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February 2016newsletter no. 157
What’s Happening Next for our Society:
16th February – Photography night: Tony Stewart will be the guest speaker. He specialises in photo restoration; photo scanning and printing; digitising or printing paintings onto canvas or in high gloss.You are invited to bring a photo for Tony to assess its suitability for restoration however he will not do restoration work on the night.
15th March – International Family Research: Michael Rumpff, who is the current Chairperson of the International Settlers Group [ISG], will speak about his family history experience in Germany and explain how brick walls can be broken down. His talk will include European research.
19th April – Planning ahead: Our guest speaker will be Jacinta Flood from the Albury Campus of Albury/Wodonga Health who will speak about making arrangements for your family history records to be cared for/carried on with when you are no longer able to keep researching.
Disclaimer: The WFHS Inc. does not accept any responsibility for opinions or
accuracy of information contained in this newsletter.Information is reproduced in this publication for educational purposes.
Newsletter of the Wodonga Family History Society Inc.
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PO Box 289 Wodonga Vic 3689 www.wodongafamilyhistory.orgEmail: [email protected]
Published in February, May, August and November
ISSN 1327-3167
The Research Room is situated in the premises of the Upper Murray Regional Library in Hovell Street, Wodonga VIC. The opening hours for research are Tuesday & Wednesday from 10.30am to 3.30pm and Thursday from 1pm to 5pm.
Our meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month [except December] at 7.30pm at the Felltimber Community Centre, cnr Felltimber Creek Road and Melrose Drive, Wodonga. Entry is via Ritter Road.
Research enquiries: If you wish our Research Officer to do research for you, please include a business sized, stamped, self addressed envelope with your enquiry details. The initial research cost is $20.00.Please include all the details you can: names, areas, dates, any births, deaths and marriage details you may have and what you want the Research Officer to find out. There is no point in paying for what you already know.
Membership Details
Membership of the Wodonga Family History Society Inc. includes the benefits of receiving a quarterly newsletter and allows access to all the resources of the Society’s library which is growing all the time. Your attendance at our monthly meetings will ensure that you have contact with our researchers who share your interest in family history.
Subscriptions: New Members Joining Fee $ 10.00Annual Membership $25.00Part Year Membership[join between 1st April & 30th June] $10.00 + joining fee
Membership fees are due and payable in July of each year.
Committee members
President Norma Burrows phone: 02 6024 1591Vice President Heather LauritzenTreasurer Sue Jarvis Secretary Wendy Cooksey phone: 02 6056 3220
Barbara Baxter Doreen Gibbs Lyn Larkin Bob Cousins Lynda Cuper
Pat Hopkins Heather Lauritzen Dawn Newman Yvonne Wilson
Christine Young
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Researchers please note that you cannot gain access to the Research Room until you have signed the attendance book at the front Desk – signature & membership number is required. If you are a visitor, your postcode and phone number will be required.Items cannot be returned through the Library after hour’s chute or to the Regional Library staff. They must be returned to the Research Rooms during the designated opening hours mentioned above.
We are updating our members' information and would like to include details of a person to contact in case of emergency. The information required is "Person to contact and contact number". Please forward these details to: [email protected], call Wendy on 02 6056 3220 or post to PO Box 289, Wodonga, 3689.President’s ReportWelcome to 2016. Our Programme Officers are putting together a great programme for this year. The year has certainly started off with some hot weather and I, for one, can’t wait until autumn arrives.
I hope Christmas was a great time with your family and you shared your stories.
Our Christmas party was well attended and we all enjoyed a great evening. Members shared stories of family Christmases. Thanks again to Dawn and Lynda for the wonderful organisation.
Some members attended a Family Search research information afternoon at the Latter Day Saints rooms. This was very informative. Ideas were given as to how we might encourage our children to take an interest in their family history. One lady has “grandchildren” days where she has 2 o 3 of her grandchildren at her house and she encourages them to choose a past relative and then find out as much as they can about them. This information is then recorded by the children in their own way. She has had great success in this endeavour.
Don’t forget, if you have a couple of hours to spare (just once a month would be great) Lyn would appreciate new volunteers for the library.
We offer our heartfelt sympathy to our esteemed member Warren Embury whose wife Wilma passed away in January.
We have a very successful and friendly club and we look forward to seeing you all at meetings and using our library resources in 2016. While the internet is a very useful tool, remember books, microfiche, etc. are very useful sources of information too.
Norma BurrowsPresident
Meeting Notes20th October – We were privileged to host Jenny Harkness, Family Search, as our guest speaker. She demonstrated the latest research tools which are available on Family Search. Jenny showed us various aspects of the programme and how to use it.
17th November – Our guest speaker was Debbie Llewellyn. Debbie demonstrated how we might use our photographs to make a record of our families. Everyone went home enthused to finally sort out their photos – did you do it? Debbie holds private workshops and can be contacted at [email protected] or phone 0400 25 9964.
15th December – We held our Christmas party at Felltimber Community Centre and a great time was had by all. Members shared stories and Dawn and Lynda served up a great meal.
ValeTo Warren, please accept the condolences of the Family History members on the passing of your wife Wilma.
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The State Library of Victoria has an interesting exhibition that will be travelling throughout the state of Victoria. It will be at the Bourke Museum, Loche Street, Beechworth from 22nd January to 6th March. The information from the State Library website says:Nurse, bank clerk, farmer, sports master, journalist, artist, activist – encounter seven ordinary Australians and hear their extraordinary stories of war in this moving exhibition tracing WWI through personal accounts. Between 2015 to 2017 this landmark exhibition will appear at the State Library and 12 public libraries throughout Victoria.
Explore many perspectives on WWI, from private correspondence with anxious families and friends back home, to powerful outcries seeking to sway public opinion about the war effort. Hear female perspectives on the horrors from the frontlines, and see everyday life as a soldier captured on camera. Long before Facebook posts and Skype calls, Australians serving during WWI shared their experiences through letters, diaries and photographs sent to loved ones. Watch, listen to and feel the power of those words brought to life through film and audio presentations.
At the State Library Writing the war is complemented by a special WWI centenary display in The changing face of Victoria exhibition (Level 5, Dome Galleries, State Library Victoria). Each Victorian public library will display Writing the waralongside historic WWI material drawn from those regional communities.
Here is a story about Glynn Brown who is an enthusiastic member of the Society. It is submitted by Wendy Cooksey.
WFHS Trail Blazers in Writing Family Histories
In June 2013 one of our members, Glynn Brown, visited the Hastings & Rother Family History Society in the UK, of which he is a long standing member. It has a similar membership to ours and a similar attendance, and they put out a quarterly newsletter as we do. The editor was finding it difficult to get enough articles for the journal.
Glynn took this on-board and created and delivered a PowerPoint presentation called “How to Write an Authentic Family History Story”. He based this on our own writing competitions, the Townsend and Bedella Awards. We had previously had a meeting where members were encouraged to share tips on how they wrote their own family histories and Glynn drew on this meeting for some of his material.
His talk was well received and the society instigated a story writing competition with guidelines based around our own Townsend Award with the number of words to be between 1,000 to 2,500. The Hastings and Rother FHS named their award after an early member, Stan Tomlin who had since passed away. Stan…………….Glynn was the fortunate winner of the inaugural Stan Tomlin Award, for which he received a certificate and a plaque. His story was entitled “Edwin Hills and Fairlight Hall”.
Glynn’s story and that of the runner up will be printed in the next journal of the Hastings and Rother FHS along with that of the runner up. Subsequent issues will feature other entrants’
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stories, solving the problem of lack of articles whilst encouraging members to put their story into words.As with all good stories, this has been proof read by none other than Glynn himself.
Here is the wording from the award that Glynn was presented with:
Hastings & RotherFamily History Society
THESTAN TOMLIN
AWARD
For a story written about an individual or event connected to the entrant’s family. Based on fact, the story can also be autobiographical
WINNER
2015
“Edwin Hills and Fairlight Hall”
Submitted by
GLYNN BROWN
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Square OneThe January meeting was conducted by Bob Cousins and the theme was to start from square one in our family history research. He gave hints and tips to the members who attended. So, for those who were unable to attend the meeting the following information is provided:
The definition of primary information would be a record that was created at, or very near, the actual event being recorded. For example the details of a person’s birth would be recorded on a birth certificate and this is regarded as primary information. The secondary information would be the age of the parents at the time of birth, or other named siblings.
Reference: Genealogy [Third Edition] by George G Morgan
Here are some abbreviations that may help you with your research:b, bc = born, born circa [about] bap = baptised bro = brotherbur = buried d = died dau = daughterfth = father m = married mth = mothersis = sister
Reference: UK Family Tree Magazine
UK Census Dates: Enumeration Dates for British Censuses 1801 – 19111801 – Monday 10th March 1811 – Monday 27th May1821 – Monday 28th May 1831 – Monday 30th May1841 – Sunday 6th June 1851 – Sunday 30th March1861 – Sunday 7th April 1871 – Sunday 2nd April1881 – Sunday 3rd April 1891 – Sunday 5th April1901 – Sunday 31st March 1911 – Sunday 2nd April
These dates can help to pin point where a family member was on that day and over a period of time.Reference: Genealogy [Third Edition] by George G Morgan
You can record your family history any way you wish. Some suggestions are using an ancestor chart or a family record sheet or a family group sheet. These are all available on various websites
You could create a biographical outline – examples are on the web. You could use computer programs like Ancestry.com.au; familysearch.org;
Findmypast.com.au; MyHeritage.com You can use the facilities in the Family history research room at the
Wodonga Library. Ask the friendly volunteers for help and guidance to find a myriad of other resources.
Bob has researched his family tree and found names that he was not familiar with and so he set about finding out what the names meant:
Achsal: this is a biblical word and means adorned or bursting the veil. Asenath: this is also a biblical word. It comes from Ancient Egypt and
means devoted to the goddess Neith in the Old Testament. It is also the name of Joseph’s Egyptian wife.
Peninah: it is a Hebrew word meaning Pearl. This name can also be written as Penina which is both Hebrew and Israeli.
Peninnah: it is a Hebrew name meaning Precious Stone and this was the name of one of the wives of Elkanah in the Old Testament.
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Reference: www.behindthename.com or www.meaning-of-names.com
Bob offered a challenge to the audience: find two people in your family tree whose name is not in common use and check for spelling variations and find the meaning of the name.
My example is OLNEY, however this is a surname. It belonged to a French lord who was with William the Conqueror in 1066 when England was invaded. He was granted estates, by William the Conqueror, in Northhamptonshire and settled there. There is a town bearing the family name and the name came to mean lonely glade.In relation to the spelling variations: one of my ancestors had 18 children and there are 3 different spellings of the surnames on the various birth certificates.
Family history is certainly a challenge.
The Research Room at the Library is open for 2016 and the volunteers look forward to helping you with your research questions. Go and check all the great resources that are available to the members.
There are times when you discover something new. Perhaps you would like to share that information with the other members of our club. Send your titbits to our Editor Christine, with WFHS Newsletter in the Subject, at [email protected]
One of our members, Marie Elliot, was awarded Wodonga’s Citizen of the Year. Congratulations Marie on a very well deserved award.
Marie wrote the book “Brave Bonegilla Boys” that you can borrow from our research library. It is a very readable story about the boys whose names are on the Honour Board in the Bonegilla HallAnd Jan Parker was awarded a Special Mention in Yarrawonga and named Citizen of the Year in Yarrawonga. Well done to Jan.
Marie is going to be the guest speaker for the Indigo Shire’s Libraries at the Writing the War event. It would be good to have as many of our members and their family and friends attend as possible to support Marie and show the State Library that it was worth them allocating a grant in our region for this very worthwhile project. The dates are:Friday 5th February at Chiltern Library, 3 - 4pm.
Friday 12th February at Beechworth Library, 3 - 4pm.
Wednesday 17th February at Rutherglen Library, 3 -4 pm.
Marie would be delighted to see familiar faces in the audience.
Wendy Cooksey has a book to give away:“Making a City in the Country”The Albury Wodonga National Growth Centre Project 1973-2003 by Bruce Pennay.If you are interested then please contact her via email or ring 02 6056 3220.
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Barbara Pardey has a microfiche reader to sell. If you are interested, please ring her on:02 6059 1321
The International Settlers group is holding a workshop at GSV on Saturday 20th February at 1pm.
Subject: Problem Solving Workshop (Non-British Countries)Date: Friday 20th FebruaryTime: 1pmPlace: GSV, Level B1, 257 Collins Street, MelbourneContact: [email protected] if this one doesn’t work use [email protected] Cost: no details
There is also a session on South Africa on that morning. Best to check with the International Settlers group before going if you want to attend both as there appears to be a small overlap of timings.
TROVE help tipsSometime the Trove search engine hangs and so you will get no reply, especially on digitised newspapers.
Here is a back-door way to search TROVE............
You can make GOOGLE search all TROVE resources to counteract the problem:
Put the following into Google: .... watters nsw site:trove.nla.gov.au .....
add or subtract additional words but always keep the "site:trove.nla.gov.au"
Google is good because it recognises both NSW and New South Wales as the same and other state abbreviations.
One of the problems that the Trove search engine has to overcome is searching SCANNED typefaces which do not always register correctly. I suspect Google has the addition ability to search all the human-corrected scans as well.
The LDS family history room in Wodonga Place Albury has changed its open hours to only once a week: Thursdays 10am to 4pm
You may find this link very useful. You could add it to your Favourites list.http://www.stevemorse.org/birthday/elapsed.html
Members’ stories The WFHS committee are always trying to encourage you, the members, to write short pieces for the newsletter.The aim is to give you the confidence to keep writing short or longer pieces for yourself and your family to preserve and pass on your family’s history.
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It would be great if you wanted to share those stories with fellow members via this newsletter.
They can be as short as 300 words which is half a page, depending on the font you use, or up to a page and a half [approx. 900 words].
RECORDS FOR SALE
CD and DVD RECORDS FOR SALEThese Records have been produced by the Wodonga Family History Society Inc. and may be purchased by contacting the Secretary at PO Box 289 Wodonga VIC 3690 or by email at [email protected] Note: a full list of all our Records can be found on our website.Barnawartha Cemetery (DVD) contains copies of the original registers as well as photographs and transcriptions of the cemetery records and headstones.
$25.00 + p&pNEW 2015
Bethanga Cemetery (DVD) Includes Burial Register, Sextant’s Records, Headstone Inscriptions and Photographs of the Cemetery and Headstones
$25.00 + p&pNEW 2015
Bethanga Land Claims Records (DVD) contains a digitised copy of the original Register and transcriptions of the Register entries. Some loose certificates found in the Register have been included.
$25.00 + p&pNEW 2015
Courts of Petty Sessions (CD) Transcriptions of original records for convictions in the North East. (Bright 1890-1967; Milawa 1910-1915; Mitta Mitta 1928-1964; Rutherglen 1895-1948; Tallangatta 1892-1965; Walwa 1922-1965).
$20.00 + p&pNEW 2015
Mitta Mitta Cemetery (DVD) Cemetery photographs and headstone transcriptions to 2010.
$25 + p&p
‘Out of the Box’ (CD) A compilation of early residents from our local region obtained from records over many years. A valuable resource for family historians with a connection to the local area as it contains information relating to over 800 families.
$20 +p&p
Pupil Registers (CD) for some Schools in the Indigo shire close to Wodonga. (Baranduda 1903; Carlyle 1925-1952; Cornishtown 1865-1955;Dederang North 1914-1953; Lake Moodemere 1907-1952; Gundowring 1910-1952; Lockhart’s Creek 1906-1941; Prentice Freehold 1913-1950; Red Bluff 1910-1952; Tallandoon 1902-1971; Tangambalanga 1912-1952; Upper Gundowring 1910-1952; Kiewa Consolidated (1953-1983)
$20.00 + p&pNEW 2015
Talgarno Cemetery (CD) includes Headstone transcriptions, transcriptions of the Cemetery Register and photographs of the cemetery and headstones.
$20.00 + p&pNEW 2015
Tallangatta Cemetery (DVD) contains photographs of the cemetery and headstones and transcriptions of the burial register and headstones.
$25.00 + p&pNEW 2015
Wodonga Monumental Inscriptions up to and including 2007 (CD)Wodonga Burial Registers: 1 June 1861-Dec 1937 and 1938-2004.(Many internments were not recorded from 1861-1871). A Plan of the Cemetery is included.
$35.00 each + p&p OR$65.00 for the 2 sets + p&p
Wodonga Rates 1900-1948 (1938-1941 are not available) $35.00 + p&p
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Yackandandah Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions (CD) $35.00 + p&pYackandandah Shire Rates 1875-1878 and 1884-1891 (CD) $20.00 + p&pYabba Cemetery (CD) Headstone Transcriptions and Photographs $20.00 + p&pNote: Additional cost for p&p - $5.00 for 1 or 2 CDs and/or DVDs. $10.00 for 3 or 4 CDs and/or DVDs unless otherwise stated.All CDs and DVDs are Word and Excel compatible.
Wodonga Family History Society Inc., PO Box 289, Wodonga, VIC, 3689
The Wodonga Family History Society would like to thank Officeworks Wodonga for its support.
Officeworks is a great store with many services and products available for family historians.
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WODONGA FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Inc.
PO Box 289, WODONGA 3689
