Wednesday 19 September 2012

First P.O. Directories1868

CLYDE 1868
Postal and Road Board Village; County and Elect. District of Mornington. Distance.34 miles
Mail leaves Melbourne- Mon., Wed, Fri.,11.46 am.; Arrives -Mon., Wed.. Fri., 5.18 pm.;
Leaves for Melbourne- Mon., Wed., Fri, 6 p.m.; Arrives Tues., Thurs., Sat., 6 a.m.

Rev. C. L. H. Rupp, Church of England Minister 

John Dumaresq, Teacher at Common School, Secretary of Mechanics Institute, Postmaster 

ATKINSON Peter, farmer
Mooney James, settler, Cardinia Ck
CAMM Charles and Thomas, farmers
Mullane Patrick, farmer
Churchill James, farmer
Murphy John, mail contractor
Close Thomas, farmer
Murray James, settler
Cutler Benjamin, carpenter
North Edward, farmer
DENHAM John, farmer
O'CONNOR Sarah, farmer
Dumaresq George,
0'Connor Terrence, settler, Cardinia Ck
Dumaresq John F, teacher
RIDGWAY Anthony and Thomas, farmers
GATES George and James, farmers
Ridgway John, road contractor
HARDY Embling, storekeeper
Ridgway William, farmer
Henderson David, dairyman
Robins Richard, farmer
Henderson J. and Thomas, farmers
Rossiter Charles, J.P., and Thomas, settler
Hook Isaac, farmer
SHEPHERD John, farmer
JENNINGS Joseph, bricklayer
Sleeth Thomas, farmer
KENNY George, butcher
Sykes John, farmer and contractor
LEAMON William, farmer
Sykes William, farmer
Lineham James, farmer
WENN George, farmer
Lynch, Timothy, farmer
Werrett James, farmer
McKAY Donald and James, farmer
Wilson George, butcher
Manks Eli William, farmer
Wilson John, farmer
Mason William, Senior, farmer
Wisewould James,


Alexander PATTERSON is listed under St Germain’s, Cranbourne page 49.


The Victorian Official Post Office Directory of 1868 
(Baillerie's - transcribed by Editor) 

Is now available on line in the Hathi Trust Digital Library
Clyde Entry Page 45            Cranbourne Entry Page 49        Berwick Entry Page 17   
Pakenham Entry Page 166   Dandenong Entry Pages 73-74

Monday 17 September 2012

Newspapers Read by Clyde Folk

Where can you find newspaper articles about Clyde?

 A: Libraries
Argus
Jun 1846 - Jan 1957
Microfilm
State Library of Victoria
Australasian
Oct 1864 - Apr 1946
Microfilm
State Library of Victoria 
Australasian: index
Jan 1892 - Dec 1933
Microfilm
State Library of Victoria 
Berwick Shire News
1909 -1917
DVD-Rom
Cranbourne, Narre Warren,  Pakenham Libraries
Berwick Shire News
Sep 1909 - Apr 1917
Microfilm
State Library of Victoria 
Cranbourne and County Herald 
Mar 1893 - Feb 1902

Microfilm
State Library of Victoria 
Dandenong Advertiser
1880  - 1950
Copies
Dandenong Historical Society
Dandenong Advertiser
Feb 1882 - Dec 1920
Microfilm
State Library of Victoria
Dandenong Journal
1887-1931
Microfiche
Dandenong Library
Dandenong Journal
1887-1931
Microfiche
Dandenong Historical Society Indexed by members
Kooweerup Sun, Lang Lang Guardian and Cranbourne Shire Record
Jul 1918 - Dec 1918



Microfilm
State Library of Victoria
Lang Lang Guardian
Feb 1902 - Jul 1918
Microfilm
State Library of Victoria 
Mornington County Herald
Mar 1889 - 1893
Microfilm
State Library of Victoria 
Pakenham Gazette
1909 -1965
Microfilm
Pakenham Library- By appointment
Pakenham Gazette
1917 - 1965
DVD-Rom
Cranbourne, Narre Warren,  Pakenham Libraries
Pakenham Gazette

May 1917 - Dec 1952
Jan 1954 - Dec 1965
Microfilm
State Library of Victoria 
South Bourke and
Mornington Journal
Jan 1877 - Dec 1920

Microfilm
State Library of Victoria 


B: On-line Digitised Newspapers

Pakenham Gazette and Berwick Shire News
1917 - 1918
South Bourke and Mornington Journal
1865 -
South Bourke and Mornington Journal
1872 -1920
South Bourke Standard
1861 -1873
The Argus
1848 – 1954
The Age
1854 -1954
The Dandenong Journal
1927 - 1954

Old copies of The Age Newspaper can be read on-line - Google Search Service
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19810211&b_mode=2&hl=en


C: Current On-line Versions of Newspapers



Read more on the Clyde History website : https://www.earlyhistory4clydevic.com/html/0700MapsRoads.html
Questions and information can be directed to the Editor,
clydehistory@gmail.com

Sunday 16 September 2012

Free Genealogy Websites

Be surprised!
Search for your Clyde ancestors at a library.


Both Ancestry.com and Find My Past are freely accessible via library computers at many libraries   To access them, you just need your free library card number and PIN. 
You have to access them through the library website, once on one of the computers. (Going direct to the sites doesn’t work).
Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation libraries are listed below:
Cranbourne 
Hampton Park
Doveton
Narre Warren
Emerald
Pakenham
Endeavour Hills 

  
Eastern Regional Libraries are
Belgrave Library
Monbulk Community Reading Room
Boronia Library
Montrose Library
Croydon Library
Mooroolbark Library
Ferntree Gully Library
Ringwood Library
Healesville Library
Rowville Library
Knox Library
The Station House - Mt Evelyn Library
Lilydale Library
Yarra Glen Memorial Hall Community Reading Room

Yarra Junction Library
State Library of Victoria
Tell the editor about other libraries that offer this free service.

Ancestry.com gives details on the following
         Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
         Australian Death Index, 1787-1985

         Australian Marriage Index, 1788-1950
         Australian Birth Index, 1788-1922


Hint:   Consider checking the accuracy and context of information found on cyber genealogy sites. Compare the data against maps, cemetery records and newspaper articles.  Scanning equipment used by these groups may reproduce the digit 5 as digit 3 or 8. Place names such as Camberwell may be 'read' as Cambrian Hill.
On-line verification can be obtained from the Registry Office.
Read how you can do that at Registry Office BDM search free


Click on here for information about maps. Clyde Maps

Read more on the Clyde History website: https://www.earlyhistory4clydevic.com
Questions and information can be directed to the Editor
clydehistory@gmail.com

Free Genealogy Websites

Be surprised!
Search for your Clyde ancestors at a library.


Both Ancestry.com and Find My Past are freely accessible via library computers at many libraries   To access them, you just need your free library card number and PIN. 
You have to access them through the library website, once on one of the computers. (Going direct to the sites doesn’t work).
Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation libraries are listed below:
Cranbourne 
Hampton Park
Doveton
Narre Warren
Emerald
Pakenham
Endeavour Hills 

  
Eastern Regional Libraries are
Belgrave Library
Monbulk Community Reading Room
Boronia Library
Montrose Library
Croydon Library
Mooroolbark Library
Ferntree Gully Library
Ringwood Library
Healesville Library
Rowville Library
Knox Library
The Station House - Mt Evelyn Library
Lilydale Library
Yarra Glen Memorial Hall Community Reading Room

Yarra Junction Library
State Library of Victoria
Tell the editor about other libraries that offer this free service.

Ancestry.com gives details on the following
         Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
         Australian Death Index, 1787-1985

         Australian Marriage Index, 1788-1950
         Australian Birth Index, 1788-1922


Hint:   Consider checking the accuracy and context of information found on cyber genealogy sites. Compare the data against maps, cemetery records and newspaper articles.  Scanning equipment used by these groups may reproduce the digit 5 as digit 3 or 8. Place names such as Camberwell may be 'read' as Cambrian Hill.
On-line verification can be obtained from the Registry Office.
Read how you can do that at Registry Office BDM search free


Click on here for information about maps. https://clydehistory.000webhostapp.com/index.html
Questions and information can be directed to the Editor
clydehistory@gmail.com