26 July 2010
- New and a bit different (each page has links in the sidebar so you can move back and forth between these pages and others):
- My 'breaking news' often appears first on my 'Queensland Genealogy' page at Facebook. Click 'Like' beside the title of that page to have my announcements sent to your Facebook news feed.
- The updated list of my genealogy seminars includes several in NSW.
- I am looking forward to the history/genealogy conference on a 7-night cruise from Brisbane to Noumea, Lifou (Loyalty Islands) and Port Vila on P & O's 'Pacific Dawn', departing 19 March 2011. Details are at Unlock the Past. Over a hundred family historians and their travelling companions have already booked. Some are even bringing their children and grandchildren.
May 2010
- Last year I assumed the role of carer for my father so that he could continue to live in his own home. Sadly, he passed away recently at the age of 90. For the remainder of this year I will spend a lot of time away from Brisbane looking after Dad's home and acreage.
- I have now indexed over 3,000 names from mental asylum case books. Case books (which begin in 1860) include many details that are not in Public Curator insanity files.
Feb 2010
Sep 2009
- Select list of published conference papers now includes those from Preserving the past for the future: Proceedings of the 12th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry (2009). A wide range of topics and geographical areas are covered. If you have British or Irish research, take particular note of the papers by Sherry Irvine and Michael Gandy. Conference papers provide lots of information that is not on the Internet.
- Comments on research resources, unusual items at Qld State Archives etc are in my 'Queensland Genealogy' blog (opens new window).
Dec 2008
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May 2008
- A new edition of the book Tips for Queensland Research has just been published. Most chapters in the previous edition have been significantly updated and/or expanded (often with details of additional sources or new indexes); and some extra topics have been added.
Feb 2008
Sep 2007
- Names of women granted protection orders 1888-1904.
- I am often unable to send email to Hotmail, Yahoo and some other addresses. If you don't receive a reply: check your 'junk mail', give me a different email address to try, or send a stamped self-addressed envelope with your enquiry to Judy Webster, PO Box 5043, Algester QLD 4115, Australia. My Web site always shows my current preferred and alternative email addresses, which are subject to change. To reduce spam, please do NOT quote my email address in mailing list or newsgroup messages, and do NOT put it anywhere on the Internet. Instead, refer people to my Web site for current contact details.
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