Australian Genealogy and History Snippets – August 2019
Upgrades to websites, looking for relatives, a new history centre, and new records online (and free) are some of the news in this Snippets update …
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Category: Genealogy Australia
National Family History Month Special Offers
August is National Family History Month in Australia and New Zealand, and some including us here at Gould Genealogy have some NFHM specials happening for the month. So here’s a quick overview of who’s offering what for NFHM 2019.
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Trove Newspapers Update (March-July 2019)
Over the past few months, Trove has added over almost 2 million more newspaper scans to their collection, taking the current total to over 224 MILLION pages. All online, and all FREE!!
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8 Billion Records and Counting!
There’s no doubt that Findmypast is dominant player in the online genealogy data field. And with 8 billion records currently, it should be. Their website contains a wide variety of records such as censuses, directories, church records, military records, schools and newspapers available from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, the US and Canada.
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FREE ACCESS to Millions of Australian and New Zealand Records, 25-28 July
Passenger lists are one of the key sources that every researcher aims to find. And for the next few days Ancestry.com.au are offering FREE ACCESS to all Australian, New Zealand and select UK immigration records. That’s FREE ACCESS to over 67 MILLION records!!
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Entries for Victorian Community History Awards 2019 Close Soon
There’s just a few days left to get your entry in for the Victorian Community History Awards, so don’t delay if you intend to.
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Wanted: More Women for the Australian Dictionary of Biography
The Australian Dictionary of Biography is looking at adding another 1500 ‘colonial’ women entries to their list. You can help by nominating those you think should be included in the ADB.
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And the Winners Are …
Family History Connections recently announced the winners of both the Alexander Henderson and the Don Grant Awards. These are prestigious awards for family history and biographies. And the winners for these are …
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Highlight: Australia’s Muslim Cameleers: Pioneers of the Inland 1860s-1930s
Between 1870 and 1920 as many as 2000 cameleers and 20,000 camels arrived in Australia from Afghanistan and northern India. These men and their camels were ‘unsung heroes’ who helped to open up the vast interior of Australia
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Traces Magazine – Issue 7 (June 2019)
The year is flying by, and with it comes the next issue of Traces Magazine.Now up to Issue 7, Traces is the perfect read for Australian history lovers and genealogy buffs.
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The Australian Joint Copying Project Goes Online
One of Australia’s most valuable record collections for family historians is the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), and it’s now being digitised and going online. The digitisation project which contains 7.5 million records, will be complete by June 2020.
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Highlight: The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia’s Convict Women
Title: The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia’s Convict Women Author: Deborah J....
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