14 July 2008
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
- Cooktown residents who signed a petition in 1874. The signature in this source may be the only surviving example of your ancestor's handwriting.
- My genealogy 'Updates' Newsletter is now on-line.
- More names added to the list of friends and relatives sought, missing persons, alleged offenders, prisoners, wife/child deserters, victims of crime etc. mentioned in Qld Police Gazettes.
- Late last year I added titles of papers from the 2006 Australasian Congress to the page about published papers from genealogy conferences. 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 historical context and give advice on sources, research methods, preserving your records, etc., including lots of information that is not on the Internet.
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 To reduce spam, please do NOT quote my email address in mailing list or newsgroup messages, and do NOT put it anywhere on the Internet.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.
Aug 2007
Jan 2007
Sept 2006
Jul 2006
May 2006
- Since I changed hidden settings, 'Web searches' from the Google search boxes on my Web pages now produce results more relevant to genealogy. Advertisements that Google puts with the search results may also be relevant. To search the Web instead of my site, click the button beside 'Web' on the search box. On most of my pages the SURNAME is shown first, followed by the given name, but there are some exceptions. To avoid misinterpretation, always click the link on Google's results page to see more details.
Nov 2005
- Patients' names from Cooktown Hospital admission registers 1884-1901 have been combined into a single alphabetical sequence. Many people from other parts of Australia (and sailors from ships in port) visited Cooktown briefly and appear in these records.
Jul 2005
Mar 2005
- Qld Health has closed the Burketown Hospital admission register and it is likely that Croydon, Cooktown, Ingham and Muttaburra hospital registers less than 100 yrs old will also be closed. Use them now!
- More names from a register of maintenance orders 1916-1925 re deserted wives, children and illegitimate children have been added to the interim list of names from miscellaneous sources and indexes in progress.
Dec 2004
Nov 2004
- My email address has changed. If I email you direct, use the address on that message. Otherwise use
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- Southwest Qld newspaper scrapbook index lists people from Cunnamulla, Eulo, Thargomindah, Wyandra etc., and people from elsewhere with some connection to those areas.
Aug/Sep 2004
Jun 2004
- 'Brisbane Hospital: index to some patients in 1887, 1900, 1901 & 1902' has been published in book form as a single alphabetical index with full source references.
Nov/Dec 2003
Oct 2003
Sep 2003
Aug 2003
Jul 2003
- Two new pages with photographs of Queensland buildings and Yorkshire churches.
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