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Genealogy Notes Archives: June 2001
Wednesday,27 June, 2001
The Future of the Transcription Service - 22 June 2001By Marbract Services
We had a meeting with the Registry on Friday 22 June, at which the future of the Transcription Service was discussed. There was overwhelming support for the long-term continuation of the service from Family History Groups and a recognition from the Registry that the service provides them with an additional way to meet client needs.
In the short term, it was agreed that everyone would welcome an arrangement whereby the Transcription Agents could continue to provide their services either by having access to the scanned images at the Registry, or by having access to the archived registers.
Alison Morgan, the Acting Registrar, has undertaken to investigate the possibility of putting such an arrangement in place. While there is no guarantee that access can be facilitated, it appeared that every effort would be made to have this happen. We were told that we would be advised within 2 weeks whether or not such a short term arrangement could be made. I am therefore hopeful that we will once again have access to the deaths but it could be a few weeks before it actually happens. Please keep an eye on our website where we will continue to advise clients of developments regarding this matter.
PS - We were also told at the meeting that the Marriage registers are due to be removed and sent to the archive sometime in July 2001.
Posted by Greg Harper @ 03:01 PM AEST [Link]
Saturday,23 June, 2001
The Maitland Family History Circle Inc.
ABN : 36 816 564 330are pleased to announce that they are accepting pre-orders for the Maitland Pre-1900 Pioneer Register until the 30th August 2001.
The Maitland Pre-1900 Pioneer Register is 489 pages and contains 1660 entries of biographical information on the pioneers of Maitland area and surrounds.
The Pioneer Register will cost $45 Australian dollars plus $6.40 packaging and postage Australia wide. Overseas postage on request.
All orders must be accompanied by the complete purchase price, including postage (where necessary). Make cheques payable to the Maitland Family History Circle Inc.
All orders to:The Secretary
Maitland Family History Circle Inc.
PO Box 247
MAITLAND NSW 2320Posted by Greg Harper @ 12:57 AM AEST [Link]
Friday,22 June, 2001
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.australia+nz
From: Peter Stewart (petrusfms@hotmail.com)
Subject: JURD REUNION 2001 - WOLLOMBI
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.australia+nz
Date: 2001-06-07 05:17:37 PSTA REUNION of the Descendants of DANIEL EDWARD and ELIZABETH JURD [nee Douglas] is being held at the
WOLLOMBI HALL
Maitland Road
WOLLOMBI NSWon SATURDAY 29 September 2001 from 10.00am till ?
[more]Posted by Greg Harper @ 10:33 AM AEST [Link]
Wednesday,20 June, 2001
On 30 Oct 1831 Summerland STANIFORD (1796 -1856 ) son of John STANIFORD and Elizabeth KIRSOP married Lydia CHAPPLE daughter of Thomas CHAPPLE and Lucretia Hunt PITFIELD in Axminster, Devon, England. They had 7 children all born in Plymouth -Nathaniel, Lydia Pitfield, Eliza, Mary Ann, Lucretia, Emma and Summerland.
Summerland and his family, except for Nathaniel, sailed from Plymouth on 04 April 1851 on the "Candahar" and arrived at Port Adelaide on 02 Dec 1851. Nathaniel had apparently come to Australia some 12 months earlier.
To celebrate the 150 anniversary of their arrival in Australia, we are planning to have a family reunion
When: Sunday September 30, 2001.
Where: Uniting Church Hall, Main Road, Summertown.
Time: 2:00 to about 5:00.
Any and all descendants and/or family connections are invited to attend.
Please eMail me directly for further information etc.
Michael Fitzgerald <<mjfitzgerald@picknowl.com.au>
[more]Posted by Greg Harper @ 02:49 PM AEST [Link]
A Reunion is to be held at Edithburgh on 29th July 2001 for desendants of immigrants who arrived in South Australia aboard the 'Marion' which was shipwrecked on Troubridge Shoal on 29th July 1851. For further information contact Peter Stockings, Secretary, Edithburgh Progress Association, P.O. Box 62, Edithburgh 5583 SA, Ph: (08) 8852 1319, e-mail sox@netyp.com.au
Posted by Greg Harper @ 02:39 PM AEST [Link]
Monday,18 June, 2001
ANDERSON FAMILY REUNION
A reunion for descendants of Donald Anderson and Margaret Dunbar will be held at Coffs Harbour, NSW on the 29th and 30th September 2001. Donald and Margaret arrived in Australia on the 10th May 1839 aboard the barque ship 'Asia'. They bought with them their children Ann (m. Micahel Carberry & Allan McLean), Samuel (m. Elizabeth Timbs), John (m. Barbara Sutter), Catherine (m. Henry Timbs) and Margaret, and were to later have a daughter Mary McIntyre (m. Levi Raison) in Sydney, before moving to the south coast. Many of their descendants have since spread along both the north and south coasts of NSW. There will also be a book launched during the weekend. Anyone who is interested in coming is asked to contact Kylie Anderson-Hoschke on (02) 6651 1497 or email ahoschke@ozemail.com.au
Tony Hoschke & Kylie Anderson-Hoschke
PO Box 1594
Coffs Harbour 2450
ahoschke@ozemail.com.auPosted by Greg Harper @ 10:14 PM AEST [Link]
Saturday,16 June, 2001
"Genealogical Publishing Company is proud to announce that the all-new Second Edition of Cyndi's List--THE BOOK is now available. Twice the size of the first edition (two big volumes instead of one!), Cyndi's List will help you prepare in advance for the time you spend doing your research online and, of course, will enable you to save money if you pay for your Internet connection by the minute. If you're accustomed to doing your research at a library or Family History Center terminal, you'll now be able to spend your limited time online in a productive manner by pre-screening the sites you want to visit. With the sudden and explosive growth of genealogy on the Internet, the possibilities for research have become almost endless, but Cyndi's List allows you to impose some useful controls on this exciting new phenomenon, turning the vast body of data on the Internet into a manageable research tool, one you can feel, touch, and read even when the power is turned off."
Source: Press release from Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland
Editors note: Have you bought this book? If so, leave a comment to tell other Australian genealogists what it is like? Did you buy it direct from USA or locally? Has it been of any help to your research? Leave a comment and tell us.
Posted by Greg Harper @ 10:19 PM AEST [Link]
Tuesday,12 June, 2001
CUST Family Reunion
On the 27th November, 1841, the first of nine CUST siblings, James (marr.Margaret McCULLOUGH), arrived in Victoria from Antrim, Ireland. They were Martha (marr.Andrew McDOWELL), John (marr.Annie BRANNIGAN), Robert (marr.Matilda Jane BARCLAY), Ellen (marr. John McCool RAINEY), Florinda Church (marr.David WILSON), William (marr.Alice GLASGOW), Thomas Church (marr.Mary Ann HAMILTON) and Alexander CUST (marr.Ann EVANS & Ellen FITZGERALD). All settled in the Warrnambool district.
A reunion will be held for their descendants at the Wannon Room Function Centre, Warrnambool on the 24th & 25th November 2001. Various activities are planned for the weekend and include morning and afternoon teas, lunch, dinner, displays and a cemetery tour.
Some descendants names are: [more]
Posted by Greg Harper @ 10:01 AM AEST [Link]
Sunday,10 June, 2001
Yes, those animated Simpsons have their ancestry researched. I found this site and thought it would be a fun one to show the children/grandchildren.
Posted by Greg Harper @ 09:36 PM AEST [Link]
Wednesday,6 June, 2001
Descendants of Biagio PAVLICH and Johannah WOOD are invited to attend a Reunion on the 28th October 2001, 9.30am to 4.30pm to celebrate the Anniversary of their Marriage which took place on 2nd November 1814 in the Tron Church Parish, Edinburgh, Scotland, to be held at Colonel Light Gardens Primary School Windsor Avenue, Colonel Light Gardens, South Australia, 5041.
Registration Form can be downloaded from:
http://www.malleenet.net.au/~helenl/registration.html [more]Posted by Greg Harper @ 05:14 PM AEST [Link]
Friday,1 June, 2001
2/19th BATTALION, AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES, WWII
by Bob Middleton rhmassociates@idx.com.au
I am compiling a database for all original members, Singapore Reinforcements, or anybody who was a member of the Australian Army's 2/19th Battalion during WWII. Did your grandfather, father, brother, cousin belong to this illustrious group of men who fought the Japanese army down the Malayan Peninsula until they were surrendered and became POWs? If you have information, I would only be too pleased to receive copies (papers, dairies, photos, anecdotes, etc.)
My interest lies in the fact that my uncle, Douglas Lindsay Cameron Middleton, was a member of this unit and did not survive the fighting on Singapore Island. I recently was able to photograph the grave markers for those who died as POWs in Borneo and who had known graves. These photographs can be seen at http://www.geocities.com/second19th/links.html along with other information on members that would be of interest to genealogists.
Source: Bob Middleton rhmassociates@idx.com.au. Previously published by Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Missing Links, Vol. 6, No. 22, 30 May 2001. RootsWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/
Posted by Greg Harper @ 10:53 PM AEST [Link]
