Queensland Police Gazette Index, 1864-1874, on CD-ROM
with QFHSdatasearch ver.1.7
Published by the Queensland Family History Society Incorporated, February 2006. ISBN 192117104 9
Just $55.00 (incl. GST and certified Australia Post postage and handling to anywhere in Australia).
THIS CD provides an index to some 31,200 names and aliases mentioned in the Queensland Police Gazette from its commencement in 1864 to 1874.
For each person mentioned in the Gazette it lists the name (and aliases), title (or rank), topic (including where possible the age, nationality, description of offence, occupation, supposed destination), and the reference to enable location of the entry in the Gazette (page, date and volume number).
The index allows direct searching on name, year and the other details with QFHSdatasearch.
A special feature of the CD is the inclusion of the topic, with many entries describing in detail offences, offenders and victims.
These provide a fascinating insight into various parts of society and the day-to-day police activities at the time, and will appeal to a wide range of people as well as an invaluable resource of information for family historians.
For example, information on offences covers murder and attempted murder, highway robbery, theft, incendariasm, wife and child desertion, absconding from hired service, rape and abduction.
For these, the Gazette records names of the victim and suspected offender, addresses, place and circumstances of the offence, age of the offender, nationality, appearance, dress and other marks of identity, and a description, as accurate as possible, of property that has been stolen, horse, etc.
Topics also include lost property, lists of licences, police miscellaneous information, missing friends, government judicial appointments, death returns for inquests and extracts from Police Gazettes in other colonies.
QFHSdatasearch is a generic interface designed to search genealogy databases and developed by QFHS. This version features field-orientated and keyword searches, Boolean selection, sorting, wildcard searches and links between search results and images in PDF files.
Please note: This resource will not work on an Apple® Mac® system, although certain Windows® emulation software might prove successful.
