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Genealogy Notes Archives: July 2001
Thursday,12 July, 2001
A reunion and family gathering is being held on the 29TH SEPTEMBER 2001 at ST. PETERS CHURCH HALL, RICHMOND, New South Wales to celebrate the marriage of ELIZABETH CELEY and JOHN ROGERS.
Elizabeth Celey arrived in Australia on the "Britannia" on 18/7/1798. She married John Rogers on 29/10/1798 at Parramatta. John arrived on the "Neptune" on 28/6/1790.
Their children were:
ELIZABETH who married JOB WILSON on 19/11/1814.
MARY who was partner to GEORGE TURNER.
CHARLOTTE who married JOHN BARWICK on 6/6/1848.After John Rogers died in 1806, Elizabeth married ROBERT RICHARDSON on 10/6/1811.
Their children were:
CATHERINE who married BENJAMIN HANSLOW on 14/1/1828.
PETER who married ELVIRA TREE on 10/9/1838.
As well as ELIZA and HARRIETT.ALL DESCENDANTS OF THESE PEOPLE ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.... [more]
Posted by Greg Harper @ 09:26 AM AEST [Link]
Thursday,5 July, 2001
Anthony Staunton recently posted the following in the soc.genealogy.australia+nz newsgroup (and Rootsweb mailing list).
From: "Anthony Staunton" <<anthony.staunton@pcug.org.au>
Subject: Honours and Awards
Date: Wednesday, 4 July 2001 1:30 AMI am pleased to announce that the Australian War Memorial has published my database on Imperial Honours and Awards. It can be found at www.awm.gov.au under datsbases. My aim was to give an authority for Australian awards. I look forward to feedback.
Anthony Staunton
INTRODUCTION TO HONOURS AND AWARDS (GAZETTED)
This database provides details of approximately 47,000 honours and awards to Australians while on active service with Australian forces in these conflicts:
* Boer War
* World War 1
* World War 2
* Korean War
* Malayan Emergency
* Indonesian Confrontation and
* Vietnam War [more]Posted by Greg Harper @ 09:48 AM AEST [Link]
Tuesday,3 July, 2001
Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages has released two new microfiche indexes:
* Qld death indexes 1945-1949 ($60 + $6 GST)
* Qld Federation Index: BDMs 1890-1914 ($350 + $35 GST).Note that the Federation Index is not yet available on CD-ROM.
Posted by Greg Harper @ 01:00 AM AEST [Link]
MudCreek Software has recently released V1.05 of GENViewer.
According to the author, GENViewer is the fastest way to view and analyze your genealogy information. GENViewer is a Windows based application that is used to view and analyze GEDCOM and PAF 3, 4 and 5 genealogy files. With GENViewer, you can search and view dozens of files in minutes. A version which supports LEGACY files is available from Legacy's Website.
If you've downloaded a number of GEDCOM files from FamilySearch or Ancestry.com, then this GEDCOM viewer will help. [more]
Posted by Greg Harper @ 12:29 AM AEST [Link]
