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 We are pleased to announce that Kerry Farmer will be the guest speaker for our next monthly meeting. Non-members are welcome to join us for this 90 minute event (1 hour lecture followed by questions).

Trove Tuesday - Toronto Honeymoon

 There are many sensational headlines on Trove about a Toronto honeymoon in 1925 that went wrong for Mona Beacher (pictured below). 

You can read some of the many articles by following the links under each of the following images.

1925 'HOUSE OF DEATH', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 23 May, p. 8. , viewed 22 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163343015

1925 'THE MURDER OF MONA BEACHER WHILE ON HER HONEYMOON', Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), 4 June, p. 1. , viewed 22 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113915492

1925 'TORONTO TRAGEDY', Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954), 30 June, p. 5. , viewed 22 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93493466

1936 'Honeymoon Murderer Goes Mad In Gaol', Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954), 26 January, p. 13. , viewed 22 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169589487

Trove Tuesday - 1920 - Sad news from Swansea

Several newspapers in the Trove collection relate sad news from Swansea.

William Hill was injured in May 1920 

1920 'OUR NEWCASTLE LETTER.', The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1939), 31 May, p. 2. , viewed 15 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127958154

Alfred Lidbetter of Hamilton was injured in November

1920 'MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 9 November, p. 5. , viewed 15 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140080516

Also in November Mr G Connolly died as a result of a trip to Swansea

1920 'BOOLAROO.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 12 November, p. 6. , viewed 15 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140086365

The Cain family of Swansea received the news of the death of Daniel Cain by his own hand just prior to Christmas 1920. There were several articles in the press that outlined the gruesome details.

1920 'TRAGEDY AT TORONTO.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 22 December, p. 7. , viewed 15 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140082099

1920 'GLEANINGS', Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 - 1954), 25 December, p. 1. , viewed 15 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80775101

Cain was fondly remembered by his family in 1922

1922 'Family Notices', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 22 December, p. 6. , viewed 15 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140019212

Familysearch News at Lake Macquarie

Guest Speaker for our Monthly meeting on Saturday 19th September will be Paul Parton, Familysearch Outreach Presenter. Paul, who will be sharing the latest news from Familysearch, is looking forward to answering your questions. Prior to Paul's presentation at 1:30pm we will have a short general meeting from 1pm to 1:25pm to share news from your Committee and members.

During the week members of Lake Macquarie Family History Group will receive a link to join the Zoom session by email.

Paul Parton

We also have a limited number of places for non-members who may be interested in Paul's session at 1:30pm. Non-members can register by emailing lakemacfhg@gmail.com with Paul Parton in the subject line.

Trove Tuesday - Gwen's Letter

 This letter from Gwen Boyd of Swansea won a prize in the Daily Telegraph's Children's pages. Perhaps Gwen carved out a career as a journalist. 

1924 'PRIZE LETTER OVER 12.', The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), 23 February, p. 15. , viewed 08 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245897564

Bibliography - Books for researching Family History in Lake Macquarie

During the Lake Macquarie FHG presentation, Trawling in the Lake, for National Family History Month last week an important element of the resources shared was a list of books and printed materials to assist with local research.

As an alternative to sharing a printed book list the free Librarything online platform was used. The bibliography contains not just books held locally in our Group's collection but in local public libraries, the University of Newcastle, the State Library of NSW and the National Library of Australia. It is a dynamic list that will grow as new resources are identified.

 

Our Librarything bibliography for researching Lake Macquarie Family History

 To access the list select the bibliography tab below the header image on this blog or go to this URL in your browser:
https://www.librarything.com/profile/LakeMacFHG .

To access the book list select Bibliography

 

Once at the site clicking on any of the links on the page will take you to other areas of the site. If you know of any books that are not on the list please leave a comment on this post and we will add the details to our Librarything account..
 

Trove Tuesday - Percy Pickles

After reading an obituary for Percy Pickles I wondered what else I could discover about this chap's life. 

1943 'OBITUARY', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 10 September, p. 4. , viewed 01 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133411897

Local newspaper articles from Trove give us an insight to the life of Percy, a chap whose alliterative name caught my attention. 

1895 'ACCIDENT AT THE PACIFIC COLLIERY.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 22 February, p. 5. , viewed 01 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133352347

1901 'FENNELL'S BAY', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 26 February, p. 7. , viewed 01 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138481140

 Continue to read this lengthy report here: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138481140

1921 'TERALBA POLICE COURT.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 26 November, p. 10. , viewed 01 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139927336

 

1933 'FOUR FIRES IN DISTRICT', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 13 April, p. 7. , viewed 01 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165339438 

 

 

1934 'Brevities', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 27 March, p. 4. , viewed 01 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166240961

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1943 'Family Notices', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 26 August, p. 2. , viewed 01 Sep 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133414830