Who Do You Think You Are Magazine

The latest issue of Who Do You Think You Are magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines. 

Inside this month's issue

• Lost in the census Discover the substitute records you can use to find ancestors who are missing from the census
• Liverpool through a lens What the Edward Chambré Hardman collection reveals about the city's history
• Pleasure gardens Felicity Day takes a look at the decadent and sometimes dangerous world of 18th century pleasure gardens
• Reader story Alison Bruce on her research into Victorian murders
• Best websites Discover your family in company archives
• Plus: The history of Victorian cemeteries, the lives of brass workers, how to find property records on TheGenealogist and much more...

 

Irish Lives Remembered

The latest issue of the free quarterly online Irish Family History magazine 'Irish Lives Remembered' is out now.   The magazine can be downloaded and read on your computer or tablet.

Articles: 

• Fiona Fitzsimons – President Joe Biden’s Irish Ancestry. Part 3. The Maternal Mayo Lines
• Michael McShane and Catherine Kerr - Data-Mining for Family History in County Cavan: Searchable, Accessible, and Accurate Records on Cavantownlands.com
• Jacqueline Gallup – Duchas: An Invaluable Resource for Folklore and for Family Historians. Part III. The Hearth is the Heart
• Greg Mahony – A Centenary Celebration of Captain Frank Hurley (1891–1921): 3rd West Cork Brigade of the Irish Republican Army
• Stephen Callaghan – Tracing the Story of Two Leinster Regiment Soldiers from a Photo Bought Online
• Maurice Gleeson – Unknown Parentage Cases. The Secret Benefits of 23andMe
• Mark Grace – A Taste of Mayo: Methodology and Early DNA Investigations into the Irish Roots of an English Black Country Family
• Paul MacCotter – The Barretts of County Cork. Part Two: The Later History
• Eamonn P. Kelly – Brigid: Pagan Goddess and Christian Saint
• Brigit McCone – Irish Involvement in the Congo
• Nathan Mannion – William Lefroy: Journalist, Alpinist, Freemason, and Dean
• Catherine Holmes – Stitch by Stitch and Word by Word: Finding the Women of the 19th Century Dun Emer and Cuala Arts and Crafts Industries (South Dublin)
• Book Review - A Review of The Fall of the Fitzmaurices: The Demise of Kerry’s First Family [Patrick Roycroft reviews the latest book by Kay Caball]
• Book Excerpt – The Fall of the Fitzmaurices: The Demise of Kerry’s First Family (2020, North Kerry Literary Trust) by Kay Caball
• The Genealogical Publishing Company Book Excerpt – O’Sullivan (Ó Súilleabháin). The Earliest Irish Royal Family. History and Genealogy (2013, third edition 2020) by William Randolph McCreight

Ancestry Library Edition Home Access

It has been announced that home access to Ancestry Library Edition will continue until 31 December 2021.  Ancestry made the decision back in April 2020 to allow this database, normally only accessed in the library buildings using our public PCs or wi-fi, to be accessed from home while the CoronaVirus pandemic impacted library access for many.  So Campaspe Library members can continue to access this fantastic genealogical resource from home.

To access Ancestry Library Edition, you need to go to the Campaspe Regional Library web page at https://www.campaspe.vic.gov.au/library  On the left hand column, click on 'Genealogy' and then on 'Databases'.  The link for Ancestry Library Edition from home is at the top right.  You will be prompted to log in using your library card number and PIN, then follow the prompts to Ancestry's page and continue researching your family history from the comfort of home.

 

For many genealogists who have been restricted close to home during the pandemic, this free access to the Ancestry database through their local library membership has been a fantastic opportunity to keep researching from home.  A huge thank you to Ancestry for making their database available to so many.

Ancestry Time

Don't forget to tune in to Ancestry Time tonight,starting at 7.00pm AEST.  While the theme is 'Family History Advice for Beginners', there is always more to learn and who knows what little nuggets of gold may come up?  There is always something to learn and so many friendly and helpful genealogists out there who are willing to offer others a bit of advice.

The Hidden Branch

The Hidden Branch is a new generation of Genealogists who are growing up during the digital age.  They have just launched their website https://thehiddenbranch.com/ and are active on social media.  

On their website they state : "We advocate for Gen Z researchers (born from 1995 to 2010) in the field of genealogy.  We publish articles, podcasts, and videos on research skills, topics, and more in order to give a bigger voice to the Gen Z genealogists in the field, as well as help others further their education in genealogy."

For younger genealogists this is a wonderful resource that can put them in contact with people their own age who have also developed an interest in their family history young - something I wish had been around when I started my own research at 16 and was constantly met with astonishment that I was interested in such a topic.

I will be watching this group with interest and wish them success in sharing their interest with other Gen Zs.

Who Do You Think You Are Magazine

The latest issue of Who Do You Think You Are magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month’s issue

• Parish registers online
  Discover your ancestors’ baptisms, marriages and burials with our updated region-by-region guide to UK parish registers
• Canadian war brides
  John D Reid uncovers the stories of the British women who travelled to Canada after the Second World War
• Boxing and wrestling
  Sarah Elizabeth Cox grapples with the legendary fighters of Victorian London
• Reader story
  Kyle Ring on tracing his family tree from Trinidad to the Domesday Book
• Best websites
  Discover ancestors who worked as fishermen and whalers
• Plus…
  Finding your ancestors’ hospital records, the lives of felt hatters, how to use WikiTree and much more…

Around Britain

• Dumfries and Galloway
  Our guide to family history from south-west Scotland

Scottish Indexes Conference

 

The next Scottish Indexes online conference will be held on 10 July 2021 via Zoom and Facebook, as a sixteen-hour event to incorporate global time differences.

The conference is hosted by genealogists Graham and Emma Maxwell.  In order to make their conferences time-zone friendly they start at 7 am UK time and keep going until 11 pm UK time.. Each presentation is shown twice, once between 7 am and 3 pm, then again between 3 pm and 11 pm. You can come and go throughout the day. This years' conference includes:

•  ‘Merchant and Trades House Records’ by Dr. Irene O’Brien
•  ‘Tracing Scottish Women’ by Kirsty Wilkinson
•  ‘Tracing Scottish Ancestors Before 1855’ by Alison Spring
• ‘Overcoming Brickwalls: Case Studies’ by Emma Maxwell

The event also includes a Q&A session where attendees can pose questions to the panel of experts.

Registration is free on Zoom and Facebook. Follow the directions at Scottish Indexes.