Issue 13 giveaways announced :: findmypast - SBS WDYTYA

And the winner is...... Congratulations to G. Muth of Salisbury Downs, SA you've won our Issue 13 giveaway with findmypast. Good luck with your search!

Win a findmypast World Collection subscription valued at $249.95! 

Here’s your chance to win access to  the 1.5 billion records on findmypast! The prize is a 12-month subscription to its World Collection, which means you can search records from across Australia, New Zealand, the US, the UK and Ireland, all from one site! Read about how findmypast can help with your research on page 48.

To go into the draw for this terrific prize, simply tell us the year your earliest ancestor arrived in Australia or New Zealand. 

Send your answer by 31 December to cass[at]insidehistory.com.au or post it to findmypast giveaway, PO Box 406 Erskineville NSW 2043.

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And the winners are......... Congratulations to the 5 winners of the WDYTYA Series 4 DVD sets:

[1] K. Gaspari, Chadstone, VIC

[2] M. Kemp, Ashmore, QLD

[3] L. Walker, Deception Bay, QLD

[4] J. Wright, Narre Warren South, VIC

[5] J. Purnell, Rochedale South, QLD

Win Series 4 of Who Do You  Think You Are? on DVD!

It’s the television series we all love, and if you’re like us you’re already counting down the days until Series 5 debuts on our screens in early 2013. In the meantime, here’s your chance to relive all the detective work, drama and emotion of Series 4. See comedian Shaun Micallef discover his Maltese connections, journalist Kerry O’Brien learn about his Irish links!

To go into the draw to win one of five DVDs of series 4, valued at $29.95 each, simply tell us which celebrity episode you loved the most from any  of the Australian series so far. 

Send your answer by 31 December to cass[at]insidehistory.com.au or post it to SBS giveaway, PO Box 406 Erskineville NSW 2043.

Issue 12 giveaway :: Ancestry.com.au 12 mth membership

Win an Ancestry.com.au World Heritage Membership for 12 months!

With a World Heritage Membership you will have unlimited access to all Ancestry.com.au records from around the world including the US, Ireland and the UK, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Who knows, your family research could take you all over the world!

Remember the joy of connecting to the past you felt when you uncovered your first BMD record? With the World Heritage Membership, you can relive that excitement all year round, as Ancestry.com.au’s vast collections are regularly updated. Recent additions include the England & Wales BMD Index 1837–1915 collections. The Marriage Index alone contains more than 33 million records!

All you need to do to enter the draw for this terrific prize is to send us your answer to the following question:

Q. How many records are there in the Ancestry.com.au England & Wales BMD Marriage Index: 1837–1915?

[A] Less than 5m [B] Less than 10m [C] Less than 20m [D] More than 33m

Simply send your answer, plus your name and contact details to Inside History Ancestry.com.au Giveaway, PO Box 406 Erskineville NSW 2043 or email cass@insidehistory.com.au by 5pm EDST, October 31, 2012.

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Entries close 5pm EDST, 31/10/12. The first correct answer drawn at random will win and the winner notified by 14/11/12. Allow up to 4 weeks for account set-up. Prize is a World Heritage Membership for 12 months to Ancestry.com.au valued at $299.88. It is not redeemable for cash. Please indicate if you’d like to opt out of our mailing list. We won’t share your details with a third party.

Expert Facebook Q&As :: BDM Certificates

Another Thursday and another great Expert Q&A sharing session. This week we discussed how to get the most from your Birth, Death and Marriage certificates. Thanks again to Shauna Hicks, for joining us and giving us the benefit of her family history expertise and years of experience! Please find the transcript of the Q&A and useful links, and you can count on Shauna being back to help with your family history in a future Q&A.

Don't forget our Expert Q&As happen every Thursday night on the Inside History Magazine facebook page.

When: 8:30-9:30pm EST | WA: 6:30-7:30pm WST | SA - NT: 8:00-9:00pm CST | Weekly on a Thursday night

Summary of links from BDM Certificates Expert Q&A:

• Marriage Witness Index: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausvic/mwi.htm
• Gravesend parish registers: http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/
• Graham Jaunay - Australian BDMs: http://www.jaunay.com/bdm.html
• FamilySearch wiki: Australian state civil registration
• Shauna Hicks blog: http://diaryofanaustraliangenealogist.blogspot.com.au
• More links below the session transcript

Top tips from Shauna Hicks on BDM certificates:
Read the certificates carefully, compare info on birth, death and marriage certificates carefully, where possible try and get the handwritten copies rather than a typed certificate (minimises human error), don't always believe what is on the certificate (only as good as person giving the info) and sometimes they just simply lied! So check with other documents as well. Remember that civil registration dates for each state /or countries varies and before then you definitely need to look for parish registers.

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Transcript of Expert Q&A - how to get the most from your certificates; Birth, Death and Marriage certificates:

Welcome everyone, thanks for joining us tonight. The rules are simple. Try to keep your questions concise & focused on Birth, Death and Marriage certificates, that will help Shauna to answer as many as possible in the hour that we have.

Q. Hi Shauna and Cassie. Years ago, in Victoria, I think there was an attempt to database witnesses to marriages, but I don't know if that happened anywhere else. Are you aware of any databases such as that - as I am especially looking to find a family black sheep acting as a doctor in NSW, so he should be on birth and death certificates.
A. Shauna: ‎@Linda Yes I have heard of people doing witness indexes but not familiar with the details - I would need to look into that more
A. Linda: @Shauna Thank You!
A. Shauna: @Linda Re the witnesses index - try looking at Cora Num's website as she often picks up related indexes - here is the link to her BDMs page http://www.coraweb.com.au/bdmau.htm
A. IHM: @Linda Hi Linda Barraclough, this could be the witness database you're looking for :: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausvic/mwi.htm
A. Shauna: Thanks Cassie now I'm going to have to check that index out myself!
A. Linda: Ta for the two indexes - been away looking. I'm looking for a doctor in Boggabri in NSW - basically guess best bet is to write and register with local hist soc, and hope they can keep an eye on certs. Used to be good in the old days when you could just rock up to the court house and look at the lot. Did a lot up the Darling River that way, but never got to Boggabri.
A. Shauna: @Linda local newspapers might be worth checking too, maybe he advertised too.
A. Linda: [Friday, 17/08] I was going to throw this one in last night, but it was a little busy! Many years ago, a famous incident happened at the East Gippsland Genealogical Group. A new member came in, and asked how to use the microfiche indexes to BD&Ms (this is in the old days, of fiche of the actual indexes). The member pulled a random fiche out of the births, and put it up on the screen. And seemed to go into a really strange trance, that it took him a long time to come out of. There, in front of him, was the birth he had searched unsuccessfully for, for years. She was registered with her third given name as her surname. Father's name had been changed to make it fit, and everything. We have never been able to calculate the odds of this happening, but they are pretty long! There are witnesses!

Q. I am trying to locate the Birth certificates of two deceased sons of my Great Grandmother Elizabeth Tegreth,(maiden name Debnham, first married name Maxwell) died in Forbes NSW 1926: one was Allan Maxwell (possibly original surname was Debnham) born in Young who died on 26th April 1915 at Gallipoli aged 25 years, the other has no information on her death certificate. Would love some guidance, please.

A. Shauna: ‎@Colleen Usually when people can't find a certificate it is a spelling variation so you need to check all possible variations, also check under maiden name of mother or former married names as

A. Shauna: @Colleen Re the missing birth certificates question sometimes I just search on given names and a year and that way I can pick up any odd spellings of the name, you just need to try all variations of a search

A. Jill: @Colleen Colleen, I recently visited the Forbes Family History group in person and from their resources was able to knock down a 20+ year brick wall. May be worth contacting them.

A. Shauna: Thanks Jill yes local genealogical and historical societies have some great local resources and are definitely worth contacting.

Q. What do people commonly miss when reading certificates?

A. Shauna: People tend to just look for the date and place of the event but it is also important to look at all fields eg witnesses at a marriage maybe relatives or the midwife at a birth even witnesses to a burial. Spelling of place names can vary so the more certificates you look at you may be able to work out what it should be - I purchased all the birth certificates of my gg grandfather's children and eventually ended up with the right place in Ireland!

Q. IHM: Do the certificates vary by state? If so, what are some important variations to note?

A. Shauna: Because certificates are expensive you should make certain that the type of information you are looking for is on the certificate - I find Graham Jaunay's quick guide very useful as there is a lot of variation between the states http://www.jaunay.com/bdm.html

A. Shauna: I find NSW, QLD and VIC the best certificates but sadly I have SA ancestors too and SA is one of the least detailed

Q. We have searched (via ancestry.com) for a relative born in 1845 Gravesend, Kent. Is it possible his birth was just never registered? Where else should I look?

A. Shauna: @Rachael The UK indexes are now available online via a number of different sites as well as the old microfiche. I would try another online site because you can get indexing errors (we are all human)

A. Helen: @Rachael It is worth checking with the Northfleet registrar office which was the local office as the Ancestry indexes are the National GRO indexes. My grandfather born in 1915 Northfleet in was not listed on the national indexes but I was able to get his certificate from Northfleet. Also check that he is not one of the Male (your surname) listings as there was a requirement to register by a set date and sometimes the name decision had not been made.

A. Shauna: Thanks Helen yes local offices are another place to look and Helen's example also highlights how errors can creep in to the official indexes too.

A. Shauna: Yes I find those unnamed children quite frustrating!

A. Helen: Also worth checking http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/ for the Gravesend parish registers as it may narrow down when the baptism took place.

Q. Hi Shauna - and other researchers! I was wondering if you had any tips for tracking down death certificates in NSW in the mid-late 19th century? A few former convicts I've been researching have been seemingly impossible to find.

A. Shauna: @Sarah Are you sure they died in NSW? Sometimes convicts changed their names and moved on? Are they common names?

A. Shauna: @Sarah Were they married? Any children? I tracked one convict from TAS, to VIC and finally got him dying in Auckland - it helped that he was a butcher and he stuck to that trade.

Q. IHM: Did your Auckland butcher have a NZ Death Certificate Shauna Hicks? http://www.dia.govt.nz/Births-deaths-and-marriages

A. Shauna: Yes there was a NZ death certificate with absolutely no information on it, his wife was the same and getting back further has been tricky!

Comment. Shauna: As we are getting close to the finish line (still in Olympics mode) I would just like to suggest that people should relook at their certificates from time to time as sometimes we don't recognise something and it is only with further research that a piece of information becomes more significant - this goes for all documents too

Comment: Chez: Hope you don't mind...but wanted to make a comment re: names - for years I had looked for Arthur born in Newtown NSW could never find him...but knew that was his name (we are only going back to early 1900's) any how on a whim I think I just used the first letter 'A' and believe me he has a very common surname...found him...he was registered on his birth certificate as Author - yep never would have found him.....to me it indicated a bit of an accent! So be adventurous!! lol

A. Shauna: Love that comment Chez - yes just using a first letter can be useful - great example of a spelling variation, must remember it! Reminds me of when I found an Onions family for someone - the certificates made it look like Union and it was only when I sounded it out that I thought of Onions and sure enough, there they were!

A. IHM: Great tip Chez Leggatt! What are your top 5 tips for family historians examining certificates Shauna Hicks?

A. Shauna: 5 tips - read the certificates carefully, compare info on birth, death and marriage certificates carefully, where possible try and get the handwritten copies rather than a typed certificate (minimises human error), don't always believe what is on the certificate (only as good as person giving the info) and sometimes they just simply lied! So check with other documents as well.

A. Shauna: Another point to remember is civil registration dates for each state /or countries varies and before then you definitely need to look for parish registers.

A. Jill: I had a group registered as a job lot after the parents were married and the Legitimation Act came in in 1902 in NSW so don't just look at the estimated birth date - widen your search.

A. Shauna: Another good point thanks Jill - lateral thinking is the only way to go with family history research!

A. IHM: Go to the FamilySearch wiki for more on Australian state civil registration dates and BDM records :: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Australia_Civil_Registration-_Vital_Records

Comment. Cathy: I could not find a Hawes ancestor in the death index-turned out he had been indexed as Hawkes. The certificate itself was correct.. Also my grandmother and her six siblings did not have registered births in SA-had to locate the baptism records.

Comment. Jill: Thanks for the conversation everyone - I feel a Geniaus post coming on.

A. Shauna: Yes I like hearing about other's experiences especially with finding people under weird entries in the indexes - it's a great way to learn.

Comment. IHM: Time flies when you're having historic fun, we're at 9:30 already! Thanks again to Shauna for her expertise tonight and thanks to everyone for your questions and comments. Don’t forget to follow Shauna's blog http://diaryofanaustraliangenealogist.blogspot.com.au/ and you can find her books on Unlock the Past. We’ll publish the questions, answers and links from tonight’s session in a blog post this coming week.

A. Shauna: Thanks for having me. I enjoyed it as well as learnt a few more sites. Now off to research!

A. IHM: It was our pleasure Shauna :) We’ll be here again next Thursday, 23rd August from 8:30 – 9:30pm, with our next expert Q&A. Next week we have Zoe D'Arcy and Anne Mclean from the National Archives of Australia, answering questions on how to get the most from NAA’s amazing collection! We’ll be coming to you from the International Council of Archives [ICA] Congress.

Links for Birth, Death and Marriage certificates:

• ACT: http://www.ors.act.gov.au
• NSW: http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/searchHistoricalRecords.htm
• Northern Territory: http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/bdm/index.shtml
• Queensland: http://www.justice.qld.gov.au
• South Australia: http://www.ocba.sa.gov.au/bdm
• Tasmania: http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm
• Victoria: http://ow.ly/czBoS 
• Western Australia: http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au
• New Zealand: http://www.dia.govt.nz/Births-deaths-and-marriages

BDM transcription services:

• Joy Murrin Family History Services: http://www.joymurrin.com.au
• Marilyn Rowan's transcription service: http://www.transcriptions.com.au
• Genealogy SA: http://genealogysa.org.au

Online databases:

• Ancestry: http://www.ancestry.com.au
• Family Search: http://ow.ly/czBAu
• Findmypast Australasia: http://www.findmypast.com.au
• Obituaries Australia: http://oa.anu.edu.au
• Ryerson Index: http://www.ryersonindex.org

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Read the previous Expert Q&A transcripts:

[1]  Thursday, July 26 :: How to get the best from Trove Australia

Next Chapter History Group :: Capital Punishment in NSW

The Next Chapter History Group meets on the second Thursday of each month at Randwick City Library, Randwick from 10.30-11.30am. Facilitated by Inside History editor Cassie Mercer, each month a guest speaker talks about an aspect of Australian history.

On July 12, local Randwick historian, Pauline Curby, presents: To die or not to die, Capital Punishment in NSW 1910-1939.

Long Bay Gaol, undated. The last 9 NSW executions, between 1917 and 1939, took place at this gaol. 

(Courtesy of Randwick Library & Information Services)

One hundred years ago opinion was sharply divided in NSW on the merits of capital punishment. It was either a deterrent to crime, as many conservatives believed or a “relict of barbarism”, as one Labor politician proclaimed. Despite these polarised attitudes, hanging was falling into disuse in early 20th century NSW, as was the case in other Australian states. Why then were a handful of offenders executed, when their crimes seemed no worse than those who received gaol sentences?

The seminar is followed by morning tea. All are welcome.

Cost: FREE - $0
Time: 10.30am - 11.30am
Contact: For more information call Jane on 02 9314 4888.
Email: contactus@randwick.nsw.gov.au

Find out more about Pauline Curby and Download Chapter 1 of her book, Randwick, for free on the Randwick City Council Library page.

To celebrate Randwick City Council's 150th anniversary, Council commissioned professional historian, Pauline Curby, to write a fully referenced, illustrated, comprehensive new history of Randwick.

The 406 page hardcover book celebrates the history of one of New South Wales' oldest local government areas and tells the story of the diverse range of people who live in this scenic part of Sydney. Indigenous Australians, Anglo-Celtic Australians and more recent migrants all feature in its pages, as do jockeys, surf lifesavers, bodgies and widgies. Social problems such as the care of neglected children and the issues of crime and punishment, drinking and gambling are also part of the rich tapestry of this history.

Issue 11; Jul-Aug 2012 is now available!

Fashion photography, early film clips and our 1858 “champion of Australia”: Issue 11 of Inside History is fresh off the press!

Inside History is a bi-monthly magazine for people who are passionate about Australia and New Zealand’s history and heritage. In our July–August edition:

• Ever wondered if your family was on film or radio? We show you how to find out where
• It’s the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Milne Bay. Read about it from a pilot who was there 
• Our experts show how to preserve your audio records 
• Read about the influence fashion and photography had on our ancestors’ lives 
• Discover who is the dashing gentleman gracing our cover 
• Copyright and your genealogy: find out who owns what 
• Plus reveal your top 10 history books! 

And much more – in fact, 76 pages of terrific features, practical information on genealogy, chances to network with other family historians, and book and app reviews. On sale now online - click here to buy!

Issue 11 will be available in newsagents nationally by July 13 - click here to see where. You can also request us at your local newsagent, and we'll make sure that our next Issue 12; Sep-Oct 2012 is sent there for you!

Authors to look out for in Issue 11:

Travel Journalist :: Teresa Cannon
Author :: Hazel Edwards @muirmoir
Journalist :: Miranda Farrell
Historian :: Michael Flynn
Journalist :: Paula Grunseit @PaulaGrunseit
Australian genealogist :: Barbara Hall @IrishWattle
Australian genealogist :: Shauna Hicks @HicksShauna
Military Historian :: Michael Martin @RegimentalBooks
National Archives of Australia :: Elizabeth Masters @NationalArchivesAus
Australian genealogist :: Merrill O’Donnell @1891Women
Intern Journalist :: Pristine Ong

Australian genealogist :: Annie Payne @annie_histheart

SLNSW Curator :: Margot Riley @statelibrarynsw

Journalist :: Emma Sutcliffe @littleriveremma
Intern Journalist :: Sarah Trevor
New Zealand genealogist :: Mark Webster @macnzMark
University of New England historian :: Janis Wilton

For more information please contact: 
Cassie Mercer, Inside History magazine
phone: 02 9590 9600 | email: cass@insidehistory.com.au

Have a sneak peak inside our new magazine; Issue 11; Jul-Aug 2012.

Issue 10 Giveaway :: Flip-pal Winner Announced!

The entries have gone into the Inside History hat and the winner is... Congratulations to:

• Natalie James, Wanneroo, WA 

What was Natalie's best history discovery she's captured with a scanner?

"I have been helping my father research the history of my great-grandfather, a Methodist Minister from WA who faked his death and ran away with the maid to Canada. He was a highly regarded member of the Western Australian Methodist Church.... Our research unearthed some hidden certificates in a relatives basement; an invitation for the Reverend and his wife to attend the opening of Parliament and an evening soiree after the opening. These are by far my best history discovery and we scanned the documents before sending them to a conservator for preservation. Unfortunately, we do not believe he attended the event".

Order your Flip-Pal from Gould Genealogy and History today and start exploring and preserving your family history! Thanks again to Gould for making our giveaway possible!

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Where would family history be without scanners? If you agree, then don't miss our Issue 10 giveaway! Win a Flip-pal mobile scanner, valued at $219!!!

Digitisation of records to enhance our ability to research family trees has been well underway for years. But how often have you been at a library and wanted to scan a document for your personal records in a high-quality format? Or attended a family gathering and wished you could scan images there and then? Meet your new BFF (best friend forever)!

Flip-Pal is a light, compact scanner that captures what you want in seconds, at either 300 or 600dpi. It loads the image to a flash card ready for you to download to your computer. Have a document bigger than the 10cm x 15cm screen? No problem — just scan each part and Flip-Pal’s clever software will stitch it together seamlessly! We have a Flip-Pal mobile scanner valued at $219 to give away, thanks to Gould Genealogy and History.

To enter the draw, simply tell us the answer to the following question:

Q. What’s the best history discovery you’ve captured with a scanner?

Send your name and contact details to Inside History, Flip-Pal Giveaway, PO Box 406 Erskineville NSW 2043 or email cass@insidehistory.com.au by 5pm, June 26, 2012. If you can’t wait until then, order your Flip-Pal from Gould Genealogy and History and get scanning!

Terms and conditions: Entries close 5pm, 26/06/12. One name will be drawn at random and the winner notified by 31/07/12. Please indicate if you would like to opt out of our mailing list. Inside History won’t share your details with a third party. Prize is not redeemable for cash.

Entering the genealogy blogosphere :: Our top 50 blogs

Seen this badge? Then you're looking at one of our top 50 genealogy blogs.

In our current Issue 10, Australian blogger Jill Ball outlines our top 50 blogs that every genealogist needs to follow including libraries, societies, personal historians, speciality topics, international sites and organisation blogs. You can read the full article in Issue 10 or click here for a sneak peak.

Genealogy blogs can  be a wealth of information for family historians, as the immediacy of content is just an upload away. Jill Ball looks at the growth of blogs, and the best 50 to follow. The collaborative nature of blogging should not be underestimated; bloggers get a real buzz when someone makes a comment on one of their posts! If you read and enjoy a post please take the time to make a comment.

Another grave tale from the Klondike by Robin McLachlan

The grave of Norman Nicholas Graeber in Canada. Photo courtesy Robin McLachlan.

Welcome to my Klondike blog. I expect you have come here after reading "Grave Stories from the Klondike" in the May-Jun 2012 issue of Inside History. As promised, the story of Norman Nicholas Graeber is told below.

As I recounted in the article, my prospecting wander through the Dawson City cemetery in Canada brought me to Graeber’s grave, a find that inspired me to delve into the story of Australians and New Zealanders on the Klondike. Norman Nicholas Graeber is unusual in that he didn’t drift off to another goldfield after a season or two, but put down roots in the Klondike. He is very likely the “Nicholas Graeber” on No.10 Soap Creek, a claim that was “in the pay”. In the summer of 1902, the mine was employing a crew of eight men and future prospects looked good.

By 1904, Norman had done well enough to trade the hard life of the miner for that of a Dawson City businessman. He bought the Bonanza Livery Stables. It was also around this time he may have courted Catie Couture (born 1880), a French Canadian girl from Selkirk, Manitoba. Catie was on the Klondike with members of her family. Norman and Catie (her full name being Sarah Anne Catherine) were married in Dawson’s Roman Catholic Church on 10 July 1906. Her brother Alfred was a witness.

Marrying Catie may have presented Aussie Norm with something of a culture shock. She was from the sizeable French Canadian community on the Klondike, socially separate in language and culture. Even Dawson’s Catholic Church was largely a French Canadian institution, with priests from Quebec and records kept in French. If Norman was not bicultural at the time of marriage, lessons in French culture surely followed.

There was time, however, for recreational activities other than just French Canadian folk dancing. A son, Anthony Gerald, was born on 23 June 1907. Aunt Eléonore Couture was godmother at his baptism on 6 July. Norman’s story reads as a classic gold rush tale of hard won success opening the way onto a happy and full life. Alas, life can be like the run of quartz reef that for a time gives much but in truth promises nothing. Baby Anthony lived for only a month. His tiny grave lies only a few rows away from that of his father, who died from appendicitis in April of the following year.

Norman and Catie's son, Anthony, died when he was just four weeks old. 

Photo courtesy Robin McLachlan. 

But for a few words in the church register, I might have ended my tale here. The register for St Mary’s Church, or Église Ste-Marie, records in French that Norman was a widower, "vf de Helen Cameron”, at the time of his marriage. When this entry is combined with other fragments of evidence, the suspicion arises that Norman Nicholas Graeber may not have been perfectly truthful about his past. He may have been Nicholas J. Graeber, a former Omeo hotelkeeper and father of three. In 1896, the divorce court had granted his wife, Ellen (Cameron), a legal separation on the grounds of his repeated adultery. Ellen died in 1942, as the widow of Nicholas. If Norman is Nicholas and Helen is Ellen, then Catie has a bigamist as her husband.

Taking on a new identity was not unknown on the Klondike, where even today you wait for an invitation before asking too many questions. Perhaps given the passage of time we can though take the liberty of asking Norman and Nicholas whether they are the same Mr. Graeber.

I have created “family histories” for both men on ancestry.com.au where you will find the sources used for this blog together with evidence for their common identity.

Norman Nicholas Graeber is just one, or perhaps two, of more than 700 Australians and New Zealanders who went to the Klondike in 1897-99 so far identified by the Diggers on the Klondike project. If you should know of an Australian or New Zealand Klondiker, you are invited to contact me on rmclachlan[at]csu.edu.au.

Launch of special iPad edition for State Library of NSW

A fantastic new iPad app lets you look inside the vaults of one of the world’s great libraries - click here to download for FREE.

Inside History magazine has just launched a special iPad edition which allows users to explore, share and interact with the State Library of NSW’s unrivalled collection like never before.

“Inside History magazine is thrilled to be working with the talented team at the State Library to launch this unique tour of arguably one of the world’s great libraries,” says Cassie Mercer, Inside History editor.

“I was nine when I first visited the State Library of NSW from the country, and I still remember being mesmerised by the Mitchell Library's extraordinary leadlight windows and the seemingly endless levels and shelves of books stacked up to meet them. I feel like I grew up at the Library,” says Ms Mercer

This special edition brings together short films, photo galleries and highlights from staff curators and guest writers who reveal the intimate history of objects, their creators and owners.

Many intriguing questions are answered, like why the Macquarie Collector’s Chest was created and how the original 1644 Tasman map ended up in Paris and then at the State Library.

The feature story on the current major exhibition, Lewin: Wild Art, takes you into the world of a young illustrator, John Lewin (1770-1819), who was inspired by Australia’s flora and fauna to develop his own remarkable style. And this issue is sumptuously illustrated with Lewin’s beautiful artwork.

Users can go behind the scenes as State Library of NSW conservators restore 3,500 glass plate negatives from the gold rush, discovered in a garden shed in Chatswood in 1951. This extraordinary find proved to be the most important photographic documentation of goldfields life in Australia.

“From displaying Matthew Flinders’ logbook and journal on board the Queen Mary 2 as it retraced his circumnavigation, to utilising new technologies, the State Library continues to explore new opportunities to ensure as many people as possible have the chance to engage with the Library’s remarkable collections,” says NSW State Librarian & Chief Executive, Alex Byrne.

“Inside History is an active champion of the State Library and, with our shared passion for making history interesting and accessible, we jumped at the chance to jointly launch this special iPad edition. It’s a wonderful addition to our extensive online offerings and we hope it makes people wonder what else might surprise from in the vaults of the State Library.” says Dr Byrne.

Download the FREE app here for your chance to win an original illustration of Paul Keating from the pen of Daily Telegraph cartoonist, Warren Brown.

For more information please contact:
Ben Mercer, Inside History magazine, 0405 272427, ben@insidehistory.com.au

Vanessa Bond, State Library Media & Communications Branch
(02) 9273 1566, 0411 259 898, vbond@sl.nsw.gov.au

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And now we're also available on iPad at nearly 40% less than our paper magazines - click here to order. Just remember, that subscriptions can only start from the "Latest Issue" or the issue that is currently in the newsagents - you are not able to purchase a subscription starting with a future issue. If you already have the latest issue as a paper magazine and don't want to duplicate, then please wait for the next edition to be released before subscribing for either 6 or 12 months.

We're always happy to answer any questions and to get your valued feedback, so please call or email us with both. Happy reading!

The Inside History magazine team
Inside History: Explore your past, enrich your future
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[*] Free postage is valid only for Australian subscribers

New Page :: Place your ads on our Billboard

Are you looking to connect with other descendants or historians? Each issue we feature who and what people are researching. If you need help finding others from your family or surnames, are having a family reunion, looking for contributions for your research project or are seeking memories and items for your exhibition, then we'll tell our readers about it.

Your ad will appear in both our print and iPad magazine, and we'll post your ad to our Bob's Your Uncle blog page, and on our Facebook page. Lots of researchers have been linking up through "Bob's your uncle"!

To place an ad, email contribute[at]insidehistory.com.au or call the office on 02 95909600. Adverts are FREE!

Issue 9; Mar-Apr is now available online

Inside History is for people passionate about Australian and New Zealand genealogy, history and heritage. In our Issue 9; Mar-Apr 2012:

• Read the latest on the new Australian series of Who Do You Think You Are?
• Your memories of World War II
• The mother who saw seven soldiers go to war
• Why your Anzac may be missing from the records
• What life was like for an Aussie governess
• We reunite a family with a photo from 1883
• Off the tourist track: secret history in Victoria’s goldfields
• Last chance to tell us your favourite history book!

And much more – in fact, 76 pages of terrific features, practical information on family tree research, chances to network with other genealogists, competitions and product reviews.

Issue 9 is available in newsagents nationally from Monday, 12th March. You can also request us at your local newsagent, and we'll make sure that our next Issue 10; May-Jun 2012 is sent there for you!

Authors to look out for in Issue 9:

• Ancestry.com.au :: Brad Argent @Brad_Argent
• Historian :: Kate Bagnall @baibi
• Author :: Hazel Edwards @muirmoir
• Journalist :: Miranda Farrell
• Journalist :: Paula Grunseit @PaulaGrunseit
• Australian genealogist :: Barbara Hall @Irish Wattle
• Australian genealogist :: Shauna Hicks @HicksShauna
• Journalist :: Rebecca Jones
• Military historian :: Michael Martin @RegimentalBooks
• Historian :: Kate Matthew
• Genealogist :: Joan Matthews 
• Military historian :: Neil Smith
• Museum curator :: Tracy Sullivan @austhistomuseum
• Journalist :: Emma Sutcliffe @littleriveremma
• Historian Bill Young

Have a sneak peak inside our new magazine; Issue 9; Mar-Apr 2012.

Issue 8; Jan-Feb 2012 now available on iPad!

Like new fangled ideas, do you go for gadgets? Now you can find Inside History on the iPad app store. Just like print, it's packed with photos, tips and tools for all historians.

At the moment, Issue 8 and Issue 7 are available. All you need to do is download our free app and then you can buy individual copies at A$8.49! That's a 20% saving on the print copy price! Plus you get to save on bookshelf space and you always have your Inside History with you.

All of our back issues will be available soon, so stay tuned!

Issue 8: Jan-Feb 2012 is now available!

Inside History is for people passionate about Australian and New Zealand genealogy, history and heritage. In our Issue 8; Jan-Feb 2012:

• We celebrate 2012 as the National Year of Reading by asking: what’s your favourite history book?
• Our photo expert helps solve a family mystery
• Discover one home’s genealogy in Tasmania
• The experiences of Australian mothers since 1788
• Darwin 1942: eyewitnesses before and after the bombings
• Was your ancestor in the theatre? We look at how to find them
• The life of a ship’s surgeon in the 1800s
• Why Norfolk Island’s world heritage listing is so well deserved

And much more – in fact, 76 pages of terrific features, practical information on family tree research, chances to network with other genealogists, competitions and product reviews.

Issue # 8 is available in newsagents nationally from Monday, 2nd January. You can also request us at your local newsagent, and we'll make sure that the next issue - our ANZAC issue [Issue # 9] is sent there for you!

Authors to look out for in Issue # 8:

• Author :: John Bailey
• New Zealand genealogist :: Christine Clement
• Museum manager :: Anthony Curtis
• Author :: Hazel Edwards @muirmoir
• Journalist :: Miranda Farrell
• Journalist :: Paula Grunseit @PaulaGrunseit
• Australian genealogist :: Barbara Hall @Irish Wattle
• Author :: Jenny Robin Jones
• Journalist :: Alice Johnson @Alice_Johnson88
• Personal historian :: Annie Payne @annie_histheart
• Local and family history librarian :: Liz Pidgeon @Infolass
• Historian :: Leann Richards
• Historian :: Jayne Shrimpton @JayneShrimpton
• CEO RAHS :: Maria Walsh
• New Zealand genealogist :: Mark Webster @macnzMark

Have a sneak peak inside our new magazine; Issue # 8; Jan-Feb 2012.

Show us your Hairy Mancestor - Winners announced!

It's MO101 here are Hairy Mancestors - we've raised $101! We'll be back in 2012 - bigger, hairier and ready to search the land for Hairy Mancestors! It's been a hairy month, all that's left now is to announce our competition winners!

[1] Winners - Ancestry.com.au subscriptions

• Congratulations Gillian Mauchan and Vivienne Graves!

[2] Winners - Inside History magazine subscriptions

• Congratulations David Murray and Sharon Fritz!

Thanks again to our friends at Ancestry.com.au for offering such an amazing prize!

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Post your moustached ancestors to the Hairy Mancestors facebook page by November 30 and you’ll be helping to support Movember Australia and Movember New Zealand. Plus, you’ll go into the draw to win one of 4 fantastic prizes perfect for the family historian!

• Two Ancestry.com.au Annual World Heritage Subscriptions
• Two 12 month subscriptions to Inside History magazine

How to enter:
Like the Hairy Mancestors facebook page then post up to five photos of your ancestors, who sport moustaches. Remember, no beards allowed!

Each post will then go into the prize draw.

Plus, with each entry made you’ll be helping to support Movember, which raises money for men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer and depression. Inside History will donate 50c per photo submitted with name, approximate date and story. Each person posting is allowed 5 eligible photos.

We would like to thank our friends at Ancestry.com.au for their generous support of Hairy Mancestors and Movember!

Terms and conditions:

The “How to enter” instructions form part of the terms and conditions. Entries close 11.59pm EDST on Wednesday, November 30, 2011. Three entrant names will be drawn at random and the winners’ names posted to the Inside History page on December 7.

Libraries :: Where to find Inside History Magazine

Australian Capital Territory:
National Library of Australia | Website | p: 02 6262 1111
National Archives of Australia Library | Website | p: 1300 886 881
Belconnen Library - Canberra | Website | p: 02 6205 9000

New South Wales:
State Library of NSW | Website | p: 02 9273 1414
Bathurst Regional Council Library | Website | p: 02 6333 6281
Bega Valley Shire Library | Website | p: 02 6499 2127
City of Botany Bay Library | Website | p: 02 9366 3888
Clarence Regional Library - Macksville | Website | p: 02 6568 1422
Coffs Harbour City Library | Website | p: 02 6648 4900
Greater Taree City Libraries - Taree | Website | p: 02 6592 5290
Hawkesbury Library Service | Website | p: 02 4560 4460
Holroyd City Library - Merrylands | Website | p: 02 9840 9960
City of Kingston Library | Website | p: 1300 135 668
Lane Cove Library | Website | p: 02 9911 3634
Leichhardt Municipal Library | Website | p: 02 9367 9266
Liverpool City library | Website | p: 02 9821 9460
Macquarie Regional Library | Website | p: 02 6801 4501 Marrickville Library Service | Website | p: 02 9335 2173
Mid-Western Regional Council Library - Mudgee | Website | p: 02 6378 2740
Newcastle Region Library | Website | p: 02 49745300
Parramatta City Library | Website | p: 02 9806 5159
Port Macquarie Hastings Library | Website | p: 02 6581 8755
Randwick City Library Services - Bowen Library | Website | p: 02 9314 4888
Society of Australia Genealogists - Sydney | Website | p: 02 9299 5151
Southern Tablelands Regional Library - Goulburn | Website | p: 02 4823 4435
Sutherland Shire Libraries | Website | p: 02 9710 0351
University of New England - Dixson Library | Website | p: 02 6773 2458
Waverley Library | Website | p: 02 9386 7777
Warringah Council Library - Dee Why | Website | p: 02 9942 2449
Wyong Shire Library | Website | p: 02 4350 1577

Norfolk Island:
Norfolk Island RSL Memorial Club | Website | p: 0011 6723 22233

Northern Territory:
Northern Territory Library | Website | p: 08 8999 7177

Queensland:
Brisbane Square - Brisbane City Library Service | Website | p: 07 3403 4166
Chermside - Brisbane City Library Service | Website | p: 07 3403 7200
Garden City - Brisbane City Library Service | Website | p: 07 3403 7745
Sunnybank - Brisbane City Library Service | Website | p: 07 3407 0571
Wynnum - Brisbane City Library Service | Website | p: 07 3403 2199
Redcliffe - Moreton Bay Region Libraries | Website | p: 07 3283 0311
Mossman Library | Website | p: 07 4099 9495
University of Queensland - Fryer Library | Website | p: 07 3365 6236

South Australia:
State Library of South Australia | Website | p: 08 8207 7250
Adelaide Hills Council Library - Woodside | Website | p: 08 8408 0520
Campbelltown Library | Website | p: 08 8366 9299
Murray Bridge Public Library | Website | p: 08 8539 1175
Prospect Library - Nailsworth | Website | p: 08 8342 8170
City of Onkaparinga Library | Website | p: 08 8384 0100

Victoria:
State Library of Victoria | Website | p: 03 8664 7000
City of Boroondara - Balwyn Library | Website | p: 03 9278 4666
Eastern Regional Libraries Corporation | Website | p: 1300 737 277
Goldfields Library Corporation Bendigo Library | Website | p: 03 5449 2700
High Country Library - Wangaratta | Website | p: 03 5721 2366
Hume Libraries | Website | p: 03 9356 6900
City of Kingston Library - Parkdale | Website | p: 1300 135 668
Port Fairy Library | Website | p: 03 5568 2248
Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Library | Website | p: 03 9510 3393
Watsonia - Yarra Plenty Regional Library | Website | p: 03 9435 2397
Diamond Valley - Yarra Plenty Regional Library | Website | p: 03 9434 3809
Ivanhoe - Yarra Plenty Regional Library | Website | p: 03 9497 5780

Western Australia:
State Library of Western Australia | Website | p: 08 9427 3111
All Saints' College Library | Website | p: 08 9313 9333
Busselton Public Library | Website | p: 08 9754 1588
City of Perth Library | Website | p: 08 9461 3581
Wanneroo Library & Cultural Centre | Website | p: 08 9405 5940

New Zealand:
Auckland City Libraries | Website | p: +64 9 377 0209
Porirua Library | Website | p: +64 4 237 1533