SWAN HILL GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY

A Group Member of
Genealogical Society of Victoria

Office Bearers
 

Fees
Membership  $5
Casual Attendance 50c per Meeting
Newsletter Subscription will be 50c per issue

Meeting Place
At the latter Day Saints Church, Ultima Road, Swan Hill at 8.00 p.m.

Membership List
 

1.	Elma McKenzie	5 Marraboor Street	Swan Hill	324272
2.	Jenny Clutterbuck	6 Boldrewood Drive	Swan Hill	323784
3.	Joan Vivian	Karingal	Chinkapook	353243
4.	Edna Bowen	48 High Street	Swan Hill	323416
5.	Joan Horsburgh	"Riverhaven" RSD Via Swan Hill	Speewa	376457
6.	Aubrey Harris	Koraleigh		302194
7.	Jim Strugnell	12 Mulbar Street	Swan Hill	324105
8.	Helen Walker	5/34 High Street	Swan Hill	324093
9.	Valerie Steggall	26 Gummow Street	Swan Hill	323097
10.	Hans Proebsting	119 Thurla Street	Swan Hill	323628
11.	Helen Howley	25 Marraboor Street	Swan Hill	324334
12.	June Proctor	34 Thurla Street	Swan Hill
13.	Amy Abbott	2 Clark Street	Swan Hill	322585
14.	John Sheahan	49A Gray Street	Swan Hill	324926
15.	Kevin Van Der Stoel	3 Gregg Street	Swan Hill	324121
16.	Glad Beasy	18 Gummow Street	Swan Hill	321230
17.	Margaret Clark	14 Gregg Street	Swan Hill	321791
18.	Dot Harvey	12 Bright Street	Woorinen Sth.	376771
19.	Sandra Nicoll	21 Nowie Street	Swan Hill	323107
20.	Joyce Price	Piangil Road	Manangatang	351355
21.	Carol Jordan	Murraydale Road	via Swan Hill	329050
22.	Tom Osborne	1 High Street	Swan Hill	322906
23.	Allie Evans	17 Splatt Street	Swan Hill	324326
24.	Pat Fraser	17 Palaroo Street	Swan Hill	322038
25.	Betty Van Der Stoel	3 Gregg Street	Swan Hill	324121
26	John Brereton	16 Standen Street	Swan Hill	324678
27.	Shirley Durden		Tyntynder Central	376434
28.	Judy Plumridge
29.	Phyllis Mason
30.	Linda Annear	17 Standen Street	Swan Hill	321208
31.	Valmae McMillan	Pier Milan		781257
32.	Lindsay Schmidt	R.S.D.	Tyntynder Central	376528

LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS

The Story of the Mallee by Alfred S. Kenyon - donated by Jenny Clutterbuck

In Search of a Better Way (compiled and donated by A. Harris)

Northam - An Avon Valley History by Donald S. Garden donated by T. Osborne

Record of War Service of Old Students of Swan Hill High School donated by David Dalgleish, Military Museum.

Newspapers

Donated by Tom Osborne
"The Star" Royal Centenary Visit, Melbourne 8th. December, 1934
"The Star" 25 Years a King, Melbourne 6th. May, 1935
"The Australian" Centenary 18th. October, 1934

Donated by  Helen Howley
"The Sydney Gazette & N.S.W.  Advertiser"

Pamphlets
Come to Britain Series donated by Edna Bowen

Chart
The First Fleet - list of names who arrived 26th. January, 1788 donated by Helen Howley

Maps
Two early survey maps of Swan Hill donated by Allie Evans
Melbourne General Cemetery

Snippets
Newsletter from other G.S.V. Groups
The Iveagh Bequest Kenwood - London 1964
The British Isles - Oxford Through the Ages

Others
Currency Rates - 1984
Coloured Chart - Kings & Queens of England
Application Forms for Birth and Death Certificates - South Africa
Application Forms for Genealogical Research Directory
Australian explorers - School Project Books
Australia and the 20th. Century - Historical highlights 1901-1970
Swan Hill Tourist Guide and Year Book - printed 1969
Old Sydney Town - Heritage Park Somersby Guide - 1974
Geographical Magazine featuring Wales
Swan Hill and Major Mitchell's Pioneer Festival - April 1973
National times Magazine, November 7th. and 12th. 1977 "The Convicts in us all"
Pictorial Australia

Schools
Vision and Realisation, Volumes 1, 2 & 3
Vinifera Primary School No. 4150 - History
Tyntynder Primary School No. 3795 Pupils Register 1913-1931
Success Story - The Sisters of St, Joseph, Swan Hill 1922-1972 by Father A. Pell donated by George Pell

Genealogical Books

1. Genealogical Sources - Public Records Office
2. Compiling your Family History - Nancy Gray
3. Births, Deaths and Marriage Certificates in Australia by Faye Young & Don Harris
4. Marriage, Census and other indexes for Family Historians, edited by Jeremy Gibson
5. Society of Australian Genealogists - Guide to the Library 1984
6. Family and Local History Sources in Victoria, Edited by Frances Brown, Don
    Meadley and Marjorie Morgan
7. "Ancestor' June 1980 to December 1984 donated by Tom Osborne
8. "Help Needed" from Monday's Age is being collected by H. Howley
9. "You asked for it" and "Salvation Army Lists", "Weekly Times" and "Guardian" are
    being collected by Edna Bowen

NAMING OF CHILDREN 1700-1875
First son was named after the father's father
Second son was named after the mother's father
Third son was named after the father
Fourth son was named after the father's eldest brother
First daughter was named after the mother's mother
Second daughter was named after the father's mother
Third daughter was named after the mother
Fourth daughter was named after the mother's eldest sister

CENSUS DATES

The Census Dates in England are as follows:-

1841 - June 6th
1851 - the night of 30/31st March
1861 - the night of 7/8th April
1871 - the night of 2/3rd April
1881 - the night of 3/4th April
1891 - April 5th
1901 - March 31st
1911 - April 2nd

Microfilms of England for 1841, 1851, 1871 and 1881 may be ordered through the 'Church of the Latter Day Saints' Libraries. The Libraries in Victoria are 285 Heidelberg Road, Northcote; Cnr. Lane & Pumps Road, Wantirna: and a new library at Wangaratta

CALENDER
Until 1752 "old-style" dating was in use in England. The year began on Lady Day (25th March), so the period from 1st January to 24th March was included in the preceding year. A baptism entered in a register as 14th February, 1733 should therefore read as "14th February, 1733/34"
C.R. Cheney (ed) HANDBOOK OF DATES FOR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH HISTORY (1970) is a useful reference book for all problems of dating.

USEFUL HINT
When searching in various counties of England for any family history or local history - in the State Library are the Victorian County History Books - located in the main Index under the same heading. They are worth having a look at.     Jenny Clutterbuck

Available at the Swan Hill Library
Port Phillip Directories 1839-1867
Bailliere's Official Postal Directory of Victoria 1868-1872 & 1875 1880-1
Wise's Victorian post Office Directory 1884-1900
Early Newspapers for this district

Writing to South Africa
South Africa is no longer a member of the International Postal Union - therefore International Reply Coupons are of no use. Just hope they will reply.

"The Advertiser" Newspaper Clipping - Adelaide 19th April, 1985
"Genealogy made easier" - Tracing family trees in S.A. is being made easier, the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Division has decided to release for sale all indexes of births, deaths and marriages recorded in the State before 1906. Each set would contain about 260 microfiche and cost about $60.00 and these could be studied on readers at public libraries.

Janet Reakes - Family Roots Segment on "Ray Martin's Midday Show"
Queries kept short and to the point will be answered by Janet Reakes, a professional researcher in Sydney. Write to - Family Roots, P.O. Box 99, Willoughby 2068 N.S.W.

Trip to Avoca - by Kevin Vanderstoel
Late last year Betty and myself travelled to Bendigo to attend a Genealogical Seminar. Among the guest speakers was Helen Harris who spoke  on interesting gravestonews she has photographed during her travels.
She has produced a very interesting book about  cemeteries called "Grave Reflections". Helen has done a lot of cemetery transcriptions around the Avoca area, and as some of my ancestors came from that area, I spoke to her during a break in the Seminar. I discovered she is secretary of the Avoca Historical society, of which I am now a member. This Society produces a monthly Newsletter called the Pyrenees Pioneers" which mentions names that people are researching and also items from old Newspapers. A few weekends ago they held an Exhibition of old photographs and had copies of old Newspapers for perusal. I travelled down to the Exhibition and found it was well worthwhile as there were two separate photos of old Hotels at Amphitheatre and Avoca which were taken at the time they were owned by my great-grandfather. One of their members is a photographer and will take copies of any old photos. 
Several members have taken on specific tasks to research, i.e. Hotels, Post Offices and Railway Stations in the area.

Gloucestershire Family History Society
 

Secretary:

Mr. John Vaughan 1 Roxton Drive The Reddings Cheltenham GLOS  GL51 6SQ County Archivist (Mr. D. Smith) Gloucestershire Record Office Worcester Street GLOUCESTER GL1 3DW

International Genealogical Index
The following is an explanation of the I.G.I. Index, when visiting an L.D.S. Church, look up your ancestors by -

1. Name of Country e.g. England
2. Name of County e.g. Cornwall
3. Surname of your ancestor in alphabetical order e.g. Mellow

c = christening
m = marriage
b = birth
d = death

In Batch No. column, in front of the number is a small letter C, P, M, TT, E or A followed by a number. e.g. 7505626 '75' means 1975 - 056 means 56th day of the year when the member submitted that information.
If number commences with 7 and third number is less than 4, as 750 it means that this entry was submitted by member of the church, probably on family group sheet. Copy Batch number and last two digets of Serial Number.

M, C or P in front of Batch Number means it came from control Extraction Program, taken from parish records or whatever records they were, names are processed through Temple and will show on next I.G.I. TT means royal lineage, E & A means archives of the L.D.S. Church.

If the entry was submitted by a patron - Order that film (using batch number). The film that arrives will give you the patron's name and address. Write to the patron who may be researching the same person as yourself.

There is a new library of the Church of Latter Day Saints at 45 Garnett Ave, Wangaratta - Phone 215486. Their Library includes the I.G.I. (1984 edition), Family Registry Index, Pre 1900 B.D.& M. Indexes for N.S.W., Q'LD., and W.A.  The Library is open by appointment only. If writing for assistance include a Pedigree Chart and a donation.

Example of an I.G.I. Sheet

Football Teams from the Weekly Times
Shirley Durden has advised us that she holds copies of the Weely Times as listed below which include photographs of the following football teams.

1928 -	Maryborough, Coburg, Preston, Essendon North Melbourne
1929 -	Stawell, Nhill, East Albury, Sale, Castlemaine, Horsham, Yarraville, Brunswick, Preston, Oaklieigh, Port Fairy, Fitzroy, St.Kilda, Geelong, Essendon, Northcote Ass. Team, Dimboola
1930 -	Stawell, Dimboola, Ararat, Sandhurst, Rochester, Horsham
1931 -	Hamilton, Queenscliff, Moyu, Bacchus Marsh, Wangaratta Warragul, Nar Nar Goon, Warrnambool
1932 -	Ararat

Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages
Due for release in September, 1985 

Castlemaine Research
We have been advised that Cora MacDougall, 16 Wimble Street, Castlemaine, will research records relating to the Castlemaine area for $10.00 plus 2 Stamps.

Handy Hints on Storage
Oven bags provide an acid free environment for your valuable documents, e.g. newspapers. Use Copy Safe for certificates etc.

The Scottish Genealogy Society
Tracing your ancestor in Scotland - The Principal records of help to those tracing their family history in Scotland are housed centrally in Edinburgh. The registers of births, marriages and beaths, and the census returns, are in New Register House, off Princes Street. These may be consulted by enquirers for a fee; extracts of specific information may be provided by post on application to the Registrar General. Other records, such as testements and records of heritable property, are in the Scottish Record Office in the adjacent Old Register House and also in West Register House, Charlotte Square. Enquirers living at a distance may avail themselves of the services of a professional researcher. (Names and addresses can be obtained from the Hon. Secretary)

Registration of births, marriages and deaths only became compulsory in Scotland in 1855. Before that date, records were kept locally in the parishes and those that have been preserved are in the New Register House. These old parish registers vary in quantity and quality; a few  go back to the 16th. century but most do not go back as far. They are arranged by parish and the bulk of these are as yet unindexed, so that a search for an individual from "Scotland", i.e. without knowing from which particular area, may not prove feasible.

Swan Hill Group's Future Meetings
 

1st June 1985	Trip to Melbourne with Kerang Group to G.S.V. and LaTrobe Library
8th. June 1985	Frank Tucker - Slide/Talk presentation - History of River-Boats
13th. July 1985	David Dalgleish from the Military Museum. David will discuss how to obtain records from Records Offices and explain the history of medals,  e.g. Mother's Badge, R.S.L etc. There will be no formal meeting - please bring along memorabilia of World War 1

INDEX TO NEWSLETTERS

Cornwall	1
Eire Certificates	1
Membership List	1
Museum of Emigration in Liverpool	1
Papua New Guinea	1
Certificates	1
Scottish Certificates	1
South Australia Probates	1

The SWAN HILL GROUP of the Genealogical Society of Victoria does not hold itself responsible for any statements or opinions printed in this Newsletter.