The Maryborough Chronicle Indexing Project

I am in the process of indexing 'Names mentioned' in the Maryborough Chronicle newspaper. The Chronicle covers central, coastal Queensland and has been published since the 1860s. Click here to see a map of coastal Queensland showing the area covered by the Chronicle. The indexes will be divided onto two CDs.  The CDs are meant to be used in conjunction with the Maryborough Chronicle Newspaper Micro-films, which have been digitalized and are online at https://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/title/731 or the actual microfilms held by some State Libraries as well as the Hervey Bay Library.  The CD will give you the date, and page number where the individual is mentioned in the newspaper.  The story then needs to be read from the micro-films or from the relevant page on Trove website.  A lot of names are not indexed on Trove, but can be found by using the CDs in conjuction with the Trove website!

Note: When using the Trove website, it is recommended that you enter the page number from the CD and visually look at the page, as the Trove search engine, misses many entries.  When using Trove, it is possible to print the information and if using a film reader, many modern day film readers will allow a photo-copy to be taken of the page/story.
This database is now available online for you to use

The Maryborough Chronicle Index (1885 - 1940) CD
January 1885 to December 1940  (a total of 55 years - approximately 570,000 entries) and is now available on one CD, which is available for public purchase. This CD has been advertised in the 'Australian Family Tree Connections' Magazine.  The CD is an index of names only, and does not have any information about any individual or story.
 
This CD is an essential tool for doing genealogy in this area of Queensland and can provide valuable information about people not available anywhere else.  It is meant to be used with the micro-films of the newspaper. If you do not have access to Maryborough Chronicle micro-films and would like look-ups on the films, or for more information about purchasing the Maryborough Chronicle Index CD, please email: [email protected]. 

The names indexed from the newspapers are in the following categories: Adv=Advertisement / B=Birth / D=Death / Div=Divorce / Eng=Engagement / F=Funeral / Inq=Inquiry / InMem=In Memoriam  / M=Marriage  / Obit=Obituary  / P=Photo / RofH=Roll of Honour / W=Writeup.  


Pioneer Edition CD - I am now in the process of indexing the years 1860 - 1884.  This database will be on a new CD called the 'Pioneer Edition', covering 1860 - 1900, and will be available separately. The 2 CDs will overlap on the dates 1885-1899 as many people are interested in only early pre 1900 information.  There are other extras on the Pioneer Edition CD, like some Ship Passenger Lists of ships entering Maryborough and other items of interest. This CD will be available in mid 2015 (est).
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These CD indexes contain much more information than earlier indexes done by others (see above categories for my CD).  The earlier indexes (1900-1930) which were done on microfiche, listed only birth, death and marriage references for Maryborough residents, whereas this CD index lists ALL NAMES mentioned of people in the Maryborough/Wide Bay area.  These CDs are an excellent research tool for finding family in most of SE regional Queensland during the time frames covered.

Official government Birth, Death and Marriage records are currently available as of 2014, for the following dates only: Births — 1829–1914; Marriages — 1829–1938; Deaths — 1829–1983. The indexes will therefore, be particularly useful to people seeking family information during the years not available.


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