Tracking and citing
Keeping track of your found documents ensure that you and other researchers may follow the path to view the original. Each Finding Aid in the AJCP contains this paragraph of advice.
Preferred CitationAcknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
Throughout this series I have added the direct link to all sources used within the AJCP. The Cite button on the left of every image has the direct link to that particular image.
Turning some pages in T
The Colonial Office records relating to Malay Straits Settlement are found listed in the M series under the letter T where they are listed as The National Archives (UK) Malay Straits Settlement. The collection contains a series of Government Gazettes.
Subseries CO 469. Selangor Government Gazettes, 1890 - 1895
If you had an ancestor working in the settlement in this period they may well be found in these government gazettes.
The General Index for each year provides an alphabetical list of appointments.
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| 1895 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2711059881 |
Here in 1892 the Government printer names and reports on the working habits of his staff.
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| http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2711012884 extract from Selangor Government Gazette 1892 |
Towle Family
Diaries and journals of Edward Towle includes account of trip to Australia in 1852 aboard the Great Britain S.S., accounts of life in the goldfields of Creswick and Ballarat and death of his brother Ben.
Tyne and Wear Archives
Below are some pages from a pamphlet advocating for emigration from the Records of Guardians of the Poor, Newcastle upon Tyne Union
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| http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2388058136 cover of a pamphlet |
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| http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2388058519 |
Try some T's - Tea party, Tea plantation, Trading company, and then some names Timothy, Thomas, Tait or Thornton to name but a few.
Previous posts in this series
A - About the AJCP | B -Browsing the Board of Trade | C - County Record Offices | D - Downloading Documents | E - Emigration everywhere | F - Finding Aids | G - Genealogical Gems | H - Hulks and the Home Office | I - Irish Records | J - Journals and Jottings | K - Kent Archives | L - Love those Libraries | M - Mining the Records of the Missions | N - Near Neighbour New Zealand | O - Opportunities out there | P - Photographs | Q - Queensland | R -Records of the Royal Societies S - Searching for females
Carmel I’m constantly amazed when I read your posts, at how much info is available at AJCP
ReplyDeleteMe too, so much to investigate. Must have been a blog glitch just as you commented as it posted your comment twice so I deleted the duplicate. :)
DeleteYou keep adding to my research list and with Newcastle ancestors here’s another one.
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