nzsghamilton newsUsed with permission. ********************* nzsghamilton news No 39 5th October 2004 AUS http://www.genealogylinks.net/australia/index.html Genealogy Links site. Very interesting links for Australia. AUS http://www.busby.net/cawa/meetings.html Cornish Association of Western Australia Inc. AUS http://www.nla.gov.au/ National Library of Australia AUS CONVICTS http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/index.html This is a great site for convict information and many searchable databases AUS NSW http://www.sydney-australia.biz/historical/stpauls.cfm The site has some early photographs of Sydney, including St Paul’s Cathedral, Sydney Hospital, Bridge St. Custom’s House etc AUS QLD http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/heritage/about_ipswich/time_line.php Try this site for info on the history of Ipswich, place names, Ipswich identities etc AUS QLD http://www.geocities.com/ghh_mackay/history/00_short_history.html Contains short histories of areas in Mackay, QLD AUS SA http://www.familyhistorysa.info/searchAll.html South Australian Births, Marriages and Deaths up to 1845. This is a searchable database AUS TAS http://www.leven.tassie.net.au/ULHM/Ix1.htm Ulverstone MIs AUS TAS http://www.another.com.au/~maureen/glamorgan/ The Glamorgan & Spring Bay web site has been updated. There are several new indexes. AUS TAS www.leven.tassie.net.au/ULHM. Ulverstone History Museum web site AUS VIC http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hdharris/criminals.htm Criminal & other case files found in Victoria Police Correspondence Files. This is a Helen Harris site, she is willing to photocopy any of these files for AUD$20.OO plus photocopying fees and postage. AUS WA http://policewahistory.iinet.net.au/ Western Australia Police Historical Society Inc. This site has an ongoing Graves Project and aims to locate graves of pioneer police officers. ENG NETWORKING IN THE UK The UK genealogy data site formerly known as Origins.net has given itself a new name, Origins Network http://www.originsnetwork.com/ . to accompany its broader coverage and its switch to a subscription payment system. Webmasters dubbed their English records collection British Origins and plan to add non-English records such as the 1871 census of Glamorgan, Wales. The Irish and Scottish collections also contain new databases. The free Origins Search, a genealogy-specific search engine that previously found Irish Web sites, will now find English and Scottish sites for you, too. A subscription service has replaced the Origins Network's credit system, in which a user "spent" pre-purchased credits each time he viewed a record. The cost for access to all collections ranges from 7.5 pounds for three days to 34.5 pound per year; you also can purchase separate subscriptions to the British, Irish or Scottish collection. You'll have to stay on top of things, though: Unless you cancel your account, your subscription automatically renews when it ends. ENG BDF http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~fiski/genealogy/indexes.html If you have ancestors in the village of Kempston near Bedford then the surname index to the 1841 census may help you. ENG CAM http://www.kirtlingandupend.org.uk Kirtling and Upend - two historic villages in East Cambridgeshire, UK Find out about the fascinating history of this Domesday parish, which has links to Elizabeth I. ENG CON http://www.cornwall.netfirms.com/ ENG YKS BMD TRANSCRIBING TASK COMPLETED. Calderdale Family History Society (FHS), which covers the Halifax area of West Yorkshire, has just completed the mammoth task of transcribing all the baptisms, marriages and burials (BMDs) for the parish church of St. Mary's in Elland. This was one of only three churches licensed to conduct marriages in the old parish of Halifax during the time of the Hardwicke Act, 1754-1837. The records transcribed cover the time from the start of St. Mary's in 1559 up to 1837, with baptisms being taken up to 1850. These are now available in a number of forms: --At Calderdale FHS's research room in Brighouse Library on the society's searchable computer databases. --In booklet form, either or direct from Calderdale FHS or via the Internet bookshop at http://www.genfair.com/ -- Via individual search enquiries through the society's search coordinator. Full information on direct purchase from Calderdale FHS, its search enquiries, and access to the research room in Brighouse can be found on the society website at http://www.cfhsweb.co.uk/ --On the Federation of Family History Societies' "pay-per-View" website, http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/ If your ancestors came from this locality, you may find the ENG-YKS-HALIFAX mailing list at RootsWeb of interest. It is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the ancient parish of Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire, including the townships of Halifax, Northowram, Warley, Ovenden, Midgley, Sowerby, Norland, Skircoat, Southowram, Hipperholme, Brighouse, Shelf, Rastrick, Fixby, Elland, Greetland, Stainland, Barkisland, Rishworth, Soyland, Langfield, Erringden, Stansfield, Heptonstall, and Wadsworth. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/ENG-YKS-HALIFAX.html Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 29 September 2004, Vol. 7, No. 39. JEWISH RESEARCH http://www.geocities.com/jewish_jewelry/genealogy.html Jewish Genealogy Research Tools and Techniques Informative article covering the basics of doing Jewish Genealogy research with a focus on techniques for finding European town of origin and surnames. MAPS CD The Your Maps Online CD Version 2 300+ old U.K. & Ireland maps at the highest resolution available to us. This CD is produced from the maps on http://www.yourmapsonline.org.uk What's new? Well there are double the number of maps compared to the first CD - over 300, all at the highest resolution available to us. Graphical menus with thumbnail images have replaced the text only menus. Easy navigation with Menu, Next & Previous buttons.... Simple point & click interface.... NEW CDs The Australian Pastoral Directory 1923 The Australian Pastoral Directory 1923 list approximately 23,000 stockowners in all States of Australia. There is also a separate index for New South Wales by Station, a list of prominent stock agents in four states and various statistics and advertisements. Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners Report 1850 This official report, the 10th general report of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, will give useful insight to family and general historians of the state of the various colonies in 1850. This covers the first 58 pages of this volume. The remaining 160 pages however is taken up with 56 appendixes covering a wide range of interests touching most of the British colonies. It is here that much fascinating material can be gleaned. Commonwealth Public Service List 1920 This List of Permanent Officers of the Commonwealth Public Service as on 30th June 1920 gives details of over 22,000 people employed throughout Australia. It is arranged by department, and by state where applicable. The Record and Trades Register: July 1887-January 1888 Were members of your family at the time: Involved in giving or receiving a bill of sale? Declared insolvent? Involved in a giving or receiving a bill of sale? A mortgagor or mortgagee on stock or wool? A plaintiff or defendant in the small debts court? Involved in an application for probate or letters of administration - in their will or estate or as a applicant? Dissolving a partnership? A member of the United Mercantile Society of Australasia? If so then you may find information on them here. This periodical has a wealth of information you may not have even considered before. Archive CD Books homepage - http://www.archivecdbooks.com NZ New databases added to "New Zealand and World War One" at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty MISCELLANEOUS NEW ZEALAND WAR DEATHS - 1914 - 1923 - from a file at National Archives, Wellington. Contains 1853 names. Many of these are not on the CWGC or in the NZ Roll of Honour book. THE SECOND BATTLE FOR THE SOMME – March/April 1918. A list of the 982 New Zealanders who were killed in action or died of wounds . PASSCHENDAELE - October 1917. A list of the 1200 New Zealanders whose bodies were never recovered at Passchendaele. NZ HKY On Friday 7 October the Hastings District Council will launch on its website a searchable on-line database for the Hastings district cemeteries. Those cemeteries include Hastings, Havelock North, Mangaroa and Pakowhai. According to the Hawkes Bay Today newspaper, published Saturday 2 October, Sexton Angus McKinlay has been busy photographing headstones (has completed 1,400 with 18,000 to go) and these pictures will eventually be uploaded to the cemetery records database. What a bonus! You can log onto the council's website at www.hastingsdc.govt.nz or you can contact the sexton Angus McKinlay on phone 06) 878 8255 or email him at cremhdc@xtra.co.nz PROGRAM More Magic http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/oct04/rootsmagic.asp RootsMagic continues to dazzle with its latest release. Learn how RootsMagic's improved charting and publishing features can add a little sparkle to your family history. USA http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson10.htm For the most complete explanation of what you will find and what you won't in the Social Security Death Index, try the following link: New Zealand Society of Genealogists – Hamilton Branch http://www.nzsghamilton.co.nz Archived newsletters http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~origins/nzsghamiltonnews.htm Contact address for subscribing to nzsghamilton news nzsghamiltonnews@ihug.co.nz Bryan A Curran Hamilton, New Zealand