News - April 2023
Saturday 15 April - 2:00pm Annual General Meeting
VENUE: St Marks Church Hall, Scott Street, Bellerive
GUEST SPEAKER: Alison Alexander
TOPIC: Calcutta 220 years Anniversary: Thomas and Ann Peters and their descendants
Thomas Peters was one of a group in York, England who stole ten silver cups. Sentenced to death, commuted to transportation, he was one of the Calcutta convicts who founded Hobart in 1804. Thomas's wife Ann and baby daughter came too. They built a new life in Hobart - until tragedy struck.
Alison was born and educated in Hobart and went on to complete a PhD at the University of Tasmania. She is a Life Member of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association and was awarded the Clive Lord Memorial Medal by the Royal Society of Tasmania for her research in Tasmanian History. Most recently Alison was inducted to the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women. She has written or edited more than 30 books covering a broad range of Tasmanian history.
Alison is well known to our membership and is Patron of the Tasmanian Family History Society Inc. and it is such a pleasure to have Alison as guest speaker.
NOTE
The Branch Library will be CLOSED for the afternoon on Saturday 15 April to allow library assistants and others to attend the AGM at St Marks Parish Hall at 2 pm.
More for Your Diary
Thu 20 April - 10.00am Branch Committee Meeting
VENUE: Branch Library, Bellerive
Thu 20 April - 1.30pm DNA Group Meeting
VENUE: St Marks Church Hall, Scott Street, Bellerive
Thu 27 April - 2pm Library Committee
VENUE: Branch Library, Bellerive
Tues 16 May - 7:30pm General Meeting
VENUE: Old Sunday School, St Johns Park Precinct
SPEAKER: Lucy Frost
TOPIC: Convict Orphans
Library Accessions March 2023
Books
* Dixon, Joan Brennan; BRENNAN FAMILY HISTORY (Vol. 1&2) [Q929.2 BRE, Vol]
* Gibson, Jeremy; QUARTER SESSIONS RECORDS for Family Historians (Fourth Edition)
* Gibson, Jeremy & Judith Hunter; VICTUALLERS' LICENCES - Records for Family and Local Historians [929.31941 GIB]
* Fowler, Simon; RESEARCHING BREWERY AND PUBLICAN ANCESTORS [929.30941 FOW]
* Ollif, Lorna & Walter Crossthwaite; EARLY AUSTRALIAN CRAFTS & TOOLS [Q994.03 OLL]
* Plowman, Peter: AUSTRALIAN MIGRANT SHIPS 1946-1977
* The EurekA Partnership; BUCKINGHAM HUNDREDS - Land Tax Assessments 1788 [929.340941 EUR]
Microform
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO ARMY CHAPLAINS DEATH INDICES 1796-1955 18 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO SERVICE DEPTS DEATH INDICES 1956-1965 2 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO CONSULAR DEATH INDICES 1849-1965 51 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO DEATHS ABROAD INDICES 1966-1994 40 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO WAR DEATHS ARMY OTHER RANKS 1914-1921 110 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO WAR DEATHS ARMY OFFICERS INDICES 1914-1921 12 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO WAR DEATHS NAVY ALL RANKS INDICES 1914-1921 12 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO WAR DEATHS ARMY OTHER RANKS 1939-1948 29 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO WAR DEATHS ARMY OFFICERS INDICES 1939-1948 3 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO WAR DEATHS NAVAL RATINGS 1939-1948 14 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO WAR DEATHS NAVAL OFFICERS INDICES 1939-1948 7 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO WAR DEATHS RAF ALL RANKS 1939-1948 10 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO WAR DEATHS INDIAN SERVICES 1939-1948 2 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO MARINE DEATHS INDICES 1837-1965 160 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO MARINE BIRTHS INDICES 1837-1965 57 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO AIR DEATHS INDICES 1947-1965 1 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO AIR BIRTHS INDICES 1947-1965 1 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO HIGH COMMISSION DEATHS 1955-1965 3 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO NATAL & SOUTH AFRICAN DEATHS 1899-1902 7 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO ARMY CHAPLAINS BIRTH INDICES 1796-1880 3 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO ARMY BIRTH INDICES 1881-1965 63 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO CONSULAR BIRTH INDICES 1849-1965 104 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO UK HIGH COMMISSION BIRTH INDICES PRE 1956-1981 17 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO BIRTHS ABROAD INDICES 1966-1994 181 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO REGIMENTAL BIRTH INDICES 1761-1924 95 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO REGIMENTAL BIRTH INDICES SUPPLEMENTAL 1761-1924 8 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO IONIAN ISLANDS MILITARY REG BIRTHS 1818-1864 3 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO IONIAN ISLANDS MILITARY REG DEATHS 1818-1864 1 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO IONIAN ISLANDS MILITARY REG MARRIAGES 1818-1864 1 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO IONIAN ISLANDS CIVIL REG BIRTHS 1818-1864 2 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO IONIAN ISLANDS CIVIL REG DEATHS 1818-1864 1 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO IONIAN ISLANDS CIVIL REG MARRIAGES 1818-1864 1 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO CHAPLAINS RETURNS MARRIAGES 1796-1880 2 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO INDEX ARMY MARRIAGES 1881-1955 39 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO SERVICE DEPT MARRIAGES 1956-1960 10 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO CONSUL MARRIAGES 1849-1965 55 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO UK HIGH COMMISSION MARRIAGES 1950-1965 2 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO ARTICLE 6 / ARTICLE 18 MARRIAGES 1955-1965 3 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO MARRIAGES ABROAD 1966-1994 52 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO MARRIAGES WITHIN BRIT LINES 1914-1925 1 Fiche
* Her Majesty's Stationery Office; GRO LIST OF ARMY REGISTERS PAGES 1-49 2 Fiche
* Denotes complimentary or donated item
GENERAL:
The Gibson, EurekA, Fowler, Plowman books were donated by Launceston branch.
The Ollif, Dixon, books and the GRO microfiche were received from the Huon branch collection.
Membership Renewal Notice - Please Do Not Delay
RENEW TODAY
Memberships are currently due for the year commencing 1 April 2023.
The renewal form was posted with the latest Tasmanian Ancestry Journal early March.
If you have not yet paid your subscription and have misplaced the renewal form, please let us know at membership@tasfhs.org and we will arrange a replacement.
Payment methods are endorsed on the renewal form. The preferred method of payment is direct transfer to the TFHS Inc. account.
It is very important that your 8-digit CRN is used as the reference. In the past a number of deposits have been made that can't be identified due to lack of CRN details. The CRN is clearly marked on the front, bottom right-hand side of the renewal form.
If using Debit/Credit card, please ensure that your card is current, the card number is entered clearly and in full and that the expiry date (mm/yy) is entered as well.
Cheques are still acceptable and should be sent to Membership TFHS INC PO Box 326 ROSNY PARK TAS 7018
We look forward to your continued membership and hope you enjoy the articles in Tasmanian Ancestry.
Maree's Mutterings
Female Convict Research Centre currently has a volunteer matching Irish convicts to their previous offences in Ireland using Irish prison records. From some of those the place of birth, sometimes right down to the street can be found. On arrival here, many just had a county recorded as native place. Now these women can be more accurately placed. In some cases, previous offences that were not mentioned on arrival have been found.
The new information can be found in Female Convict Research Centre database on the pre-transportation page.
Trove Saved
TROVE Saved! What fabulous news on a Monday 3rd April 2023 morning!
The National Library of Australia's beloved online portal Trove has been saved from the threat of imminent closure after a cash injection of $33 million from the Albanese government.
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age revealed last year the archive's funding was due to expire at the end of June, meaning the portal was at risk of being shut down.
Trove is the single point of entry to the collections of hundreds of Australian libraries, universities, museums, galleries, and archives. The community platform attracts 22 million visits each year and includes the definitive collection of digitised Australian newspapers.
In an announcement to be made on Monday, Arts Minister Tony Burke and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher will "end the funding uncertainty once and for all" and secure Trove for future generations.
The government will provide the library with $33 million over four years in the May federal budget, as well as $92 million in indexed ongoing annual funding.
Thank you to everyone who wrote/spoke/shared and advocated for Trove. It was fantastic to hear the range of voices speaking of the importance of this resource hosted by the National Library of Australia and supported by libraries and others across the country.
The Government has heard your calls, with ongoing funding announced. Thank you! People power at work.
Marita Bardenhagen Memorial Award for Local History
The Marita Bardenhagen Memorial Award for Local History is a biennial prize acknowledging outstanding original research in the field of local history with significant Tasmanian content.
Entries open on 14 June 2023 and close 30 September 2023.
How to apply: Application forms are available from Dr Dianne Snowden AM at dsnowden@tassie.net.au
FCRC SEMINAR 2023
Our next event, our annual Seminar, is only one month away on Sunday 7 May. The topic is Transported for life - a lottery? The seminar will focus on those convicts considered some of the worst to arrive in Van Diemen's Land: the 780 women who were convicted to transportation for life. Presentations will examine the sentencing process, the origins of the 'lifers,' their convict experience, and the lives that they built post-sentence. If you cannot attend in person, we are offering a Zoom Webinar option. Please check out our website for the seminar program and booking information.
We are delighted to announce that we have launched our Facebook Page - please 'Like' us, and encourage any relevant groups you belong to, to do the same.
Just a reminder, if you would like to continue receiving emails of our news and events, including our annual seminars, please update your profile on our website, ensuring that you have ticked the FCRC News and Seminar email boxes.
Warm wishes to you all.
Dr Dianne Snowden AM
President
Female Convicts Research Centre Inc.
Call For Nominations for the 2023-24 Society Executive
The positions of President, Vice-president, Hon Secretary, and Treasurer fall vacant at each Society Annual General Meeting.
We are now accepting nominations of financial members of the society for those positions for the 2023-24 financial year.
If you are aware of members capable of taking a leadership role in the society, consider nominating them.
You can easily nominate someone by:
- Gaining their approval
- Downloading the nomination form here
- Completing it, keeping in mind that a nomination must be countersigned by two financial members of the society.
- Scan the completed form and then.
- emailing the scan to the Society Secretary at secretary@tasfhs.org.
Nomination forms must be with the Society by 20 May 2023.
Contact your branch if you need help with the form.
If you want to know more send an email to secretary@tasfhs.org.