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1 The Official Newsletter of The Warrnambool Branch of the A.I.G.S ISSUE NUMBER : 12 MARCH DISCLAIMER : The Warrnambool Branch of The Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies does not accept any responsibility for the opinions or the accuracy of the information contained in this newsletter. CORRESPONDENCE : All correspondence should be directed to The Editor, The South West Genealogist, PO Box 607, Warrnambool Victoria Australia 3280 AREA ADMINISTRATOR : The Area Administrator may be contacted by writing to the address given for correspondence. MEETINGS : The Warrnambool Branch of The A.I.G.S. meets at 8.00 pm on the second Thursday of the month in the library of the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, 23 Merri Street, Warrnambool. Visitors are most welcome. LIBRARY : The Warrnambool Branch of the A.I.G.S. mans the library at Flagtaff Hill Maritime Village on a volunteer roster, please enquire if the library will be open on (055) between 9.30 am and 4.30 pm. OFFICEBEARERS : AREA ADMINISTRATOR SECRETARY TREASURER MINUTE SECRETARY MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY EDITOR OF NEWSLETTER Noel Hallam Irene Sheppard Marie Boyce Teresa Collis Doug Holmes Doug Holmes SUBSCRIPTIONS : A yearly subscription to The South West Genealogist may be obtained by forwarding an annual subscription of $6.00/year to the above address. Subscription will be reviewed annually to take into account production costs and postage rates EDITORIAL Welcome to this edition of 'The South West Genealogist', this is the second issue of the newsletter for 1991 and I hope you enjoy it. Irish connection looks at sow books of use to the researcher whilst Computer Corner begins looking at some of the software available for home computers also included in this issue is the latest news of the 2nd Irish Origins Conference in Melbourne in May. The February meeting of the branch discussed the future directions we wish to take so that we could identify our needs and plan for the acquisition of equipment and resources that we require to satisfy these needs. Discussion between members resolved to concentrate on local, Australian and UK resources with some general material on other areas such as Europe and North America. Now that we have resolved this direction we can concentrate on identifying specific resources and raising the funds to acquire them. All suggestions on these matters Are sought so a priority acquisition list can be developed and a program put into action to impliment these resolutions.

2 Page Two THE AREA ADMINISTRATORS CORNER Dear Members, Since our last meeting our Secretary Irene Sheppard has decided because of family and business commitments, that she is unable to continue in office. I would like to thank Irene for the time and work that she gave to the group during the time that she was Secretary, as she brought new ideas and a dedication to the Warrnambool Branch and has helped to make it grow and become more efficient. Thanks Irene for a job well done, and hope that time will permit to still allow you to attend our meetings. It is good to see Joe House up and about again after his operation and time in hospital. Terri will not be able to attend our March meeting as she will be in hospital, hope your stay in hospital won't be long. Our March meeting will take the form of a workshop for our members, so here is your chance, if you have problems we will try and help to overcome them. We have received four names from persons who are interested in doing our beginners course, not as many as we had hoped for, but never the less it does show that there are still some interested to learn to trace their family tree. Members who have time to spare, and who could assist in manning the reference library, their help would be appreciated, as we have lost several members because of health or other commitments. There are several days available and times can be made to suit the members. Noel Hallam Area Administrator. HISTORY OF WARRNAMBOOL BRANCH OF A.I.G.S. The 'History and Activities of the Warrnambool Branch of the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Inc August 1980 to August 1990 is now available from the branch or by writing PO Box 607, Warrnambool Victoria Written and published by Marie Boyce this book tells the story of the first decade of operations of the Warrnambool Branch and includes a comprehensive index and set of interesting appendices. Priced at $6.00 ($5.00 for Branch Members) it is of interest to all who have had some contact with the Warrnambool Branch. COST OF IRISH RESEARCH A short item in the latest issue of BLARNEY quotes noted Irish Genealogist Paul Gorry of Gorry Research as indicating that an hourly rate of $A70.00 is not an unreasonable charge for research in Ireland. If you are contemplating using a researcher in Ireland get a quote first as it could save you quite a shock when the bill arrives and provide as much information as possible so you don't pay to get data you already have.

3 No. Author Article/Topic Page Three EUROPEAN RESEARCH/FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE INDEX TO VOLUME SIX (parts 7 to 12) 7 Jean Stirk Old Occupations - The Paper Makers (2) 7 Erik Gray Seeking A Soldier 7 John Titford Family History Publishing - Doing It Yourself 7 What Is The IGI? 7 Dr J Scott Unfamiliar Sources For FH - Occupation & Industry (2) The Booth Studies of London Trades 7 Joan Bolger Tracing Family History In Ireland 7 Alan Rowland Bevare Of Relying Totally On Indexes 7 Col Leonard H Smith Citizenship & Naturalization In America 7 Tom Wood FH For Beginners - Descendant Tracing 7 Anne Cole Rogues & Vagabonds? 7 Denis Hall Discoveries At St Mary Magdalene Church 8 Jean Stirk old occupations - The Papermakers (3) 8 Beryl Metherell Did He Die At The Alamo? 8 Tom Wood FH For Beginners - Researching At Home 8 Robert J Haines The Shipway Pedigree Fraud 8 B Priestly Computers For Family Historians 8 Dr J R L Schneider London's German Churches 8 Kay Priestly Searcher's Delight 8 Philip Evans The Husker Disaster 8 Col Iain Swinnerton Personal View 8 R A Lever Some Interesting Errors In Transcription 8 Frank Bate Escape To Barbados 8 Mrs E L Antrobus A Little Glamour In The Fan-Lily 8 Michael Young Rather More Than A Tiff 6 Michael Banister Why Not Be A Transcriber? 8 R Daniel To Those Who Have Been Down To The Sea In Ships 9 Joy Lodey Old Occupations - A Labour Of Love? 9 Peter Foley The Illustrious Saltonstalls 9 Tom Wood FH For Beginners - Jewish Ancestors In Britain (1) 9 Norman Hidden More Traps In Christian Names 9 Jill Chambers Machine Breakers : The Story Of The Swing Riots 9 Michael J Watts Personal View 9 Dreadful Mortality At Sea 9 John Rayment We Sing Only On Mondays 9 Althea Douglas microfilms & manuscripts 9 Christopher King Phonetically Speaking : The Soundex Coding System 9 Joseph Biddulph Dialect : The Heraldry of The Poor 9 Helen Oliver After Dunkirk - A Stranded Postal Unit 9 Family History Societies 10 Joy Lodey Old Occupations - A Labour Of Love? (2) 10 Margaret Johnston Tay Valley FHS 10 Susan Pearl Fact From Fiction 10 Beryl M Padgham Maverick Matelot 10 Caroline Pearce My Ancestors Made Me 10 Tom Wood FH For Beginners - Jewish Ancestors In Britain (2) 10 S K Elliott A Rough Guide To St Catherine's House 10 Keith Thomas My Grandfathers Clock 10 J R Goddard Cholera Col Iain Swinnerton Personal View 10 Geoffrey A Dudley The Impact Of World War 1 10 Barbara Botterill Search For An-Identity 10 Awards Of The Victoria Cross Overseas FH Societies

4 No. Author Article/Topic Page Four EUROPEAN RESEARCH/FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE INDEX TO VOLUME SIX (parts 7 to 12) 10 Michael Young A Real Life Family Tree 10 Sheila Mallory-Smith New Index Needed? 10 Ann Chiswell Old Entries In Parish Registers 10 B Priestly Computers For Fan-Lily Historians - Databases 10 Pat Saunders Accidental Injury Or Just Too Ill To Work 11 Fen Drainage - Thanksgiving At Thorney 11 Anthony J Camp Reflections 11 G M Bedingfield My Thoughts On The Bernau Index 11 John Titford Personal View 11 Tom Wood FH For Beginners - National Records Of Civil Registration In Britain & Ireland (1) 11 Colin Parry Robert Rollo Gillespie 11 Ron R Spendloff Queen victoria's Maharajah 11 Peter Dewdney The FH Society Of Cheshire 11 Audrey Murphy Old Occupations - Silk Ribbon Weaver 11 Colleen Palmer The New Zealand Fencibles 11 Elizabeth Simpson Catching The Movers 11 David Lees Look Sideways 11 Roy Bernard Anglo-German Family History 11 Arthur Brack A Marriage At Lamberton Toll 12 Ruth Wilson Seen But Not Heard (1) 12 A'belle Montague-Smith Brereton Of Drury Lane 12 Rosemary Southey Exiles 12 Iain Swinnerton Personal View 12 L M Whitmarsh A Welsh 'Mexican'? 12 Colin Chapman The Chapman County Codes 12 Tom Woods FH For Beginners - National Records Of Civil Registration In Britain & Ireland (2) 12 Judith Joseph Jewish Ancestry In Britain 12 Dr John M Turner Circus Roots 12 The Isle Of Axholme FH Society 12 T C Barker Scottish War Dead 12 Susan Pearl Old Occupations - The Policeman 12 Judith Theobald Notabene All You Genealogists! 12 B Priestley Computers for Family Historians - Wordprocessors 12 Doris Perley Was Your Ancestor American? That concludes this series for some time as the above volume was dated October As further blocks of six issues become available this series will be continued on a twice a year basis. GSV ACQUIRES ST CATHERINES MICROFICHE The GSV has finally received the St Catherines House Index of B.D. & M. known as the GRO indexes consisting of some 8000 odd microfiche. Due to the demand for these indexes they are ONLY AVAILABLE TO GSV MEMBERS and are subject to stringent control as fiche have already been 'lost'. one hour bookings up to two months in advance may be made with a maximum of one booking per week, this rule applies to all microfiche resources at the GSV library. Further details should be obtained from the GSV office.

5 Page Five THE IRISH CONNECTION In this months Irish Connection I am going to have a look at some publications that are very useful for those researching in Ireland. All of these publications are by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints commonly known as the Mormons and designated LDS by family historians. The first of five publications to be examined is titled 'A Genealogical Research Guide for Ireland'. LDS publication A, 58. The contents of this publication are as follows : Preface Society of Friends (Quaker) Records Introduction: Choosing Pedigree Goals Wesleyan Methodist and Primitive Charts Giving Steps To Common Wesleyan Methodist Soc Records Pedigree Goals Civil Registration of Births, Marriages Background Information and Deaths (1845-Present) Place Names and Jurisdictions Estate Records (1600's-1900) Reference Tools for Finding Places Family and Home Sources Names and Surnames Land Records - Registry of Deeds Christian Names (1708-Present) Handwriting Manuscript Genealogical Collections Latin Marriage Licenses ( ) Evaluating Evidence Monumental (Tombstone) Inscriptions Periods Covered by Major Sources (1800-Present) Census Records ( ) Newspapers (1750-Present) Census Substitutes ( ) Probate Records of Wills and Church Records Administrations, Pre-1858 Church of Ireland Parish Registers Probate Records of Wills and Presbyterian and Secession Administrations, Post-1858 Presbyterian Church Records Addresses of Record Offices and Libraries Roman Catholic Parish Registers of References for Further Information Christenings, Marriages and Burials As you can see from the topics listed a comprehensive coverage of Irish research is given. This book should be in the library of anyone carrying out Irish research if only for the ideas of alternative sources to look at it gives. Companion books to the above guide are the following publications : LDS A 54 LDS A 55 LDS A 56 LDS A 57 Irish County Maps Showing the Locations of Churches in Ulster Province Irish County Maps Showing the Locations of Churches in Leinster Province Irish County Maps Showing the Locations of Churches in Connaught Province Irish County Maps Showing the Locations of Churches in Munster Province The Ulster Province book covers counties Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Monaghan and Tyrone. The Leinster Province book covers counties Carlow, Dublin, Dublin City, Kildare, Kilkenny, Leix (Queens), Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly (Kings), Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. The Connaught Province book covers counties Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo..

6 Page Six The Munster Province book covers counties Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford. The following Churches are indicated on the maps in these books and listed in the index accompanying each map. Church of Ireland (E) Roman Catholic (R) Presbyterian (P) Methodists (M) Baptist (B) 1 Congregational (C) Society of Friends (Q) Secession Presbyterian (S) Primitive Wesleyan Methodists (W) The letter following the denomination as shown above is printed on the map at the location of the Church and is given in the 'others' column of the index if not one of the first three on the above list. The year of commencement of the particular Church's records are included in the index when known. These books can be obtained from Gould Books or Sue McBeth for around $10 each and are most useful for locating the church where your family most likely attended before coming to Australia. GENEALOGICAL GLEANINGS Number 16 of SCOTS LINK as usual contains lots of articles on Scots families and in this issue covers 'Burns', McAlpin', 'Moffat' and 'MacNicol'. Other articles in this issue are 'Loch Ard', 'Kings of Scotland', 'Scottish Castles & Clans', 'Researching Your Family On A Large Scale', 'Britain's Stone Of Destiny', 'Famous Scottish Writers (2), 'Highland Clearances Lead To Australia', 1 List Of Persons-Island And Highland Emigration Society Loans', 'From The Diary Of John MacKenzie (2)', 'Farming In The Scottish Lowlands', 'Angus District Council Library' and 'Comprehensive Family Trees (8)'. Volume 7 number 1 of FAMILY TREE magazine has 'Seen But Not Heard (2) Children At Work', 'Church Building And Demolition In East London', 'Family History for Beginners-Basic Sources In Scotland', 'Derbyshire FHS', 'National Inventory of War Memorials', 'Old Occupations-The Glover', 'Where Was Farmer George', 'Computers For FH' amongst a number of smaller articles. Volume 7 number 2 contains 'Old Occupations-Brickmaking', 'Treasures Of The Parish Chest', 'My Ancestor Was A Minister', 'Irish Genealogical Congress', 'British Rail Records', 'Computers For FH', 'Seen But Not Heard (3)-Children At School', Dahn Below', 'Transportation Of Convicts' and 'A Yorkshireman At Blenheim'. Volume 3 number 1 of BLARNEY the Irish Ancestry Group newsletter has the latest details on arrangements for the forthcoming Irish origins Conference, a list of researchers in Northern Ireland recommended by the PRO of NI, news of clan gatherings and reunions by Burkes/Bourkes, Ryans, McIntyre/McEntire/McIntire and Fitzgerald/Rigney, Details of a number of books of interest to Irish researchers are also provided and finally news of GSV acquisition of of St Catherines House Indexes (see seperate item elsewhere)..

7 Page Seven COMPUTER CORNER Over the past four issues I have been looking at basic computer systems and home computer hardware, in this issue I will begin to have a look at the program software used in home computers. AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SOFTWARE - PART 1 Home computer programs or sof tware as it is known comes in many f orms and I will have a brief look at the following types of software. Wordprocessors Spreadsheets Publishing CAD Games Databases Graphics Utility Genealogical Educational There are many other specialist programs used by home computer operators but those listed above are the ones I will have a brief look at. WORDPROCESSORS Wordprocessors come with varying capabilities, some are basically just a computerised typewriter whilst others verge on full publishing programs with graphics and many other powerful facilities. In a basic wordprocessor you type in the information and the computer automatically wraps the end of a line at a predetermined point in other words a typewriter without having to use a carriage return. The advantage of a wordprocessor over a typewriter is the editing facilities available, you are able to move text from one point to another within the document, correct spelling, add or delete words and so on and when you are finally happy with what you have on screen you can print it out as many times as you like..by saving completed documents to disk they can be recalled at any time for further editing, updating or just for printing of additional copies. Depending on the printer hardware available and the capability of your computer and wordprocessing software, different fonts etc can be produced up to full professional publishing standards. SPREADSHEETS Whilst not often used at hem as they were designed for setting out financial data in columns and rows with mathematical calculation capabilities etc they are of use for accounting for home businesses etc. As these programs print out data in columns and rows they can be adapted for printing out birth briefs and the like if you don't have a genealogical program. PUBLISHING PROGRAMS Publishing software takes wordprocessing some steps further as it has extra features not normally available in a wordprocessing program allowing you to preview a full page before printing for example, this function allows you to see the full page on screen at the one time not just the normal 25 lines you see with your wordprocessor. Other powerful facilities specifically of use in the publishing area are incorporated into these program. Newsroom' for example is a simple publishing program for the Commodore 64 whilst 'Ventura' is a powerful program for the IBM compatible machines, these would be seen as both ends of the range of publishing programs Publishing on a home computer is usually termed 'Desktop Publishing'.

8 Page Eight COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING (CAD) CAD programs are available for most computers these days and allow accurate drawing of plans and maps on your computer all to scale. Commercial programs allow production of detailed building and services drawings in industry and for modern buildings and have replaced the manual drafts~ to some extent in these. areas due to the ease of modifying and production of a new updated copy. 'Cadpak-64' for a Commodore 64 to 'Autocad' for an IBM compatible machine is the range of program for home use with many others in between these limits. GAMES Most home computer owners have some games programs, besides providing entertainment these programs have value in helping people to become more comfortable with computers in general by removing some of the mystique surrounding these most useful machines. 1 The range of games software available is mindboggling, just look at any computer magazine and range from the very simple to the extremely challenging. DATABASES Databases are one of the most useful programs for the family historian and especially so for family history libraries and the like. A database is like an electronic version of a filing card system with instant access to the cards through powerful searching facilities to locate the data you require. When entering data into a database you design a card format and save that format. The card is broken into fields such as a name field, a date field a religion field and so on. These fields are what are used to search for information when retreiving data from the database. With the format designed data is entered into the appropriate fields and each 'card' saved into the database for later retrieval, usually each 1 card' is assigned a record number as it is saved. Records may be updated as new or more data becomes available and may be deleted if necessary. Data may be retrieved from a database by : a) Recalling the record by its assigned number, b) Recalling data by matching fields ie names, dates, locations etc By entering a specific date all records whose dates match will be recalled for viewing, ie all date fields are searched for a match. Naturally all database programs contain many more features than the few described which allow various sorting of information, printouts etc to be obtained. The size of the database is once again dependant on the hardware available and the program itself. A seperate database can be established for each category of data you wish to have available for retrieval. This discussion will be continued next issue.

9 Page Nine MEETING CALENDAR FOR 1991 VENUE : Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum Reference Library, Merri Street, Warrnambool TIME : 8 pm Sharp March 14th April 11th May 9th June 13th July 11th August 8th September 12th October 10th November 14th December 12th 2nd IRISH ORIGINS - AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE CONFERENCE The above conference will be held at Lakeside Reception Centre in Melbourne's beautiful Zoological Gardens, Royal Park over the weekend of 18th and 19th of May The programme is as follows; SATURDAY 18th Dinny O'Hearn Barefoot and Pregnant, Irish Famine Orphans in Australia Dr Trevor McClaughlin Famine Orphans in Australia Patrick M Nolan 1750 to 1830, The Difficult Years Patsy Adam-Smith Tasmanian Exiles Dr Portia Robinson Women Convicts Dr Richard Reid Immigrant Shipping Des Regan + above Panel Session SUNDAY 19th Patrick Nolan Irish Educational Records Wendy Baker Irish Sources available from LDS Louis de Paor The Irish Patsy Adam-Smith On The Famine Trail Des Regan Irish Land Records Revd J Keaney The Holdings of James Alipius Goold Museum All Speakers Panel Session An Irish Function is planned for Saturday evening. If you are interested further details from editor or Genealogical Society of Victoria, Irish Ancestry Group. Bookings are limited so book early. Single day bookings are available. NEWSFLASH Due to his wifes serious illness Patrick Nolan will be unable to attend the above conference. It is hoped Patrick will be replaced by Donal Begley author of 'Handbook on Irish Genealogy' and 'Irish Genealogy- A Record Finder' and more importantly the current Chief Herald of Ireland, the Director of the Irish Genealogical Office. HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY TO EVERYONE

10 Ie WHAT'S HAPPENING AT FLAGSTAFF HILL OVER EASTER The Historical Re-Enactment Society of Australia will be performing at Flagstaff Hill on Easter Saturday and Sunday. Cannon firings, rifle drills, flagraising ceremony are just some of the reenactments on the program. Lighthouse tours will be at 11.00am and 3.00pm as usual and our regular films will be showing in the theatre. Wagon rides will be available and our blacksmith will be working away over the three days. I would love to have the library open over Easter so if anyone is willing to do an extra shift or perhaps swap a shift, let me know. Regards, Sue-Ellen A quote from the Flagstaff Hill Chairman's Annual Report to Subscribers: