Being on holidays, I finally got around to visiting the "new" State Library today. I mostly spent my time in the family history and microform area; my quest being to lookup funeral notices in the Courier-Mail. Generally the "new" building is pretty swishy -- it's hard to believe it's the same building (not that I had a lot of complaints about the old building apart from the crowding and shortage of equipment and lack of open access in the microfilm area). They seem less worried about people bringing in bags -- small bags are now permitted in most areas and they have a cloak room to check in larger stuff. No sign of the old self-service lockers, but maybe they are hiding somewhere. The cafe has gone upmarket in terms of having a fancier menu (out go the sandwiches and in come the frittatas) and having table service, but of course that also pushes the prices up (and they tried to overcharge me by $2 on my frittata)! The bad news is the cafe is no longer overlooking the river; I really used to enjoy sitting looking out on the river during a break. Of course, there are plenty of river views from within the building, but not from the microfilm area (did we do something to offend the management -- certainly family history and microfilm reading seem to have got the rough end of the pineapple in the new scheme of things?). Parking is still available underneath - $10 per entry compared with $5 previously, but there's a person to collect your money, no need to mess with coins at the gate as it used to be. The route to get to the parking is rather convoluted but if you follow the signs, you do get there. So all in all, a visit will be more expensive in terms of parking and eating, but you will save on the new lower printing prices -- read on. > It was not too busy today; though you may have to wait a while to get > help from the staff as they are in demand. If anyone finds this a > problem, let the library know and hopefully we'll get more staff on. It was pretty busy today (Tuesday) in the middle of the day. All microfilm and microfiche equipment in use and people waiting. Similarly the staff were in high demand, although they did have to spend a fair bit of time showing people how to print etc using the new system -- I guess over time regular visitors will be familiar with the process and need less help. However, at least staff time isn't wasted on doing retrievals as it used to be. It looks like most of the films and fiches are on open access in shelves and drawers (not sure if all are on open access, but everything I wanted was). This is definitely a Good Thing! And of course many of the staff were familiar faces albeit in their new black-with-red-accent uniforms, and they were their usual patient and helpful selves. As I waited somewhat impatiently for a microfilm reader/"printer" to become available today, I wandered around the rest of level 3, which was largely deserted. There were lots of empty tables and chairs, lots of empty seats in front of computers, nobody accessing the music collection (also on open access), staff standing idle at counters. I could not but wonder why the state library allocated to much space to facilities people don't use compared with the rather crowded and busy family history & microfilm area. The contrast was very noticeable. If it is that busy mid-week, what will the weekends be like? And the family history & microfilm area is very crowded and as a consequence somewhat awkwardly laid out (not as good as the setup at Cannon Hill for comparison). Which all seemed a bit ridiculous in a newly renovated building with lots of under-used space on the same floor. > You can scan currently displayed image using standard Windows imaging > s/w; then any of: > - save to your USB memory stick (there are 2 ports at front of terminal) > - no charge > - email to yourself (requires webmail access) - no charge > - send to their b&w or colour printer - charges apply > I think b&w pages are 10c (colour $1); so even printing is a lot cheaper > than before Having heard this, I took along my USB stick -- half a gig so plenty of space for lots of free microfilmed newspaper pages (takes about 1M each). But given the old printing cost was $1.10 on the microfilm readers (which was claimed to be the price necessary to cover the cost of the equipment), paying only 10c per page is still a pretty good deal! Note that there is no longer a printer beside each microfilm reader; the print-outs are sent to a printer service and you must go to one of their stations and retrieve it (I didn't try it but I think you have to get a card which you charge up with money, as opposed to putting coins in the slot of the printer). One drawback of this new system is that you can no longer write on the back of your printout as it appears beside you at the microfilm reader. I used to write down the details of the newspaper and the date on the back while I still had the film in the reader. Since you no longer can get an immediate print-out, you can't do this so you will have to record such details somewhere else. I started out by naming the files on my USB stick with names like CM-1994-04-30-Thurs, so I would have a record of where they were. But then I saw a neat trick with the scanning program. After you have scanned the image and you can see it on-screen (on the PC, not the microfilm reader), you can use the Annotate menu (on the menu bar) to add information to your print-out. There were many kinds of annotation -- I used one called post-it note (or sticky note or something like that) which gives you a yellow rectangle on which you can type in notes. I used the "note" feature to record the name of the newspaper and the date. Then when you save/print/email, you have the image annotated so you will remember where it came from (obviously, put the note on a part of the page you don't need for your research). I am printing my saved images out at home as I write this and the little yellow notes are very clear and easy to read. If you want to see an example, I have put one up on our WWW site (note that your browser may automatically resize it to fit onto your screen, so it may be quite a bit smaller than the real thing): http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/FamilyHistory/Other/example.JPG What I didn't realise at the time, is that having used the "note" feature" I could have called my files Smith-John-funeral-notice, which would have made it even easier for me later. Well, I shall remember for next time. But certainly the use of a USB stick was a very convenient alternative to printing. And of course I can now easily share my "print-outs" with others -- as I did above. One final point about the microfilm equipment. I don't know if the tables are higher or the chairs are lower, but I found the microfilm reader screen way too high -- my eye was level with the bottom of the screen and I'm taller than average for a woman. I found I had to tilt my head back to view the screen -- quite literally a pain in the neck. I think a shorter person would definitely be very uncomfortable -- bring a cushion! By wandering around the floor, I did manage to find a taller chair provided at a bench-style table, which I moved to my microfilm reader, which improved things a bit. Yes, the chairs provided were gas-lift, but even at their highest were way too low. What does everyone else think about the "new" library? Kerry

Duncan CUNNING married Ellen (Nell) INGRAM at Calliope on 20 Dec 1909. Duncan died on 2 SEP 1959 and Nell on 29 Apr 1949. Both are buried in CALLIOPE Cemetery. The CUNNING line originated in Scotland. I have no information at all on INGRAM, but possibly from Ireland. Is anyone researching either name? Cheers, Bob in Melbourne

> For printing (which I have not tried) there is a b&w and a colour > printer on the network. I think b&w pages are 10c (colour $1); so even > printing is a lot cheaper than before - from memory it was 55c per page? It used to be $1.10 per page for printing ($1 then GST added 10c more), so if it's 10c now, that is very good news indeed. So much so that it might be as easy to print as to email or save on the USB stick. But certainly saving on the USB is an easy way to go, webmail would be a bit more messing around I would think (while the files uploaded) and you might run into problems with limits on attachment size and mailbox size. Kerry

Hi Kerry, No charge for email, which I used today - I love their new microfilm facility, best I've ever used. The big microfilm/fiche readers (green numbers) that used to be connected to printers, have an inbuilt Konika Minolta scanner, and are now each connected to a dedicated Windows terminal. You can scan currently displayed image using standard Windows imaging s/w; then any of: - save to your USB memory stick (there are 2 ports at front of terminal) - no charge - email to yourself (requires webmail access) - no charge - send to their b&w or colour printer - charges apply The simplest is probably using a USB memory stick if you have one. A 300dpi A4 jpeg capture is somewhere around 1MB, so even a cheap 128 or 256MB stick should be plenty for a day's research. For emailing you need webmail access to your account. Just save images to My Documents (jpeg format is best), then open IE and webmail as attachments to yourself. For printing (which I have not tried) there is a b&w and a colour printer on the network. I think b&w pages are 10c (colour $1); so even printing is a lot cheaper than before - from memory it was 55c per page? The red and yellow number machines, and the small fiche machines, seem to be as they were before. There are self-help sheets for scanning and for saving to USB memory stick, but nothing yet for email. It was not too busy today; though you may have to wait a while to get help from the staff as they are in demand. If anyone finds this a problem, let the library know and hopefully we'll get more staff on. Cheers Steve Kerry Raymond wrote: > Is there a charge for emailing or only for printing? > > Kerry > > >> Hi, >> >> It is indeed all up and running. I will spend a decent chunk of this >> weekend there. >> >> BTW the microfilm/fiche readers on level 3 now have PCs attached so that >> you can capture an image and email it to yourself. I have not tried this >> yet but will do so today. Better than messing around with printers... >> >> Cheers >> Steve >> >> Robert & Elaine Wade wrote: >> >>> So how was the visit to the new facilities? We plan to go next week. Is >>> it all up and running? >>> Thanks Steve, >>> Robert in Gold Coast Hinterland >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Steven Sims >>> To: aus-qld-brisbane@rootsweb.com >>> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 9:59 AM >>> Subject: [AUS-QLD-BRISBANE] State Library of Queensland >>> >>> >>> In case everyone has not yet noticed, the State Library is (finally!) >>> back all in one piece at Southbank. I'm about to make my first visit to >>> the revamped site, after a long enforced absence. >>> >>> For those not in Brisbane, you can search the online resources, or try >>> "Ask A Librarian" during business hours; see: >>> http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/ >>> >>> Cheers >>> Steve in Brizzie >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Toowoomba Dead Persons Society >> www.audps.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-QLD-BRISBANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >

Is there a charge for emailing or only for printing? Kerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Sims" <steven.sims.a@comcen.com.au> To: <aus-qld-brisbane@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Mick & Shirley" <tams4@ozemail.com.au> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 7:15 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD-BRISBANE] State Library of Queensland > Hi, > > It is indeed all up and running. I will spend a decent chunk of this > weekend there. > > BTW the microfilm/fiche readers on level 3 now have PCs attached so that > you can capture an image and email it to yourself. I have not tried this > yet but will do so today. Better than messing around with printers... > > Cheers > Steve > > Robert & Elaine Wade wrote: >> So how was the visit to the new facilities? We plan to go next week. Is >> it all up and running? >> Thanks Steve, >> Robert in Gold Coast Hinterland >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Steven Sims >> To: aus-qld-brisbane@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 9:59 AM >> Subject: [AUS-QLD-BRISBANE] State Library of Queensland >> >> >> In case everyone has not yet noticed, the State Library is (finally!) >> back all in one piece at Southbank. I'm about to make my first visit to >> the revamped site, after a long enforced absence. >> >> For those not in Brisbane, you can search the online resources, or try >> "Ask A Librarian" during business hours; see: >> http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/ >> >> Cheers >> Steve in Brizzie >> >> > > > > > > Toowoomba Dead Persons Society > www.audps.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-BRISBANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, It is indeed all up and running. I will spend a decent chunk of this weekend there. BTW the microfilm/fiche readers on level 3 now have PCs attached so that you can capture an image and email it to yourself. I have not tried this yet but will do so today. Better than messing around with printers... Cheers Steve Robert & Elaine Wade wrote: > So how was the visit to the new facilities? We plan to go next week. Is it all up and running? > Thanks Steve, > Robert in Gold Coast Hinterland > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steven Sims > To: aus-qld-brisbane@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 9:59 AM > Subject: [AUS-QLD-BRISBANE] State Library of Queensland > > > In case everyone has not yet noticed, the State Library is (finally!) > back all in one piece at Southbank. I'm about to make my first visit to > the revamped site, after a long enforced absence. > > For those not in Brisbane, you can search the online resources, or try > "Ask A Librarian" during business hours; see: > http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/ > > Cheers > Steve in Brizzie > >

So how was the visit to the new facilities? We plan to go next week. Is it all up and running? Thanks Steve, Robert in Gold Coast Hinterland ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Sims To: aus-qld-brisbane@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 9:59 AM Subject: [AUS-QLD-BRISBANE] State Library of Queensland In case everyone has not yet noticed, the State Library is (finally!) back all in one piece at Southbank. I'm about to make my first visit to the revamped site, after a long enforced absence. For those not in Brisbane, you can search the online resources, or try "Ask A Librarian" during business hours; see: http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/ Cheers Steve in Brizzie Toowoomba Dead Persons Society www.audps.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-QLD-BRISBANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Our New Year's present - photos of the headstones in Brookfield cemetery, Brisbane. http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/FamilyHistory/Photos/ Please help us to improve our site. If you spot an error in a transcription etc, please let us know. Some of the headstones are not easy to read and it's easy just to make a typo every now and again. But it's very easy for us to fix a mistake once someone points it out (this is an advantage of having a WWW site rather than publishing a book, microfiche or CD). Thanks to those of you who have already pointed out mistakes. Kerry & David

The Ryerson Index currently has vacancies for an indexer or indexers to cover The Ipswich "Queensland Times" (20-30 notices per week, over 6 days) Ideally, indexers would already receive the paper they volunteer to index, and could index from the printed version. It is possible to index from the web, but we have found difficulties with this in the past. If you don't want to take on a whole week, we're happy to take you for one (or more) days each week. If you are interested, please contact me off-list for further details. John

In case everyone has not yet noticed, the State Library is (finally!) back all in one piece at Southbank. I'm about to make my first visit to the revamped site, after a long enforced absence. For those not in Brisbane, you can search the online resources, or try "Ask A Librarian" during business hours; see: http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/ Cheers Steve in Brizzie

Thanks to those of you who explained why we didn't seem to find enough headstones to match the size of the burial register at Douglas in Crows Nest Shire. There are indeed two cemeteries there, a small Catholic one (which we had found) and a larger Lutheran one further along the same road. And if you keep going down that road, you find the site of the former Lutheran church. So we can now offer you: * Douglas Catholic, Crows Nest Shire * Douglas Lutheran, Crows Nest Shire * Milbong General, Boonah Shire Milbong General was actually done months ago (photographed back in March) but we had some kind of "senior moment" and completely forgot to put it up on the WWW. Anyhow, come and check it all out at: http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/FamilyHistory/Photos/ Kerry & David

Hi All, I was wondering if anone is researching the name SWIFT or EASTON in Queensland. I would appreciate any information. Thankyou and Merry Xmas to all. Jeanie Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com

Subject: Davis Family Hello List I am searching for descendants of John Charles DAVIS b 1899 in Adelong NSW and d 1970 in Brisbane.He was a retired police officer and was living in Kalinga on his death. He was married to 1.Sarah Veronica Stinson in 1922 and they had one child Lenore Betty b 1923 who was married to Victor Stevens married 2, Ella Mary Lorraine Cameron and they had two sons Gregory Rentoul b circa 1953 and Jerome Rentoul b circa 1956. I have researched John Charles's family in NSW and back to Ireland and this is the only branch that I am missing. Any help/connections would be appreciated. regards Bev -- Bev McGuinness, Cinnamon Coloureds Farmstay, RMB 1017 DENMARK WA 6333 Tel: +61 8 9848 1781 Fax: +61 8 9848 1231 Web: http://www.denmarkwa.com.au/cc/

Hi All I was wondering if anyone is researching the name of Walbourn or its variants in Queensland? many thanks for any information Louise

Hello from Melbourne. Just reposting my message in hope. I attended the school from 1942 to 1946. I would like to hear from anyone else who was a pupil in those years. I am particularly interested in class photos for those years. I have tried the school, but they cannot help because a fire destroyed a lot of their records. The Centenary book was also of no use in this regard. I am also on the Schoolfriends list and a ''Letter to the Editor'' in the '' Queensland Times'' produced no results. Enquiries to the leading photographer in Ipswich were also fruitless as were enquiries to John Oxley library and the family history society . Cheers, Bob

I am researching the family tree of William John Bishop who was born May 3, 1857, St Allen, Truro, Cornwall and died May 31, 1940 Brisbane, QLD. He married Ellen Mary Greaney June 1, 1889 in the Wesleyan Parsonage, Maryborough, QLD They had the following children all born QLD.- Simon William February 28, 1881 Jane Ellen August 4, 1885 John James May 28, 1886 Francis James about 1888 Patrick Albert May 23, 1890 James Joseph June 18, 1892 Kathleen May January 28, 1895 Mary Ellen June 24, 1898 William James April 11, 1901 I would be interested in making contact and exchange any information with anyone associated with this family tree. Some of the families who married into this family are Matthews, Hutchins, Staples, Mahon, Murphy, Allen, Schmidt, Williams and Rogers. Cheers Annie

Hello Suzanne, and I hope that you're feeling much better now you're out of hospital. Go to this web site and you'll find the info you need..... www.justice.qld.gov.au/bdm/forms.htm Costs include postage. Also, if the death was registered more than 50 years ago you WON'T have to provide any ID information. So you won't need to send any passport copies or anything to prove your identity. Maureen. >From: "Suzanne Dodd" <sue@sdodd.fslife.co.uk> >Reply-To: aus-qld-brisbane@rootsweb.com >To: <aus-qld-brisbane@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD-BRISBANE] Obtaining Death Certificate Copies >Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:39:21 -0000 > >Maureen, >Thank you for your information re death cert.copies. >Having just taken another look at the ' Justice BMD ' pages I cannot find >mention of cost.I found on another site that it was $25 dollars,is this >still the case anddoes that include postage? > >thanks >suzanne dodd > > > > > >Queensland Dead Persons Society >Toowoomba www.audps.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >AUS-QLD-BRISBANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Meet Sexy Singles Today @ Lavalife - Click here http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Flavalife9%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fclickthru%2Fclickthru%2Eact%3Fid%3Dninemsn%26context%3Dan99%26locale%3Den%5FAU%26a%3D23769&_t=754951090&_r=endtext_lavalife_dec_meet&_m=EXT

Maureen, Thank you for your information re death cert.copies. Having just taken another look at the ' Justice BMD ' pages I cannot find mention of cost.I found on another site that it was $25 dollars,is this still the case anddoes that include postage? thanks suzanne dodd

Sorry for the delay in thanking you all for your help,been in hospital :(( :))) now home. I think I shall try with the photocopy of my passport,my dad's birth cert as he takes Beckett as his middle name,and copies of a couple of census entries which link the families & $50 . thank you all again suzanne

Remember, that if the birth was registered 100 years or more ago; death was registered 50 years or more ago; and marriages were registered more than 80 years ago, then NO ID is required from the person requesting the certificate. So for a death in the 1800's you don't have to supply any proof of identity. I know this as I've spoken to the BDM office in Brisbane in the last 6 months and they've told me this. Maureen. >From: "Werona Armstrong" <werona@bacchus.com.au> >Reply-To: aus-qld-brisbane@rootsweb.com >To: <aus-qld-brisbane@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD-BRISBANE] Obtaining Death Certificate Copies >Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:36:10 -0800 > >Hello, > >I just send a photocopy of my passport - it's not notarized. I've never >had a problem, but if you want to be safe, and it's easy for you to do, >then >get the photocopy notarized. > >Regards >Werona > > >-----Original Message----- >From: aus-qld-brisbane-bounces@rootsweb.com >[mailto:aus-qld-brisbane-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Raymond >Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 1:46 PM >To: aus-qld-brisbane@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD-BRISBANE] Obtaining Death Certificate Copies > >I notice that the page above does not explain what proof of identity you >need from overseas -- the list seems to assume you live here. I would have >thought a notarised photocopy of your passport would suffice though. Does >any overseas list reader have any advice to offer on that score? > > > > > >Queensland Dead Persons Society >Toowoomba www.audps.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >AUS-QLD-BRISBANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Meet Sexy Singles Today @ Lavalife - Click here http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Flavalife9%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fclickthru%2Fclickthru%2Eact%3Fid%3Dninemsn%26context%3Dan99%26locale%3Den%5FAU%26a%3D23769&_t=754951090&_r=endtext_lavalife_dec_meet&_m=EXT