Pains and Gains, Tips and Tricks, 'Show and Tell'
Report backs on progress at our second session in April included Judy's findings for Dawn on Westmore Stephens. We moved from 'What' Judy found...to 'How' Judy found the resources using the State Library's British Library newspaper access features and other lateral examples of how Judy finds links!
We completed our overview of Judy's handout Melbourne Library and State Library Resources by having a closer look at the State Library Resources listed on page 2. (Hint - If you click on the links on the opened pdf document and are signed in to the State Library the links should open very easily).
Judy also demonstrated her use of the Duck Duck Go search engine to discover links to useful discussion groups, indexes and other resources for Helen using thesearch terms “Donald Cormack” elizabeth wick -
We also checked out the PROV - Public Records Office, Victoria website and Online registration procedures. A wide range of records are available at PROV - as country residents, it's particularly important to preapre by accessing and ordering as much as we can online before we vist. There are many explanatory videos on line - https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/where-start
- http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?152016-Cormack-and-Sutherland-families
- http://garypatton.net/st.clair_family/D25.htm
- https://www.myheritage.com/names/alexander_cormack
- http://garypatton.net/st.clair_family/D28.htm
- https://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/findfamily.php?name=Cormack
We also checked out the PROV - Public Records Office, Victoria website and Online registration procedures. A wide range of records are available at PROV - as country residents, it's particularly important to preapre by accessing and ordering as much as we can online before we vist. There are many explanatory videos on line - https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/where-start
When beginning to use Ancestry, it's not too long before we begin to suspect that we've duplicated some of the ancestors on our tree. It's a good idea to review and if necessary edit ancestors on our trees from time to time - check out Barry O'Connor's suggestions on a way to do this "Finding the Alphabetical List of Names on Your Tree".
Dilemma for today - finding a one month old child born 'out of wedlock' to a young family member discovered when researching the Welshman's Reef Cemetery not mentioned by other people working on the tree.
We had touched on using Trove lists again during the session, so concluded by beginning to watch this video on Trove Lists with a view to finish watching it at home before our next session.
Dilemma for today - finding a one month old child born 'out of wedlock' to a young family member discovered when researching the Welshman's Reef Cemetery not mentioned by other people working on the tree.
We had touched on using Trove lists again during the session, so concluded by beginning to watch this video on Trove Lists with a view to finish watching it at home before our next session.
We finished with a reminder of BFRG Festival program from 26 - 29th April - might see you there!
Bev and Judy