February - 2008 - Volume 12 Issue 1
The Ghost
Volume 12 Issue 1
Editors: David Beddie & Michael Murphy
E-Mail: maged@cdfhs-aus.com
February 2008
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
February, 2008
Saturday 2nd - General Meeting
Guest Speakers - Kathern & Norbert Gariety - What's New In Familysearch.org
March, 2008
Saturday 1st - General Meeting
Speaker to be advised.
Saturday 15th - Ingleburn Alive festival. Please come and help on our stall.
April, 2008
Saturday 5th - General Meeting
Guest Speaker - Allan Murrin - Organising & preserving Photo's & Documents.
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Denise’s Social Column
Welcome back to everyone, hope you all had a nice Christmas.
I have booked tickets for the performance of Calamity Jane, on Saturday 23rd February, at 8 pm at a cost of $16.50 pp. If you would like to go please give your name and money to Pam or Peter. These shows are always a wonderful night, so come along bring your family and friends and have a great time.
There is a Street Stall, on Friday 22nd February, in Lithgow Street, if you would like to volunteer to help out, please let me know.
Next months speaker {March}, TBA. As speakers are becoming a little harder to find, would the members be interested in having a return of a past speaker, and if so, which ones. Or if you know of a speaker you would like to have, please let Pam know or email me.
Please contact Denise for details at
social@cdfhs-aus.com or 4625 4946
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Libraries
This is the 3rd of a series on libraries of the world.
National Library of New Zealand
http://www.natlib.govt.nz/
Visit this site to see:
* Collections - ranging from National documentary heritage collections; Music; family history; manuscripts; national newspapers; and more.
* Catalogs & Directories - ranging from the main library catalog; Index NZ (articles published in NZ magazines & newspapers); library documents; and more.
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I'm always late. My ancestors must have arrived on the Juneflower.
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Websites of Interest
* Old maps of Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales.
http://www.oldmapsofscotland.com/
Handsome old county or shire maps of Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales for genealogy.
* England & Wales Registration Certificate Tutorials
http://www.thosedixons.net/certificates/indexbmd.html
Detailed discussion of each item of information on Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates in England & Wales, by a superintendent registrar of BDM of 20 years experience, specifically for family historians.
* Surname Research. Linking you to your lineage, surnames and Genealogy
http://www.surnameresearch.co.uk/
Surname Research contains access to thousands of surname and genealogy sites to help aid your family history research.
* National Hall of Records
http://www.nhor.org/
National Hall of Records is a source for online obituaries, death notices and tributes in USA.
* Mid-Kent Marriages Index 1754-1911
http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/
A searchable, online database of UK marriages celebrated in the seven mid-Kent registration districts of East Ashford, West Ashford, Cranbrook, Elham, Hollingbourne, Romney Marsh and Tenterden.
* Census Archives: UK & Ireland Genealogy Records & Ancestry Research
http://www.census-archives.co.uk/
Census Archives: Free & comprehensive genealogy records, links and research tools for UK & Ireland including full county parish listings.
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Australian Archives
Facts Sheets
Continuing the Facts sheets series:
Go to -
http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/index.aspx
Fact Sheet 63
Sources of information about military service.
This fact sheet provides information on sources of information for the following service records:
* Boer War
* World War I
* World War II
* Campaigns since WW II
* Permanent Military Force (1901 - 1940)
* RAN Service
You can contact the National Archives to ask about obtaining copies of these records.
Other sources of information:
* Medal entitlements
* Courts martial
* Citations, photographs, nominal and embarkation rolls, and unit diaries for WWI, WWII and later conflicts
* Deaths on war service
* War graves
* Online nominal rolls
* Pension entitlements
* British Army service
* Military customs and traditions
Please access the following link for that information on this fact sheet.
http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs63.aspx
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Seminar - 2008.
We will be holding a seminar on Saturday 17th May 2008.
We will advise Speakers and the rest of the program on the website and the March 2008 magazine, as well as in our newsletter. Please watch out for this as it promises to be an exciting event.
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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 45
Passengers departing from New South Wales
This AIB provides a brief overview of the major sources held by State Records that relate to passengers departing from New South Wales. State Records holds the official records of passengers departing from New South Wales. The earliest departure list is dated 1794 but, apart from the Ships musters, 1816-25, outward passenger lists were not regularly maintained until 1898.
Sources of information:
* Indexes - Index to ships' musters, 1816-25
* Select sources
* Colonial Secretary
* Shipping Master’s Office - Vessels and persons departing (outward lists), 1898-1922
* Newspapers
Please review this AIB, if you are planning to visit State Archives.
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NSW BDM’s
Please note that the NSW BDMs online are now covering the following years:
Births 1788 - 1907
Marriages 1788 - 1957
Deaths 1788 - 1977
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/search.htm
One extra year has been included in each case.
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Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society
The next meeting will be held on Saturday 23rd February 2008.
Speaker: Almis Simans.
Topic: Macquarie's Kingdom'
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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
This title 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. For MULTIPLE ITEM orders please wait for notification of postage cost.
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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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