With no new beginners and two intermediate group members, plus mentors, Judy Barry, and Deb, participating at the beginners/intermediate session on the First Monday in May, the session became an intermediate session!
Resources used or mentioned during this session included -
Old Postcards - Judy said that when she travels around she visits op shops and looks through their postcard collection/s. This month she had a joyous experience, finding postcards from forebears which revealed much about their stories; she was able to purchase 11 of them for $40, however they were really priceless!
Judy's story prompted Val to report on another wonderful discovery since she has been able to work with a researcher who contacted her via our website - it is likely that other families who settled at Winton also lived and worked on with John Hernan at Somerton
Timelines - a report back on John Barry's session 'Finding Gold' at the recent Family History Festival, led to Bev showing us timelines developed early in her research to help to make sense of all the records she was finding. Working 'tables' initially; they were then refined. Timelines can be developed on spreadsheets and tables, however they can also be handwritten, working docs on note pads kept handy for when the need arises.. Bev's examples, using table format, from Devitt/Miller and Hooper/Taylor Combined to Devitt/Miller focus, and to meet a current need John Louis Carl
Video Resources on Understanding DNA Results - three video resources suggested by Deb Saunders on helping to understand DNA results, were discussed and recommended as helpful by Helen. You can find the videos through this link - 'An Introduction to DNA Results' on this website.
When problem solving about being able to transfer someone else's DNA results from another tree into their profile on your tree, Deb suggested the following video - which while superceded in design, did help to work on the problem - .
Resources used or mentioned during this session included -
Old Postcards - Judy said that when she travels around she visits op shops and looks through their postcard collection/s. This month she had a joyous experience, finding postcards from forebears which revealed much about their stories; she was able to purchase 11 of them for $40, however they were really priceless!
Judy's story prompted Val to report on another wonderful discovery since she has been able to work with a researcher who contacted her via our website - it is likely that other families who settled at Winton also lived and worked on with John Hernan at Somerton
Timelines - a report back on John Barry's session 'Finding Gold' at the recent Family History Festival, led to Bev showing us timelines developed early in her research to help to make sense of all the records she was finding. Working 'tables' initially; they were then refined. Timelines can be developed on spreadsheets and tables, however they can also be handwritten, working docs on note pads kept handy for when the need arises.. Bev's examples, using table format, from Devitt/Miller and Hooper/Taylor Combined to Devitt/Miller focus, and to meet a current need John Louis Carl
Video Resources on Understanding DNA Results - three video resources suggested by Deb Saunders on helping to understand DNA results, were discussed and recommended as helpful by Helen. You can find the videos through this link - 'An Introduction to DNA Results' on this website.
When problem solving about being able to transfer someone else's DNA results from another tree into their profile on your tree, Deb suggested the following video - which while superceded in design, did help to work on the problem - .
While we came up with a brick wall in terms of the original goal, we developed a 'work around' at a follow up meeting with Helen and Chris which we hope to hear has been a 'Gain', not a 'Pain".
Military Records - Highly recommended article from State Library of Victoria -
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/family-matters/mentioned-in-dispatches-ways-to-research-your-military-ancestors/
Brief look at military records and Trove for Sister Hilda Knox, Benalla
Personal Service Records
Embarkation Documents
Other awards
Trove - search term 'Sister Hilda Knox, Benalla'
School Records - Deb hasn't been able to find birth registrations for some members of her family and has been advised school records might be of help.
Recommended article from State Library of Victoria - to be added
Searching State Library of Victoria also comes up with other articles; resource suggestions relating to school records
Something for the future - video presentation - Finding Teacher Records at PROV https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/view-discuss/jack-martin-finding-teacher-records-prov
Cemetery Records
An interesting case study involving a transcription error - Deb shared a interesting 'case study' of a fortuitous encounter with a very helpful staff member of Box Hill Cemetery. When Deb couldn't locate the name, the staff member took the time to suggest a possible transcription, and voila, problem solved! In terms of 'resources', a story about the advisability of asking questions of staff, just in case!
A sad story about cemeteries - Sister Gertrude Froggatt (nee Chandler of Winton), one of the nurses in Judith Borthwick's project on nurses, is in an unmarked grave at the Benalla Cemetery. There is a magnificent headstone with her father and two brother's named, with a space left underneath. It was probably for Gertrude, possibly when organising the other names. Havng outlived them, there was possibly no one who knew that she could have been be buried in the family grave and included on the headstone.
Here is the link to Judith's project - 'Benalla Hospitals and Nurses in the early 1900's'.
Printfriendly.com A useful resource was previewed during the session - Printfriendly.com - which enables the print out a pdf of a website page without all the additional advertising, side menu detail etc - just a focus on the content.
Much was covered - and there's probably more!
Bev
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/family-matters/mentioned-in-dispatches-ways-to-research-your-military-ancestors/
Brief look at military records and Trove for Sister Hilda Knox, Benalla
Personal Service Records
Embarkation Documents
Other awards
Trove - search term 'Sister Hilda Knox, Benalla'
School Records - Deb hasn't been able to find birth registrations for some members of her family and has been advised school records might be of help.
Recommended article from State Library of Victoria - to be added
Searching State Library of Victoria also comes up with other articles; resource suggestions relating to school records
Something for the future - video presentation - Finding Teacher Records at PROV https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/view-discuss/jack-martin-finding-teacher-records-prov
Cemetery Records
An interesting case study involving a transcription error - Deb shared a interesting 'case study' of a fortuitous encounter with a very helpful staff member of Box Hill Cemetery. When Deb couldn't locate the name, the staff member took the time to suggest a possible transcription, and voila, problem solved! In terms of 'resources', a story about the advisability of asking questions of staff, just in case!
A sad story about cemeteries - Sister Gertrude Froggatt (nee Chandler of Winton), one of the nurses in Judith Borthwick's project on nurses, is in an unmarked grave at the Benalla Cemetery. There is a magnificent headstone with her father and two brother's named, with a space left underneath. It was probably for Gertrude, possibly when organising the other names. Havng outlived them, there was possibly no one who knew that she could have been be buried in the family grave and included on the headstone.
Here is the link to Judith's project - 'Benalla Hospitals and Nurses in the early 1900's'.
Printfriendly.com A useful resource was previewed during the session - Printfriendly.com - which enables the print out a pdf of a website page without all the additional advertising, side menu detail etc - just a focus on the content.
Much was covered - and there's probably more!
Bev