Didn't February go quickly. But then again it is only six weeks since I arrived back from my trip to Sweden and meeting my first grandchild Theo. Now I am heading off to the USA on more adventures. I am a RootsTech 2023 influencer so will be in the thick of the action in the media hub.
Books
My aim is not to buy any books at RootsTech. I have to carry them around afterwards and keep the suitcase under weight regulations. Will I achieve this?
I'm also hoping to meet one of my favourite authors in person at RootsTech - Nathan Dylan Goodwin. I've already got all his books so no temptation apart from a selfie with him.
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Conferences
All I can think about is I will be at RootsTech in person this year for the first time. It doesn't seem to be as big this year as it is also virtual and many have chosen to watch from afar. Still there are a lot of exhibitors and talks and people I want to catch up with. Plus I want to visit the FamilySearch library, another long term bucket list item.
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New Resources
MyHeritage added 41 million records in January. I can't even imagine that many more records being added. The collections are from 12 USA state, the UK, Australia, Finland, Greece, Israel and Portugal and include BMDs, obituaries, migration and voter registration records. Australia caught my eye and it is the South Australian Adelaide Gaol Prisoner Registers 1848 to 1912. There are 76,555 records that are indexed and digitised by FamilySearch. It seems a lot of crime in the City of Churches but exciting news for anyone with Adelaide ancestors. Perhaps they were repeat offenders?
Do you subscribe to the Trove newsletter? Each month there are interesting stories from the collections. Plus there is a list of new resources in Trove. Below is a copy and paste because I always find it fascinating what is added and to also see who is behind the funding. Some historical societies are also funding the digitisation of newspapers for their geographic area. How good is that?
Look at February's offering - great for teachers in New South Wales, and I'm interested in The Catholic Advocate in Brisbane and the Port Lincoln Times in South Australia.
National
- Education: journal of the NSW Public School Teachers Federation (1919-2019) [New South Wales Teachers Federation]
- Papers of Frank Macfarlane Burnet (1928-1985) [Australian Academy of Science]
- Hemisphere Journals (1957-1984) [National Library of Australia]
- Colonial Art [National Library of Australia]
TAS
Colonial Times and Tasmanian Advertiser (1827) [Libraries Tasmania]
QLD
- Nanango News (1912, 1913, 1920, 1922) [Nanango History Room Inc]
- The Australian (Brisbane, Qld. : 1878-1888) [State Library of Queensland]
- The Catholic Advocate (Brisbane, Qld. : 1915) [State Library Queensland]
SA
- Daylight (1919-1928) [State Library of South Australia]
- Port Lincoln Times (1955-1965, 1992-2002) [State Library South Australia]
- The Blackwood Magazine (1914) [State Library of South Australia]
WA
- Common Wealth (1933) [State Library of Western Australia]
- The Maylands & Bayswater Chronicle (1905) [State Library of Western Australia]
- The Sun (Kalgoorlie, WA. : 1919) [State Library of Western Australia]
VIC
- Kyneton Guardian and Woodend and Malmsbury Chronicle (1863-1870) [State Library Victoria]
- Nagambie Times (1882-1913, 1919-1920) [Nagambie Historical Society Inc]
- The Bacchus Marsh Express (1884) [Bacchus Marsh and District Historical Society]
NSW
- Forbes Times (1899-1902) [Central West Libraries]
- Mittagong Argus (1902-1904) [Berrima District Historical & Family History Society]
- Mittagong Express (1899, 1901-1902) [Berrima District Historical & Family History Society]
Talks
I was busy in February with talks in person at Burpengary Library, Caboolture Library and Caloundra Family History Research as well as a virtual with Monash Library in Victoria and the Association of Professional Genealogists in the USA.
There are more presentations coming up at the end of March and into April. Check the Events page of my website for details.
What's Coming Up
Due to my travels the Advanced Irish Genealogy at Bribie U3A was cut short so I have agreed to do Irish again in Term 2. That will keep me busy as most of them have tricky Irish brick walls which we have looked at during other terms.
I also want to get back to my own research and finish one or more of those draft family histories that have been haunting me for years.
Take care and stay safe while I jet over to Salt Lake City for RootsTech 2023.
