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Tips, tools, technology, tricks and traps for genies doing Australian family history research.Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-68604003896496559832016-08-14T05:13:00.002-07:002016-08-14T05:14:49.333-07:00Note to self no. 1: Use triangulation in family history research<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is the first blogpost in a series I'm calling "<b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/a-genie-confession-i-forget-to-learn.html" target="_blank">Note to self: Use my day-job skills in my family history research</a></b>", in an attempt to remind myself to use my day-job skills in my family history research.<br />
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So, here's a link to my first "note to self" blogpost. I hope to give myself a serious kick in the genealogical pants through writing this set of blogposts and, if other genies can benefit from posts, I'll be even more pleased.<br />
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Triangulation</h3>
A fair-dinkum educational researcher wouldn't be seen dead making a claim without some serious evidence. More than one piece of evidence is required to make a claim. Some call this "evidence-based research". Others call it common sense. So, sources of evidence are triangulated and compared against each other, just as maritime navigators use stars to work out where they are, so too do researchers come to work something out by comparing multiple sources.<br />
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In social science, including education, two or more sources of evidence are compared to validate or verify a claim or a research result. For example, data gathered from interviews can be analysed and compared with data gathered and analysed from questionnaires to validate the findings from each set of data.<br />
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The evidence may come from a multitude of sources and the quality of that evidence is also important, especially when quality is defined as reliability, trustworthiness, validity, credibility, transparency, etc.. I suppose the quality of evidence is also important in family history research. For example, the information on a person's death certificate is generally considered to be less accurate than the information on the same person's marriage certificate because the person is no longer with us after they are dead but we hope they are very much conscious when they sign their marriage certificate.<br />
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An example of triangulation</h3>
So, an example of triangulating your sources in family history research could be the comparison of four death records for one person. Despite the "tri-" in triangulation, you don't necessary need three pieces of evidence, you can use more or sometimes only two. For example, a few years ago, I was unsure of the death year of one of my great-uncles, Henry Augustus NEWTON. His grave recorded his death date as 1936 (see grave on the left below):<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Henry NEWTON's gravestone, Field of Mars Cemetery, North Ryde, NSW</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Photography: Maria NORTHCOTE</span></div>
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When I checked this "fact", that Henry NEWTON had died on 21 May 1936 at the age of 68 years, I found that I needed to dig a little deeper than the headstone on Henry's grave.<br />
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Henry Augustus NEWTON was the half-brother of my grand-father, Leo Bertie Bede NORTHCOTE. Out of all of the seven NORTHCOTE boys and their two half-brothers, the two NEWTON boys, Henry Augustus NEWTON was the eldest of the nine brothers, born about 1862, and Leo Bertie Bede NORTHCOTE, who was the youngest of these brothers, born in 1887.<br />
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To check other facts of Henry's death, I need to triangulate my first fact (his gravestone information) with other facts I had about his death, including:<br />
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<li>His funeral notice on page 9 of The Sydney Morning Herald on 22 May 1930, records his death as 21 May 1930.<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxff1YyLbRwJwn2f9_6u2-2sLUd0eKalO-dW_oB4RDJOE3uPFBj6nFpHQhUYMWlegxbWGqo2eQw6fwova3_Apr_bPHc_bvizeYpaX8k1jvMceO3zN9qQsbOSPUziPmEByh89JFdAFOAm8/s1600/SMH+front+page+22+May+1936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxff1YyLbRwJwn2f9_6u2-2sLUd0eKalO-dW_oB4RDJOE3uPFBj6nFpHQhUYMWlegxbWGqo2eQw6fwova3_Apr_bPHc_bvizeYpaX8k1jvMceO3zN9qQsbOSPUziPmEByh89JFdAFOAm8/s320/SMH+front+page+22+May+1936.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpshCslr3zc69ifFszfg34H4vPpvW9ZK21JlieYcd7GcyqG0YQTrf8cP4kNnzIV-cujLIPUBfq8BIZi0PyiEO-jXioju6DT2GmgoS5d62fDCe_ikQ921f5tnkw6GZitNifPng0En0P3O8r/s1600/H+Newton+Fun+not+22+May+1930+SMH+p+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpshCslr3zc69ifFszfg34H4vPpvW9ZK21JlieYcd7GcyqG0YQTrf8cP4kNnzIV-cujLIPUBfq8BIZi0PyiEO-jXioju6DT2GmgoS5d62fDCe_ikQ921f5tnkw6GZitNifPng0En0P3O8r/s320/H+Newton+Fun+not+22+May+1930+SMH+p+9.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> The Sydney Morning Herald</i>, page 9, 22 May 1930</span></li>
<li>A reference to his funeral notice in The Sydney Morning Herald was also found in the Ryerson Index, noting that Henry NEWTON's funeral notice could be found on the 22 May 1930 newspaper edition. HE was described as being "late of Narromine".<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwf2TLn7zooHkjgukt0Zcr5TelEGyzV115V_-f1xILmyQDBuxVWL2jQZNUjyUJpLn_TGhlujRBoyKmdGrswQY_edvQ3Df9kDtn4USYcNcI7yZbhuWuocUKL3EfdlQW_nlsuumRGraBVgk/s1600/NEWTON+Henry+1930+Ryerson+Index+01+half.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="38" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwf2TLn7zooHkjgukt0Zcr5TelEGyzV115V_-f1xILmyQDBuxVWL2jQZNUjyUJpLn_TGhlujRBoyKmdGrswQY_edvQ3Df9kDtn4USYcNcI7yZbhuWuocUKL3EfdlQW_nlsuumRGraBVgk/s400/NEWTON+Henry+1930+Ryerson+Index+01+half.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSsNKDnpue_4kknmCe0dSppjJ2OJcbQj7glzkhHm2hVnZKdaqDDXrjTGpGKsthrtbSgX-SEPidAMBfBaSM_iaUHpDqYvr57w81oUFMFS4EV4paJlWQWXb5uQigNJ5RBHMJlZ3liCJ9e-k/s1600/NEWTON+Henry+1930+Ryerson+Index+02+half.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="33" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSsNKDnpue_4kknmCe0dSppjJ2OJcbQj7glzkhHm2hVnZKdaqDDXrjTGpGKsthrtbSgX-SEPidAMBfBaSM_iaUHpDqYvr57w81oUFMFS4EV4paJlWQWXb5uQigNJ5RBHMJlZ3liCJ9e-k/s400/NEWTON+Henry+1930+Ryerson+Index+02+half.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Reference to Henry NEWTON's funeral notice,<br /> Ryerson Index, Accessed 14 August 2016</span></li>
<li>Despite the date on his gravestone, the cemetery office records (accessed online through the Deceased Search: <a href="http://www.catholiccemeteries.org.au/">http://www.catholiccemeteries.org.au/</a>) definitely show his date of death as 21 May 1930.<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ujEDBo4N3z2BJuuLD4cXj8EKTm40ky56wwt56j-_G3OUFjNrJWO6rckAZycY37XfcWj82dWS1IVEaGQgmKgC_w-N1vFYigQc8NCmcpTpCkszCu3_FB60l4ysfsUx6Li01jjw6MRiknuK/s1600/Henry+Newton+cemetery+records+1930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ujEDBo4N3z2BJuuLD4cXj8EKTm40ky56wwt56j-_G3OUFjNrJWO6rckAZycY37XfcWj82dWS1IVEaGQgmKgC_w-N1vFYigQc8NCmcpTpCkszCu3_FB60l4ysfsUx6Li01jjw6MRiknuK/s400/Henry+Newton+cemetery+records+1930.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /></li>
<li>Finally, Henry's death certificate provided further evidence that he died in 1930, not 1936.</li>
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As a result of triangulating my data, I found that Henry NEWTON died in 1930, not 1936 as indicated on his gravestone. I think the error in his gravestone must have been made when another relative, was interred in Henry's grave in 1935. Perhaps the stonemason mis-transcribed the date of Henry's death when the gravestones were remade.<br />
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However, as many investigations in family history, some questions remain:<br />
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<li>Why was the year of his death on his gravestone incorrect?</li>
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For more about how this mystery was solved, see <b><a href="http://wishful-linking-family-history.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/mystery-henry-newtons-death-date.html" target="_blank">The mystery of Henry NEWTON's death date ... solving one mystery reveals other mysteries</a></b>.<br />
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Take-away message</h3>
In conclusion, don't be too quick to grab a fact and treat it as true when researching your family's history. Don't believe everything you hear, see or read, especially if you only have one source of information. When you come across a new "fact", try wherever possible to compare this fact against other sources. This process will make you feel more confident about your research conclusions and it will make your family history research conclusions more robust. Also, by recording the sources of your information, this will increase the credibility of your research findings and make them more trackable.<br />
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-78129130385547371482016-08-14T05:11:00.001-07:002016-08-14T05:13:49.690-07:00A genie confession ... I forget to learn from myself<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Over the years, many skilled and knowledgeable genies (genealogists) have shared their research expertise. Learning from others has been one of the main ways that I've been able to extend my own experience as a genealogical researcher. However, there is one person I sometimes forget to learn from - myself!<br />
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From my experience, the best way to break down brick walls in family history research is to apply systematic, rigorous, trackable research methods. Sounds reasonable, right? Well, one thing that sometimes amazes me is how I am not so good at applying my day-job skills as an educational researcher to my hobby as a family history researcher. Although I'm not sure what prevents me from making this learning transfer, I'm keen to rectify it by writing a series of 10 blogposts over the next few weeks and months on the theme of:<br />
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I hope to give myself a serious kick in the genealogical pants by writing this set of blogposts and, if other genies can benefit from these lessons to myself, I'll be even more pleased.<br />
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So, here's the first in my "note to self" series of blogposts:<br />
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-66344663494586332132016-08-06T19:20:00.001-07:002016-08-07T02:24:46.651-07:00How to remove that pesky search-highlighting in your TROVE results in two clicks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When searching in <b><a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/" target="_blank">TROVE (newspapers)</a></b>, I like to save a <i>clean </i>copy of the article I find <i>without</i> the search-highlighting. The benefits of using TROVE are endless (what's not to love?), as far as I can see, but the one thing that I had found challenging was how to remove the search-highlighting in a quick and easy way when you don't want to download the entire article or the entire page, as given to you by TROVE as a jpg or pdf download. Maybe this is petty of me but I like to have a <i>clean </i>version of a newspaper article before I file it in my records, without the additional text on the page.<br />
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You've probably already worked out how to do this, so please forgive me for stating the obvious. However, for those who haven't, here is a simple solution. It will only add two clicks to your search process.<br />
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Conduct your search. For example, I was searching for information about the death of one of my great uncles, Thomas NEWTON, in 1926 in Warialda, NSW.<br />
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Step 2: Find your highlighted article</h3>
Identify the article you wish to save and notice the searched-for terms are still highlighted (messy, in my opinion).<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: <i>Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser</i>, Monday 31 May 1926, page 3<br />(searched via TROVE newspaper search)</span></div>
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In terms of saving a nice, clean image of the newspaper notice, I'm not too keen on the image above, with all its search-highlighting still visible.<br />
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Step 3: Go to the NEXT page</h3>
In the "old days", to save a clean copy of this article, I would go into TROVE again and, instead of doing a search with specific terms, I would search the newspapers by title, then narrow down by date, and page number.<br />
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By clicking on the drop-down menu, under the page number (page 3 in the case below), you can get to the next page (page 4 in the case below) which will take you to a <i>clean </i>page without any highlighting. Although this next page is not of interest to you, it's worth the trip!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: </span><i style="font-size: small;">Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser</i><span style="font-size: x-small;">, Monday 31 May 1926, page 3 with search terms highlighted </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: </span><i style="font-size: small;">Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser</i><span style="font-size: x-small;">, Monday 31 May 1926, page 4 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: </span><i style="font-size: small;">Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser</i><span style="font-size: x-small;">, Monday 31 May 1926, page 4 </span></div>
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-40605353342267513192016-07-31T06:30:00.002-07:002016-07-31T06:30:49.083-07:00Chinaman's Bend Cemetery, near Orange, NSW<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
While still searching for the resting place of my great-great grandmother, Harriet RILEY (nee LICET/ LYSAUGHT), a fellow Facebook genealogist suggested I try looking for her at the <b><a href="http://www.orange.nsw.gov.au/site/index.cfm?display=147048" target="_blank">Chinaman's Bend Cemetery</a></b>, just outside of Orange, near Lucknow.<br />
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Although I didn't have any luck finding a gravestone of my great-great grandmother's grave, there were quite a few spaces without gravestones. She <i>may </i>have been buried here but I still think she is buried in the Orange General Cemetery for the following reasons:<br />
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<li>She died in 1868.</li>
<li>The Chinaman's Bend Cemetery appears to have had people buried there during the 1830s and 1840s and maybe into the 1850s.</li>
<li>The Orange General Cemetery was established in 1853 (15 years before Harriet died).</li>
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In my search for information about the Chinaman's Bend Cemetery, near Orange in NSW, I had trouble finding its exact location and information about the gravestones in this cemetery. When I visited the cemetery last week, I took photographs of all of the gravestones I could find (eight in total). They are included below in case they are of interest to any other family historians. Also, I've included a map of where the cemetery can be found.<br />
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To begin with, here is the entrance to the cemetery. You can see the boundary fence - the cemetery is very small. You could walk around the boundary of the cemetery in less than 10 minutes.<br />
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Location</h3>
Chinaman's Bend Cemetery (see red dot on map below) is on the Mitchell Highway, not too far from the Northern Distributor Rd turnoff.<br />
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Gravestones</h3>
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Articles and other information about the Chinaman's Bend Cemetery</h3>
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<b><a href="http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/93301/skeletons-in-the-closet-at-graveyards/" target="_blank">Skeletons in the closet at graveyards</a></b> by Tracey Prisk, 14 May 2012</blockquote>
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<b><a href="http://halfaworldaway.orangemuseum.com.au/pages/places/chinaman.cfm" target="_blank">Half a word away: Chinaman's Bend Cemetery </a></b></blockquote>
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<b><a href="http://www.orange.nsw.gov.au/site/index.cfm?display=147048" target="_blank">Orange Cemeteries: Chinaman's Bend Cemetery</a></b> </blockquote>
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<b><a href="http://www.visitorange.com.au/chinamans-bend-cemetery" target="_blank">Chinaman's Bend Cemetery</a></b></blockquote>
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<b><a href="http://au.geoview.info/chinamans_bend_cemetery_18411855,56125459p" target="_blank">Geoview: Chinaman's Bend Cemetery</a></b></blockquote>
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<b><a href="http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMA83X_Chinamans_Bend_Cemetery" target="_blank">Chinamans Bend Cemetery - Worldwide Cemeteries on Waymarking.com</a></b> </blockquote>
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<b><a href="https://www.exploroz.com/Places/102566/NSW/Chinamens_Bend_Cemetery.aspx" target="_blank">ExplorOz: Chinaman's Bend Cemetery </a></b></blockquote>
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It was a wee bit cold on the day I visited the cemetery (about 2°C) but I wasn't alone. I had a cheeky supervisor.<br />
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This morning I finally got around to doing my two DNA tests that I was given as a Christmas present (pretty good Christmas present for a genie!):<br />
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The Family Finder test</h4>
According to the <b><a href="https://www.familytreedna.com/learn/ftdna/our-three-basic-tests/" target="_blank">Family Tree DNA</a></b> site, the Family Finder test examines autosomal DNA which is inherited by both your mother and father, your four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, etc. This test is recommended for people who are interested in finding out their ethnic makeup and can indicate the regions from the world your ancestors came from. This test can also help you to find living relatives on all of your family tree branches within the last five generations.<br />
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This test is described as an <b><a href="https://www.familytreedna.com/learn/faq-items/autosomal-dna-atdna/" target="_blank">Autosomal DNA (atDNA)</a></b> test:<br />
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"Autosomal DNA is DNA from one of our chromosomes located in the cell nucleus. It generally excludes the sex chromosomes. Humans have 22 pairs of autosomal chromosomes and a pair of sex chromosomes."</blockquote>
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The mtFull Sequence test</h4>
According to the <b><a href="https://www.familytreedna.com/learn/ftdna/our-three-basic-tests/" target="_blank">Family Tree DNA</a></b> site, the <b><a href="https://www.familytreedna.com/learn/dna-basics/mtdna/" target="_blank">mtFull Sequence test</a></b>, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) test, traces the mother's mother's mother's etc. line. It has the potential to show the direct line of your mother's ancestors, going back thousands of years. Although both men and women have mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), this type of DNA is only passed on by women.<br />
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Other types of DNA tests </h4>
Learn more about test types: <b><a href="https://www.familytreedna.com/learn/ftdna/our-three-basic-tests/" target="_blank">Our three types of tests (Family Tree DNA)</a></b><br />
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For about a year, I to-ed and fro-ed about which company to get tested with - but in the end I chose Family Tree DNA. If I had loads and loads of money, I'd probably get tested with all of the DNA companies.<br />
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-80441730129504647232016-03-03T06:10:00.002-08:002016-03-03T06:10:52.726-08:00What did a convict look like in 1835? Who needs a picture when you have descriptions like these ...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On the boat that my convict ancestor arrived on in 1835, the <i>Lady McNaughten</i>, there were a few interesting looking characters on the ship with him. Here is a description of some of his fellow travellers ...<br />
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Source: List of male convicts on the ship, the <i>Lady McNaughten, </i>arrived in Sydney 30 October 1835.</div>
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-36308875374856159002016-02-19T23:31:00.000-08:002016-02-19T23:31:17.999-08:00Interested in using Google Maps to track your ancestors?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This afternoon, I added a blogpost to my personal family history blog, <b><a href="http://wishful-linking-family-history.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Wishful Linking</a></b>, about how to track your ancestors using Google Maps:<br />
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<b><a href="http://wishful-linking-family-history.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/mapping-family-history-walter-william.html" target="_blank">Mapping family history: Walter William NORTHCOTE in NSW</a></b></blockquote>
My efforts were guided by the instructions on Helen Smith's great blogpost, <b><a href="http://gsqld.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/mapping-your-family-history.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+TappingYourRootsAtGsq+(Tapping+your+roots+at+GSQ)" target="_blank">Mapping family history</a></b>.<br />
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-45230421426135701302016-01-30T05:07:00.001-08:002016-01-30T05:07:20.329-08:00Crusty envelopes, crumbling papers and that lovely ol' handwriting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today I visited the NSW State Archives at Kingswood NSW with some fellow genies, Janelle and Hilary. Needless to say, we had a great day immersed in the documents of the past. As often happens, I put in a few orders to see old records that turned out not to be connected to my family. However, I wasn't too disappointed ... I saw this as an opportunity to collect a few examples of beautiful handwriting; some of it was quite calligraphic (if there is such a word).<br />
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So, for your viewing pleasure, here are a few random examples of what my eyes were feasting on today. I hope you enjoy browsing through them as much as I did.<br />
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-32136472237618853792016-01-09T06:21:00.001-08:002016-01-09T06:21:16.594-08:00What were your 2015 achievements and what are your 2016 to-do plans?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So, now that 2015 is in the past and we're right at the beginning of 2016, it's a nice time to reflect on what you achieved in your family history in 2015 and to plan some fun goals for 2016.<br />
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If you're interested in what I got up to over the past few weeks and what I am planning in 2016, for my own genealogy, check out this blogpost:<br />
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All the best with your genealogical research this year!<br />
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What were your 2015 achievements and what are your 2016 "to-do" plans?</h2>
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-49405756694632804732016-01-04T03:59:00.000-08:002016-01-08T22:53:44.049-08:00Online genie tools<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Over the years I have found a few great tools for researching genealogy - some of these I've found and others have been shared with me by other genies.<br />
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Feel like a bit of binge listening to <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/podcasts.html" target="_blank">Genies Down Under</a></b> podcasts?<br />
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Here is a run down of what you can catch-up with in the last six months of the Genies Down Under podcast. You can access each podcast episode via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/genies-down-under/id467595597" target="_blank"><b>Genies Down Under at iTunes</b></a> or at the <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/podcasts.html" target="_blank">Genies Down Under website</a></b>. Links to podcast episodes and shownotes for each episode are also found in this blogpost.<br />
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Episode 50: Genie Fiction stuff for genies: Family history themed books and stories (December 2015)</h2>
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In Episode 50, the following eight genie-themed books are covered:<br />
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<li>Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville (2011)</li>
<li>Oranges & Sunshine (aka Empty Cradles) by Margaret Humphries (1996)</li>
<li>Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park</li>
<li>The Harp in the South by Ruth Park (1948)</li>
<li>The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough (1977)</li>
<li>The Timeless Land by Eleanor Dark (1941)</li>
<li>The Bodysurfers by Robert Drewe (1983)</li>
<li>Cloudstreet by Tim Winton (1991)</li>
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In this episode, you'll find answers to these questions:<br />
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<li>I'd like to read some stories with family history themes and Australian history themes. Who are the authors and what are the book titles? </li>
<li>Where can I read more about genealogy themed stories? </li>
<li>What are some classic Australian stories, with family history themes? </li>
<li>How are Australian authors inspired to write stories with family history themes or Australian history themes?</li>
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Check out the <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/shownotes.html#ep_050" target="_blank">Shownotes for Episode 50</a></b>.<br />
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Listen to the <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/podcasts/ep_050_full.mp3" target="_blank">Audio for Episode 50</a></b> or download through the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/genies-down-under/id467595597" target="_blank"><b>Genies Down Under site on iTunes</b></a>.<br />
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Episode 49: Food stuff for genies: Feasts and famines of our ancestors (November 2015)</h2>
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Episode 49 includes a load of tips, tools, tricks and traps about researching the food of our ancestors.<br />
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<li>What can I do with my own food-related memories? </li>
<li>How can I find out about the food of my ancestors? </li>
<li>How can I use stories of famine and feasts in my family history research? </li>
<li>How can I spice up my family history research with information about the food my ancestors ate, the famines they may have experienced and the feasts they may have had?</li>
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Check out the <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/shownotes.html#ep_049" target="_blank">Shownotes for Episode 49</a></b>.<br />
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Listen to the <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/podcasts/ep_049_full.mp3" target="_blank">Audio for Episode 49</a></b> or download through the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/genies-down-under/id467595597" target="_blank"><b>Genies Down Under site on iTunes</b></a>.<br />
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Episode 48: Movies stuff for genies: Films with Australian family history themes(October 2015)</h2>
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In Episode 48 of Genies Down Under, the following movies and TV mini-series were covered:<br />
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<li>Roots: The Saga of an American Family</li>
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<li>For the term of his natural life</li>
<li>The Castle</li>
<li>Gallipoli (1981)</li>
<li>The Water Diviner (2014)</li>
<li>Rabbit Proof Fence</li>
<li>Who do you think you are?</li>
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<li>What Australian movies feature family history themes? </li>
<li>Which blogs can I read about movies in family history stories? </li>
<li>Where can I go to visit some movie-related locations? </li>
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Check out the <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/shownotes.html#ep_048" target="_blank">Shownotes for Episode 48</a></b>.<br />
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Listen to the <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/podcasts/ep_048_full.mp3" target="_blank">Audio for Episode 48</a></b> or download through the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/genies-down-under/id467595597" target="_blank"><b>Genies Down Under site on iTunes</b></a>.<br />
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Episode 47: Funny stuff for genies: Humour in Australian family history (September 2015)</h2>
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In Episode 47, a selection of ideas for using humour in your family history research is presented.<br />
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In this episode, you'll find answers to these questions:<br />
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<li>What are some examples of humour in family history? </li>
<li>What are some examples of black humour in family history? </li>
<li>What are some funny sayings about family history? </li>
<li>What are some examples of funny family history photographs? </li>
<li>How can I use humour in my own family history research?</li>
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Check out the <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/shownotes.html#ep_047" target="_blank">Shownotes for Episode 47</a></b>.<br />
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Listen to the <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/podcasts/ep_047_full.mp3" target="_blank">Audio for Episode 47</a></b> or download through the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/genies-down-under/id467595597" target="_blank"><b>Genies Down Under site on iTunes</b></a>.<br />
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Episode 46: Magazine stuff for genies: Checking out a few genealogy mags (August 2015)</h2>
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In Episode 46, a selection of family history magazines to extend your family history research is presented.<br />
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In this episode, you'll find answers to these questions:<br />
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<li>What are the names of some genealogy magazines that can help genealogists extend their family history research in an Australian context? </li>
<li>What benefits can genealogists gain from reading family history magazines? </li>
<li>How can your contributions to a genealogy magazine help your family history research?</li>
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Check out the <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/shownotes.html#ep_046" target="_blank">Shownotes for Episode 46</a></b>.<br />
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Listen to the <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/podcasts/ep_046_full.mp3" target="_blank">Audio for Episode 46</a></b> or download through the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/genies-down-under/id467595597" target="_blank"><b>Genies Down Under site on iTunes</b></a>.<br />
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Episode 45: Trove stuff for genies: Delving into the treasures of one of our best Australian family history resources (July 2015)</h2>
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In Episode 45, you'll find a bunch of tips, tools, tricks and traps about using TROVE for your family history research.<br />
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In this episode, you'll find answers to these questions:<br />
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<li>What is TROVE? How can TROVE help me with my family history research? </li>
<li>What do I need to know about TROVE to make it easier to find records related to my family's history? </li>
<li>How can I give back to TROVE?</li>
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Check out the <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/shownotes.html#ep_045" target="_blank">Shownotes for Episode 45</a></b>.<br />
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Listen to the <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/podcasts/ep_045_full.mp3" target="_blank">Audio for Episode 45</a></b> or download through the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/genies-down-under/id467595597" target="_blank"><b>Genies Down Under site on iTunes</b></a>.<br />
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If you've ever wondered what types of family history information you'll find on <b><a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper" target="_blank">TROVE newspapers</a></b>, here are 24 examples.<br />
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As they are today, tragic accidents were often reported in the newspaper preceding an ancestor's death. Sometimes, these are also followed up by coroner's inquiries.</div>
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Friday 29 March 1929, page 10</div>
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Bankruptcy cases were often recorded in the newspapers of the day.<br />
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Sometimes you may find that your ancestors were involved in some amazing sporting achievements.</div>
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An advertisement for an old company my grandfather and great-uncle worked for in the 1930s.<br />
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The crime itself, as well as follow up court cases, can be found in newspapers across the country. Often a crime committed in one place was reported in multiple other locations in various other newspapers across the country. Generally, the more scandalous or the more violent crimes were reported in more widely in newspapers across the state and the country.<br />
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Plenty of family history information can be gleaned from death notices including the full name of the deceased, location of death, deceased person's address, family members' names, recent employment and the age of the deceased.<br />
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When divorces are reported, other information can also be included such as marriage date and location, reason for divorce and laywers' names.</div>
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Plenty of family history information can be gleaned from funeral notices including names of family members and friends, the address of the deceased, the time of the funeral, location of cemetery and the funeral company.</div>
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Sometimes your ancestors may have found a lost item, and advertised it in the local paper.<br />
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Obituaries</h2>
This obituary of one of my ancestors gave me a lot of information about his life, including his name, death date, death location, previous residence, age (although his age information was incorrect).<br />
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-87636359526558799092015-01-10T17:59:00.001-08:002015-01-10T17:59:05.820-08:00The funny things you find ... in the New South Wales Will Books 1800-1952<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When searching through the New South Wales Will Books 1800-1952, via <b><a href="http://www.findmypast.com.au/" target="_blank">FindMyPast</a></b>, for some records of my ancestors, I came across an amusing excerpt from a will of a man named Alfred Arthur NORTHCOTE who died in 1940 and was described as a GENTLEMAN. I came across his will while searching for records associated with my great-uncles, two of whom were named Arthur Francis NORTHCOTE and Alfred Joseph NORTHCOTE. Although Alfred Arthur NORTHCOTE does not appear to be one of my relatives, I've included a transcription of part of his will here as I couldn't help but smile when I read it ... I have a feeling he wasn't too keen on the fact that his wife had taken off some time earlier.<br />
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... To my wife the sum of one shilling (1/-) as I am not aware whether she is alive or dead she having left and deserted me for some considerable time and as she always impressed up on me that she never married me for my money nor did she want it, I am carrying out her wishes and disposing of it to a more deserving party. ...</blockquote>
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-36138719082209267502014-02-07T22:46:00.004-08:002014-02-07T22:46:58.585-08:00Panda family trees<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today at Adelaide Zoo, I found it difficult to tear myself away from where the giant pandas were living. It was a special experience to see at least one of the pandas (Wang Wang) while the other panda (Funi) was hiding in her little cave, only poking her head out now and again.<br />
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At first it was difficult to find the two famous Pandas, Wang Wang and Funi, amongst their bamboo forest and little caves ... but then we spotted a huge panda head in the far side of the enclosure.<br />
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Because this is a family history blog, here are Wang Wang and Funi's family trees. It seems that some of their not-too-distant ancestors were "wild". I bet many of us could say the same.<br />
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-70226972305899926712014-02-03T00:51:00.003-08:002014-02-03T00:51:42.568-08:00I'll have one genealogy cruise with no seasickness thanks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
To all cruisers who are preparing to board the <b><a href="http://www.unlockthepastcruises.com/cruises/4th-cruise/" target="_blank">Unlock the Past Genealogy Cruise</a></b> from 4-11 February 2014 ... here's a question for you:<br />
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After telling people that I'm sailing off on a cruise tomorrow, I can't believe the amount of horror-seasickness stories I've heard. Although I haven't been seasick before, the stories I heard sent me racing off to the nearest chemist at lunch time today to stock up on these ....<br />
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To all the genies who aren't able to join us on this cruise, don't worry, I'll be collecting loads of interviews and fun stuff to share with you on the March and April episodes of <a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/" target="_blank"><b>Genies Down Under</b></a>.</div>
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-19717805693452159662014-01-31T10:22:00.000-08:002014-01-31T10:28:18.047-08:00All the little things ... more packin' for cruisin' ideas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After being involved in a Google Hangout this week with Jill Ball and others, reading a number of blogs and receiving emails from fellow cruising buddies about what to pack, here is my 10c worth ... or should I say 5c worth because the items below are mainly about all the little things to pack and how to reduce the amount of big things I'll be taking along on the cruise with me next week. Thanks to everyone for the advice ... you may well find some of it in the blogpost below.<br />
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I know the ship we are going to be cruising on is BIG but I bet my cabin isn't.<br />
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<li><b>Stick on hooks</b> - This will save me rummaging around in my bags while I'm getting organised in my cabin. A few stick on hooks will mean I'll save time getting organised ... meaning I'll have more time for genie stuff.</li>
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<li><b>Soap. </b>There is one teeny-weeny thing that I don't like using when I'm away and that's soap. I have to admit that I usually take a good bar of regular sized soap with me when I'm on trips.</li>
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<li><b>Shoes. </b>This is a problem area for me with my packing - always has been. I'm trying to severely cull the pile of shoes I want to take to look like a pile of shoes that I need. Walking shoes are taking a priority and I'll wear them on board. A couple of other sandals with be thrown in as well. </li>
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<li><b>Tech. </b>Being a genealogy cruise, there is a lot of tech that I'd like to take along. I'm working on reducing my baggage weight by reducing the amount of chargers I take. There are some devices that can be charged through my laptop so I'll be leaving a few bulky chargers at home since my laptop is coming with me.</li>
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<li><b>Stationery. </b>There's not one family history researcher I know who doesn't love stationery almost as much as they love technology. I'm one of these people. In my first attempt at packing for this cruise, I had a small pencil-case full of the lovely stuff. Since then, I've whittled down my travelling stationery collection to a highlighter, two pens, a pencil, a notebook and a small pad of post-it notes.</li>
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<li><b>Hats or a hat. </b>Whether to bring multiple sun hats or just one is a decision driven by my realisation that I'll be indoors more than outdoors on this trip. I reckon one sunhat will get me through the cruise. No, it won't be one of those big, lovely straw hats, like the one below, it will be cloth hat that can be squashed into a much smaller space in my suitcase.</li>
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<li><b>Pruning</b> - I'm pruning the big pile of clothes I had intended to take and making some hard decisions spurred on by my question to self ... "Do I really need that?" I have three categories of clothes in my piles of clothes that are partially on the floor of the spare room and partially in the suitcase: <br />1) <b><span style="color: lime;">code green:</span></b> I must take it = it's in the bag already. No negotiations here.<br />2) <b><span style="color: blue;">code blue:</span></b> I really want to take it = it's in the "maybe pile".<br />3) <span style="color: red;">code red </span>- I would love to take it if someone else could carry it for me = I really shouldn't! It's going back into the wardrobe for another time.</li>
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<li><b>Genies Down Under badges.</b> I've recently ordered some smallish badges for Genies Down Under podcast listeners through <b><a href="http://www.makebadges.com.au/" target="_blank">Make Badges</a></b> - a great Aussie company in Victoria with true personal service, a quick turnaround and reasonable pricing systems. I'll take a small bunch along with me on the cruise.</li>
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-81078318654819290352014-01-15T23:33:00.000-08:002014-01-15T23:33:12.007-08:00Cruise documents arrived today!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yippee! Today the cruise documents and ticket info arrived in the mail today. Very exciting - makes the cruise seem even closer now.<br />
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The cruise documents include:<br />
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<li>black folder</li>
<li>program</li>
<li>guest ticket booklet, including luggage tags</li>
<li>business card from Natalya at Clean Cruising</li>
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Some great tips inside the pack, especially about what to pack and what not to pack.<br />
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-26403746064805257072013-12-31T03:45:00.001-08:002014-01-01T03:40:31.908-08:00Genies packin' for cruisin'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This post is for genies who are planning to go on the genealogical cruise in Feb 2014: <b><a href="http://www.unlockthepastcruises.com/cruises/4th-cruise/" target="_blank">Fourth Unlock the Past Cruise: Southern Australia</a></b>.<br />
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Recently, I asked a few people for some tips on what to pack for the genealogical cruise I'm embarking on in February 2014. Thanks to all who have helped me with this preparation.<br />
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Here are a few ideas I have gathered up so far:<br />
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<li>windproof jacket as well as a lightweight jacket and a scarf for neck and shoulders - handy for being on the deck and in cooler air-conditioned rooms</li>
<li>a notebook or two, and/or an iPad, for taking notes in the presentations, recording new contacts</li>
<li>BYO coffee if you like good coffee</li>
<li>Bathers or cossies, depending what state you're from, and a cover-up from getting to your room to the pool area</li>
<li>a smallish over-the-shoulder pouch or purse that allows you to store a few minor essentials when making short trips around the ship when you don't want to cart your entire handbag</li>
<li>travel detergent to do a bit of laundry in your room</li>
<li>over-the-door bags with small compartments for keeping jewellery and other smaller items that get lost in your luggage</li>
<li>make sure your luggage is labelled inside and out with your name, cabin number and mobile phone number </li>
<li>some type of rainwear</li>
<li>a couple of "sparkly outfits", as Jill Ball calls them, but don't go overboard with formal wear</li>
<li>thumb drives - handy for swapping files between genies when/if the internet isn't working too well</li>
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For more tips on what to take on this cruise, see<br />
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<li><b><a href="http://geniaus.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/gearing-up-for-geneacruise-second-time.html" target="_blank">Gearing up for a Geneacruise - The Second Time Around </a></b>by Jill Ball</li>
<li> <b><a href="http://www.royalcaribbean.com.au/beforeyouboard/whatToKnow/whatToPack.do?wuc=AUS" target="_blank">What to pack</a></b></li>
<li><b> <a href="http://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=1215" target="_blank">Top 10 Cruise Packing Tips</a>, </b></li>
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Here's a reminder about our itinerary:<br />
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<li>Tue 4 Feb Sydney – depart 9pm</li>
<li>Wed 5 Feb Cruising – conference day </li>
<li>Thu 6 Feb Melbourne – in port 8am – 8pm </li>
<li>Fri 7 Feb Cruising – conference day </li>
<li>Sat 8 Feb Adelaide – in port 8am – 6pm</li>
<li>Sun 9 Feb Cruising – conference day </li>
<li>Mon 10 Feb Hobart – in port 2pm – overnight</li>
<li>Tue 11 Feb Hobart – all day – 5pm</li>
<li>Wed 12 Feb Cruising – conference day </li>
<li>Thu 13 Feb Sydney – arrive 6am</li>
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-65418479480670989652013-12-30T20:25:00.003-08:002013-12-30T21:38:47.103-08:00An alternative to the unavailable Rookwood Cemetery Deceased Online <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If you have Catholic ancestors who were buried at Rookwood cemetery in NSW, this blogpost may be worthwhile for you.<br />
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We have all lamented the unavailability of the deceased online search facility on the Rookwood Cemetery (NSW) website: <b><a href="http://www.rookwoodcemetery.com.au/index.php/search-online" target="_blank">currently unavailable</a>. </b>So, here is an alternative ...<br />
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The <b><a href="http://www.catholiccemeteries.com.au/" target="_blank">Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria site</a></b> does allow you to search for your ancestors' graves if they are buried in the Catholic section of the cemeteries listed below. It's quite a good search engine (see <a href="http://search.catholiccemeteries.org.au/"><b>http://search.catholiccemeteries.org.au/</b></a>), allowing you to search the following cemeteries:<br />
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<li>Catholic Cemetery Field Of Mars- Ryde<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1890</li>
<li>Catholic Cemetery Greendale</li>
<li>Catholic Cemetery Kemps Creek</li>
<li>Liverpool Cemetery & Crematorium</li>
<li>Catholic Cemetery North Rocks</li>
<li>The Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) - Rookwood</li>
<li>Catholic Cemetery Necropolis Rookwood</li>
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Something special about this search engine ...</h3>
The special thing about this search engine is that it provides you with the details of graves<b><i> either side </i></b>of the grave you are searching for.<br />
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This is great if, like me, many of your ancestors have been buried in gravestone-less graves. In 1945 when my great-grandfather was buried at Rookwood cemetery, I guess that not many people had a lot of spare money, at the end of World War II, to spend on gravestones. So, there aren't many graves around his grave that had headstones. The closest graves with headstones to his grave (no. 142) were graves numbers 138 and 150. Based on the information about these two graves with gravestones, I was able to work out where he was buried.<br />
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Using this search engine, I found out that Robert Wallschutzky was buried in Grave 138:<br />
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... and James Tanner was buried in Grave 150<br />
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There were no gravestones in between these two graves with gravestones (no. 138 and no. 150). However, by counting the spaces, I could work out where grave no. 142 was - where my great-grandfather, James Walter KINGSBURY, was buried.<br />
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James Walter KINGSBURY's gravesite (30 Dec 2013)</div>
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He died on 19 June 1945, aged 77 years, and was buried on 21 June 1945 in the Roman Catholic Section graves, Mortuary 2 , Area 17, grave no. 142 at Rookwood Cemetery.<br />
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Although I didn't find out any additional information about his life by finding his gravestone-less grave, it was satisfying to stand at the place where he was laid to rest.<br />
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-66493100275589302972013-12-27T19:30:00.000-08:002013-12-27T19:31:22.840-08:00Genealogy cruise count-down: 38 days to go<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ever thought of going on a genealogy-filled cruise for over a week of genealogy-related activities? Well, I thought about this early this year and, after being encouraged by a few other Genies Down Under listeners, I took the plunge and booked my first ever genealogy cruise. Actually, it's my first cruise ever. The last time I spent more than a few days on a boat was back in the 1980s, travelling down the Nile in a felucca sailing boat. However, I expect the <b><a href="http://www.royalcaribbean.com.au/findacruise/ships/class/ship/home.do?shipCode=VY" target="_blank">Voyager of the Seas</a></b> to be a equipped a little better than the felucca - that is, I reckon it will have a few things that the felucca didn't - internet, a bed, toilets! I can't wait ... for the cruise, that is:)<br />
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Here is our boat - which I probably should call a "cruise ship". It's more like a building than a boat ..<br />
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... a bit different from the felucca in Egypt all those years ago.<br />
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Some highlights I'm looking forward to on the genealogy cruise ...<br />
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<li>Living and breathing genealogy for over a week.</li>
<li>Meeting up with some other Genies Down Under listeners.</li>
<li>Listening to some well-known genealogy presenters from Down Under and overseas - Jill Ball, Jan Gow, Thomas MacEntee, Julie Goucher, Chris Paton, Shauna Hicks, Noelene Kyle and <b><a href="http://www.unlockthepastcruises.com/4th-cruise-presenters/" target="_blank">other fantastic presenters</a></b>.</li>
<li>Seeing some of my favourite Australian cities during port stops.</li>
<li>Finding out more about DNA and genealogy</li>
<li>Being part of a panel about ethics and genealogy</li>
<li>Giving a presentation on Friday 7 Feb at 8.30am called "Using free podcasts"</li>
<li>Being a cruise blogger. See the <b><a href="http://www.unlockthepastcruises.com/4th-cruise-program/" target="_blank">list of other cruise bloggers</a></b> (scroll down).</li>
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So, where are we going? Starting in Sydney, we then head to Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart and then back to Sydney. Here is our route:</div>
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Finally, thanks so much to Alan Philips and his team at Unlock the Past for their fantastic organisation of this cruise.<br />
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For more information on future Unlock the Past genealogical cruises, please go to their <b><a href="http://www.unlockthepast.com.au/" target="_blank">Unlock the Past</a></b> site.<br />
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-37093647168657001252013-10-27T05:46:00.001-07:002013-10-27T14:13:15.057-07:00Two genies go down under: Janelle and Maria tour the Tank Stream beneath Sydney<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Two <b><span style="color: #38761d;">genies </span></b>went <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>down under</b></span> the streets of Sydney today on the Tank Stream Tour. What a fascinating tour it was. I always remember learning about the Tank Stream in my old school days but it was so much better to see, feel and smell the real thing.<br />
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Stream" target="_blank">Tank Stream</a> was one of the first sources of Sydney's water in the early days of white settlement. The early settlers unfortunately didn't look after it that wisely and it had turned into a sewer by 1826 whereas the Gadigal had used the stream a for thousands of years before 1788. These days it's used as a storm water drain.<br />
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Running along under the streets of Sydney, the section of the Tank Stream that we toured through showed three main sections: a convict-built section, a mason-built section and a more modern section. The builders' marks and initials can be seen on many of the sandstone bricks that make up the tunnel walls.<br />
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<a href="http://www.sydneywatertalk.com.au/tankstream/team/#Yvonne Kaiser-Glass" target="_blank">Yvonne Kaiser Glass</a>, Sydney Water's archaeologist, gave us a wonderful, informative tour.<br />
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If you ever have the chance to go on the Tank Stream tour, I can recommend it wholeheartedly. Thanks, Janelle, for inviting me along!<br />
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Check out this <a href="http://history.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/waterexhibition/images/zoom/tank1.jpg.html" target="_blank">map </a>of where the Tank Stream is situated, in relation to the Streets of Sydney:<br />
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Source of photo: <a href="http://www.hht.net.au/visiting/tank_stream_tours">http://www.hht.net.au/visiting/tank_stream_tours</a><br />
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For more information about how to join a Tank Stream tour, check out the <a href="http://www.sydneywatertalk.com.au/tankstream/" target="_blank">Sydney Water</a> site.<br />
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-91514561819957294652013-10-06T02:10:00.001-07:002013-10-06T02:10:55.839-07:00TROVE fashions in the 1890s in Australia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After doing a bit of analysis of one of my ancestor's dresses from the 1890s (see this blogpost: <a href="http://geniesdownunder.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/fantastic-book-about-ancestor-clothing.html" target="_blank">Fantastic book about ancestor clothing!! Out of style by Betty Kreisel Shubert</a>), I decided to do a bit of trawling through TROVE to find some more examples of women's dress styles in the 1890s in Australia. Here are a couple of the illustrations I found.<br />
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From page 364 of <i>The Queenslander</i>, 24 February 1894, with the article titled "New Bodices"<br />
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-31336838564329451682013-10-05T04:51:00.001-07:002013-10-05T18:48:37.887-07:00Fantastic book about ancestor clothing!! Out of style by Betty Kreisel Shubert<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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How did I hear about this super book? On a morning walk recently, I was listening to Drew and George on the <b><a href="http://www.genealogyguys.com/" target="_blank">Genealogy Guys</a></b> podcast on my old 2006 iPod. Although the podcast episode I was listening to was from <a href="http://www.genealogyguys.com/webpage/2013/03" target="_blank">3 March 2013</a>, I only caught up on this episode about three weeks ago - that's the great thing about podcasts ... you can listen to them anytime, no matter when they were broadcast. Drew and George spoke about a fantastic book called <i><b>Out of Style: A Modern Perspective of how, why and when vintage fashions evolved</b></i>, published in 2013 and written by Betty Kreisel Shubert. Because I was in the first stage of planning an episode about ancestors' clothing for my own podcast <b><i><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/" target="_blank">Genies Down Under</a></i></b>, I couldn't believe how lucky I was to find out about this book. So, thanks Drew and George for sharing this information with your listeners! As soon as I arrived home from my morning walk, I jumped onto Amazon.com and ordered the book.</div>
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Just one day after I uploaded the October episode of the <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/" target="_blank"><i>Genies Down Under</i></a></b> podcast (<a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/podcasts/ep_025_full.mp3" target="_blank">Clothing stuff for genies: Investigating the fashions of your ancestors</a>), this wonderful book arrived on my doorstep. I'd ordered it a few weeks ago, hoping that it would arrive before I had finalised the October episode. Although I was disappointed the book didn't arrive before the end of September (which meant I couldn't include it in the most recent podcast episode on ancestors' clothing), the October episode was great fun to make because I had some lovely listeners of the <i>Genies Down Under</i> podcast who emailed me stories about their ancestors' clothing. Their stories covered many aspects of fashion, including shoes, jewellery and clothes. Check out the stories on the <a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/podcasts/ep_025_full.mp3" target="_blank">Episode 25</a> of the <i>Genies Down Under</i> podcast or on the <a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/shownotes.html#ep_025" target="_blank">shownotes</a>. In the November podcast episode of the <b><a href="http://geniesdownunder.com.au/" target="_blank"><i>Genies Down Under</i></a></b> podcast, I'll include some of the great ideas that Betty Kreisel Shubert presents in her book<br />
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Betty Kreisel Shubert's book is called, <i><b>Out of Style: A Modern Perspective of how, why and when vintage fashions evolved</b></i>, and was<i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>published in 2013. The book costs around AU$22-30 in paperback version from Amazon.com. Although the book was written and published in the US, the tips, examples and explanations are also useful for genealogists researching their ancestors in Australia.<br />
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Here are some highlights from the <i><b>Out of Style</b></i> book:<br />
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<li><b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Two main sections:</span></b> Part one: 19th century 1830-1900 and Part two: 20th century 1900-1960</li>
<li><b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Instructions for photograph analysis.</span></b> An entire chapter on <i>How to trace your ancestors ... Literally!</i> In this chapter, Betty provides a great set of methods for analysing your ancestors' clothing shown in old photos by tracing the main features of the clothing from an old photograph and then analysing these features in terms of hair, collar, necktie, coat, vest and pants (for men) and hair, bodice, sleeves, skirt and jewellery (for women).</li>
<li><b><span style="color: #ffe599;">19th - 20th century. </span></b>Since most of the photos I'm trying to date in my family history collection are from the 1850s through to the early 1900s, this book will give me plenty of clues to add a bit more authority to my estimates based on guessing my ancestors' ages.</li>
<li><b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Illustrations. </span></b>The annotated illustrations in this book are so, so intricate. The author really seems to know what she's talking about. I have to admit I was a little disappointed by the lack of photographs (there are just a handful) in the book but the illustrations made up for my disappointment.</li>
<li><b><span style="color: #ffe599;">Men and women's clothing:</span></b> Although female ancestors' clothing is probably easier to analyse and date, this book also provides plenty of information about men's clothing.</li>
<li>At <b><span style="color: #ffe599;">350 pages</span></b> I definitely feel like I got my money's worth with this book.</li>
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Here is an example of how I analysed one of my ancestors' photographs using Betty's book.</div>
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Before I received Betty's book, I did know some information about the photograph of my ancestor.</div>
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The photograph below is a studio portrait photograph of my great-great-grandmother, Catherine CARRICK (nee HIGGINS). Catherine was born in the town of Tuam in County Galway, on the west coast of Ireland about 1838. She moved to Macclesfield, County Cheshire in the UK at some stage before she married Thomas CARRICK in 1859 at the Church of St Philip and St James, Chapel St, Edgeley in the District of Stockport, in the Counties of Cheshire and Lancaster.</div>
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Thomas and Catherine CARRICK had a number of children and sailed with their five surviving children, Mary Anne, Thomas, Patrick, Honora and Catherine, to Sydney in 1880. They lived in the Rozelle and Balmain areas close of Sydney. Catherine died in 1904 and is buried in the Catholic area of Rookwood cemetery in Sydney.</div>
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The following photo was sent to me by one of my distant cousins, a descendant of Thomas and Catherine CARRICK's daughter, Honora CARRICK. The photo was taken in Sydney in the Eden Photographic studio. </div>
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From the book titled <i><b>The Mechanical Eye in Australia, Photography 1841-1900</b> </i>(shown to me a few years ago by another genealogist in my family), I found out that Eden (Society Studios) operated from 805 George Street, Sydney from 1895 to 1897, and then from 1897-1900 at 725-729 George Street Sydney, as George Eden Proprietor. This information means that the photo below was taken somewhere between 1895 and 1900, when Catherine was 57-62 years of age. In the photograph below, I think Catherine looks closer to 57 than 62 years of age, so I guess that the photo was taken closer to 1895 than 1900.</div>
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<b>By using Betty Kreisel Shubert <i>Out of Style </i>book, I worked out that:</b><br />
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<li>Catherine's <b>sleeves </b>were typical of fashions in the 1890s: "Starting as small vertical puffs in the late 1880s, by the early 1890s sleeve caps had grown into leg-o'-muttons or ballooning bishop sleeves. Each year they grew bigger, reaching their most extreme size and greatest popularity between 1895-1898" (from page 157 <i><span style="font-style: normal;">in </span>Out of Style</i>).</li>
<li>The <b>narrow waist</b> on Catherine's dress was also quite typical of the day: "Waists were as small as corsets could squeeze them. Combined with top-heavy sleeves and bell-shaped skirts, the Hour Glass Silhouette was 'the look' of the decade" (from page 157 <i><span style="font-style: normal;">in </span>Out of Style</i>).</li>
<li>Catherine's <b>hairstyle </b>was also common for the period: "Repeatedly seen in vintage photographs of average women are simple, pulled-back, sometimes careless hairstyles, without added hairpieces. Bangs were gone, foreheads were clear ..." (from page 163 <i><span style="font-style: normal;">in </span>Out of Style</i>).</li>
<li>The style of dress worn by Catherine was also typical of this time. In her book, Betty describes a dress designed and made by her grandmother as described on page 163 in <i>Out of Style. </i>The description of Betty's grandmother's dress included very similar features to Catherine's dress. Betty describes the main features of her grandmother's dress as follows:<br />- two-piece brown dress<br />- beautiful handwork of tiny cross-stitches that held featherbones onto every seam<br />- a narrower stiffened sleeve supported the large outer sleeve<br />- Betty dated her grandmother's dress as 1896-1898 because sleeves were "at their most extreme" during this period<br />- a separate velvet collar topped the V-shaped yoke on the bodice</li>
<li>The buttoned-up front of the top of Catherine's <b>dress </b>is very similar to the illustration depicted in "The Nine Sequential Phases of the Rise and Fall and Rise (Again!) of the Bustle" (from pages 20-21 in <i>Out of Style</i>), especially as the illustration in the book also shows a high neck with a squarish centrepiece at the neck. Bodices and jackets are described as similar to the one worn by Catherine: "Bodice/jackets: Jackets were short again, with small buttons going all the way up to the neck. All had a tight, tailored, corseted look (from page 29 in <i>Out of Style</i>)<i>.</i></li>
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All in all, although I did have a fair idea of when the photograph was taken, the<b> <i>Out of Style</i></b> book about how vintage fashions evolved really did give me a definite way to analyse this ancestor's clothing as shown in a studio photograph above. The whole process of analysing Catherine's photograph, with Betty's book as my guide, took just under one hour.<br />
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Please note that all the photo analysis above was undertaken with good old-fashioned printed books. Although I absolutely LOVE using the internet for my family history research, I am constantly reminded of the value of non-online resources.<br />
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-80085429423371817282013-05-31T15:06:00.000-07:002013-05-31T15:06:16.647-07:00Do you look like one of your ancestors?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Great idea from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=614226468588979&set=a.169418596403104.40992.151502134861417&type=1&theater" target="_blank">FindMyPast </a>for comparing your looks with your ancestors' looks.<br />
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17642075483281050695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321594515751115637.post-21973447325221630492012-11-23T20:21:00.003-08:002012-11-23T20:21:28.142-08:00Mini genie podcast episode<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This mini-genie episode of <i>Genies Down Under </i>focuses on the wonderful details that can be found within the NSW Police Gazettes between 1854–1930. In this Mini-genie, you'll find out some ideas about how to search through the NSW Police Gazettes (1854–1930) for information about "the lives of people on bothsides of the law", including information about:<br />
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The Police Gazettes can be accessed and searched through <a href="http://ancestry.com.au/">Ancestry.com.au</a>. If you don't have paid subscription access to Ancestry, you can access it through computers at some libraries, archives offices and family history centres. Or, you can buy them from <a href="http://www.gould.com.au/NSW-Police-Gazette-Index-1866-1938-p/au2103idx.htm" target="_blank">Gould Genealogy</a> for about AUD$40.<br />
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The Police Gazettes are described by Ancestry.com as follows:<br />
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The NSW Police Gazettes, 1854–1930, offer a window into the lives of people on both sides of the law. It contains information on wanted criminals, crimes committed, criminals who had been apprehended, and missing persons. It also contains information on police officers such as promotions, vacant positions, and appointments.</blockquote>
So, I would recommend that this resource is a great place to look for info about your ancestors. Here is a little taste of what you may find. After searching through this resource, I found this very detailed reference to one of my ancestors:<br />
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Missing, since the 13th instant from her home, 7 Connemarra-street, Bexley, - LUCY NORTHCOTE, 50 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, medium complexion, black hair, turning grey, blue eyets; dressed in a striped Fuji de luxe dress, black hat and black shoes and stockings; has been depondent of late. Information to her husband at the above address.</blockquote>
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Happy hunting through the NSW Police Gazettes.<br />
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