April - 2008 - Volume 12 Issue 3
The Ghost
Volume 12 Issue 3
Editors: David Beddie & Michael Murphy
E-Mail: maged@cdfhs-aus.com
March 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
April, 2008
Saturday 5th - General Meeting
Guest Speaker - Dr Rob Close - The DNA and Genealogy of our Local Koala Population.
May, 2008
Saturday 3rd - General Meeting
Speaker - to be advised.
Saturday, 17th - Seminar.
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Just when you think you've found them all, up pops another!
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Denise’s Social Column
Not a lot to report this month, the Ingleburn Alive Festival on Saturday 15th March, was a good day. We raised around $137, not too bad and I wound like to thank all the people who volunteered to help out on the day.
The Campbelltown Show is on this weekend 4-5-6th April and we have our usual stall, so pop out and say hello, it's always a fun weekend.
The next production from the Campbelltown Theatre Group is THE DAY THEY KIDNAPPED THE POPE, a comedy, and I have booked tickets for the Saturday 3rd May, 8 pm. If you would like to come along please see me at the meeting.
Just a reminder that next month we have a trip to the State Archives, planned for Saturday 10th May, if you would like to come along, please let me know.
Please contact Denise for details at social@cdfhs-aus.com or 4625 4946
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Seminar - 2008.
We will be holding a seminar on Saturday 17th May 2008.
Presenters
1. Helen Dickinson ~ Land Titles
2. David Hocking ~ BDM Records
3. Lindsay Allen ~ Shipping Records
4. Fiona Byrne – Immigration Records
Campbelltown Youth Centre ~ 40 Broughton Street Campbelltown.
Registration forms are available at the meeting or in the family history room.
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Genealogy is my hobby. I collect ancestors & descendants.
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Websites of Interest
* Italian Genealogy Online and all things Italian
http://www.anzwers.org/free/italiangen/index.html
Easiest Italian genealogy help and free research tips online to find your Italian surnames, Italy Roots Ancestral Heritage, and Immigrant Family Ties as you trace your emigrant history back to Italy, includes Italian Form Letters, How to Guides & more.
* Warwickshire-info
http://www.warwickshire-info.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
A collection of Aston, Birmingham and Coventry Baptisms and Marriages. Plus a few other places.
* Hertfordshire Names Online
http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/HALS/indexes/
Hertfordshire Name Index to pre 1837 Marriages; Settlements 1679-1823; Removals 1688-1882; apprentices 1599-1903; Coroners 1827-1883 and Newspapers Picture Index 1890-1935 from Hertfordshire, England.
* Irish Ancestries - Irish Placename Finder
http://www.irishancestries.com/database/database-placename-search.php
A free utility to help you find the placename or townland in Ireland that your Irish ancestors came from.
* Yorkshire Memories
http://www.yorkshire-memories.co.uk/
The new EYFHS Yorkshire Memories web site.
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To a genealogist, EVERYTHING is relative!
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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 65
Customs shipping records held in Sydney.
The National Archives in Sydney holds various record series documenting ships movements that can be used to identify when ships arrived at or departed from the port of Sydney. With this information the appropriate passenger list for the ship can be searched.
Passenger lists are arranged by the date, name of the ship, and the port of arrival or departure. Unless you know these details your search may be very time-consuming.
There are many records held in Sydney covering:
* Ships Inward - 1841 to 1963 with some gaps.
* Ships Outward - 1890 to 1963 with some early gaps.
* Customs shipping movement records for Newcastle.
* Customs aircraft movement records for Mascot and Rose Bay
Please access the following link for that information on this fact sheet.
http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs65.aspx
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Situations Vacant
Would you like to become more involved with the work of the Society? If so, we would love to hear from you. Everyone who works for the society does so on a voluntary basis with some giving several hours a month, while others give much of their free time to the running of the society.
We are always looking for volunteers in the FHS room in the library.
If you are interested, please contact Marie Holmes, on marieholmes@iprimus.com.au
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No - yes - maybe - could be - perhaps. Musings of a genealogist.
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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 53
Curator of Intestate Estates Case papers.
This AIB provides information about the Supreme Court, Curator of Intestate Estates; NRS 13538, Case papers and selected related records.
Review this AIB for an historical background to Intestate Estates.
The Curator of Intestate Estate's Case papers, NRS 13538 are being indexed by Volunteers. Please see the following link:
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/intestate_estate_records_12196.asp
This index is covering 1821 to 1913, covering to date 1823 to 1861.
There are other records available, which you should review via this AIB.
Please go to the following web-link to access this AIB
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/archives_in_brief_53_2055.asp
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Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society
The next meeting will be held on Saturday 26th April 2008.
There will be a video presentation ofLoveday internment camps.
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Murphy’s Laws of Genealogy
1. The public ceremony in which your distinguished ancestor participated and at which the platform collapsed under him turned out to be a hanging.
2. When at last after much hard work you have solved the mystery that you have been working on for two years, your aunt says, "I could have told you that."
3. You search ten years for your grandmother's maiden name to eventually find it on a letter in a box in the attic.
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Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society Bus Trip
31st May, 2008. Bus trip to Rouse Hill House for a guided tour and Morning Tea, followed by visits to Castle Hill Heritage Park (site of former Government Farm and lunatic asylum), and the Castle Hill Historical Society Museum. Cost per person $30.00 for bus, plus entry fee to Rouse Hill House $8.00 adult, $4.00 concession and free to Historic Houses Trust members.
Morning tea will be provided but PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH. Meet outside Richmond Villa at 8.45 am for the bus.
Please invite anyone you know who would enjoy this trip, as the minimum number required to run this trip is 15. Tickets must be paid for in advance. Bookings and payments to Jackie Green, Secretary on 0402 008 970, or post to CAHS, PO box 257, CAMPBELLTOWN NSW 2560
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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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