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2 2010 June Newsletter 2009 December Newsletter.Qxd June. 2010 Vol. 10 No. 2 This photograph was submitted by member Betty Smith of Mildura marked across the football INSIDE THIS EDITION M.H.S. (Mildura High School or possibly Merbein London Research 2 High School) and dated 1926. Sinking of the Titan 3 We would be interested in putting names to the Accessing 19th Century Vic Police Records 4-5 faces of these players. Nomination form for officebearers 6 Court house visit, Latter Day Saints visit 7 Editor can be contacted on The Tayleur Disaster 8-9 [email protected] Talbot family of Malahide, Ireland 10-12 or drop names into the society rooms. Thomas family reunion 13 Latest library additions 14 Result to March Newsletter Puzzle School photographs 15 Elizabeth Hayden was married to John Stewart Cousins killed in action 16 Victorian Police deaths 17 Society has a new Secretary Murray River lock builders 18-19 New member Naomi Burke has agreed to Research Queries 19 become the new Secretary of the Mildura & District Mildura & District Genealogical Society webpage www.rootsweb.com/~ausmgs/ Genealogical Society. Welcome Naomi. Mildura & District Genealogical Society Inc. P.O. Box 2895 Mildura, Victoria 3502 Email: [email protected] London Research with Eleanor Pugsley of the Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc. London Records rather than in the workhouse infirmary. The registers The many family historians researching ancestors recorded information about the births and baptisms that in London have greeted with great joy the release on occurred at these institutions. Ancestry.co.uk of indexed baptisms, marriages and Poor law generally refers to poor individuals such burials from Church of England parish registers and as the elderly, orphaned, unemployed or sick and Board of Guardian Poor Law records in the greater afflicted. These individuals were eligible to receive London area held at London Metropolitan Archives help such as monetary relief and other daily necessities and Guildhall Library Manuscripts, London. To locate such as food, clothing, and work. Children could be these records on Ancestry, click on the drop down appointed to apprenticeships or placed into schools and heading Search — card catalogue — put “London” in other institutions. Poor law records include registers of the keyword search. creed, school, apprentices, servants, children, and Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 inmates, among others. There are even records of the The Board of Guardian records cover the years families of aliens interned in World War I. There is not 1834-1906 while the parish registers cover the years a comprehensive name index for these records and 1813-1906. In addition to birth and baptismal records, hence you will need to search by place. churching records have also been included in this data Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 collection. Churching is a rite or ceremony in which a This data collection contains images only, of bap- woman recovering from childbirth is brought to the tism and burial records 1538-1812 and marriages church to receive blessings and prayers. This ceremo- 1538-1753 for more than 10,000 Church of England ny was not always formally recorded, but when it was, registers from the Greater London area. Names in these it was often recorded on baptismal registers. records have not yet been indexed. To search these Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 records use the card catalogue keyword search using The marriage ceremony usually took place in the “London” and the category Births, Deaths and bride’s parish. From 1754, marriage was either by Marriages. banns or by license — except for Jews and Quakers. If To use these records effectively, it is essential to married by banns, the couple was required to announce know the borough covering the parish or parishes in or publish their intention to marry for three consecutive which you are searching. There is an excellent listing Sundays. If no one objected to the intended marriage, of places and parishes in London boroughs on the web- then the couple was allowed to marry. Just because site of the London Metropolitan Archives. To use the banns were published does not guarantee the marriage Library catalogue for a direct link to the site, type actually took place. Couples usually married by license “London boroughs” in th topic box and “Internet” in if they did not want to wait the required three weeks for the call number or format box. the publication of banns, or if the bride and groom Marriages Licences, 1521-1869 lived in different dioceses. Marriage by license was Ancestry also has an index and images of London also common with the upper classes. Marriage Licences 1521-1869 edited by John Foster. Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 Specifically the records come from t he following Parish registers are covering a span of years 1813- offices and cover the following years. 1980 and the Board of Guardian records cover the Bishop of London’s Office (1521-1828). years 1834-1906. Dean and Chapter of Westminster’s Office (1599- You will need to refer to the National Index of 1699). Parish Registers, Volume 9, Part 5 for a listing of Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury London and Middlesex parishes and Volume 4, Part 1 (1543-1869). (Surrey) for Southwark, Lambeth etc. which is held on Vicar General’s Office of t he Archbishop of our reference shelf. Note that London and Middlesex Canterbury (1660-1679). are in two alphabetical sequences. London school admissions records to 1911 will be Poor Law Records added in the near future In 1834 the Poor Law Amendment Act was enact- ed. This law formed parishes into groups called Unions. Each Union elected a Board of Guardians, Having problems with which was then responsible for the care of the poor, rather than the individual parishes. family research Poor law workhouses and infirmaries kept lots of Contact Thelma & June at records, among them registers of births and baptisms. [email protected] In many London and Middlesex poor law unions or parishes the maternity ward was in the workhouse 2 BelieveBelieve itit oror notnot —— Sinking of the Titan On April 14, 1912, the huge “unsinkable” liner Even though this book is fictional, the events in the Titanic was steaming across the Atlantic towards story parellel the events of Titanic. Both ships were New York. This was Titanic’s maiden voyage, and built to be unsinkable. Both ships sank after striking an her captain was encouraged to break the record for iceberg. Both ships were on their maiden voyage. The speed while making the voyage. most well heeled and famous people were on the Titan As most people know, after striking an iceberg, the and Titanic. Only one third of the passengers on each unsinkable liner went down in a matter of hours. Out of ship survived. Both ships had an inadequate number of the 2201 passengers, only 711 were saved. lifeboats. Both ships were encouraged to break speed Since then, there have been many books and records during their voyage. movies about Titanic . Robertson’s book, The Wreck of the Titan was There was one fictional story written by a merchant never published. Each time it was rejected by editor’s, seaman by the name of Morgan Robertson. they told him the same thing. The story was unbeliev- Robertson’s book was about an unsinkable passenger able. Surely the events he wrote of could not possibly liner that sank on its maiden voyage carrying the elite ha-ppen to an unsinkable ship. people of the time. The ship in Robertson’s book was The book, The Wreck of the Titan was written in called the Titan and the book was titled Wreck of the 1898, fourteen years before Titanic hit an iceberg and Titan. settled on the bottom of the North Atlantic. THE MILDURA & DISTRICT GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Inc. A002391P Founded 1978 Carnegie Centre, 74 Deakin Ave. P.O. Box 2895, Mildura 3502 Telephone (03) 5022 0172 Email: [email protected] www.rootsweb.com/~ausmdgs/ President Graeme Butler (03) 5024 3986 Membership Benefits:- Vice Pres. Barry Adams (03) 5023 2751 Free use of library. Secretary Naomi Burke (03) 5023 5245 Receive quarterly Newsletter. Minute Free research queries published in Newsletter. Secretary Helen Stagg (03) 5021 2433 Treasurer Malcolm Williams (03) 5027 4591 Meetings:- Ist Monday of month except January and Librarian Lyn Grant (03) 5023 6753 December. Research Thelma Bock (03) 5024 5330 June Greatz (03) 5023 2837 Library Hours:- Editor Robin Parker (03) 5027 6307 Monday 11.00am-4.00pm Asst. Editor Ron Oxley (03) 5023 1041 Tuesday 11.00am-4.00pm N’letter Wednesday 11.00am-4.00pm Reviewer Lynn Grant (03) 5023 6753 Thursday Closed Public Officer Kaylene Charles (03) 5021 4763 Friday Closed Webmaster Flo Carruthers (03) 5023 7544 Saturday 11.00am-4.00pm Carnegie Centre Rep. 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