17 Feb 2019

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Selected entries from earlier dates

• Sad news: Marianne Eastgate passed away on September 5th. Marianne made a huge contribution to family history in Queensland. She is probably best known for her work on Pre-Separation records ('Queensland Early Pioneers Index 1824-1859') but she indexed many other sources including Supreme Court equity cases 1857-1895.
  
  
• I am still waiting to hear from Maria JONES, who sent a payment but did not tell me her postal or email address.
  
  
• A completely revamped edition of the Central Queensland Pioneer Register is now available. The set of two volumes ($60+postage) can be ordered from Central Queensland Family History Association, PO Box 10099, Frenchville Qld 4701.
  
  
• Mark St. Leon is gradually expanding his Web site about people in circuses and travelling shows. He has also put a video on YouTube.
  
  
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• There have been major changes in regard to Queensland's birth, death and marriage records.
  
  
• There are now tighter restrictions on access to Queensland's Supreme Court deed poll records.
  
  
• Peter Ludlow's Web site about the history of Moreton Bay, especially Peel Island and its Quarantine and Leprosy Stations and Inebriates' Home, has moved.
  
  
• Sydney Benevolent Asylum Index 1857-1900 is a superb new resource that includes some people from Queensland.
  
  
• Brisbane City (Council) Archives are now at 115 Muriel Avenue, Moorooka.
  
  
• The Ryerson Index is now at www.ryersonindex.org. It has death notices from many areas including Qld.
  
  
• The National Archives Brisbane Office will be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays to allow staff to digitise records. Opening hours on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (and certain Saturdays as scheduled) are unchanged.
  
  
• The Qld Association of Local and Family History Societies (QALFHS) is now called History Queensland Inc.

Aug 2005

• I anticipate that all hospital admission registers less than 100 yrs old will be closed. Qld Health has already closed the Burketown Hospital admission register, so use the other hospital records now!

Sep 2003

• A microfiche index to Presbyterian baptisms 1845-1920, from all over Qld, is available from the Presbyterian Church of Qld, PO Box 1508, Fortitude Valley Qld 4006 ($40 incl. postage). The index gives surname, Christian name, dates of birth and baptism, Church, father's Christian name, mother's Christian name and maiden name.

Jun 2002

• Address of the Chinese-Australian Historical Association is PO Box 4299, Eight Mile Plains Qld 4113.

Jul 2001

• The closure period for Police Dept. Commissioner's Office murder files has reverted to only 65 years.

May 2000

• When Qld State Archives' card index to gold mining leases 1871-1919 and mineral leases 1884- 1940 was checked against the original registers, it was found to contain a high proportion of errors and omissions. You are strongly advised to check the new version of the index, as hundreds of entries have been added.

Nov 1998

• Queensland Rail's staff history records were transferred from Ipswich to Records Management and Storage Services, Queensland Rail, GPO Box 1429, Brisbane Qld 4001 - phone (07) 3235 2365.  Various records of railway employees, including staff books 1884-1946 (which sometimes give an exact date of birth) are also held by Qld State Archives.

Before Nov 1998

• A ship's passenger list for the Young Australia, 21 Jul 1863, was discovered in an obscure bundle at Qld State Archives.
• The History of Queensland Education Society encourages and promotes the study of educational history;  arranges meetings, seminars etc.;  publishes material which promotes the study of educational history in Qld; supplements the work of the Educational History Services of the Department of Education;  fosters links with schools, colleges and universities; cooperates with other historical societies;  and sends members The Educational Historian.  In 1997 the address was HQES, PO Box 12116, Brisbane Elizabeth Street, Qld 4002.