'Show and Tell' - where we're at!
Each member asked for something they would like to take away today in terms of a learning need/problem to be solved. Establish additional items for today's session on 'Trove'.
Depending on who is in class - review of what we did last 'First Monday' then on to Trove.
1. Review what we did last 'First Monday'
Two members of the intermediate group, Helen and Val, Deb Saunders from the Advanced and also Beginners group; Mentor Judy Barry joined Bev for this session, with apologies from Phil and Mentor Barry O'Connor. Deb had just been to John Barry's session at the History Festival and ran us throughsome of his key messages in his talk 'finding gold'. One of his suggestions was using timelines; Bev also showed us some timelines that she developed when trying to make sense of what was happening ...Time Lines - available via Ancestry and My Heritage - however sometimes we need to develop our own while we are problem solving and trying to make sense of different records; people; sizes of families... - sometimes on paper, sometimes more detailed...
Bev's examples of taking from notes on paper to a table format - Devitt/Miller and Hooper/Taylor Combined, Devitt/Miller focus, and yesterday's John Louis Carl..
Report backs included Judy's postcard find; Val's exciting discovery that it's likely the Frietags and the Westons all started out at the farm at Somerton.. Helen has been absorbed by DNA and recommended the videos suggested by Deb on the website, finding them very useful, and plans to watch them again! Deb explained how wonderful that someone at the Box Hill cemetery was interested enough to query the spelling of the name she was searching for, with positive results. Val has been writing stories and working to round off the hernan tree and move on to the Abley tree. Val worries has developed strategies to jog her memory using self talk to work herself around the problem.
Resources we previewed for further reading:
'Show and Tell' - where we're at!
Each member was asked for something they would like to take away today in terms of a learning need/problem to be solved -
Deb was keen to learn more about accessing school records - we talked through some ideas/information in the group, then Bev showed us some resources from school records available through the State Library;
Helen is keen to resolve a difficulty she was having in working on husbands DNA based ancestry account - Helen has watched the videos on understanding DNA...
DNA? Should I, Shouldn't I??
Thinking about getting DNA results? (or perhaps you already have them)
Deb's suggestions for understanding DNA results. see this link:
u3abenalla.weebly.com/family-stories/members-choice-an-introduction-to-dna-results-in-ancestry
Using Records Collections - Military Records
Recommended reference
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/family-matters/mentioned-in-dispatches-ways-to-research-your-military-ancestors/
Australian War Memorial - War Service Records
Records Example - Benalla Nurse Sister Hilda Knox, WWI
Nominal Roll re Death in France 1917 - www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2453650
Embarkation Details Search-
https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search/people?people_preferred_name=Hilda+Knox&people_service_number=&people_roll_title=&people_embarkation_date=&roll=First+World+War+Embarkation+Roll
1916/17 https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1987255
1914 https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1853846
AIF Project https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=167859
Personnel Service Record:
recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ListingReports/ItemsListing.aspx
Recommended Reference: https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/family-matters/mentioned-in-dispatches-ways-to-research-your-military-ancestors/
Family Research Library Resources 'TROVE'
A preview of Trove - search term 'Sister Hilda Knox, Benalla'
Each member asked for something they would like to take away today in terms of a learning need/problem to be solved. Establish additional items for today's session on 'Trove'.
Depending on who is in class - review of what we did last 'First Monday' then on to Trove.
1. Review what we did last 'First Monday'
Two members of the intermediate group, Helen and Val, Deb Saunders from the Advanced and also Beginners group; Mentor Judy Barry joined Bev for this session, with apologies from Phil and Mentor Barry O'Connor. Deb had just been to John Barry's session at the History Festival and ran us throughsome of his key messages in his talk 'finding gold'. One of his suggestions was using timelines; Bev also showed us some timelines that she developed when trying to make sense of what was happening ...Time Lines - available via Ancestry and My Heritage - however sometimes we need to develop our own while we are problem solving and trying to make sense of different records; people; sizes of families... - sometimes on paper, sometimes more detailed...
Bev's examples of taking from notes on paper to a table format - Devitt/Miller and Hooper/Taylor Combined, Devitt/Miller focus, and yesterday's John Louis Carl..
Report backs included Judy's postcard find; Val's exciting discovery that it's likely the Frietags and the Westons all started out at the farm at Somerton.. Helen has been absorbed by DNA and recommended the videos suggested by Deb on the website, finding them very useful, and plans to watch them again! Deb explained how wonderful that someone at the Box Hill cemetery was interested enough to query the spelling of the name she was searching for, with positive results. Val has been writing stories and working to round off the hernan tree and move on to the Abley tree. Val worries has developed strategies to jog her memory using self talk to work herself around the problem.
Resources we previewed for further reading:
- Military Records
- School Records
- and a videos mentioned above to help understanding of DNA results
- Using printfriendly.com to print out a document which is easy to read - often web pages are difficult to print from
- Judith Borthwick's project on nurses who ran private hospitals in Benalla before the Bush Nursing Hosital opened.
'Show and Tell' - where we're at!
Each member was asked for something they would like to take away today in terms of a learning need/problem to be solved -
Deb was keen to learn more about accessing school records - we talked through some ideas/information in the group, then Bev showed us some resources from school records available through the State Library;
Helen is keen to resolve a difficulty she was having in working on husbands DNA based ancestry account - Helen has watched the videos on understanding DNA...
DNA? Should I, Shouldn't I??
Thinking about getting DNA results? (or perhaps you already have them)
Deb's suggestions for understanding DNA results. see this link:
u3abenalla.weebly.com/family-stories/members-choice-an-introduction-to-dna-results-in-ancestry
Using Records Collections - Military Records
Recommended reference
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/family-matters/mentioned-in-dispatches-ways-to-research-your-military-ancestors/
Australian War Memorial - War Service Records
Records Example - Benalla Nurse Sister Hilda Knox, WWI
Nominal Roll re Death in France 1917 - www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2453650
Embarkation Details Search-
https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search/people?people_preferred_name=Hilda+Knox&people_service_number=&people_roll_title=&people_embarkation_date=&roll=First+World+War+Embarkation+Roll
1916/17 https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1987255
1914 https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1853846
AIF Project https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=167859
Personnel Service Record:
recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ListingReports/ItemsListing.aspx
Recommended Reference: https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/family-matters/mentioned-in-dispatches-ways-to-research-your-military-ancestors/
Family Research Library Resources 'TROVE'
A preview of Trove - search term 'Sister Hilda Knox, Benalla'
This webinar provides an introduction to searching Trove for new users, shares some useful tools and tips for navigating Trove and it's holdings and highlights changes and additions to Trove for returning and long time users.
Contents: 00:00 - Introduction 00:40 - What is Trove? 01:50 - Searching Trove - Basic Search - Newspapers and Gazettes 08:35 - Digitised Newspapers and Access Conditions 09:20 - Searching Trove - Basic Search - Magazines and Newsletters 09:20 - Searching Trove - Basic Search - Magazines and Newsletters 11:58 - Navigating Trove Transcription Text 12:55 - Downloading from Trove 15:18 - Viewing Images on Trove - Images Hosted on External Websites 17:16 - Viewing Images on Trove - Filtering to Online Only Results 19:13 - Searching Trove in Languages Other than English 21:30 - Finding more Information - Help Pages 22:40 - Finding more Information - Contacting Trove Support 23:18 - Conclusion
Contents: 00:00 - Introduction 00:40 - What is Trove? 01:50 - Searching Trove - Basic Search - Newspapers and Gazettes 08:35 - Digitised Newspapers and Access Conditions 09:20 - Searching Trove - Basic Search - Magazines and Newsletters 09:20 - Searching Trove - Basic Search - Magazines and Newsletters 11:58 - Navigating Trove Transcription Text 12:55 - Downloading from Trove 15:18 - Viewing Images on Trove - Images Hosted on External Websites 17:16 - Viewing Images on Trove - Filtering to Online Only Results 19:13 - Searching Trove in Languages Other than English 21:30 - Finding more Information - Help Pages 22:40 - Finding more Information - Contacting Trove Support 23:18 - Conclusion
Problem Solving - 'Issues from the floor'