Quarterly Journal of The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc Getting it write Research Corner The Minutia of Past Lives Finding Places in Victoria VOLUME 34 ISSUE 2 JUNE 2018 $15.00 ISSN 0044-8222 The Rose Millions Kate Considine: never a mother always a carer Richard Jose: four times returned to England Cornish Coincidence Love Eternal How to: Guide to Researching NSW Records – Part 1 Early English Discussion Circle Discover a world of family history The Genealogical Society of Talks Victoria Inc DDNANA andand familyfamily history:history: DDNANA testtest – shouldshould I dodo it?it? by Jenny Redman This is an introductory presentation for people thinking about doing a DNA test. It considers the various reasons for testing Tuesday 19 June 10.00am – 11.30am DNA and will explain the different types of tests and testing companies, and what the results will tell you. It will explain what is involved in providing DNA samples, who should take the tests and privacy issues. It will also explain how to Bookings essential develop a family tree to use with your DNA results. GSV Members $7.50 RHSV/CAV/FHC $22.50 This presentation will help you decide whether you want to Non-members $30.00 do DNA testing and the most appropriate test to take. DDNANA andand familyfamily history:history: UUsingsing yyourour AAncestryncestry DNADNA teststests This presentation is for beginners in DNA who are by Alan Rhodes not sure how to use their Ancestry DNA results. It is intended for people who already have their Ancestry Tuesday 17 July 10.00am – 11.30am DNA results or who have tested and are waiting for their results. It will explain some DNA basics and the various Bookings essential results you receive. The focus is understanding your GSV Members $7.50 Ancestry DNA matches. It will describe various methods RHSV/CAV/FHC $22.50 to use your results to extend your family history. Non-members $30.00 After attending this presentation you will understand your Ancestry DNA results and how to use them in your family history research. Bookings in person, via website, email or phone ¢www.gsv.org.au ¢[email protected] J(03) 9662 4455 CORRESPONDENCE The Editor, Ancestor, The Genealogical Society of Victoria, Level 6, 85 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Phone: (03) 9662 4455 or Quarterly Journal of The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc. email: [email protected] Volume 34 Issue 2 / June 2018 EDITORIAL TEAM Barbara Beaumont – chairperson Bill Barlow Sue Blackwood Margaret Vines As autumn turns to Winter, we hope you have somewhere nice and cosy to settle Martin Playne down and enjoy the off erings in the issue of Ancestor. Jenny Redman Jeanette Wickham To assist you with your research, we continue the series of Research Guides; CREATIVE this time it is Part One of New South Wales, written by Louise Wilson. In Jeanette Wickham Research Corner Meg gives some great tips about fi nding the signifi cant places in your Victorian ancestors’ lives. PRINTER Blue Star Print Vic As always, there are interesting stories submitted by our readers. Not many CONTRIBUTIONS nineteenth century migrants would have made the journey to Australia and We welcome the submission of articles back to England four times. Margaret Dimech tells us about how Richard on family history topics for possible publication. Jose did just that. On the third occasion he left behind his wife and children, then started a new relationship which resulted in a further fi ve children in The editors reserve the right to edit or abridge articles to meet space Australia. Nowadays we might dream of winning Tattslotto, but in the early constraints and editorial considerations. 1900s, members of the Rose family were dreaming of the millions of pounds Submissions should be the work of the they believed were hidden away in Chancery in England. Jenny Deslandes author submitting the article and should recounts their eff orts to access them. We know that women’s stories are often not have been published elsewhere harder to uncover that those of men, but Claire Dunlop has traced the life story unless agreed. All material should be submitted in electronic format to of her ancestor Kate Considine, whose selfl ess care made a big diff erence to [email protected] other members of her extended family. Again the First World War casts its long Please submit text as Microsoft™ Word shadow – John Barry’s story concerns the doomed love of two young people doc or docx fi les. Printed papers will not from that time. 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The four-day Congress was an immense easily make small video clips featuring a family success and the sponsor, the Australasian member or a family heirloom. Instead of talking Federation of Family History Organisations about your ancestors at the family gathering, and the organisers, the Society of Australian show them the video clips you have created. Genealogists, are to be congratulated for the Better still, ask the younger members of the family organisation and conduct of the event. to help create the videos as a way to foster their interest in their family history. All the speakers were excellent but I thought I would refer to three sessions that caught Lisa also demonstrated how to use Google Earth my attention. The fi rst was a presentation by Pro, now a free app, to create maps of the places Thom Reed, the Global Outreach Manager of occupied by your ancestors. She showed how easy FamilySearch International. You will be aware it is to fi nd period maps of an area and overlay that the GSV is now an accredited FamilySearch these on to the modern Google Earth maps. The library and that we are able to view at our Centre resultant maps have an opacity slider to enable digitised records that are normally only available you to move between the modern map and the at FamilySearch libraries. Thom outlined the older overlaid map. continuation of their massive digitisation project, provided an update to recently introduced You can read about Lisa’s techniques on her changes to their family history software program website www.lisalouisecooke.com and on her and demonstrated their recently released apps for blog Genealogy Gems. mobile devices. I recommend that you visit the www.familysearch.org website to read about these apps. RootsTech The RootsTech 2018 Congress, hosted by FamilySearch International, was held in Salt Secondly, three academic historians combined Lake City in early March this year. The Congress to deliver two sessions where they encouraged endeavours to highlight innovations in the fi eld of family historians to closely examine their family history research and attracts well-known ancestors to better place them in context of the speakers and many sponsors and exhibitors. The time and place in which they resided. Using the keynote addresses and many of the presentations bounty migration schemes as examples, they are recorded and posted to their website exhorted the audience to question why their www. Presentations from previous ancestors migrated and why to Australia. Ask the rootstech.org years are also available.