Just browsing the internet today, and came upon this address and information......it concerns several personal interviews recorded and stored in the University, and I wonder where else, and in what format may other information about our ancestors may be stored and accessible for us Cheers Jim in Toowoomba Below is copy of page from http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/ohdir?action=OHDetails&id=6142&service_id=8688 The Oral History Library, at the National Archives, Michael Birt Library Baltic States and Eastern European Communities Oral Stories Project Contact officer: Michael Organ Archivist Purpose of collection Size of the collection Collection Access Coverage Email: michael_organ@uow.edu.au Street address: Northfields Avenue UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG NSW 2522 AUSTRALIA Mailing address: University Archives UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG NSW 2522 AUSTRALIA Telephone: [+61 for Australia] 042 21 3543 Facsimile: [+61 for Australia] 042 21 4663 Collection URL: http://www-library.uow.edu.au/archives/arcoral1.html Owner's URL: http://www-library.uow.edu.au/ Purpose of the collection 1. To document the history of people of the Baltic States & East Europe who have settled in the Illawarra region. 2. To broadcast interviews through the community radio network to increase awareness of the communities' history. 3. To incorporate the interviews into exhibitions. Status: Continuing collection development Size of the collection Oral history interviews: Approximately 15 oral history interviews Folklore recordings: None Other sound recordings: None Supporting documentation Transcripts: None Summaries/synopses or logs: None Other supporting documentation: Collection access Access by appointment only. Hours of access: 9am-4pm, Monday-Friday Catalogues and other access aids: URL of Telnet catalogue: telnet://wolfen.cc.uow.edu.au Telnet instructions: library Catalogue FAQ/read-me: http://library.uow.edu.au/ Coverage of the collection Australian places: Illawarra region (New South Wales); Germany; Poland; Hungary; Lithuania; Latvia; Estonia; Ukraine Language/s recorded: English; Polish; Hungarian Year/s of birth of speaker/s: 1921 - 1943 Year/s of recording/s: 1993 - 1994 Subjects included: childhood; migrant experience; migration journeys; migration settlement; World War, 1939-1945 Other oral history collections held by this organisation are: University of Wollongong Archives Oral History Collection See also the entry for this organisation within the: National Bibliographic Database (NBD) InterLibrary Resource Sharing (ILRS) Directory - Service Directory of Z39.50 Targets in Australia Australian Libraries Gateway (ALG) Last updated: 22 August 2001 Home | About | Search | Help | Feedback | Links Contact: oralhist@nla.gov.au