Start the hunt for your family ancestors with Ann Dixon. Learn the what, where and how of Family History.
When: Wednesday 8th October 1-3 pm
Where: Mooroolbark Library, 7 Station Street, Mooroolbark
Cost: Free event
Bookings essential phone 97268200
Cheers, Maryanne
Showing posts with label Genealogy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genealogy. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Family History is fun
Celebrate Family History Week with an opportunity to hear some funny stories and coincidences discovered in family history research. Hosted by Ann Dixon.
When: Tuesday 7th August 7:30pm
Where: Ringwood Library 4 Ringwood Street Mall Ringwood Ph: 9870 017
Refreshments available.
Cheers, Maryanne
When: Tuesday 7th August 7:30pm
Where: Ringwood Library 4 Ringwood Street Mall Ringwood Ph: 9870 017
Refreshments available.
Cheers, Maryanne
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Beginning Family History
Start the hunt for your ancestors with Ann Dixon. Learn the what, where and how of Family History. Please note i have updated with the correct location. It should be at Lilydale Library.When: Saturday 28th July 12:30pm
Where: Lilydale Library, Anderson St, Lilydale
Bookings necessary, phone 92943120
Cheers, Maryanne
Thursday, April 19, 2007
The Eastern Regional Library Show
Library staff member Lesley Conway runs a radio show each Wednesday 12:05pm-12:45pm on Eastern FM 99.1 called The Eastern Regional Library Show. Tune in next Wednesday for a great show.
On this week's show
Today saw the return of our Family Historian Kathy Smalley to the show. As she pointed out, genealogy refers to tracing a family tree, but family historians usually want to broaden the picture with information about the period that relatives lived in, maybe information about the suburbs, towns, or even the houses that ancestors live in. And now it's possible to find out if members of your family held shares in a mining company, by checking the CDROM Mining shareholders index, 1857-1886 for Victoria, which is available at Ringwood Library. (There are many other fascinating CDROMs).
Kathy also brought us up to date with some new Census information for Scotland which is available through the Ancestry.com database which is available on all public PCs in our library branches. Both the 1881 and 1901 Census results have been added to a list of Scottish Census which cover the period 1841 to 1901.
One very useful hint Kathy passed on today was that there is information about problems associated with particular census data, at the end of the census. She suggest scrolling to the end of the information of any given census and checking this out, as in every case there is listed some information which has not been included because records have been lost or damaged. In the case of the 1841 census, a significant decision to round out the ages of people to the nearest figure divisible by five, means that if you are searching by age, you need to set your parameters to 5 years either side of the age you have for your ancestor. There are also cases where information was recorded in pencil, and not legible, and where marks on the census for male/female have gone into another column, and your ancestor John Smith may be recorded as female. Kathy suggests not putting in male/female as part of your search terms.
If you are interested in an informal family history information sharing session, the Genie Exchanges which happen every two months at Ringwood, Lilydale and Belgrave libraries, and monthly at Knox library are a good way to keep up to date with what is available, and these sort of useful tips. There is no need to book for these exchanges, and you will have access to computer resources, microfiche, print resources, and staff who are funds of invaluable information. Don't forget too that you can subscribe to the e-newsletter through the ERL website - click on the Family History link.
Some other invaluable resources for researching family history are the following web databases, friendsunited.com.au and schoolsunited.com, where it is possible to find information put on about families and individuals, family trees and school records, and to place requests for information. Access is free up to a point, there are fees for extended access.
Music today was Willie Nelson from the CD The Highwaymen perform on their own.
Cheers, Maryanne
On this week's show
Today saw the return of our Family Historian Kathy Smalley to the show. As she pointed out, genealogy refers to tracing a family tree, but family historians usually want to broaden the picture with information about the period that relatives lived in, maybe information about the suburbs, towns, or even the houses that ancestors live in. And now it's possible to find out if members of your family held shares in a mining company, by checking the CDROM Mining shareholders index, 1857-1886 for Victoria, which is available at Ringwood Library. (There are many other fascinating CDROMs).
Kathy also brought us up to date with some new Census information for Scotland which is available through the Ancestry.com database which is available on all public PCs in our library branches. Both the 1881 and 1901 Census results have been added to a list of Scottish Census which cover the period 1841 to 1901.
One very useful hint Kathy passed on today was that there is information about problems associated with particular census data, at the end of the census. She suggest scrolling to the end of the information of any given census and checking this out, as in every case there is listed some information which has not been included because records have been lost or damaged. In the case of the 1841 census, a significant decision to round out the ages of people to the nearest figure divisible by five, means that if you are searching by age, you need to set your parameters to 5 years either side of the age you have for your ancestor. There are also cases where information was recorded in pencil, and not legible, and where marks on the census for male/female have gone into another column, and your ancestor John Smith may be recorded as female. Kathy suggests not putting in male/female as part of your search terms.
If you are interested in an informal family history information sharing session, the Genie Exchanges which happen every two months at Ringwood, Lilydale and Belgrave libraries, and monthly at Knox library are a good way to keep up to date with what is available, and these sort of useful tips. There is no need to book for these exchanges, and you will have access to computer resources, microfiche, print resources, and staff who are funds of invaluable information. Don't forget too that you can subscribe to the e-newsletter through the ERL website - click on the Family History link.
Some other invaluable resources for researching family history are the following web databases, friendsunited.com.au and schoolsunited.com, where it is possible to find information put on about families and individuals, family trees and school records, and to place requests for information. Access is free up to a point, there are fees for extended access.
Music today was Willie Nelson from the CD The Highwaymen perform on their own.
Cheers, Maryanne
Thursday, February 22, 2007
The Eastern Regional Library Show
Library staff member Lesley Conway runs a radio show each Wednesday 12:05pm-12:45pm on Eastern FM 99.1 called The Eastern Regional Library Show. Tune in next week for a great show.
On this week's show
Kathy Smalley, Family History Librarian, was a guest this week. Are your family history records and charts in disorder? Kathy recommends checking Choice magazine for Feb/Jan 2007 to see the brief results of a survey of Family Tree Software. Choice ran a substantial article with detailed information on various software packages in Nov/Dec 2006, and the brief recommendations give options of free software, best commercial options and Macintosh applications.
Kathy also suggests that a good free option for a beginner family historian wanting to work on the family tree is available through Microsoft at web address http://microsoft.com where you can do a search on the Home Page for 'family tree' and bring up several options.
On this week's show
Kathy Smalley, Family History Librarian, was a guest this week. Are your family history records and charts in disorder? Kathy recommends checking Choice magazine for Feb/Jan 2007 to see the brief results of a survey of Family Tree Software. Choice ran a substantial article with detailed information on various software packages in Nov/Dec 2006, and the brief recommendations give options of free software, best commercial options and Macintosh applications.
Kathy also suggests that a good free option for a beginner family historian wanting to work on the family tree is available through Microsoft at web address http://microsoft.com where you can do a search on the Home Page for 'family tree' and bring up several options.
Kathy will be on the program again in 4 weeks, by which time the new ERL computer system will have been installed. Because of the new computer system and staff training, there have not been the usual Family History training programs running, but they will begin again from late March.
Don't forget that there are informal groups called Genie Exchange which operate from Ringwood, Knox, Belgrave and Lilydale libraries which welcome people who drop in and would like some assistance with their family history. The place to look for times and places, and to keep up-to-date with the latest on offer in ERL is the Family History page, accessible from Eastern Regional Libraries website.
Cheers, Maryanne
Don't forget that there are informal groups called Genie Exchange which operate from Ringwood, Knox, Belgrave and Lilydale libraries which welcome people who drop in and would like some assistance with their family history. The place to look for times and places, and to keep up-to-date with the latest on offer in ERL is the Family History page, accessible from Eastern Regional Libraries website.
Cheers, Maryanne
Thursday, January 18, 2007
The Eastern Regional Library Show
Another update from Lesley Conway of the Eastern Regional Library show.If you need an incentive to visit the library at the moment, aside from a peaceful air-conditioned environment, you can take advantage of free reservations at Croydon Library on Sunday afternoons, you can also get free reservations at any branch on any of the '20 novels set close to home' booklist, all set within Victoria. Your children can also attend one of the many free or inexpensive holiday activities in all our branches over the next two weeks.
If you are thinking seriously of following up your New Year's resolution to undertake your family history, you can start by going to the Family History page on our website to see what resources and services are available. From there you can subscribe to the library Family History newsletter, sign up for our 'Family History for Beginners' workshop at Ringwood Library on February 9th, or drop into one of the Genie Exchange sessions which take place at Ringwood, Knox, Belgrave and Lilydale libraries in February. Genie Exchange is a session with like minded enthusiasts and a knowledgeable staff member; it's free and requires no booking.
For those that don't know library ERL staff member Lesley Conway runs a radio show each Wednesday 12:05pm-12:45pm on Eastern FM 99.1 called The Eastern Regional Library Show. Tune in next week for a great show.
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