May - 2007 - Volume 11 Issue 4
The Ghost
Volume 11 Issue 4
Editors: David Beddie & Michael Murphy
E-Mail: maged@cdfhs-aus.com
April 2007
Official Newsletter of the Campbelltown District Family History Society.
Website: www.cdfhs-aus.com
Campbelltown District Family History Society
ABN 88 944 738 687
Meetings held on the First Saturday of each month (except January)
Place: In the Meeting Room, Campbelltown Library.
Time: 1.30 pm
ALL WELCOME
Annual Membership
Subscriptions:
Single...............$20
Couple...............$30
Name Badges..........$5.50 ea
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Campbelltown District FHS Inc - Meetings and Events
May, 2007
Saturday 5th - Meeting
Marianne McKinnon-Kidd - Aboriginal Interests.
Friday 11th - Street Stall - Lithgow St.
June, 2007
Saturday 2nd - Meeting
George Gibbson from The National Trust - Cemetery Master List
July, 2007
Saturday 7th - Meeting
AGM. No speaker.
August, 2007
Saturday 4th - Meeting
Trevor Edwards - Shale in Walcan Valley
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Denise's Social Column
The Campbelltown Show went off well, thank you to all the volunteers who manned the stall.
Our trip to Goulburn on Wednesday 2nd May, had to be cancelled due to me having to attend a funeral in Batemans Bay, on that day. We will be arranging another day at this meeting, so if anyone is interested in going this time, please let me know.
The Street Stall is on this month, it's Friday 11 May, in Lithgow St, anyone wanting to volunteer a few hours or donate items to sell, it would be much appreciated.
I am now taking money for tickets to our next Theatre Night, To Kill A Mocking Bird, on Saturday 16th June at 8pm. The first 12 to pay will be in row A.
Denise.
social@cdfhs-aus.com
See photo attached of Our Secretary (Pam) in the Pillory at the Show.
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Originality is the art of concealing your sources.
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Websites of Interest
* Pictures of England
http://www.picturesofengland.com/
Searchable database of England, with pictures & history of over 35,000 towns & villages. A guestbook for requesting genealogy help. Historic maps are included.
* Family History Resources - NZ
http://fhr.kiwicelts.com/
Mainly New Zealand resources.
Includes a unique complete list of New Zealand Cemeteries plus a map showing their locations.
* Bath BMD
http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/
The Register Office in the district of Bath and North East Somerset, England, holds records of local births, marriages and deaths back to the start of civil registration in 1837.
Independent volunteers, are collaborating with the local Registration Service to make the indexes to these records freely searchable via the Internet.
* Monaro Pioneers
http://www.monaropioneers.com/index.html
The histories of over 700 Monaro Pioneering Dynasties have now been published on this site.
* Free BMD
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records.
* Free Census
http://freecen.rootsweb.com/
This project aims to provide a "free-to-view" online searchable database of the 19th century UK census returns.
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Australian Archives
Facts Sheets
Continuing the Facts sheets series:
Go to -
http://www.naa.gov.au/Publications/fact_sheets/fact_sheet_full_listing.html
Fact Sheet 31
Navy crew and ships records.
The National Archives' holdings include records containing information about members of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) who served as crew aboard RAN ships. To use these records effectively you will need to know the name of the vessel and the approximate period of service of the individual.
The best available source for crew details is the ships ledgers, which are held in Canberra in the record series A4624. The series ranges from 1912 to 1956. The Navy ceased to record crew information in this way after 1956.
There is additional information available at the Archives. Please access the following link for that information on this fact sheet.
http://www.publications.gov.au/index.php?gazettes
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Online Shop
We have an Online shop, where you can purchase books, charts, or CDs.
http://www.cdfhs-aus.com/catalog/index.php
Occupational Records in Australia. $24.50
A new title from this author, whose guides have won a deserved reputation for being good value for family historians. This one provides an alphabetically arranged guide to sources for a wide range of Australian occupations, trades and professions e.g. three pages of sources for publicans, arranged by State. 150 pages, softcover, A4.
by: Cora Num published by: Cora Num, 2003
Please Note: The above price includes $6.50 postage and handling on SINGLE ITEM orders only.
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NSW State Archives
Archives in Brief
Continuing the AIB series:
Go to -
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/archives_in_brief_542.asp
Archives in Brief 23
Land Grants prior to 1856.
This AIB provides a brief overview of the major sources held by State Records that relate to land grants prior to 1856.
An historical background is provided. Recommended reading.
The correspondence relating to land grants is mainly in the Colonial Secretary's papers. There are also registers and related records. Additional sources are from the Surveyor General's records.
Please review this AIB, if you are planning to visit State Archives.
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Workshop for Upgrading Skills
Sunday, 9th September 2007
Venue - Meeting Room No. 1, Campbelltown Library.
Time - 11.00 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.
Cost - $10.00 per head (this includes Morning & Afternoon Tea, own lunch to be provided)
As numbers are limited, it is advisable that if you wish to attend to book early.
Contact details:
Mrs. Denise Baxter
Social Secretary
Email - social@cdfhs-com.au
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Newsletter Archives
Some old copies of the Ghost Newsletter are now included on the website. Please go to:
http://www.cdfhs-aus.com/ghost.html
Additional back copies will be put on the site when available.
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Campbelltown & Airds Historical Society Inc
The historical society now has a website. Please go to this site and review.
http://www.cahs.com.au/
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Queensland Historical Indexes
Queensland now has historical BDM records on line.
http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/bdm/IndexSearch.htm
Births, Deaths and Marriages: 1829 to 1914 only.
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Ghostbuster Magazine
The closing date for submissions of articles for the July 2007 issue of the Ghostbusters magazine is Saturday 26th May.
If anyone has any articles that they want to include, please either email those to me, or arrange to post to me.
Photographs are welcome.
Magazine Editor, CDFHS.
maged@cdfhs-aus.com
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Pruning the Family Tree is NOT permitted!
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Campbelltown District FHS Inc
Website and publications are sponsored by :
GENOTA
The Geneologist's notebook.
www.genota.com
and,
Campbelltown Trophies & Engraving
19 Blaxland Rd Campbelltown NSW 2560
ph: 02-4625 4389
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