different military databases, including the National Roll of World War I and Waterloo Medal Roll. A one day http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/soldierswills.asp – at the membership is £10 up to a one year membership for £95. National Archives of Scotland website you can search its online catalogue which contains most of the existing http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/womenww1_four. NAS paper catalogues. You can, for example, search for htm – One immediate result of the war’s outbreak was the brief wills made by soldiers and airmen between 1857 the rise in female unemployment, however, it was soon and 1964, but with the majority (26,000) dating from the seen that the only option to replace the volunteers gone time of the First World War. to the front was employing women in the jobs they had left behind; conscription only made this need even more urgent as had the Munitions of Work Act 1915 by which USA munitions factories had fallen under the sole control of the Government - many links on the LHS. http://www.accessgenealogy.com – for those looking for American records, this site has WWI draft records and http://www.military-medal.co.uk – this is one of the best state draft records as well as a list of Military cemeteries. places to start identifying medals from the First World War or other items from the British Military. There is also an extensive guide to understanding decorations of all kinds. GREECE http://www.ukniwm.org.uk – the National Inventory site British Cemeteries in Greece http://www.northeastmedals. lists the WWI war memorials in the UK. co.uk/mm/kefalonia_argostoli_british/cemetery. http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk – these pages explain htm and http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/mm/ everything you might come across when researching corfu_british/cemetery.htm - both contain lists of names WWI, from terms used for ranking soldiers to blow-by- and more. blow accounts of battles. http://www.cwgc.org – The Commonwealth War Graves CEMETERIES Commission (CWGC) honours the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ - this site contains a the First and Second World Wars, and ensures they will comprehensive guide to the military cemeteries and never be forgotten. Our work commemorates the war memorials of Belgium, France, Great Britain and dead, from building and maintaining our cemeteries and throughout the world. Each cemetery page contains only memorials at 23,000 locations in more than 150 countries a few details of some of those buried there. Many links and territories to preservation of our extensive records and on the bottom of each page. archives. Our values and aims, laid out in 1917, are as relevant now as they were 100 years ago.
28 FHC | The Genealogist | March 2018 Don’t underestimate the information shared on facebook, where Linda Farrell collects and shares many gems. Check these links which were the most popular last quarter: facebook.com/AIGSpage The skeleton in the Dunes: Here are 15 surprising facts about marriage in the old days: v https://thedustybox.wordpress.com/2017/12/22/ the-skeleton-in-the-dunes/ v http://www.fashionbeans.com/content/traditional- marriage-would-truly-shock-our-ancestors-but-not-for- the-reason-you-think/ For a bit of fun. 21 Signs that your partner isn’t into genealogy as much as you: From runaway mum to FBI fugitive to benefit v https://www.lonetester.com/2017/11/21-signs-that- cheat: the mysterious life of Eileen Marie your-partner-isnt-into-genealogy-as-much-as-you/ Farquer: v http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/99375393/from- runaway-mum-to-fbi-fugitive-to-benefit-cheat-the- The Parramatta Female Factory has been added to mysterious-life-of-eileen-marie-farquer the National Heritage List: v https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/ What to do with Floppy Discs? parramatta/north-parramatta-female-factory- added-to-the-national-heritage-list/news-story/ v https://blog.eogn.com/2017/12/28/ f331c13800548d060f0752a2d2f0bc40 what-to-do-with-floppy-disks/
Myth buster: Was tartan really banned after The excavation of 33 skeletons suggests the Dead Culloden? Sea Scrolls belonged to monks from a Jewish cult. v http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/ v https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/myth-buster-was- archaeology/the-excavation-of-33-skeletons-suggests-the- tartan-really-banned-after-culloden-1-4601548 dead-sea-scrolls-belonged-to-monks-from-a-jewish-cult/ news-story/780174525231ba026dbc7084c17d1562 IRA spies and 10-year-old dispatch carriers: Inside newly-released military docs. A new collection of Prisoners in pictures: A history of incarceration in documents relating to the revolutionary period NSW told with newly digitised archive. have been released. v http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-23/captured- v http://www.thejournal.ie/ portraits-of-crime-nsw-prisoner-photographs- ira-spies-pension-archive-3659699-Oct2017/ history/9072216
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New Resources in the Library
Abbreviations: B: Burials Readers are asked to check the catalogue on C: Christenings/Baptisms & Births our website www.familyhistoryconnections.org. D: Deaths M: Marriages au or in hardcopy at the library for full details.
ASIA (SRI LANKA) NORTHERN TERRITORY From elitism to exile: a history of Ceylonese Dutch Cemeteries of the Northern Territory [dates and burgherdom, incorporating four case studies of genealogy. locations]. O’Brien, Vernon T. CD 4611 Rabt, Eustace Duncan Mitchell. 929.2 RAB QUEENSLAND Trincomalee St Stephens, births and baptisms, from 1807; Dunwich Benevolent Asylum, list of returns, May 1885 burials from 1813; marriages from 1813. Hewson, Eileen. to January 1907. Larner, Margaret and Humphries, John. CD 4628, CD 4629, CD 4630 CD 4563
Headstone photographs of 18 cemeteries of North AUSTRALIA GENERAL Queensland: Almaden, Charleston, Chillagoe, Einasleigh, Airmen died in the Great War: the Roll of Honour of the Forsayth, Georgetown, Irvinebank, Kooboora, Mingela, British and Commonwealth Air Services. Hobson, Chris. Montalbion, Mount Surprise, Mt Britten, Mungana, CD 4557 Nebo, Ravenswood, Sarina, Stannary Hills, Watsonville. Humphries, John. CD 4567 Somewhere in France: the story of 4783 Private James Ross Duperouzel, 51st Batallion, Australian Imperial Force. History of schooling in the Bundaberg district, 1870- Duperouzel, William Thomas. MILITARY - AUSTRALIA 1970, including lists of pupils for country and town 940.3 DUP schools. CD 4604
“Their courage is deserving of the highest praise” a record Rockhampton North and South Cemetery headstone of the 10th Australian Field Ambulance in World War 1. photographs. CD 4583 Anderson, James. MILITARY - AUSTRALIA 940.3 AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA Tracing your Great War ancestors in the Egypt and Paradise of dissent: South Australia 1829-1857. Pike, Palestine campaigns: a guide for family historians. Douglas. 994.23 PIK Hadaway, Stuart. MILITARY - ENGLAND 940.3 HAD TASMANIA NEW SOUTH WALES The families of a colonial coaching inn: the Wilmot Arms, Captured: portraits of crime 1870-1930. State Archives Kempton, Tasmania. Martens, Gloria.647 MAR and Records, New South Wales. CD 4596 The historic Tamar Valley: its people, places and shipping, Nowra Bench Books, 1858-1869, images, transcriptions 1798-1990. Branagan, J. G. 994.65 BRA and index. CD 4569 Launceston family album, Part 1 and Part 2: photographs Settlers on the Marthaguy in western New South Wales. and brief biographies of over 1100 people who attended Dormer, Marion and Starr, Joan. NEW SOUTH WALES the Tasmanian International Exhibition, 1891-92. CD 994.419 DOR 4594 and CD 4595
Shoalhaven pioneers and settlers to 1920. CD 4568 The ‘Princess Royal’ girls: the first free female immigration ship to Van Diemen’s Land, 1832. McKay, Thelma. 387 St Stephens Church, Kurrajong, parish registers, McK incorporating records from St Philips, St James and Salis Flat Mission Church: Volume 1, 1861-1902 and Volume Tasmania’s war record, 1914-1918. Broinowski, L. CD 2, 1903-1936. 929.31 KUR 4648
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VICTORIA Seven Creeks Estate, Euroa, 1835-1985, a pastoral Ad Altiora Certamus: a collective memoir of the Box romance. Wilson, George. 994.53 EUR Hill High School 1950 Cohort and the Foundation Matriculation Class Hayes, Peter; Hiscock, Peter McL and St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne. Ebsworth, Walter A. Smith, Graeme C. 373.9945 BOX 282 EBS
Centenary of Smeaton, 1838-1938, a souvenir booklet, Victoria’s forgotten goldfield: a history of the Dargo, with historical sketches of the district over the past Crooked River goldfield. Christie, R. W. and Gray, G. D. 100 years from 15th April 1838. Smeaton Centenary 994.56 DAR Committee. CD 4555 WESTERN AUSTRALIA Cooper’s Creek, Gippsland - the Trevisani Grollo, Diana Coolgardie gold, a personal record. Gaston, Albert. Ruzzene. 994.56 GIP 994.16 GAS
Friendly Societies in Bendigo, 1856-1916. Hull, Rita. The history of Fremantle, the front gate of Australia, 366 HUL 1829-1929: and the History of the Harbour. Hitchcock, J. K. and Stevens, J. W. B. CD 4554 Gold for the finding: a pictorial history of Gippsland’s Jordan goldfield. Tomlin, Owen F.; Bosa, Marysusan and Nannine by the lake: a story of the first town on the Chamberlain, Peter G. 994.56 GIP Murchison goldfields. Heydon, P. R. 994.13 HEY
A history of Shepparton: showing its earliest development To the Bar bonded: a history of early Marble Bar. Mallett, and subsequent progress, also topical items of interest, Kathleen. 994.13 MAL 1934. James, William Sandry. CD 4556
In their own words: an account of the first harbour BRITISH INDIA infrastructure at Portland Bay, Victoria, from published Researching ancestors in the Indian Army, 1858-1947. news of the time. Hardy, Cecil James. 994.57 POR Bailey, Peter A. 355 BAI Kyabram. Bossence, William Henry. 994.54 KYA
Long Tunnel Extended Gold Mine, Walhalla, Victoria. ENGLAND GENERAL Griffiths, John B. 994.56 WAL Airmen died in the Great War: the Roll of Honour of the British and Commonwealth Air Services. Hobson, Chris. Melbourne Hospital patients, 824 Ward Books index, CD 4557 1855-1909. Genealogical Society of Victoria. CD 4794 The Family and Local History Handbook, omnibus 1-13. Monbulk, living in the Dandenongs, a social history. Blatchford, Robert and Blatchford, Elizabeth. CD 4792 Williams, Dorothy. 994.51 MON The Register of the Benedictine Schools for Girls at Ghent, Of sheep and men: a story of the flocks, the founders and Preston, Caverswall and Oulton, 1624-1969. 282 CAT descendants of Victoria’s Western Plains over a period of almost 200 years in Australian history. Notman, G. South Eastern railways: London, Chatham and Dover. Claud. 994.57 NOT Jeffs, Simon. 385 JEF
Records of the Castlemaine pioneers. Castlemaine Association Surrey and Sussex railways: London, Brighton and South of Pioneers and Old Residents. Second edition. 994.53 CAS Coast. Jeffs, Simon ENGLAND 385 JEF
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Tracing villains and their victims: a guide to criminal James Buckley’s Cash Book, 1729-1733. Edited by ancestors for family historians. Oates, Jonathan. 364 OAT Sutton, Jim. 942.71 SUT
Tracing your Church of England ancestors: a guide for CORNWALL family and local historians. Raymond Stuart A. 283 RAY Cornwall: England’s farthest south. Mee, Arthur. 942.37 MEE Tracing your Great War ancestors in the Egypt and Palestine campaigns: a guide for family historians. The history of the Town and Borough of Penzance. Poo, Hadaway, Stuart. MILITARY - ENGLAND 940.3 HAD P. A. S. 942.37 POO BEDFORDSHIRE CUMBERLAND Bedford and Ampthill Wesleyan Methodist Circuits: Brampton parish register transcriptions, baptisms; burials Volume One - baptisms, 1810-1849; Volume Two - and marriages; all 1813-1839. Bell, George. CD 4584; baptisms, 1850-1868 and marriages 1859-1868; Volume CD 4585 and CD 4618 Three - baptisms and marriages 1869-1888; Volume Four - baptisms 1889-1912 and marriages 1899-1912. Bartlett, Burgh by Sands, Beaumont, Grinsdale and Kirk Andrews Eileen and Bartlett, John. 287 BED by the Sea monumental inscriptions. CD 4592
BERKSHIRE Carlisle Christ Church, parish register transcriptions, Newbury and Chilton Pond turnpike records, 1766-1791. baptisms 1831-1841. CD 4587 Sims, Jeremy. 388.1 SIM Carlisle Christ Church, parish register transcriptions, Wantage Union miscellany. Bartlett, Eileen and Bartlett, burials 1831-1841. CD 4590 John. 365.3 WAN Carlisle St Cuthbert’s, parish register transcriptions, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE baptisms 1813-1819. CD 4586 Aylesbury Union miscellany: Volume Two, 1908-1912. Bartlett, Eileen and Bartlett, John. 365.3 AYL Carlisle St Cuthbert’s, parish register transcriptions, burials 1813-1818. CD 4589 High Wycombe All Saints Parish Church: marriages 1837-1860. Bartlett, Eileen; Bartlett, John and Hillier, Carlisle St Cuthbert’s, parish register transcriptions, Angela. 929.31 HIG marriages 1813-1839. CD 4588
High Wycombe Zion Baptist Church: Members and The ejected of 1662 in Cumberland and Westmorland, Minutes, 1832-1896. Bartlett, Eileen; Bartlett, John and their predecessors and successors: Volume II. Nightingale, Hillier, Angela. 929.31 HIG B. 274 NIG
The records of Chesham Town and hamlets: Volume Hayton parish register transcriptions, baptisms 1811- Three. Bartlett, Eileen; Bartlett, John and Hillier, Angela. 1839. Bell, George. CD 4591 929.36 CHE Hayton parish register transcriptions, burials 1811-1839. CAMBRIDGESHIRE Bell, George. CD 4564 Orwell parish register transcripts, baptisms 1570-1653, marriages 1560-1837, burials 1560-1653. CD 4607 Hayton parish register transcriptions, marriages 1811- 1841. Bell, George. CD 4619
CHESHIRE Kirkland parish register transcriptions, baptisms 1813- Cheshire- 152 history and parish register books. CD 1839. Bell, George. CD 4565 4580 [search catalogue for list of titles]
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Kirkland parish register transcriptions, burials 1813-1839. Dorset County Hospital staff database - all known staff, Bell, George. CD 4621 1841-1948. CD 4582
Kirkland parish register transcriptions, marriages 1813- DURHAM 1839. Bell, George. CD 4622 Cemeteries in County Durham. 929.32 DUR
Lanercost parish register transcriptions, baptisms 1813- Probate Index, 1701-1858, for Castle East Ward, Castle Ward, 1839. Bell, George. CD 4566 Castle West Ward and Castle Ward Newcastle. CD 4647
Lanercost parish register transcriptions, burials 1813- ESSEX 1839. Bell, George. CD 4620 Henham Congregational Church, baptisms 1806-1903. Hillier, Angela. 929.31 HEN Probate Index, 1701-1858, for Castle East Ward, Castle Ward, Castle West Ward and Castle Ward Newcastle. CD Maldon Union: Volume One - Workhouse births and deaths, 4647 1836-1861 and Volume Two - Workhouse births 1914-1917 and deaths 1866-1914.. Hillier, Angela. 365.3 MAL The Register of the Benedictine Schools for Girls at Ghent, Preston, Caverswall and Oulton, 1624-1969. The smuggler’s century: the story of smuggling on the ENGLAND 282 CAT Essex coast, 1730-1830. Benham, Hervey. 387 BEN
Warwick Bridge Roman Catholic baptisms 1766-1901. HAMPSHIRE CD 4601 Extracts from records in the possession of the Municipal Corporation of the Borough of Portsmouth records, and other Warwick Bridge Roman Catholic burials 1765-1901. CD documents relating thereto, 1891. East, Robert. CD 4638 4603 HERTFORDSHIRE Warwick Bridge Roman Catholic marriages 1769-1900. Hertfordshire Quarter Sessions transcriptions, 1588-1619. CD 4602 CD 4640
DEVON Herts marriage links, 1538-1837: including the Allen Cullompton Register of Bastardy Applications 1850- Marriage Index. Allen, Thomas Frederick. CD 4639 1859. CD 4541 KENT Dartmoor’s War Prison and Church, 1805-1817. Kent parish registers, 1537-2000: Volume 21 - Boughton Stanbrook, Elisabeth. 365 STA under Blean, Burham, Canterbury, Garrison Chapel, Deal, Independent Chapel and St Andrew, Gravesend, Devon absent voters, Spring 1919 (excludes City of Exeter St George, Halling, St John, Hawkhurst, Higham, and City of Plymouth), and Wounded admitted to the Kilndown, Kingsdown (Deal), Luddenham, Lydd, VAD Hospital, Newton Abbott, 23rd April 1918 to 30th Maidstone, Holy Trinity and St Luke, New Romney, April 1919. CD 4558 Queenborough, Shepherdswell (Sibertswold), Sholden, Tudeley, Upper Hardres. CD 4593 Devon parish taxpayers, 1500-1650: Volume Two - Bere Ferrers to Chudleigh. Edited by Gray, Todd. 942.35 GRA South Eastern railways: London, Chatham and Dover. Jeffs, Simon. ENGLAND 385 JEF Greycoat School, Plymouth, records 1735-1972. CD 4608 Testamenta Cantiana: a series of extracts from Fifteenth Dorset absent voters list, 1918-1919: personnel who were and Sixteenth Century wills relating to church building not at home during the 1918 general election. CD 4561 and topography in West Kent. CD 4610
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LANCASHIRE Toller Congrgational Church, Kettering: Volume One - The Register of the Benedictine Schools for Girls at baptisms 1717-1787 and burials 1736-1787 and Volume Ghent, Preston, Caverswall and Oulton, 1624-1969. Two - baptisms 1788-1873 and burials 1788-1867. ENGLAND 282 CAT Bartlett, Eileen and Bartlett, John. 929.31 KET LINCOLNSHIRE NORTHUMBERLAND A history of Bourne. Birkbeck, J. D. 942.53 BIR Alnham St Michael, baptisms 1813-1839, marriages 1813-1851 and burials 1787-1851 index. Bell, George. Horncastle Cemetery burial registers, 1888-2006. CD CD 4643 4641 Alnwick St Paul marriages 1846-1852, Alnwick Ebenezer Lincolnshire and Rutland - 62 history and parish register Unitarian Meeting House baptisms 1817-1831 and books. CD 4581 [search catalogue for list of titles] Alnwick Sion Meeting House baptisms 1848-1901, marriages 1850-1901 and burials 1878-1901 index. Lincolnshire Poor Law index: Horncastle Union Yellowley, C. CD 4644 Workhouse, Part Six, 1875-1882, extracts from the Minutes of the Board of Guardians. 365.3 LIN Alwinton St Michael baptisms and marriages 1813-1851, burials 1787-1851 and Dissenters births 1719-1836 Lincolnshire Poor Law index: Stamford Union index. Bell, George. CD 4645 Workhouse, Part Twelve, 1871-1873, extracts from the minutes of the Board of Guardians. 365.3 LIN Bedlington St Cuthbert marriages 1813-1839 and Presbyterian baptisms 1845-1899. Bell, George. CD Westwold Deanery monumental inscriptions: churchyards 4646 and cemeteries in Westwold Deanery, including North Kelsey and East & West Barkwith. CD 4562 Northumberland - 87 history and parish register books. CD 4576 [search catalogue for list of titles] Yarborough Deanery baptisms and burials index, 1754- 1812. CD 4642 Probate Index, 1701-1858, for Castle East Ward, Castle Ward, Castle West Ward and Castle Ward Newcastle. CD 4647 LONDON Bradshaw’s guide through London and its environs: the NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Metropolis and its vicinity for thirty miles round, 1861. Nottinghamshire - 46 history and parish register books. Blanchard, E. L. Revised by Jackson, H. Kains. 914.21 CD 4575 [search catalogue for list of titles] BRA OXFORDSHIRE The burial register of St Mary Moorfields, London, 1819- Calendars of prisoners tried at Oxford Quarter Sessions 1853. 929.32 CAT and Assize Courts, 1836-1839 and Calendars of prisoners tried at Oxford Quarter Sessions and Assize Courts, 1840- South Eastern railways: London, Chatham and Dover. 1842. Richmond, Carol 364 RIC Jeffs, Simon ENGLAND 385 JEF Oxfordshire Constabulary recruitment register, 1863- Surrey and Sussex railways: London, Brighton and South 1878 and Oxfordshire Constabulary recruitment register,
Coast. Jeffs, Simon ENGLAND 385 JEF 1878-1904. Richmond, Carol. 363.2 RIC NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Northamptonshire - 28 history and parish register books. CD 4578 [search catalogue for list of titles]
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SHROPSHIRE Mayford Industrial School admissions 1895-1907. CD 4634 Lichfield miscellany: Wills 1473-1960 (some transcripts of wills, others Probate Register entries); some Bishops Princess Mary Village Homes, pupils 1870-1890. CD 4636 Transcripts of baptisms 1666-1839, marriages 1684-1832 and burials 1679-1873; some Parish Register transcripts Royal Philanthropic Society School, Redhill, register of of baptisms 1561-1832, marriages 1587-1823 and burials admissions, 1788-1907. CD 4637 1638-1835; some Census extracts 1841-1871. CD 4559 Surrey and Sussex railways: London, Brighton and South SOMERSET Coast. Jeffs, Simon. ENGLAND 385 JEF Somerset - 34 history and parish register books. CD 4574 [search catalogue for list of titles] Wesleyan Methodist Metropolitan Registry 1818-1840, extracts for Surrey. CD 4599 STAFFORDSHIRE An historical atlas of Staffordshire. Edited by Phillips, A. Woking, St Peter’s Memorial Home, patients 1885-1908. D. M. and Phillips, C. B. 912 PHI CD 4635
The Register of the Benedictine Schools for Girls at SUSSEX Ghent, Preston, Caverswall and Oulton, 1624-1969. Cheam Examinations of the Poor 1789 1810 index. CD ENGLAND 282 CAT 4600 SURREY Chichester Archdeaconry depositions, 1603-1608. Edited Camberwell St Giles, apprenticeship records 1802-1817 by Wilkinson, Peter M. 283 WIL index. CD 4598 Surrey and Sussex railways: London, Brighton and South
Chertsey Poor Law Union, admission and discharge Coast. Jeffs, Simon. ENGLAND 385 JEF books. CD 4623 WARWICKSHIRE Croydon Wesleyan Chapel, North End, baptisms 1829- Coventry pawnbrokers tickets transcriptions, 1915-1923. 1838, burials 1831-1847 index. CD 4597 CD 4069
Dorking Poor Law Union, application and report books. WESTMORLAND CD 4624 The ejected of 1662 in Cumberland and Westmorland, their predecessors and successors: Volume II. Nightingale,
Ewell enclosure map 1802 and Award images 1803. CD B. CUMBERLAND 274 NIG 4793 WILTSHIRE Farnham Poor Law Union minute books, 1872-1910. CD Chippenham burials 1577-1837: Parish Register and 4614 Bishop’s Transcript transcription and index. 929.32 CHI
Godstone Poor Law Union application and report books. The Manor of Hilmarton and Goatacre: summary and CD 4615 index of court records, 1749-1890. 333.16 WIL
Guildford Infirmary, deaths 1933-1939. CD 4625 Marlborough Saint Mary burials 1581-1837: Parish Register and Bishop’s Transcript transcriptions and index. Guildford Workhouse, births 1866-1910. CD 4626; 929.32 MAR deaths 1887-1914. CD 4627 Salisbury St Thomas burials 1530-1837: Parish Register Hambledon Poor Law Union minute books, 1836-1910. and Bishop’s Transcript trasncriptions and index. 929.32 CD 4613 SAL
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YORKSHIRE In Morse code: tracing the family histories of James, 1805 Survey of the residents and houses, lands or Charles and Edwin Morse, who migrated to Van Diemen’s tenements in Beverly. CD 4570 Land between 1852 and 1855. Dyer, Alan F. MORSE
Beverlac, the antiquities and history of the town of Margaret Flockton, a fragrant memory. Wilson, Louise. Beverly. Poulson, George. CD 4571 FLOCKTON
Beverley, Cartwright Lane (Minster) Old Burial Ground, The Morning Star story [Gillett family]. Wuttke, Anne. monumental inscriptions: Part 2. 929.32 BEV GILLETT
Driffield Cemetery monumental inscriptions: includes Orange blossoms and obituaries: the early Corop-Wanalta Driffield Baptist Cemetery and Driffield Independent Furphys and their kin. Hepburn, Elsa. FURPHY Church Cemetery. Petch, Della. CD 4612 Philip Leigh, an intresting life. Wuttke, Anne. LEIGH Halifax Parish Church monumental and other inscriptions. Edited by Crossley, E. W. CD 4649 A picture of Pitchers: tales of a diaspora. Crocker, Robyn. PITCHER Henry Woledge’s East Riding Quarter Sessions Settlement & Removals, 1647-1861. Woledge, Henry. CD 4187 Pioneer brothers Henry and John Muller: their heritage Yorkshire East Riding - 51 history and parish register and descendants, 1715-2015. Fleming, Margaret E. and books. CD 4579 [search catalogue for list of titles] Dickson, Marie. MULLER
Yorkshire northern West Riding - 69 history and parish A publican’s life in early Sydney: Charles James Bullivant, register books. CD 4573 [search catalogue for list of titles] Ensign, 46th Regiment. Miller, Margaret J. and Thom, Grahame. BULLIVANT Yorkshire southern West Riding - 93 history and parish register books. CD 4572 [search catalogue for list of titles] The Schleswig-Holstein connection: a Kronk family history. Kronk, Eric. KRONK FAMILY HISTORIES At the toss of a coin he came to Australia: a family history Scholarly scoundrel, Laurence Hynes Halloran: fake, and the story of George Robertson Pirie. McKernan, forger and father, Australia’s pioneer headmaster. Anne. PIRIE Worthington, Jan. HALLORAN
The Baggotts from Herbertstown. Vines, Margaret. Sought after ancestors: ancestors and descendants of Mary BAGGOTT Elizabeth McPherson, 1857-1922. Cooen, Beverly J. McPHERSON The complete history of Arthur and Rose: the Martin, Jacka, Crougey and Coombe families in Cornwall and Two Crosses, Ephraim and Jack, a proletarian history: South Australia. Edwards, Tony and Edwards, Wendy. including life in the unusual village of Armagh, 1840 to MARTIN 1910; as well as on Bungaree Station after 1860. Cross, Jack. CROSS A Cornish songline. Gribben, Robert W. GRIBBEN “You can’t turn the clock back” the story of Wilfred Hirst The family of Captain Henry Miller: from Ulster to and Edna Senior, their forebears and descendants. Hirst,
Australia, a journey. Cunnington, Bronwyn MILLER Dale. HIRST
Further Furphiania and early local happenings. Hepburn, Elsa. FURPHY
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IRELAND GENERAL SLIGO Ireland, Province of Ulster - 74 history and parish register Down Harmony Hill: Sligo’s past remembered. Feehily, books and 51 for Ireland in general. CD 4577 [search Padraic. 941.72 FEE catalogue for list of titles] WICKLOW Irish born men who enlisted at Glasgow and who died in Arklow Roman Catholic Church, christening records the Great War. 940.3 IRI index, 1818-1961 and marriage records index, 1728- 1899. Leonard, Peggy. CD 4616 and CD 4617 The lives of illustrious and distinguished Irishmen, from the earliest times to the present period, arranged in NEW ZEALAND chronological order, and embodying a history of Ireland Airmen died in the Great War: the Roll of Honour of the in the lives of Irishmen. Volume VI, Part 1, 1845. Edited British and Commonwealth Air Services. Hobson, Chris. by Wills, James. CD 4632 CD 4557
The railways of Ireland. Christopher, John and Emigrants to other New Zealand ports, 1872 ‐ McCutcheon, Campbell IRELAND 385 CHR 1884: Canterbury and Lyttleton, Christchurch, Hawkes Bay, Invercargill, Marlborough, Napier, Nelson, New ANTRIM Plymouth, Otago/Bluff, Picton, Timaru, Westland. A brief history of Knock, Belmont and Strandtown and Mitchell, Julie and Parker, Christine. CD 4631 the people who lived there. Haines, Keith. 941.67 HAI Government Gazettes 1876, 1877, 1878, 1880, 1881, DUBLIN CD 4693; and 1882, 1883, 1886, CD 4694 Calendar of ancient records of Dublin, in the possession of the Municipal Corporation of that City. Volume IV, 1894. Gilbert, John T. CD 4633 SCOTLAND GENERAL Discover Scottish land records. Second edition. Paton, FERMANAGH Chris. 333.16 PAT All our yesterdays, Kesh Primary School: Kesh County Primary School and the schools of the parishes of ABERDEENSHIRE Drumkeeran and Magheraculmoney. Cunningham, John Bygone Carirnbulg, Inverallochy and St Combs. Buchan, B. 372 CUN Jim. 941.232 BUC
GALWAY Bygone Fraserburgh. Buchan, Jim. 941.232 BUC Connemara Railway. Villiers-Tuthill, Kathleen. 385 VIL Old Rhynie. Kemp, John. 941.232 KEM MAYO Ballintubber families down the years: a study of ANGUS Ballintubber families based on the 1911 Census. Old Dundee. Eunson, Eric. 941.27 EUN Geraghty, Margaret. 929.35 GER AYRSHIRE Through Fagan’s gates: the parish and people of Castlebar Ayr as it was. Young, Alex F. and Reid, Denholm T. down the ages. Higgins, Tom. 941.5 HIG 941.46 YOU
OFFALY Catrine then and now. Stenlake, Richard. 941.46 STE History of Ballyboy, Kilcormac and Killoughy. Shaw, Old Mauchline and Tarbolton. Hood, John. 941.46 Andrew. 941.86 SHA HOO
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BANFFSHIRE WALES Old Aberlour. Dyer, Fraser. 941.24 DYE BRECONSHIRE CAITHNESS Libanus Chapel memorial inscriptions. CD 4551 Memories of Caithness. Uncles, Christopher J. 941.469 UNC GLAMORGANSHIRE Llangynnwyd St Cynnwyd, parish register transcriptions DUNBARTONSHIRE and monumental inscriptions. CD 4560 Bygone Clydebank. Hood, John. 941.425 HOO MERIONETHSHIRE Brymawr Municipal Cemetery, burials 1854-1932. CD FIFE 4650 Old Elie and Earlsferry. Eunson, Eric. 941.29 EUN MONMOUTHSHIRE LANARKSHIRE Chepstow Registration District, registers of baptisms and Bygone Lesmahagow. Affleck, Tom. 941.469 AFF burials, 1813-1900, of the parishes in the old County of Monmouthshire. CD 4651 and CD 4652 Bygone Maryhill. Hutton, Guthrie. 941.469 HUT RADNORSHIRE Dunsyre Churchyard monumental inscriptions and Cascob, St Michael, Radnorshire, monumental mortcloths. 929.32 DUN inscriptions. CD 4552
Elvanfoot and Troloss graveyards (Crawford) monumental Llanyre St Llyr; Newbridge-on-Wye All Saints and inscriptions. 929.32 ELV Baptist Chapel of Pentref; Howey Providence Chapel, Radnorshire, monumental inscriptions. CD 4553 The Gorbals, an illustrated history. Eunson, Eric. 941.443 EUN
Leadhill Burying Ground and Cemetery monumental inscriptions. 929.32 LEA
Old Anniesland to Knightswood: with Broomhill, Jordanhill and Scotstounhill. Malcolm, Sandra. 941.443 MAL
Shotts death records: A to G; H to O; P to Y. 929.31 SHO MIDLOTHIAN Old Portobello. Mekie, Margeorie. 941.35 MEK RENFREWSHIRE Pictorial history of Paisley. Rowand, David. 941.441 ROW WIGTOWNSHIRE Old Newton Stewart. Pettigrew, David. 941.495 PET
Old Wigtownshire. Hunter, Jack. 941.495 HUN
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