nzsghamilton newsUsed with permission. ********************* nzsghamilton news No 21 23rd May 2004 Hamilton Greater London Genealogical Group Hi Folks Our next meeting is on TUESDAY 25th May 2004, from 10am to 2pm. Do not forget it is at the St Andrews Library Community Room in Braid Road, Hamilton. Please do not park in front of the shops, use angle parking alongside the library or the larger parking area at the back. The topic for the meeting will be: Street names, have your located yours, have they got a meaning, have you dealt with changes, do you have any photographs? Please share your knowledge. Also any contributions for our folders would be great. Bring your lunch and $2 door fee as usual. Older members may recall that this will be the Group's 10th anniversary. Congratulations to all who have contributed in any way through the years, may we long continue! ARTICLE http://www.savinggraves.com/education/bookshelf/cleaning.htm Cleaning tomb stones. AUS http://www.colonialcdbooks.com/ A listing of New Zealand and Australian rare books that they have transcribed to Cd's. AUS QLD http://www.geocities.com/ghh_mackay/hotels/hotels_sources.html Mackay Historical Society AUS QLD Cairns and District Family History Society have just released their Far North Queensland Pioneer Register to 1940 book. [Further to the 1920 register book printed some years ago] The Cairns and District family history society web site is http://cwpp.slq.qld.gov.au/cdfhs/ The Book is 175 A4 pages with two columns on each page listing families that came to the area from c1870 till the 1940s The book was a mammoth effort and if your family went north worth a look. AUS VIC Cemeteries and cemetery trusts in Victoria: http://www.health.vic.gov.au/cemeteries/victoria.htm CD BOOKS http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/books/census/index.htm Archive CD Books Census Projects on CD Scanned images of all of the surviving original census enumerator's books for the Registration Districts in each English and Welsh county, reproduced on CD sets for viewing using Adobe Acrobat Reader. http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/acatalog/eng-war.html War Records Army lists, National Roll and Regiment histories on CD for those with ancestors in the British Military. http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/acatalog/gen-emigration.html Emigration CDs about emigrants and emigration. ENG http://www.1914-1918.net/hospitals_uk.htm Military Hospitals in the UK 1914 – 1918. ENG BDF http://www.yourtotalevent.com/ ENG CENSUS http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/census/index.htm British census information British census explained. What's available, common problems and sample pages. ENG GENUKI NEW ON GENUKI GENUKI's Home Page - www.genuki.org.uk Middlesex Links/Pages added/amended Teddington [Teddington] Description continued [Teddington] Map of Teddington Tottenham [Tottenham] Description continued [Tottenham] Map of Tottenham [Tottenham] Map of Mount Pleasant Tower of London [Tower of London] Map of Tower of London Twickenham [Twickenham] Description continued [Twickenham] Map of Twickenham [Twickenham] Map of Strawberry Hill [Twickenham] Map of Whitton Twyford Abbey [Twyford Abbey] Map of Twyford Abbey Uxbridge [Uxbridge] Description continued [Uxbridge] Map of Uxbridge Wapping [Wapping] Description continued [Wapping] Map of Wapping West Drayton [West Drayton] Description continued [West Drayton] Map of West Drayton Westminster [Westminster] Description continued [Westminster] Map of Westminster Westminster St John [Westminster St John] Map of Millbank Westminster St Margaret [Westminster St Margaret] Description continued [Westminster St Margaret] Map of Knightsbridge Whitechapel [Whitechapel] Map of Whitechapel Willesden [Willesden] Description continued [Willesden] Map of Willesden [Willesden] Map of Church End. West Riding Links/Pages added/amended [Halifax] Halifax Town Churches [Halifax] St. John's Parish Church [Halifax] All Souls Church [Halifax] Holy Trinity [Halifax] Harrison Road Chapel [Halifax] St. John's Methodist Church [Halifax] All Saint's Church [Halifax] Wade Street Zion Chapel [Halifax] St. Paul's Church [Halifax] St. Jude's Church [Halifax] The Park Congregational Church [Halifax] St. Edwards Mission Chapel [Halifax] St. James Church [Halifax] The Church of St. Thomas the Apostle [Halifax] Wesleyan Church [Halifax] The Square Chapel [Halifax] Halifax Parish Churches 1 [Halifax] Roundhill Primitive Methodist Chapel [Halifax] Union Croft Chapel [Halifax] Union Croft graveyard [Halifax] The Ebenezer Methodist Chapek [Halifax] The Baptist Church [Halifax] Ackroyd ex-Methodist Church [Halifax] The Mehthodist Church [Halifax] Unidentified Church [Halifax] Bethel Chapel [Halifax] Upper Edge Baptist Church [Halifax] West Vale Baptist Church [Halifax] Middle Dean St. Methodist Church [Halifax] Hope Baptist Church [Halifax] The Methodist Church [Halifax] Mount Zion Methodist Church [Halifax] Mount Zion Methodist Church [Halifax] Mount Zion Methodist Church [Halifax] St. Mathews Church (remains of) [Halifax] The Congregational Church [Halifax] Mixenden Moor End United Reform Church [Halifax] Mount Zion Methodist Church [Halifax] Halifax Parish Churches 2 [Halifax] The Methodist Church [Halifax] The Heywood Chapel [Halifax] The Heywood Chapel [Halifax] The site of Oliver Heywood's Chapel [Halifax] Northowram Independent (Churchyard) [Halifax] St. John the Baptist's Church [Halifax] St. John the Baptist's Church [Halifax] The Methodist Church [Halifax] Christ Church [Halifax] Unknown Chapel, Sutcliffe Street [Halifax] The Baptist Church [Halifax] St. Mathew's Church [Halifax] Bridge End Chapel [Halifax] Bethel Chapel Church [Halifax] Bethel Chapel Church [Halifax] Wade House Chapel [Halifax] St. Anne's Church [Halifax] The Methodist Church [Halifax] The Methodist Church [Halifax] The Methodist Church [Halifax] Halifax (Calderdale) Council [Halifax] Halifax streets, lanes, roads County Tipperary Links/Pages added/amended: County Tipperary Christina Hunt County Tipperary page TIPPERARY Tipperary Books Parish Histories Cemeteries in Ireland 1821 Census Fragments 1799 Unofficial Census of Carrick 1787 Directory Slaters Directory of Ireland - 1856 Book of County Tipperary Irish Times - Tipperary Genealogical Resources County Tipperary Genealogy County Tipperary Record Project IRL-TIPPERARY Mailing list CoTipperary Mailing list List of Professional Researchers Genealogical Research in Cashel & Emly Tipperary Family History Research Freeholders in the Year 1776 Property Owners late 1870's 1783 Maps of Tipperary The Irish in Uniform Tipperary Place Names Tipperary Surname Registry Online Irish Names Research Directory County Westmeath Links/Pages added/amended: On-line Irish Names Research Directory. GENUKI's Home Page - www.genuki.org.uk To find out more about the newsletter, or view the archive see http://www.genuki.org.uk/ ---------------------------------- The contents of this newsletter are copyright by Rob Thompson and GENUKI ENG MAILING LISTS http://www.british-genealogy.com/lists/index.htm British Genealogy Mailing Lists Many mailing lists specific to Britain. Very active, includes county, surname and topic specific lists. ENG NTH The Heldom village web site is a gem. http://www.helmdon.com/TOC.htm IRL http://www.otherdays.com/presentation/newsletter/ http://www.otherdays.com/ Dear Friend, If 'in vacant and in pensive mood' your mind turns to the Ireland of your ancestors, it is likely that you conjure up a country composed of tenant farmers working on the land where they grew their acre of potatoes with the occasional visit to the local bog to cut turf for the fire! While there is a strong element of truth in this image, the reality of course was much more complex. Being an island, it was inevitable that Ireland should develop a strong coastal community whose lives revolved around the sea and whose occupations were more related to shipping, fishing, transport and trade than to the land. In this week's newsletter we introduce 'Shipping and Coastal Directory 1823-1910 (Southeast)' which has just been published on Otherdays.com. Our Book Review section introduces the most significant work on the Tithe Books (Longford) yet to reach genealogical shelves and which is likely to remain the standard work on that most valuable of Irish sources for many years to come. Talk to you soon! Francis. IRL DOW http://www.historyfromheadstones.com/index.php?graveyards Ulster graveyards IRL DOW There are now about 4000 names on the Kilkeel births section of this website, these include the parents names, altogether there are about 6000 names to go on. http://www.raymondscountydownwebsite.com NZ http://www.colonialcdbooks.com/ A listing of New Zealand and Australian rare books that they have transcribed to Cd's. NZ CBY The Historically Speaking page the Ashburton Guardian runs on the first Wednesday of every month. Don't forget if you have a query in the Mid or wider Canterbury area then send it in to reports@theguardian.co.nz - someone reading the page may be able to help. The June column entries are required by Friday 28th May. SCT A genealogy group which covers Scotland, as well as the Northern counties of England also runs an off-site website for members that holds entire manuscripts that can be downloaded, saved and viewed. Please feel welcome to join us :) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uk_north_and_scotland/ SCT http://www.tombfinder.co.uk Scottish Tomb Finder Identifying the graves of ancestors laid to rest in Scotland can provide a vital insight into your family history and can lead to further avenues of research. Scottish Tomb Finder will assist you to find the graves of your ancestors and provide you with a range of services such as photographs of your ancestral graves and information reports on the local community. SWEDEN http://home.netcom.com/~v31ry/ Swedish Genealogical Dictionary The Fourth Edition of the Swedish Genealogical Dictionary compiled by Phyllis J. Pladsen, Joseph C. Huber, and Eric B. Pladsen. This 150 page soft cover book lists over 5,500 words found in Swedish documents of genealogical importance. It also includes a section of handwriting samples and a reference section. Important aid for non-fluent Swedish speakers using genealogical documents in Swedish in research! The old Swedish that is found in the old church records is different from modern Swedish, so this resource is more helpful than a modern Swedish-English dictionary. New Zealand Society of Genealogists – Hamilton Branch http://www.nzsghamilton.co.nz Contact address for subscribing to nzsghamilton news nzsghamiltonnews@ihug.co.nz Bryan A Curran Hamilton, New Zealand