Australia: 8.9 million records, June 4

This week a large database of immigrants to Australia will be accessible online to family history researchers.

Although most free settlers in Australia were British, migrants arrived from all over the world, including the United States, Russia, India and China. Jews were also among the First Fleet and represented in every later wave of immigration.

The immigrant records will go online Wednesday, June 4, at Ancestry.com.au, according to this story on CourierMail.com

Millions of free settlers, who arrived 1826-1922,looked on Australia as a land of opportunity. Now, the names of 8.9 million passengers and crew, arriving in New South Wales, will be accessible to researchers around the world.

This collection follows last year’s launch of 160,000 convict records.

An Ancestry spokesman comments in the story that the average Aussie has a one-in-three chance of having a free-settler ancestor and that some 7 million Australians were related to early settlers. Of course, this isn’t considering the millions of researchers worldwide who might have had an individual or family leaving for “down under.”

Why did they go to Australia? For the same reasons people go everywhere: the chance of a better life or, in the early days of Australia, the Gold Rush! And, as is the case in most nations of immigrants, many prominent Australians descend from early immigrants.

The story ended with Rita Miller, a descendant of Englishman William Carseldine who landed in 1854 on the Monsoon with his wife and four children. They went to Moreton Bay for the Gold Rush. The family has just held its 150-year reunion.

Read more here

New York: Jewish genealogy in the Hamptons!

If you happen to be in the Hamptons this weekend, why are you reading Tracing the Tribe instead of enjoying the great weather?

Of course, it could be raining, in which case you’re entitled to be on the computer instead of enjoying outdoor activities.

And if you need a genealogy fix, you’ll be happy to know that The Hampton Synagogue (Westhampton Beach), is planning a genealogy workshop tomorrow (1.30pm, Sunday, June 1), presented by the East End Jewish Community Council.

Enjoy!

New look for Tracing the Tribe

Yes, you are in the right place! Don’t change that station! This is still Tracing the Tribe – with a slightly new look.

I made the somewhat traumatic decision to switch to the newer Layout feature of Blogger from the old Template format. I’d been putting it off as I had visions of losing the entire blog and all postings since August 2006. Fortunately, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, and was actually rather simple.

When I made that decision, I decided to tweak things a bit and make it easier to read with a lighter background for the posts. Please let me know how you like it.

Some things still have to be tweaked and added in again, such as the Tag Cloud, but I’m working on it.

Another thing to cross off my to-do list.

Australia: 8.9 million records, June 4

This week a large database of immigrants to Australia will be accessible online to family history researchers.

Although most free settlers in Australia were British, migrants arrived from all over the world, including the United States, Russia, India and China. Jews were also among the First Fleet and represented in every later wave of immigration.

The immigrant records will go online Wednesday, June 4, at Ancestry.com.au, according to this story on CourierMail.com

Millions of free settlers, who arrived 1826-1922,looked on Australia as a land of opportunity. Now, the names of 8.9 million passengers and crew, arriving in New South Wales, will be accessible to researchers around the world.

This collection follows last year’s launch of 160,000 convict records.

An Ancestry spokesman comments in the story that the average Aussie has a one-in-three chance of having a free-settler ancestor and that some 7 million Australians were related to early settlers. Of course, this isn’t considering the millions of researchers worldwide who might have had an individual or family leaving for “down under.”

Why did they go to Australia? For the same reasons people go everywhere: the chance of a better life or, in the early days of Australia, the Gold Rush! And, as is the case in most nations of immigrants, many prominent Australians descend from early immigrants.

The story ended with Rita Miller, a descendant of Englishman William Carseldine who landed in 1854 on the Monsoon with his wife and four children. They went to Moreton Bay for the Gold Rush. The family has just held its 150-year reunion.

Read more here

New York: Jewish genealogy in the Hamptons!

If you happen to be in the Hamptons this weekend, why are you reading Tracing the Tribe instead of enjoying the great weather?

Of course, it could be raining, in which case you’re entitled to be on the computer instead of enjoying outdoor activities.

And if you need a genealogy fix, you’ll be happy to know that The Hampton Synagogue (Westhampton Beach), is planning a genealogy workshop tomorrow (1.30pm, Sunday, June 1), presented by the East End Jewish Community Council.

Enjoy!