The
Maryborough Chronicle Indexing
Project
Janet Martin is
in the process of indexing 'Names
mentioned' in
the
Maryborough
Chronicle newspaper. The Chronicle
covers central, coastal Queensland and has been published
since the 1860s. Click here
to see a map of coastal Queensland showing the area covered by the
Chronicle.
At the present time
the indexing has been
completed from:
January
1885 to December 1940 (a total of 55 years - approximately 570,000
entries) and is now
available on one CD,
which
is available for
public purchase. This CD
has been advertised in the Australian Family Tree Connections Magazine.
This
CD is an essential tool for doing genealogy in this
area of Queensland and can provide valuable information about people
not available anywhere else. If you do
not have access to Maryborough
Chronicle microfilms and would like look-ups, or for more
information about purchasing the Maryborough Chronicle Index CD
& lookups from the films, please email: jmgenealogist@gmail.com.
The names indexed from
the newspapers are in the following categories: Adv=Advertisement
/ B=Birth / D=Death / Div=Divorce / Eng=Engagement / F=Funeral /
Inq=Inquiry / InMem=In Memoriam
/ M=Marriage /
Obit=Obituary /
P=Photo / RofH=Roll of Honour /
W=Writeup.
The
CD index
contains much more information than earlier indexes (see above
categories).
The earlier indexes (1900-1930) which were done on
microfiche, listed
only birth, death and marriage references for Maryborough
residents,
whereas the CD index, lists ALL AREA NAMES mentioned. This
CD is
a
very comprehensive tool for finding family in most of
SE regional Queensland during
the time frame covered.
Official
government Birth, Death and Marriage records are currently available
for the following dates only: Births-prior to 1919;
Marriages-earlier
than 1939; Deaths-earlier than 1964. The indexes for the
time frame 1931-1940 will
therefore, be particularly useful to people seeking family birth
information
during
these years.
Next
to be indexed will be
1860 - 1884. This database will be on a new CD called the
"Pioneer Edition" covering these years, and will be available
separately. This CD will not be available until 2011 (est).
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