Home and personal security Contributed by Bob Banner At the combined Lions and Rotary May dinner, the guest speaker was Constable Susan Lowndes from Beerwah Police. Susan addressed the question of home and personal security. She emphasised the need for caution before allowing persons unknown to the householder, to enter their home. House breakers sometimes masquerade as cold calling tradespeople looking for work. Make sure they provide proof of identity, including an official license to carry out the work, she said.
Once in the house, wrongdoers quickly notice any valuables such as jewellery or sound equipment. They also take careful note of any vulnerable points of entry your house may have. She also pointed out the need to shred personal documents, like out of date vehicle registrations and council rate notices, before placing them in garbage bins. All too often Identity Theft is the result of these documents falling into wrong hands.
Caloundra Family History Research Inc. Contributed by Roz Kuss Guest Speaker at the May general meeting was one of the group’s newer members, Ms Jennifer Strike. Her presentation was well researched, informative, and more than anything, very moving. Unlike the British ancestry of the majority of members, Jennifer’s history began in Hungary, the last country to be overtaken by the
Nazi Regime during WWII. Jennifer has been on quite a journey of discovery, over two continents, to find her Eastern European ancestors and their present day families, as well as the stories her now deceased parents never told her. As Caloundra Family History Research Inc ‘came of age’ this month, the group celebrated its 21st birthday with an afternoon tea and invited Jennifer to cut the cake. Always popular, bus trips are arranged annually to major repositories, and on Wednesday, June 25 the group will be taking a full day trip to Runcorn to research at the Qld State Archives. Cost is $25.00 pp, and members of other societies in the area are invited to join us. Please contact Roz prior to June 18 to secure a seat. All enquiries about the group are welcomed by contacting June on 5493 2679 or Roz on 5493 1197. Email address is caloundrafamilyres@y7mail.com. More details are available on the website www.caloundrafamilyhistory.org.au Valerie Thornton (grants officer), Jennifer Strike, June Blackburn (president)
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Peachester
History Committee
Local and family history
Local history is the story of the people and families who make up any community, so local and family history often go hand in hand. Most PHC members are enthusiastic genealogists, involved in their own family research, while at the same time helping to piece together the history of our district. A wonderful resource which we have often mentioned in this column is ‘Trove’, the NLA online collection of historical newspapers (website http://trove.nla.gov.au/ ). While local and family history starts with names and dates, newspapers help to build up the background – the life and times of our ancestors and their communities. An example: John and Mary Jane Yeo settled at Peachester in 1905 and established a dairy farm on River Road. A search on Trove for ‘Yeo + Peachester’ produces several interesting items. There is a funeral notice for Mary Jane in the Brisbane Courier, 10 April 1930, and this brief but informative obituary in the Nambour Chronicle, 11 April 1930:
‘Death of Peachester Resident'
Mrs Mary Jane Yeo, wife of Mr John Yeo, a well-known resident of Peachester, passed away at the Beerburrum District Hospital on Tuesday evening from the effects of a stroke a fortnight previously. Deceased was born in the Old Country, and came to Queensland in her early life, and had resided about Coochin Creek and Peachester for upwards of 40 years. She was twice married, and besides her husband leaves two sons, Messrs Dudley and Gordon Yeo of Peachester, and three daughters, Mesdames E. Clarke (Caloundra), J. Simpson, jun. (Commissioner’s Flat, and F. Warwick (Brisbane). The interment took place at Bulimba Cemetery’. The Queenslander pictorial supplement on 19 May 1923 includes photographs of the Yeo farm ‘Glen Doone’. In the same edition, this photograph of the Stanley River crossing, with Mrs Yeo holding the rope, appears under the heading ‘Motoring under Difficulties’.
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The PHC meeting next Sunday, June 1, will be a Family History Day. This is an opportunity to share ideas and advice on resources, methods of filing, displaying and publishing family histories, perhaps even an exciting breakthrough in your research. Several members from Caloundra Family History Research will be attending, and will talk about their resources and current projects. PHC meetings are held at the Peachester Hall from 11.00am, and include a shared lunch. Visitors are welcome. Peachester History Committee meets at the Peachester Hall on the first Sunday of the month. If you would like more information please contact Helen Page 5494 9557 or Jan Gresham 5494 2301. MAY 28 2014 |
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