Good afternoon Jenelle: I am aware that our local library has Ancestry, but am not aware that they have FindMyPast though. Yes; I did indeed look at the Queensland Archives, where I expected to find the lass I was looking for, but to no avail unfortunately and thus my appeal to the list for assistance. I also tried TROVE, but if she is mentioned therein; I just couldn't again find. The Kate who came out to Brisbane in 1909 and I am quite confident that she is the person whom I am seeking; she then disappears in Queensland to turn up in Sydney, where she married in 1910. I am hoping that the information on the Passenger List may give me a clue as to why she came out to Australia and I understand that many of the other girls on the ship were as Kate was: A Domestic Servant or so I was told? Yes: I've "Googled" the ship many times and ended up only finding a Passenger List for; from Brisbane to Sydney: after Kate would have alighted or landed from. Kindest Regards: Robert >I have findmy past so do most libraries and family history societies, did > you look at the state archives of Queensland site or the newspapers on > line, > some just came out on their own, or met future husbands or were escaping > situations, advertisements in the newspapers looking for domestic help on > properties.. > Google the ship too.. > Jenelle.

I have findmy past so do most libraries and family history societies, did you look at the state archives of queensland site or the newspapers on line, some just came out on their own, or met future husbands or were escaping situations, advertisements in the newspapers looking for domestic help on properties.. Google the ship too.. Jenelle. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of KEMSLEY, Robert N. G. Sent: Thursday, 2 August 2012 1:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AUS-QLD] Seeking Kate GARNER arrived Brisbane 1909 from London Following on from Marg's response to my previous posting re my Catherine or Kate GARNER: it would seem my Catherine GARNER came out to Brisbane aboard the "SS Rippingham Grange", which left London 26th or 27th Feb 1909 and arrived Brisbane 24 Apr 1909. On the Passenger List; Catherine is recorded as Kate GARNER (27). Could SKS who has access to FindMyPast; do a look up for me please? I understand that Kate is listed as a "Domestic Servant" and that there were many other girls aboard ship with the same calling and I wonder why Kate came out to Australia and if she came alone and for what reason? If any fellow Lister is able to assist; I would be ever so very grateful. Regards: Robert Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Following on from Marg's response to my previous posting re my Catherine or Kate GARNER: it would seem my Catherine GARNER came out to Brisbane aboard the "SS Rippingham Grange", which left London 26th or 27th Feb 1909 and arrived Brisbane 24 Apr 1909. On the Passenger List; Catherine is recorded as Kate GARNER (27). Could SKS who has access to FindMyPast; do a look up for me please? I understand that Kate is listed as a "Domestic Servant" and that there were many other girls aboard ship with the same calling and I wonder why Kate came out to Australia and if she came alone and for what reason? If any fellow Lister is able to assist; I would be ever so very grateful. Regards: Robert

Hi Marg: Thank you ever so very much for your find re Kate GARNER having arrived Brisbane on the "Rippingham Grange". The puzzle is slowly all fitting into place. Sincere thanks; Robert KEMSLEY > On checking in FMP migration indexes I found a Kate GARNER, 27 > yo, on the 'Rippingham Grange' which dep London 26 Feb 1909 for > Brisbane . Should be some arrival info in the Brisbane papers

Some years ago I came across a few old packets of negatives with the printed photographs long gone, and experimented with my printer. Setting the printer scanner at the highest resolution, I scanned the negatives, cropped each image from the full page scan, then Inverted as Stephen suggested. A bit more mucking around than my photo scanner, but the results were surprisingly good! I took a selected few of the negatives to a 'proper' photographic shop and had them printed, including one very large negative from the 1920s. Cheers

Hi there Kevin, I also had the same problem. My father shot some of his photos using a "medium format" film which meant the negative strips were larger than the standard 35 mm. They were all B&W, not colour. I have the same sort of scanner as you suggested with the light-source built into the lid which only lights up a standard 35 mm area. My interim solution was to set my scanning software to scan Slides, which are positives, and to jam the negative strips under the 35 mm slide adaptor as best I could to capture the main part of the image - and lose the larger border areas. Luckily, given the way my father took the snaps, this meant losing little information. This style of scanning meant that I ended up with a cropped negative B&W image. Loading that into an image manipulation program, and using the "Invert" option easily produced a positive B&W image. I realise this is hardly an ideal solution. A quick google search "medium format film scanner australia" show that there are some relatively cheap home scanners ($199) which can do larger format negative scans, and various companies which will do medium and large format scans for you. -- Stephen On 29 Jul 2012, at 10:46 PM, kevin ryan wrote: > > Our problem is we have very old negatives much wider than what the > scanners we have seen cope with > The scanners either have a light source that only lights up an area > of a "Normal" negative or a feeding system and these Negatives are > much too big for either > > Any suggestions anyone > > Kevin Ryan

Our problem is we have very old negatives much wider than what the scanners we have seen cope with The scanners either have a light source that only lights up an area of a "Normal" negative or a feeding system and these Negatives are much too big for either Any suggestions anyone Kevin Ryan From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:55:01 +1000 Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Food for thought Regarding the negatives issue: The software which comes with the scanners can "develop" the negatives into positives. Then you can store them digitally or print them. My younger brother often complained that there were very few photos taken of him as a baby or toddler. During the scanning exercise I discovered that many photos of him were undeveloped on old negatives, and many more as slides. He was very happy with the result. Cheers ... Stephen Nicholson (Wollongong) Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you!

----- Original Message ----- From: "KEMSLEY, Robert N. G." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 10:50 AM Subject: [AUS-QLD] Kate GARNER arrive Brisbane 1909-1910 > I am seeking to find a kate GARNER arrived Brisbane > 1909-1910? > > I've a Catherine GARNER b) 1881, whom could very well be one > and the > same as above, but; cannot find in Qld, before she popped up in > Sydney in > 1910? Hi Robert On checking in FMP migration indexes I found a Kate GARNER, 27 yo, on the 'Rippingham Grange' which dep London 26 Feb 1909 for Brisbane . Should be some arrival info in the Brisbane papers Bye MargM Qld List Admin

I am seeking to find a kate GARNER arrived Brisbane 1909-1910? I've a Catherine GARNER b) 1881, whom could very well be one and the same as above, but; cannot find in Qld, before she popped up in Sydney in 1910? Regards: Robert KEMSLEY

----- Original Message ----- From: "KEMSLEY, Robert N. G." <[email protected] To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 5:03 PM Subject: [AUS-QLD] CAIRNS Rootsweb List? > Is any fellow lister on the CAIRNS Rootsweb List or can tell > me if there > is problems with? > > Twice I've attempted to subscribe to and twice I've not > heard back from? > Hi Robert No aware of any problem. Not the busiest of mailing lists. Only 2 messages posted on it this year Bye MargM Qld List Admin

Is any fellow lister on the CAIRNS Rootsweb List or can tell me if there is problems with? Twice I've attempted to subscribe to and twice I've not heard back from? Regards: Robert KEMSLEY

He's certainly elusive! I can't find anything you haven't. While all sorts of wild and wonderful explanations are possible (went off and became a Tibetan monk), the most likely is that he wasn't too concerned about voting and died in Qld after 1964. I guess the three avenues I would suggest pursuing next are: 1. last sighting was Kilcoy - look to see if he stayed in that area. I searched both the Somerset Regional Council and he's not listed in the council's cemetery registers as being in Kilcoy cemetery 2. statistically speaking a lot of SE Qld people have been cremated at Mt Thompson and Albany Creek crematoriums - it's worth checking with them for the "mystery people" (a Google search will bring up their site which has contact details -- no online records unfortunately) 3. a good source of clues are the death/funeral notices for relatives (parents, siblings, siblings-in-law) -- if the person remained in some kind of contact with their family, then they may get mentioned in a death/funeral notice which might reveal if they are living or dead and might have clue on where they are living, e.g. "and loved brother of Annie, Betty, and Victor (Rhodesia, decd.)" Kerry

Janet the online one does not show dates either Colin Queensland Railway Employees (June 1890 - June 1901) are available on-line and listed alphabetically. and the body of the message

Queensland Railway Employees (June 1890 - June 1901) are available on-line and listed alphabetically. http://fhr.slq.qld.gov.au/qldrail/names_a.htm Janet

Janet from the disc how did you work out the actual birth date and actual start date as it only shows the year in both cases Colin Re: Alfred John GIBBONS All I can find is that his date of birth was 28/4/1874 and he was hired 2/4/1906.

Re: Alfred John GIBBONS All I can find is that his date of birth was 28/4/1874 and he was hired 2/4/1906. Every little bit helps. Janet

In researching a family member; I've found him to have been a "Lengthsman" and on looking up the meaning of; found to be a Railway Employee and again on following that up; found he was then living in the "Subdivision of Richmond" in 1908? In amid the above; I found there was a CD listing Queensland Railway Employees and wonder if someone has and can tell me if there is an Alfred John GIBBONS thereon and what is mentioned about him? In 1908; where would the Subdivision of Richmond be and what areas would it then have covered? Regards: Robert KEMSLEY

Hello Listers, I’m having a lot of trouble trying to locate anything after 1925 on my Grand Uncle Victor Alexander Ward. He was born 17 Aug 1903 in Brisbane & registered under his mothers maiden name of Whalen. I also know he was enrolled at the Junction Park State School at Annerley, Brisbane in 1910 aged 7. The last time I see him is in a 1925 Qld electoral roll at Glenfern, Kilcoy working as a Farm labourer at Alexander McPherson Arnold’s residence. After that there is no sign of him anywhere. I’m hoping that someone with better skills than I have may be able to shed some light on where he may have disappeared to. Christine

And this is why I go to book sales with lifeline, salvos, garage sales..you never know what you find... Jenelle. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Nicholson Sent: Thursday, 26 July 2012 4:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Food for thought Hi there Jenelle, I'm certainly not disagreeing with you - old analogue sources such as negatives and slides can easily outlast current digital formats, if not copied to new digital media from time to time.I remember having this discussion with archivist from the NLA. I think the problem that we face is our increasing inability to turn those old archived media back into human-readable formats. The problem that fiche readers are no longer available is an obvious example. Also, how long before the last print shops die, unable to support their businesses against the tide of digital cameras and home printers? (Not that I'm saying this is a bad thing - just the usual march of new technology.) We will be left with the already specialist (and expensive) services of small companies who can still make such prints, or conversions. I have kept the source slides and negatives - but I wonder how much longer they might be able to be converted to prints without digital intervention or expensive specialists. If you have a large digital archive as I have, remember the 3 magic words - backup, backup and also ... backup. The same thing is happening to old books. Those physical archives are disappearing faster than you think. Here is a great article from cracked.com which is generally a humour site but has a disturbing article about what is happening to our old book in libraries. Worth the read. http://tinyurl.com/43yvhla -- Stephen On 26 Jul 2012, at 3:58 PM, Jenelle McCarrick wrote: > Negatives last longer than CD's and digital stuff, I've been given > images from WW1 from plate glass negatives that still survive..if they > were taken by a digital camera, would they still be around..the old > stuff doesn't deteriorate as fast as the new stuff and as one chap > said to me, its easier to delete history or a fix up your school photo > now than before.. > > Jenelle. > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi there Jenelle, I'm certainly not disagreeing with you - old analogue sources such as negatives and slides can easily outlast current digital formats, if not copied to new digital media from time to time.I remember having this discussion with archivist from the NLA. I think the problem that we face is our increasing inability to turn those old archived media back into human-readable formats. The problem that fiche readers are no longer available is an obvious example. Also, how long before the last print shops die, unable to support their businesses against the tide of digital cameras and home printers? (Not that I'm saying this is a bad thing - just the usual march of new technology.) We will be left with the already specialist (and expensive) services of small companies who can still make such prints, or conversions. I have kept the source slides and negatives - but I wonder how much longer they might be able to be converted to prints without digital intervention or expensive specialists. If you have a large digital archive as I have, remember the 3 magic words - backup, backup and also ... backup. The same thing is happening to old books. Those physical archives are disappearing faster than you think. Here is a great article from cracked.com which is generally a humour site but has a disturbing article about what is happening to our old book in libraries. Worth the read. http://tinyurl.com/43yvhla -- Stephen On 26 Jul 2012, at 3:58 PM, Jenelle McCarrick wrote: > Negatives last longer than CD's and digital stuff, I've been given > images > from WW1 from plate glass negatives that still survive..if they were > taken > by a digital camera, would they still be around..the old stuff doesn't > deteriorate as fast as the new stuff and as one chap said to me, its > easier > to delete history or a fix up your school photo now than before.. > > Jenelle. >