Under these two victories party hopes to reorganize the Kurunegala district in order to contest the upcoming Provincial council Elections.
Secretary General of the Liberal Party Mr. Kamal Nissanka issuing a statement on the recent incidents occurred at Ampara and Kandy vehemently condemns unruly acts of the perpetrators and warn people not be misled by such extremists.
Mr Nissanka further states that it is very clear that the USA administration under President Donald Trump is pushing the 2015 consensus resolution (Resolution 30/1) granting further two years to fulfill and implement what were agreed before.
Secretary General of the Liberal Party Mr. Kamal Nissanka issuing a statement on the ongoing SAITM issue states that The President and Prime minister should take a firm decision on SAITM.
To our dismay the first policy decision by Mr Mahinda Rajapakse after the parliamentary election victory was to introduce the18th amendment to the constitution to revoke the 17 amendment.
Being a developing country in the third world Sri Lanka lacked a developed party system and two major parties were dominated by political families who decided the leadership issue and mostly not the real cabinet but the kitchen cabinet ruled the country.
My discussions during the year 1996 with Chanaka had a long range of topics including party development, future leadership, organizational aspect, fund raising methods etc. On the other hand we had lengthy discussions on liberalism, liberal ideology and liberal economic philosophy and many more.
Mr. Nissanka further condemns the attempt by a section associated with police to cover up the real crime by issuing contradictory statements. Liberals request from the Police Commission to start a further investigation that led to cover up the crime as a mere accident.
Mr. Kamal Nissanka, Secretary General of the Liberal Party, issuing a statement states that The Liberal Party warmly congratulates the 65th anniversary celebrations of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) under the leadership of President Mr. Maithripala Sirisena.
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One of the benefits of the massive inequality in the distribution of wealth is that the vast majority of us can sit back and enjoy the show when stock markets go into a worldwide panic, as they have been doing for the last couple of weeks. Despite what you hear in the media, fluctuations in the stock market generally have little direct or indirect impact on the economy.
This means that if you don't have a lot of money in the stock market, you don't have much to lose. And, according to the most recent data from the Federal Reserve Board, three quarters of U.S. households had less than $36,000 in the stock market, including their 401(k)s, in 2013.
But the markets have been putting on quite a show, so it's worth asking what is going on. At a basic level, it seems evident that China's market had a very serious bubble. Its main index increased by more than 150 percent from June 2014 to its peak this June. While it's possible that China's market was hugely under-valued in 2014, it seems more likely that this rise was bubble-driven. This means that people were buying into the market because they saw it going up, not because they had done an assessment of the future profit prospects for Chinese companies and decided that they were worth two and half times as much as they had been worth a year earlier.
Bubbles inevitably burst. At some point there are no longer people willing to pay too much for stock, houses, tulips or whatever. That appears to have been the story in China, where many new investors bought into the market on credit. At some point they have trouble borrowing further and the upward spiral goes into reverse. The clumsy efforts of China's government to stop this correction proved largely futile.
The next question: Why did the fun spill over to Europe, the United States and the rest of the world's stock markets? Most of these markets are high by historic standards, but they are not obviously experiencing bubbles. To use one common metric, Robert Shiller's calculation of the ratio of the price of the S&P 500 stock to corporate earnings hit a high of just over 27 to 1 in June. This is higher than the long-term average of 17 to 1, but well below the peak of 44 to 1 in the late 1990s bubble. Most other major markets have a similar story.
Furthermore, in the late 1990s there was an obvious investment alternative. Ten-year U.S. Treasury bonds paid a nominal interest rate of more than 5 percent, which translated into roughly a 2.5 percent real rate at the time. Currently 10-year Treasury bonds are paying just over 2 percent interest (or, a real interest rate of roughly 0.5 percent). Without a more appealing investment alternative, there is no reason to expect sharp declines in the U.S. and other major markets, though they could dip 5 to 10 percent below current levels.
But there are some real economic stories that do go along with the stock market turbulence. First, China is going through a transition from growth led by investment and exports to growth led by domestic consumption. The stock market run-up helped this transition as people increased their consumption based on bubble-generated wealth. The plunge in prices will hurt this process, but note that stock prices are still almost double their level of last summer.
While predictions of a collapse of the Chinese economy will almost certainly be proven wrong, it is likely to be on a slower growth path going forward. This is a major factor in the falloff in commodity prices, most notably that of oil, which has dropped below $40 a barrel. This drop in oil prices will exacerbate the economic troubles of major oil exporters like Russia and Venezuela.
The drop in commodity prices could have further-reaching effects. The economies of Canada and Australia have been driven to an important extent by booming commodity exports. These economies recovered much more rapidly from the 2008 crash than most other wealthy countries, in part because house prices in both countries quickly returned to bubble levels.
The price of a typical home in Canada is 13 percent higher than in the U.S., despite the fact that its per capita income is more than 20 percent lower. In Australia, with an average income that is 93 percent of the U.S. level, the median house price is almost twice the U.S. level. Market fundamentals don't explain this gap; it's hard to believe that people in Canada and Australia value housing so much that they are willing to pay a much larger share of their income for it.
If the plunge in commodity prices alerts potential homebuyers to the bubbles in their markets, we may see the unraveling of these bubbles, and that will not be a pretty picture.
Unlike stock, middle-income people do have a real stake in the value of their houses. If prices in these countries were to fall to U.S. levels, it would imply a massive loss of wealth. This will almost certainly lead to a large drop in consumption and in all probability a serious recession.
That is not a good story, but perhaps one day we will get people in policy positions who take bubbles seriously. After all, the only way to prevent serious damage from a housing bubble such as the ones these countries are now experiencing, or the one the United States experienced in the last decade, is to keep it from happening in the first place.


As a veteran of the US Army I can say I've had the "opportunity" to taste/consume some "interesting" meals. They're called MRE, an acronym for Meals Ready to Eat. That's the creator's opinion anyway. Actually they weren't too bad depending on how hungry you were. They were definitely better than their predecessor, C-Rations. We didn't eat like kings that's for sure.
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PM Harris: Now is the time to make final preparation for Hurricane Irma
STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER OF ST.KITTS AND NEVIS
From the Honourable Dr. Timothy Harris
FINAL PREPARATION FOR HURRICANE IRMA
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A joint strategic meeting comprising members of the federal cabinet and the heads of the police and defence forces met with His Excellency the Gov.-Gen. Sir S. W. Tapley Seaton G.C.M.G., C.V.O., Q.C., on Tuesday morning in order to review final preparations for the imminent passage of Hurricane Irma, which at 11 a.m. was some 275 miles east of the federation, and having maximum sustained winds of 180 mph. At this rate, Hurricane Irma is an extremely dangerous storm.
The cabinet delegation at this meeting was led by me as prime minister. The deputy prime minister and chairman of the National Disaster Mitigation Council, the Hon Shawn Richards; minister with responsibility for health, et al, the Hon. Senator Wendy Phipps; Cabinet Secretary Josephine Huggins; Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Andrew Skerritt; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security Osmond Petty were also in attendance.
The key purpose of Tuesday's meeting was to receive a further update on the country's state of readiness for Hurricane Irma's arrival, to activate the necessary sub-committees of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and to review protocols in relation to matters such as security, transportation, telecommunications and other issues should related difficulties arise in the storm's aftermath.
The meeting determined that we should immediately activate the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC). I have accordingly done so, and in this regard, I have designated the deputy prime minister as the chair of its executive.
In light of the fact that the pending hurricane has been categorized as being extremely dangerous, the security forces have advised that the public should be foremost concerned about their safety and well-being and therefore should refrain from being on the streets after 6 p.m. Only essential workers are expected to be outdoors and on the streets. Moreover, we seriously advise, for their own safety and security, that our citizens and residents remain indoors and continue to listen to all official advisories on the hurricane. The official government agencies will indicate when it is safe to venture outdoors after the passage of the hurricane.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been in contact with our allies and has updated them on the present situation we face. I have also been in touch with both the Right Hon. Dr. Keith Mitchell, prime minister of Grenada and chairman of CARICOM, and the Hon. Allan Chastanet, prime minister of St. Lucia, who is chairman of the OECS. Both prime ministers have offered their fullest support to the government and people of St. Kitts and Nevis should we require assistance. I would also like to acknowledge the prayers and concerns of our nationals and well-wishers in the diaspora at this time. Equally, we also acknowledge the interest and concern expressed by international agencies.
My fellow citizens and residents: We are well aware that what we are preparing for is an extremely dangerous hurricane. We cannot take our safety and security for granted. All of our national security agencies have been fully mobilized and are on highest alert. Meanwhile, we implore you to follow all official instructions and recommendations with regard to your safety.
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Best supporting actor - motion picture: Ke Huy Quan for "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best supporting actress - motion picture - Angela Bassett for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
Best supporting actor - television series - Tyler James Williams for "Abbott Elementary"
Best score - motion picture - Jason Hurwitz for "Babylon"
Best original song - motion picture - "Naatu Naatu" for the movie "RRR."
Best television actor - musical/comedy series - Jeremy Allen White for "The Bear"
Best television actress - musical/comedy series - Quinta Brunson for "Abbott Elementary"
Best actor - motion picture - musical/comedy - Colin Farrell for "The Banshees of Inisherin."
Best actress - motion picture - musical/comedy - Michelle Yeoh for "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best picture - animated - Guillermo del Toro's "Pinocchio"
Best actor - motion picture - drama - Austin Butler for "Elvis"
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Best supporting actress - television series - Julia Garner for "Ozark"
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Best motion picture - non-English language - "Argentina, 1985"
Best screenplay - motion picture - Martin McDonagh for "The Banshees of Inisherin."
Best director - motion picture - Steven Spielberg for "The Fabelmans"
Best supporting actor - television limited series/motion picture - Paul Walter Hauser for "Black Bird."
Best supporting actress - television limited series/motion picture - Jennifer Coolidge - "The White Lotus"
Best actress - limited series, anthology series, or television motion picture - Amanda Seyfried for "The Dropout."
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KARMA – SHE NEVER EXPECTED TO BE BITTEN BY HER OWN DOG. UWP DELEGATES WENT IN FOR THE KILL
FINALLY!!! A breath of FRESH AIR.
We could finally inhale and exhale without breathing all the toxins that were destroying our organs.
Alas!!! The tears came running down her face like the Niagara Falls. Toyln Manufacturers in St. Lucia could not have produced enough toilet paper to mop up those tears. Oh my!!! This was an unexpected BLOW to the former Deputy Chairwoman of the United Workers Party. If you were one to have noticed her countenance, she behaved like Queen Bathsheba from the Bible.
Nancy Charles
Madame Chairwoman was the sheriff in town and called the shots. She was the next best thing to sliced bread. However, she wasn't aware that the bread was about to be burnt.
Hmmmmm…. Blind Bartimeaus could have seen the writing on the wall given the comportment of the Deputy Chairwoman on various social media forums. Being a member of a high-ranking organization dictates classy and intellectual behavior.
Eldridge Stephens
The deterioration of the UWP communication machinery was glaring throughout the lengths and breadths of social media. The name calling, accusations and the slander was beyond pathetic.
Thankfully, the UWP Delegates from the 17 constituencies sent a resounding message to the former Deputy Chairwoman, that enough was enough.
Growing up I always knew The United Workers Party to be a prestigious organization and prides itself on maintaining its high standards. It was about time they got real and bring back the party to the glory days.
When the votes were counted on Sunday night a new Deputy Chairman emerged victorious. The Ex Deputy Chairwoman almost got a heart attack.
Congratulations are in order as Mr Eldridge Stephens is the new UWP Deputy Chairman. Mr Stephens is a man of substance and integrity. He knows how to conduct himself above board at all times.
He has held various high esteemed positions such as The British High Commissioner and the Chairman of the UWP.
His victory sent a LOUD and CLEAR message that the delegates has had enough of the divisive rhetoric.
My advice to you Mr Stephens is to extricate your party from those who purports to represent you but do more damage than good.
Poor Ex Madame Chairman woman only acquired a measly 47 votes. She was Flabbergasted! LOL
Lesson learnt when you think no one is watching believe me they are!!!
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Q: Annoying errors in sections of plot Not a major problem, but for some reason, Mathematica outputs unevaluated diagonal sections in what should be a step plot:
Plot[{PrimePi[x]}, {x, 0, 200}]

Incidentally, I am using v 8.0.1.0 on a Windows 32-bit OS.

A: For this kind of plot DiscretePlot is probably the best choice:
DiscretePlot[PrimePi[x], {x, 0, 200}, Filling -> None]

If you want to have perfect vertical lines joining the steps, ListPlot would be a good alternative:
t1 = Table[{x, PrimePi[x]}, {x, 0, 200}];
t2 = Table[{x + 1, PrimePi[x]}, {x, 0, 200}];
ListPlot[Riffle[t1, t2], Joined -> True]

A: Perhaps the explanation of why Plot does not produce an accurate graph is easily inferred from the other answers:  Plot samples points in constructing a plot.  For a function with many discrete jumps, Plot may not detect all of them with the automatically chosen sample points.  Sjoerd's answer shows the best ways of dealing with plotting PrimePi, but to get Plot to work there are a couple of approaches.
First, one might increase the number of sample points with the option PlotPoints.  The initials points are at the minimum bisected once, so for the domain {x, 0, 200}, one should expect that about half the integers, or PlotPoints -> 100 will be about the minimum needed to produce a pretty good graph.  There may still be a perceptible angle to the "vertical" joins, but there will always be a slight angle.  One can check that PlotPoints -> 99 still produces one slanted line around x equals 45 or 50.  Once all the steps are all detected, the recursive subdivision refines the jump.  How much recursion is done is controlled by MaxRecursion, which may be increased to make the jumps look vertical, if necessary.
Plot[PrimePi[x], {x, 0, 200}, PlotPoints -> 101]

Second, one might make use of the Exclusions option.  Just feed it all the discontinuities.
Plot[{PrimePi[x]}, {x, 0, 200},
 Exclusions -> Prime[Range[PrimePi[200]]],
 ExclusionsStyle -> ColorData[1][1]]

Here's a variation on Sjoerd's ListPlot method, using Prime for the x coordinate instead of PrimePi for the y coordinate.
p0 = Prime[Range[PrimePi@200]] ~Append~ 200;  (* x coords of jumps, plus endpoint *)
t1 = Transpose[{p0, Range[0, PrimePi@200]}];
t2 = Transpose[{Most[p0] ~Prepend~ 0, Range[0, PrimePi@200]}];
ListPlot[Riffle[t2, t1], Joined -> True]
(* output looks the same *)

A: You looking for something like this?
Plot[{PrimePi[x]}, {x, 0, 200}, Mesh -> All, PlotPoints -> 1050]

By the way you don't need {} just this input will be enough for plotting
Plot[PrimePi[x], {x, 0, 200}, Mesh -> All, PlotPoints -> 1050]

For more info please see this http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/PrimePi.html where you will see the plot of PrimePi[x].
To see the no diagonal sections - let's try for x=0..20

For a large domain - let's try x=100..200


Drool. With tobacco syrup too!
The National Gallery has an artificial mist going. Nice and cool in the mist as it is quite hot in the Capitol today.
The Burghers of Calais by Rodin.
On the front lawn of Old Parliament House.
Motel Monaro in kingston. The biggest lcd tv we've ever had in hotel room.
Somehow Michelle has picked up dozens of bug bites. She's covered in them - face too. The restaurant maybe? Hopefully it's not bed bugs. Thankfully bugs don't find me appetising.
Update: We think it possibly could maybe with some reservations might have been an "allergic" reaction to the chilli.
After an easy 3 hour drive we've arrived in Canberra for the Degas exhibition at the National Gallery tomorrow.
When it comes to drinking from a tap.
We're visiting Copernicus' cousin Dante.
The number of homes destroyed has jumped to almost 2000 leaving 7000 people homeless. Today we were saddened to hear that one of those homes is one of the houses I grew up in. It has been more than 20 years since we lived there but you do have an emotional attachment to the place you grew up in as a kid. Google Maps and Google Street View have views of the house as it was [pictured above]. Thankfully most of our friends and neighbours who still live in the area survived and did not lose their houses. Unfortunately though there were two deaths in the Barwidgee Creek / Mudgeegonga area and more than a dozen other homes were destroyed.
We can only imagine what these people have gone through and we're really sorry for their loss. Our thoughts are with everyone affected.
In slightly better news apparently my uncle saved my cousin's house in Yackandandah from the fire. At one stage the house was surrounded on three sides by the blaze and he had to shelter behind the building because of the radiant heat. I'm not sure whether my uncle needs a medal or a kick up the bum for risking his life and staying and fighting.
Here is the link to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal again.
Possibly 300 killed, more than 1000 homes destroyed and almost 5000 people made homeless in Australia's worst natural disaster.
The fires are still burning.
Try and spare a few dollars to help someone out.
Please note the Red Cross website has been extremely busy and it may take a while to get through.
Apparently we have rats, mice or possums in the ceiling.
At least Perni has perked up a bit. He had to go to the hospital after midnight on Friday night with a urinary infection. He hasn't been a happy cat since - sleeps all day and complains when he is up. Poor thing. The vet told us today he has a staph infection in the nether regions so no wonder he hasn't been as vivacious as usual. He is on a course of antibiotics at the moment so hopefully that will clear things up.
Bodega does a modern Australian twist on traditional tapas. It is totally bodacious.
Central Station, Devonshire Street exit.
Pond above the indoor pool next to St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. We're on our way to see the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition at the Australian Museum.
Still on George Street. Gerard tried to start a conversation with a Japanese girl - pimping for Adam (the one yawning). Unfortunately, fortunately for her probably, the Japanese girl spoke no English.
Ok last one for real. Davo's birthday.
That'll do pig. That'll do. Enough from the opera bar. We need food. Tapas sounds nice.
Gerard at the Opera Bar.
Down to the Opera Bar.
Rumours to the contrary, not our ride home.
Luna park. More accurately, the arse end of Luna Park.
Kirribilli. Kevin's place. PM Kevin Rudd.


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The Smithsonian Channel's well done "Deadly Neglect" documentary on the loss of the SS Marine Electric does a first rate job in retelling the story — the best documentary on the topic I've seen.
2.) The report being issued at all was a near thing. Captain Dom Calicchio, a former merchant mariner serving in the Coast Guard, said he would release the report on his own if the Coast Guard brass did not make it public.
3.) A chief issue then and now is whether the private American Bureau of Shipping can adequately perform inspections and surveys. The Marine Board said it had failed. And 30 years later, in the case of the SS El Faro, another MBI had concluded the same.
4.) The era of safety ushered in by the SS Marine Electric was significant but the industry still runs ships far past their prime — some more than 40 years old.
Really can't fault the doc for not making some of these points. The director had about an hour to convey a lot through images and words. They did a really nice job — neither sensationalizing nor over-stating. My hat is off to them.


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How soon is too soon to visit classrooms? Maybe that is the wrong question. How soon is too soon to start observing teachers and providing feedback? This is my struggle.
Of course, as a coach, I want to get into classrooms as soon as possible. But I am fearful. If I push too hard, I run the risk of damaging the relationships my job requires. The start of the year is an overwhelming, busy, stressful experience and it takes time to establish a routine. Teachers are skittish and visiting too soon can seem pushy. For insecure teachers or in schools with a poor culture, it can seem like the ultimate gotcha. Then there are the schools where 1st week, five-minute visits are the only time anyone comes into classrooms. As you can see, most of us have a lot of baggage from bad experiences when it comes to classroom visits.
Even the terminology is problematic. 'Observation' has a connotation of formality and evaluation. And 'walk-through' was always a junk term. 'Learning walk' can be better depending on the implementation though it doesn't really mean anything to most teachers. Like, who is learning? The walker or the teacher or the students? I try to say "visit"or pop-in"…and I am still not satisfied with those either.
Anyway, how soon is too soon? If I wait too long, a whole different set of problems can arise. Teachers won't find me visible and will wonder what exactly I do all day. Administrators will want immediate data I won't have yet. I run the risk of allowing questionable practices to go unchecked and allow my staff to feel complacent. Teachers are myopic. If it seems to be working from their own perspective, and I am not there to offer another, they are too busy to dig deeper to improve.
Teachers hate feeling judged. This is cultural–societal. We are everyone's favorite scapegoat and most convenient target. We also push and punish ourselves for factors well beyond our control. The thought of another teacher being sanctioned to judge our teaching is unlikely to be eagerly anticipated.
So I keep wondering: How soon is too soon? My current compromise isn't ideal and I hope time will help me develop more strategic ways to handle this question. For now, I simply pop-in to offer assistance and ask how things are going for each teacher. I don't sit down or hang around unless I am asked to help. I don't take notes or send feedback or do any of the anxiety triggering things that set teachers off.
Week three, all that must change. Two weeks is enough to get it together. The start of the year excuses centered around teaching rules and establishing routines have mostly expired. Students and teachers are easing from the first date to honeymoon and the instructional patterns set now will likely echo across the school year. Out comes the note-taking, questioning, feedback, and formal conversations. Well, for most teachers. A few will need an extra week or two, or perhaps another tactic.
I don't know the answer, but I constantly wonder: How soon is too soon to visit classrooms?
It is vitally important to have systems to manage coaching tasks effectively. Every coach needs systems to give teachers feedback. Without systems in place, coaches can easily become overwhelmed by other tasks and lose track of observations, feedback, and coaching conversations. Coaches also need tools to manage the paperwork needed to track coaching activities.
Keep private notes about each teacher and how best to communicate with them.
Develop a coaching plan collaboratively with each teacher that can guide your feedback.
Create a simple, consistent format for taking notes while observing.
Provide descriptive feedback to teachers in a timely fashion.
Use a system to track observations, notes, and coaching conversations.
Document everything with minimal time and effort.
Finding a system that works for you to manage coaching tasks can be challenging. Fortunately, Google Tools provides numerous time-saving opportunities.
Google Docs: For note-taking and collaborating, Google Docs is incredibly valuable. I can create a Doc to keep detailed private notes. Also, a teacher and I can collaborate to complete a coaching plan template we can both access. I then have a record of any added information and can always retrieve deleted information. In addition, I can access and edit my Docs on any internet-capable device.
Google Drive: Drive is the folder structure for all my Google creations. By intentionally creating nesting folders and naming things clearly, I can easily organize my materials. Folders also give me an added layer of control over who can view, comment on, or edit various documents.
Google Forms: Observation forms tend to range from ridiculous to cumbersome to downright useless. Forms allow a coach to create a customized format for consistently collecting specific information and recording descriptive feedback for teachers. As with Google Docs, Forms gives me significant control and easy access.
Google Sheets: Compiling information is both important and potentially tedious. Too often, coaches spend much of their limited time generating records of the work they do. Sheets provide opportunities for coaches to create systems to give teachers feedback and conduct record-keeping activities easily. When a Form is made, the coach can automatically generate a Sheet of all submissions that can be manipulated for data analysis purposes.
Certify'em: Certify'em is an add-on for Google Forms that has been a life-saver for me. I have written about it in more detail here. This add-on automatically generates certificates for submissions and emails them to each person who completes the form. Gone are the days of creating certificates so teachers have documentation of their PD hours. This handy little system automates the whole process AND creates a spreadsheet for the coach's records.
Simply Send: Simply Send is another add-on for Google Forms that is a game changer. This add-on will generate a PDF of answers submitted on a form and email them to whomever the creator designates. I have the PDF sent to the observer (me and my principals). The observer can then forward the PDF to the teacher. The teacher receives feedback almost instantly. The observer and the teacher both have a permanent electronic record of the observation notes. The observer has the record in email and in an auto-generated folder in Drive.
Sheet Go: Sheet Go is also an add-on, this time for Google Sheets. If a coach, like myself, is not an expert at writing scripts(??) to make spreadsheets do magical data transferring things, then this add-on is the answer. Sheet Go allows the user to create connections that feed data from one spreadsheet to another without having to know the details of how computer language works. The free version allows for a limited number of connections. If you need more than that, the small cost of the upgrade is well worth it.
Google isn't the only option for using technology to streamline coaching. These suggestions show just a fragment of the options to manage coaching tasks using Google tools. No matter what tools you use, make sure they actively improve your workflow. It can be a challenge to find time to coach in an instructional coach position. Managing coaching tasks effectively is an important part of the job.


Arrival and Stay at Port Blair.
Depart by dedicated vehicle to Diglipur. Visit Limestone Cave at Baratang. Stay at Diglipur.
Visit Mud Valcano in Diglipur and Kalipur Beach in Evening.
Visit Saddle Peak and Kalpong River.
Return to Port Blair. Stay at Port Blair.


This time almost exactly a year ago I was getting my first of what would become a dozen EKG's. After a month and a half of denial, I was taking the first steps to acknowledge something was seriously wrong with my health.
It's hard to think back and identify the point I knew I was sick. Winter of last year people were fighting colds constantly. The entire clinic was sick.
It might have been the time I had to pull over to a gas station because I was too dizzy to drive.
It might have been after I started setting my alarm clock as soon as I got home, because I knew there was a good chance I would fall asleep as soon as I sat down.
It might have been when I fell asleep while talking to someone at work (a few seconds, but enough for me to notice).
It might have been when I changed where I bought groceries after nearly passing out walking across the Target superstore.
It's hard to pin point. I know sometime in February I wondered. In March I went to the doctor. By May I was down to 2-3 productive days in a week and burning through vacation days as I tried to shorten my work week to something manageable.
May was definitely when I started to wonder when I would lose my job. August was when I started to wonder if I would have to get a wheelchair. October was when a wheelchair sounded like a relief because standing made me so sick.
There was no clear line to the illness and no predictability. Every week I would have at least 2-3 days when I would feel 100% normal. It made me doubt the severity of my sick days. Once I got a diagnosis, I soaked up everything I could on what helped people and on expected outcomes—but no one had a clear answer. No one had a predictable course. And it continued in my life: feeling perfectly healthy one day, deciding if I needed to go to the ER the next.
I didn't start real treatment until November and didn't really see improvement until December. Even then, the question of my employability lingered. I work a job with long hours, high stress, and a need for dependable providers. I started to feel healthier, but at least 1-2 times a month my symptoms would flare up.
As soon as I thought, "I'm going to recover 100% and be back to normal," my body destroyed that confidence.
To this day, my health is like being on a rollercoaster blindfolded. I never know when I reach a peak, when I face a drop, all I know is I can't predict anything.
I am trained in building mental resilience. I tried to apply those lessons to my own life. The performance pyramid provides a road map to peak mental performance. The foundation requires four skills: attitude, motivation, goals and commitment, and social skills.
I decided to start with attitude. And it turned out, that was the first major obstacle.
I've come to see attitude with chronic illness as walking on a tight rope across a huge chasm.
If I tried to be optimistic, I would tumble to the left. Optimism pushed me to focus on the positive, to hope for the best, and to keep trying. But optimism can be destructive. Focusing on the positive invalidated the fear and pain of losing hugely important parts of my life. Optimism encouraged me to "keep trying", even when most factors for my health and functioning were out of my control. Optimism let me hope that the doctors I saw would improve things, though for six months each visit ranged between gas-lighting and plain ineffectiveness. Optimism encourages us to think about the future. When you have no idea what your future is going to be, that requires a level of denial. And that denial can quickly set you up. I would think, "I can do this," and when I couldn't, my confidence plummeted.
If I tried to be "realistic" or acknowledge the negative, I would tumble off the tightrope to the right. I could analyze my symptoms, my treatment, my expected outcomes…but no one could really tell me what would happen. I could focus on my new limitations as an effort to adapt, but that highlighted everything I had lost. I acknowledged a future shaped by my limitations, but the physical, occupational, and financial deficits quickly led to despair.
It seemed an attitude of optimism and an attitude of "rational" analysis posed equal threats. If I tried for either one, I would tumble off the tightrope and into a chasm too dark and too deep to see the bottom.
I needed a new kind of attitude.
I don't remember why I thought about gratitude. I think I was walking my dog in the woods. I think I noticed the sunlight hitting the leaves and thinking, "This is beautiful." I think I felt a sense of peace.
However it came about, I decided to give up on optimism and "evidence." Instead, I decided that every day I would make a mental list of gratitudes.
I made rules for myself: they had to connect to that day, they had to be detail oriented, and I needed to find different things each day.
Every day, at least once a day, I challenged myself to notice the current details that I appreciated.
At first there were themes: my dog's hyper expression before dinner; my dog's wagging tail; the green of the forest; the sound of the waterfall near my home; really it was all animal and nature focused.
But the more I practiced, the more the gratitude details expanded. The gliding feel of a watercolor marker against the paper as you paint with it. The movie-trivia arguments of some staff which led to a Wikipedia deep dive into echolocation. (How did we get there? Who knows.) The steady rhythm of the clock in my office. The feel of warm tea between my hands early in the morning. The scratchiness of a crocheted blanket my grandmother made decades ago as I wrapped it around my shoulders late at night.
After about three weeks an odd thing began to happen. Positive memories from my past started popping up in my mind. Like the detailed gratitudes, they were snapshots of a moment rather than a narrative. The smell of fresh cut grass and sun on my face as I lay in the front yard of my childhood home. The clinking sound of dice in a cup when we played Yahtzee on a family holiday. My cat licking her paws after stealing a barbecue chicken leg.
By the end of a month, when I let my mind rest, it filled the space with past moments of wonder and beauty that transported me away from that tense tightrope.
The tightrope never went away. In fact, it became almost tangible in my daily thoughts. I could see forced optimism leaning me one way, despair leaning me another, and the weighted pole of gratitude helping me stay balanced in the middle.
Gratitude forced me to see a situation as it really was. It is impossible to appreciate a moment without recognizing the moments it contrasts against. Noticing my gratitude towards an ER doctor who took extra time to answer my every last question and reinforce I made the right decision seeking medical help could only be appreciated in the context of needing to go to the ER. Loving the feel of afternoon sun on my face and sound of cicadas had to connect to the realization it had been 2 weeks since I could walk far enough to reach the woods. My gratitude at seeing sunset right as I finished work, and the watery blend of purples, red, and blues on the ocean waters, was poignant because it came at the end of a 12-hour work day that left me bone-deep exhausted.
Gratitude is not about "focusing on the positive", but about acknowledging the beauty of light against darkness. Gratitude requires we notice the contrasts within reality.
Gratitude focuses on the present and the past. Gratitude made me focus on things that are certain. It made me noticed what it happening now. It made me appreciate what had come before. It had nothing to say about the uncertain future . . . except as my habit built, it reassured me I would find things to be grateful in the future. Likely I could not predict those things, likely they would have nothing to do with my expectations or goals, but they would be there.
With a foundation of a grateful attitude, it seems natural to continue the climb up the performance pyramid. I should, naturally, focus on motivation next.
The very thought is exhausting. Motivate? With what energy?
Are aware of the rewards and benefits that they expect to experience through their participation.
Are able to persist through difficult tasks and difficult times, even when these rewards and benefits are not immediately forthcoming.
Realize that many of the benefits come from their participation, not the outcome.
Gratitude has already carried me through these steps. Motivation is the desire to keep walking on the tightrope. And that motivation is easier to find when I am enjoying the walk. It is a game now, not leaning too far into optimism, not bending towards despair.
One gratitude at a time, I step forward.
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Mariatorget is een station van de Stockholmse metro, gelegen in het stadsdeel Södermalm vlak bij het gelijknamige plein. Het station ligt aan de rode lijn tussen Slussen en Zinkensdamm. Het station ligt 1 km van Slussen. Het ging open op 5 april 1964. Per dag nemen gemiddeld 17.300 reizigers hier de metro. De ingangen liggen ter hoogte van de Swedenborgsgatan 4 en de Torkel Knutssonsgatan 33. De muurversieringen zijn van de hand van Karin Björquist en Kjell Abramsson.

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In de nacht van 18 maart 2008 werd een staaf dynamiet ontdekt tussen dit station en Slussen. De waren oude dynamietstaven die waren blijven liggen toen er aan het station werd gebouwd. De staven konden worden verwijderd nadat in de ochtend het metroverkeer voor een aantal uur was platgelegd.

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When you can't find the birth, death or marriage in the indexes
24 July 2013 by Carole Riley
This post was first published here in March 2008. I think it bears repeating, with some minor updates.
The New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages has a marvellous online index for searching for these events at http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingOrder.cgi/search?event=births. It allows searching by surname, given name, year or range of years, and/or district. For births and deaths it also allows searching by parents' names, and for marriages by spouses' name. It allows many fields to be left blank. It contains records from before civil registration began in 1856 because the Registry has transcribed the majority of parish registers to include pre-1856 events as well as post-1856 events that were recorded in parish registers but were not reported to the Registrar.
Many Australian States have their own online indexes, and most of these records are available on Ancestry, with much broader search capabilities.
Sometimes, though, no matter how long you search, you simply cannot find the entry you are looking for. Nick Vine Hall's Tracing Your Family History in Australia – A National Guide to Sources gives an excellent list of possible reasons for not finding your ancestor in the parish registers that I think bears repeating here, as it applies more generally to all index searches.
The index entry is spelled differently than you expect. Phonetic variations were quite common, such as HAWKINS/ORKINS or ANDERSON/HENDERSON, and your ancestor may not have been able to read well enough to detect a spelling mistake.
The index entry was transcribed incorrectly, or the index is not in strict alphabetic sequence. Many handwritten indexes are by the first letter of surnames only.
Handwriting is misinterpreted through inexperience or illegible handwriting.
The index entry was overlooked by the indexer. Marriages may have been indexed under one party's surname only.
The event took place in a different parish, colony, state or country than the one you are searching.
The event never took place. Not all children were baptised, not all burials were conducted by clergy, and not all parents were married.
The event took place in a different time period than the one you are searching. People lied about their ages at marriage, so you may be looking too late.
The clergyman forgot to write up the event in the register when he returned from his journey around the parish on horseback. Notes were lost or distorted.
The event was never registered. Early Catholic and Methodist burials were not recorded, and in remote districts the mourners could not wait until the parson happened to pass by.
The event was recorded in the church register but was not sent to the government.
The event was unrecorded. Sometimes the deceased could not be identified.
The event was recorded at the time, but the record was lost through fire, flood or insect attack. There are a few cases of deliberate destruction of parish registers, such as pages being torn out, possibly to obliterate evidence of convict ancestry.
The child was born out of wedlock, in which case the baptism will be recorded, and indexed, under the mother's name.
The child may have subsequently been adopted, and so the birth name will be different.
The person may have changed their name after birth or baptism.
The family was not religious and didn't attend church.
The family held a different religion to the one you thought they did.
The names are recorded differently than you expect. The father might answer to Harry but his real name, as given to the registrar, was Thomas Harold. If you search using "Harry" you will get no result.
If you have followed up, as best you can, all of these possibilities and still can't find the event in any of the likely indexes then it is time to consider other sources, such as newspapers and family bibles.
Source: Nick Vine Hall, Tracing Your Family History in Australia – A National Guide to Sources, 3rd Edition. Mount Eliza, Victoria: Nick Vine Hall, 2002.
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Filed Under: BDMs Tagged With: birth, church, civil registration, death, indexes, marriage
14 sources of death information
14 April 2012 by Carole Riley
I was inspired recently by William Dollarhide's article (reproduced here) giving a checklist of documents to be acquired for the death of every one of your ancestors and their siblings and children. William is American and his list is necessarily American in focus, so I thought I would write one for Australians and New Zealanders.
Death Registration – a death certificate should always be obtained if the death occurred after civil registration was introduced in the colony (see dates below). The information varies from state to state, and may not have been filled in even if requested. Bear in mind that the information has been provided by someone other than the deceased, and that the more distant the relationship the less reliable the information is. In general, though, a death certificate may be the most useful document you can find about your ancestor, containing parents, children, birthplace and time in the colony.
Church burial – if your ancestor died before civil registration was introduced then the church record of burial is all you will be able to find. Even if you have the death certificate it is worthwhile to find the entry in the burial register, as their may be more information listed than was required by civil registration, particularly in small communities where the minister was likely to have known the deceased personally. If you don't know what religion they were, find out; it will be useful when looking for the grave, particularly in a large cemetery.
Funeral director's register – these are not always available or easy to find but may pay you for your perseverance, especially if you haven't found the more obvious records. Some societies have indexed these or copied them on microfilm. It's worth asking.
Headstone – the grave in the cemetery can tell you so much. Information on a headstone can tell you where they were born, when they arrived in the colony, who was buried with them, who their spouse and children were. Look at the graves around your ancestor's grave; there may be other family members you didn't know about buried nearby. If indexed then check for all others with the same surname or that of the spouse or married daughters. Bear in mind, though, that the information on a headstone has been provided by the family to the funeral director who then may have passed it on to the stonemason's office, who then passed it to the stone mason. There is a lot of room for errors. The headstone may also have been raised by descendants many years after the death, or only when younger descendants were buried in the same grave. Even so, it's something to go on that can be corroborated by other sources. The headstone may be indexed and even photographed by a local family history society or volunteer.
Cemetery register – the cemetery register can tell you where in the cemetery the grave is located, which can be enormously helpful for large cemeteries. In cases where no headstone was erected the cemetery register may be your only proof that your ancestor is buried in that cemetery. The family may not have been able to afford a headstone, particularly if the father of the family died relatively young.
Obituary or death notice – a notice of the death may appear in the local paper. An obituary will only appear if the deceased was notable in some way in the town or district, and a death notice will only appear if the family put one in. There may be both. Don't just rely on Trove to find the notice, as many local newspapers have not yet been digitised. Most local newspapers have been microfilmed but complete runs may not be available. The Ryerson Index is a good place to start.
Funeral notice – the funeral notice is usually separate from the death notice and advises friends and relatives where the funeral is to take place. These are not common in local papers that were only published two or three times a week, as it was impossible to give enough notice of a funeral before publication. The funeral notices may appear on the same page as the death notices so make sure you look for both. Funeral notices can also be given more than once, as family and organisations your ancestor belonged to, such as unions or clubs, may have paid for separate notices.
Newspaper article about death – if your ancestor died in unusual circumstances or was well-known in the district there may be a news article in the local paper about the death. Be prepared for graphic detail that may be upsetting.
Probate or intestate estate – probate (proving the will) or intestate estate files can give much information. If there was a will it should be in the file, along with the date that probate was granted. The executors may have been family members, perhaps even siblings you knew nothing about. Sometimes the death certificate and newspaper death notice will be in the file.
Deceased estate (death duties) if death duties were payable at the time of your ancestor's death it is worthwhile to find the file and see what assets they had. Sometimes assets are listed in some detail, down to the cost of furniture and pictures on the walls, and references to land and property that can be used to find titles and parish maps. There may also be declarations from relatives about their ability to pay the death duty on behalf of the deceased, so you can find out a lot about the economic circumstances of siblings and children.
Inquest – again, if you ancestor died in unusual circumstances there may have been an inquest. The death certificate will usually indicate whether an inquest was held or dispensed with. The file may not have survived but the entry in the inquest register may. The file may have nothing more than a verdict, or it may contain graphic descriptions and transcriptions of evidence, and large glossy photographs of the scene of the crime or accident, so be prepared. The inquest may also have been reported in the local newspaper, and often much more detail is available in the newspaper article than in the inquest register.
Military service file – if your ancestor died in military service the file may be able to tell you more. The National Archives of Australia holds military service files and are digitising them and making them available online as fast as they can. All Word War I files are available, and they are working their way through World War II. If your ancestor's file is not yet digitised you can pay to have it done early (currently $16.50, or more if you want them to send you colour copies). Other wars are also represented.
Memorials – every town has a war memorial, listing sons and daughters of the town that gave their lives in wars and conflicts. It can be very moving to find your ancestor's name on a memorial. There are other memorials to look out for, for example, Broken Hill has a Miner's Memorial (see this panoramic display) listing names and causes of death by year. In addition, some cemeteries now have a Children's Memorial, when parents can pay tribute to the children they've lost.
Hospitals and asylums – not all hospital records have survived, and not all surviving records are on open access, but if you can find them you might find out more about the cause of death and the last days of your ancestor. You may also find information you didn't expect. In South Australia the admission registers of the Royal Adelaide Hospital recorded age, residence and ship of arrival, which may be just the breakthrough you need to distinguish your ancestor from others of the same name.
Look for records in all of these places. They may not always exist, but you won't know if you don't look, and you won't know what's in them if you don't try to find them. I can't guarantee that you will find something useful in all of these sources, or even that you will find all of these sources. The more information you can find, the more likely you could make that breakthrough you've been looking for.
Even if you don't find anything you didn't already know, you will have the confidence that comes from finding confirmation in a number of sources that what you have is correct. That's what family history is all about.
Dates for civil registration of births, marriages and deaths in Australasian colonies:
ACT – 1 Jan 1930 (see NSW to 1929)
NSW – 1 Mar 1856
NT – 24 Aug 1870 (see NSW to 1863; see SA to 1870)
QLD – 1 Mar 1856 (as part of NSW)
SA – 1 Jun 1842
TAS – 1 Dec 1838
VIC – 1 Jul 1853
WA – 1 Sep 1841
NZ – 1 Jan 1848 (births and deaths); 1 Jan 1854 (marriages)
Filed Under: BDMs Tagged With: death, death duties, deceased estate, probate
Where did my convict die?
2 April 2011 by Carole Riley
Most convicts lived to finish their sentences or obtain their conditional pardons and continued to live long and productive lives. Some didn't live productive lives, and some didn't survive to finish their sentences.
The Register of Convict Deaths lists convicts who were known to have died whilst still serving their sentence.State Records NSW: Chief Superintendent of Convicts; Convict Death Register. NRS 12213, SR Reel 690. It is available on Ancestry.
Many of these deaths do not appear in the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online indexes. The pre-1856 records held by the Registry were collected from parish registers from around the colony, and so the conclusion has to be made that the convict who died was not given a Christian burial.
Perhaps the settler wrote to inform the Superintendent of Convicts that the convict had died and the means of death, and it is worth searching the indexes to the Colonial Secretary's correspondence to see if such a letter was sent. He may have written to the Chief Superintendent of Convicts, but this correspondence has not survived.
Timothy Baverstock was a blacksmith and carpenter transported in 1832 and arriving in February 1833. According to the Convict Death Register he was assigned to a Mr Cobb at Hunter River and died the same year. You may be able to read his entry in the register above – he is about 3/4 of the way down the left hand page. You may also be able to see that his is the only entry that does not give a full date of death – just the year.
To see if Mr Cobb had written a letter to report the death I searched for correspondence to the Colonial Secretary. There is a name index prepared by Joan Reece over many years on microfiche. With great satisfaction I found the name Timothy Bavenstock for 1833, and I filled out the request form to inspect the letter. I was expecting a short note to explain that the convict had died, and perhaps a request for another one to replace him.
I was quite surprised when it arrived to see a four-page document quite closely written in the left margin of the first page. The letter was not from Mr Cobb of Hunter River, as I had expected, but the Principal Superintendent of Convicts, complaining to the Colonial Secretary that assignees do not report the deaths of the convicts assigned to them.
Timothy Baverstock is only mentioned because the Principal Superintendent used him as an example of a convict whose death he would have remained ignorant except that the assignee, Mr Cobb, applied to be assigned another convict.
The letter reads in full:
I beg leave again to bring under the notice of the Government the fact of my being seldom apprized of the death of Convicts in the interior by Assignees; and to suggest the propriety should His Excellency the Governor approve of directing public attention to this matter thr[ough] the medium of the Official Gazette.
As cases in point, I beg leave to mentionthat it was only yesterday in looking over a file of applications in the Office of the Assignment Branch, I discovered the death of the two Convicts named in the margin hereof.
[in the margin] Timothy Baverstock 33/376 Camden 2, Carpenter & Wheelwright Complete
Job Nobbs 32/461 Isabella 4, Shoemaker Complete
The first named was assigned to Mr Cobb of Hunter River, and according to that Gentleman's statement died the day after his arrival on the farm. The other was assigned to Mr HC Kurnell[?] of Argyle, who states that he also died soon after reaching his farm. Neither case would have been reported had it not been thought by the assignees it would strengthen their claims for others.
I never receive any reports of deaths from Coroners. I have the honour to be, etc etc
The Colonial Secretary wrote an "executive summary" in the margin of the first page for the Governor:
The Prin'l Sup Convicts represents that he is seldom apprised by assignees of the death of their convict servants, and suggests the propriety of directing public attention to the matter by means of the Gazette – adds also that he never receives reports of deaths from the Coroners.
All the Returns of Burials rec'd in this office are periodically sent to Mr Hely (see note below) for his confirmation. The several Coroners may be required to furnish a Death return, but as the bodies of persons on whom inquests are held are interred, then names doubtless included in a Clerical report of Burials, it would not appear that the non-transmission of the Return by the Coroners is productive of much inconvenience. As respects the notice to Assignees I am fearful that not much attention will be paid to it – but they might nevertheless be req'd to report to the Mag[istrate] the death of the Convict servant.
Timothy Baverstock had died the day after his arrival. As a blacksmith and carpenter Timothy Baverstock would have been valuable to a settler, and Mr Cobb would have wanted a quick replacement.
Without his assignee's request for a replacement and the Principal Superintendent of Convict's request to The Colonial Secretary, he would have disappeared from the records and we would never have known what happened to him.
Note Frederick Augustus Hely, according to the Australian Dictionary of Biography, held the post of Principal Superintendent of Convicts from 1823 until his death in 1836. He applied to retire on a pension but died before it was approved by the Colonial Office.
State Records NSW: Principal Superintendent of Convicts; NRS12213, Convict Death Register. SR Reel 690. Online version published by Ancestry.com.
State Records NSW: Colonial Secretary's Office; NRS905, Main series of letters received, 1826-1982. 33/5055, Letter from Principal Superintendent of Convicts dated 1 Aug 1833.
Filed Under: BDMs, Case Studies, Colonial Secretary, Convicts Tagged With: Colonial Secretary, convicts, death
Births, Deaths and Marriages in Parish Registers
Civil registration in NSW
Here in New South Wales we are fortunate in the detail to be found in our birth, marriage and death certificates. and in the indexes available online. Births include parents full names, with the maiden name of the mother, the date they were married, and previous children born. Marriages usually show the names of both sets of parents. Deaths are best of all, showing parents, spouses and children.
Civil registration began in New South Wales on 1st March 1856, with District Registrars appointed to record all births, marriages and deaths in their districts. The responsibility for notifying the District Registrar fell to a parent, for a birth; the minister, for a marriage; or the owner of the house, for a death when one of these events took place.
In the early years it was often difficult for people to get in to town to register a birth or death. There was also some distrust of the government and unwillingness to provide information.
Before that time the only record of births, deaths and marriages in the Colony was in the parish registers of the churches. Initially only the Anglican Church was recognised, so Catholics and others had to be baptised, married and buried by the Anglicans or not at all.
The Registry has collected information from churches for the pre-registration period on a number of occasions to complete their records but this process is still incomplete, with missing information on many records, especially marriages, and missing records. Most of these early registers have been microfilmed and are available in many libraries – these are the Early Church Records, identifiable by the V in the reference when you search on the NSW BDM website. Photocopies are not allowed, but you can write down the information you find. Make sure you record where you found it!
Of course children were still baptised, couples were married in church, and burials were performed according to the rites of the religious denomination of the deceased, after civil registration began and so the parish registers continued.
Why look at the parish register?
The Registry has attempted to collect information that may be present in a parish register and not in the Registry. After the initial introduction of civil registration in 1856 two further attempts were made, in 1879 and 1912, to collect baptisms and marriage information not recorded in the Registry, but the process of reconciling the two was never finalised.
This means that there are entries in some parish registers, and in rare cases whole registers, that do not appear in the Registry. Marriages in the Registry may lack information that the parish register contains. It's worth looking at the parish register, then, even if you have the certificate from the Registry.
Even the remote possibility that there is some new information somewhere makes it worthwhile to seek these registers out.
The parish register will also contain the original signatures of the parties concerned, whereas the copy sent to the Registry has been written out by the minister or a clerk and does not contain original signatures. This is especially valuable for marriages, where the bride and groom, and any witnesses, had to sign.
Parish Registers on microfilm
The Joint Copying Project of the Society of Australian Genealogists, the State Library of NSW and the National Library of Australia has been working for more than 25 years to microfilm parish registers. Many Anglican registers have been filmed, with the Diocese of Bathurst added earlier this year. Many Catholic and Presbyterian registers have also been filmed.
Microfilms are available in the Society of Australian Genealogists and the Mitchell Library in Sydney, and the National Library of Australia in Canberra. Check their online catalogues for details of what is available; more are being added all the time. A search by the name of the place and the words "parish register" should give you what you need. You can usually make individual copies of single entries for research purposes.
In the Mitchell Library the card catalogue is available in the Special Collections area – ask the librarian behind the desk. The films are on open access on the shelves.
In the Society of Australian Genealogists the online catalogue includes the filmed parish registers. You may also find books of transcribed entries for specific churches. There is a also a book that lists all the microfilms in the Society's collection, but keep in mind that this book will not contain any parish registers that were filmed after 1990.
What if the parish register hasn't been filmed or transcribed?
Parish registers that have not been filmed will be found either in the central archives of the church concerned, or remain in the parish. Some parish records have undoubtedly been lost or destroyed, especially small churches where the minister had to travel long distances to administer to his flock.
Most parish priests and ministers are very helpful to family historians and will usually provide what you need for a small donation to cover their time and expenses.
Nick Vine Hall, Parish Registers in Australia, published by the author, 1989.
Nick Vine Hall, Tracing Your Family History in New South Wales, 5th edition. CD. Adelaide: Archive CD Books, 2006.
NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, History of the Registry's Records. Website. http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/historyRecords.htm.
Richards, J. A., Garnsey, H.E., and Phippen, A., Index to the Microform Collection of the Society of Australian Genealogists. Sydney: Society of Australian Genealogists, 1990.
Society of Australian Genealogists, Bascis on church records (Australia). Website. http://www.sag.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48.
State Library of New South Wales, Getting started: Church Records. Downloadable PDF document. http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/research_guides/docs/church_records.pdf.
Filed Under: BDMs, Churches Tagged With: birth, church, civil registration, death, marriage
How to start your family tree part 2 – civil registrations of births, deaths and marriages
23 March 2008 by Carole Riley
Once you have talked to your parents and other relatives and found out as much as you can from them it's time for the expensive part of the exercise. There is no getting away from it, you have to start paying for certificates.
What you are trying to do is find documentary evidence for what you have been told. Even your father's date of birth is just hearsay until you see it in writing on an official document, and the same with the names of your grandparents' parents. If you don't do this you may find you are running blindly down the wrong track, and tracing someone elses' family tree, and there is nothing more frustrating than when you finally discover that you've been doing this.
Civil Registration Indexes
We usually begin by collecting birth, death, and marriage certificates for our ancestors. These will usually lead us backwards to the previous generation. In New South Wales you can start with online indexes. The NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages has an excellent online index. The search for births and deaths is here:
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingOrder.cgi/search?event=births
and the search for marriages is here:
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingOrder.cgi/search?event=marriages
You can get from one to the other by clicking on the button on the right hand side of the screen.
NSW BDM indexes are more useful than those of England and Wales…. Civil registration began in 1856 in NSW, a year after it was introduced in Scotland. It was modelled on the Scottish system, and even though Scotland backed down and reduced the number of questions asked, New South Wales did not. Civil registrations contain a wealth of information…
The indexes, therefore, are also more helpful than those of England and some other Australian States. The given names of both parents are listed and searchable for births and deaths, so that not only can you see that the John Smith you've found is more likely to be yours because the parents names are correct, but you can search for other children born to the same parents and find all the siblings of your John Smith. The location of the registration is also very helpful, although it is not necessarily the location of the birth but rather the district where the birth was registered. You can therefore discount the John Smiths born in Sydney and other parts of the State if you know your Smiths lived in Wollongong.
When you have found the entry in the index that you think is your ancestor you must order the certificate. This is the most expensive part of the exercise and I'm sorry, there is no avoiding it. The extra information that appears on the certificate that is not available on the index might be the only clue you have to the next part of the puzzle.
The NSW Registry currently charges $26 for a certificate, which is certified by the Registry and can be used as proof of ancestry. Usually the certificate contains the actual handwritten columns of information from the original register. An example is given on the right, with thanks to the NSW rEgistry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
The NSW Registry has accredited Transcription Agents to transcribe birth, death and marriage registrations which are much cheaper than the full certificates. You can order full transcripts or partial transcripts that only contain the details you want. You can see the list at http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/howToSearch.htm#TranscriptionAgent
Before civil registration began in 1856 records of births, deaths and marriages were kept by the churches where the christenings, burials and marriages took place. Most of this information was collected by the Registry after civil registration was introduced and hand-written into large bound volumes. Most of these are included in the NSW Registry indexes, where they are called "Early Church Records", but the information available on the actual certificate is less.
Baptisms show the dates of birth and baptism and parent's names, sometimes including the mother's maiden surname but not always. The occupation of the father and the abode is also recorded. Very early records, from 1787 to 1820 or so, have much less information even than this.
Marriages have the names, marital status and parish of both parties. If either was under age or a convict then the consent of parents or the Governor is recorded. Witnesses are recorded, and may include family members. Very early records may just list the marriage date, names of the parties and location.
Deaths show the name, dates of death and burial, age, and occupation. Children may be recorded as "the son of" or "the daughter of". Parents names are otherwise never recorded, which makes them much less useful than later death registrations. Early records may show even less information than this.
Most of these records have been microfilmed and are available at some libraries and family history societies, where they can be examined and transcribed but not copied. It is important to realise that what you are seeing on the microfilm has been transcribed – it is very rarely the actual record which your ancestors signed (or made their mark). You will notice that all the handwriting is the same, and if you are lucky it will be easy to read. Not all handwriting is readily decipherable without practice.
Vine Hall, N. Tracing Your Family in New South Wales, 5th Edition, Adelaide: Gould Genealogy, 2006.
New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Family History, website at http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/, retrieved 25 Feb 2008.
Filed Under: BDMs, Beginners Tagged With: birth, death, marriage, methods
Beyond the death certificate – probate, deceased estates, and inquests
1 November 2007 by Carole Riley
You probably already have a copy of your ancestor's death certificate, which tells you where and how your ancestor died and who was left behind. Probate and deceased estate files can give you much more – what property did he/she have, who was to get what, and who was involved in the distribution process. If there were unusual circumstances surrounding the death an inquest was often held, which will give you details about how they died. This is invaluable information for anyone looking for those details that make up a clearer picture of your ancestor.
Probate is the process of deciding who is authorised to administer a will on behalf of the deceased. In the absence of a will letters of administration are issued for the same purpose. A probate packet is all of the documents submitted to the Supreme Court to enable this decision to be made, and can include the original last will and testament and any codicils; asset inventories; affidavits of death, witnesses, and the executor, and sometimes the death certificate and death notices in the local newspaper.
The reference numbers for probate packets can be found by checking the Probate Index 1800-1985 on microfiche, which is available in the State Records NSW Reading Rooms and many libraries. Probate Packets are progressively being indexed in State Records NSW Archives Investigator, which is their "on-line archives information and access system", and so it's worth checking here first, especially for deaths in the 1800s. In Archives Investigator use a Simple Search and enter the first name and surname of the deceased, and the word "death"; eg. "John Smith death", and change the Using to "All Words". Once you have the reference number (it will give a Series number and a number up to 6 digits long) you can go out to the Western Sydney Records Centre at Kingswood and order the file to look at. Copies can be made.
The Supreme Court transcribed wills that had been the subject of probate from 1800 to 1977. These books were handwritten until 1924, and then were typed. The books have been microfilmed up to November 1952 by State Records NSW and are available there.
Occasionally the estate was administered by the Public Trustee (previously the Curator of Intestate Estates until 1913). Reasons include missing or non-existent heirs, unwilling executors, delay in administering or applying for probate, or the Curator or Trustee was appointed directly. Case papers after 1913 would be held by the Public Trust Office. Cases prior to 1913 have been transferred to the Western Sydney Records Centre and the index has been microfilmed. An online index is progressively being created by State Records NSW volunteers here.
Deceased estate files were created by the Stamp Duties Office. Death duties were payable from 1880 to 1974. An inventory of all assets of the deceased was compiled for the purposes of calculating the death duty payable on the estate. The file can contain wills; inventories of property, farm equipment or business, household furniture, and clothing; property valuations; statements from relatives, valuers and agents; birth, death and marriage certificates; and other documents – depending on the circumstances of the deceased.
State Records NSW has an index to deceased estate files on microfiche at both Reading Rooms. An online index is progressively being added to, currently covering the period from 1880 to 1923, giving name, locality, date of death and date duty paid. This last date, the date the duty was paid, determined how the records were filed and so is required to access the file at the Western Sydney Records Centre. Deceased estate files are available for inspection up to 1958.
Inquests were held by the Coroner to investigate cause of death. The death certificate should indicate whether an inquest was held. Reasons for conducting an inquest include death by accident, suicide, violence or fire; deaths that took place in public institutions such as hospitals, asylums or police custody; or if the person is unidentified. The inquest may have taken place some time after the death, sometimes years later.
Reports of inquests before 1826 can be found on microfilm at State Records NSW Reading Rooms. The Colonial Secretary's Correspondence sometimes mentions them, and are indexed here. Inquests from 1826 to 1963 are indexed in the Reading Rooms on microfilm, supplemented by a card index at the Western Sydney Records Centre. The inquest files are also available for inspection at the Western Sydney Records Centre.
All indexes on microfilm and microfiche are available at State Records NSW Reading Rooms. The records themselves can be examined and photocopies made at the Western Sydney Records Centre at Kingswood in Sydney. Probate packets can be pre-ordered in advance of your visit online here and other files here. Please remember that there may not be a file for the person you are researching, and that the file may be dated many years after the date your ancestor died, so that it cannot be found within the date ranges given.
Once you have your copies you will spend many hours examining them and marvelling at the wealth of information they contain, even if your ancestor wasn't actually wealthy!
State Records New South Wales, Archives in Brief Nos. 4, 29, 53, 84. Sydney: State Records Authority of New South Wales, 2004-7.
State Records New South Wales, Archives Investigator. Accessed at http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/. Sydney: State Records Authority of New South Wales, 2007.
Filed Under: BDMs, Probate Tagged With: archives, death, death duties, deceased estate, inquests, probate
Five essential websites for NSW genealogy
1 February 2007 by Carole Riley
Today I want to discuss websites that I find to be essential for researching family history in New South Wales. Genealogy has come a very long way in the last few years, with so many government repositories and others putting indexes, and even images of the actual records, online. Here are the websites that I use most often.
1. NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Historical Index Search is a necessary first step for anyone starting on their family history. Starting with the people you know – your parents and their parents, you can then start putting the meat on the bones – the hard evidence of birth, death, and marriage registrations. The index allows searching for births from 1788 to 1906 by name and/or parents' names; deaths from 1788 to 1976 by name or parents' names; and marriages from 1788 to 1956 by either or both parties' names. The upper search limit increases each year by one year. Once an entry is found the certificate can be ordered and paid for online. Current cost for a certificate is $25.00.
2. NSW State Records was previously names the Archives Office of NSW. Their indexes online has many useful indexes including some censuses; Colonial Secretary Correspondence; Convicts; Court, Police and Prison records such as civil and criminal cases, divorces, gaol photographs, police service records, and some early probate records; Deceased Estate files of the Stamp Duties Office; Education and Child Welfare; Immigration and Shipping; Indigenous Australians; Insolvencies; Land records and Naturalization. Additional records and series are added to as indexing progresses. The Convict and Immigration indexes are essential resources for finding out how your ancestor arrived in Australia. Some indexes are held on the websites of other organisations.
3. Society of Australian Genealogists is based in Sydney and is a marvelous resource for Australian research and NSW research in particular. Their research guides are enormously helpful – factual and very informative. Online databases include Convicts' Tickets of Leave, Electoral districts for Sydney Streets, Soldiers and Marines from 1787 to 1830, and NSW Ships Musters 1816-1825. The catalogue shows what resources are available when you visit the library and is being added to all the time.
4. State Library of NSW has many resources that are also available in other repositories such as State Records NSW. I always check their catalogue to see if it is worthwhile to visit for records on microfilm or microfiche, both Australian and from the UK. They also have some records for other states. Mitchell Library and the William Dixson Library in particular specialise in Australian and New Zealand books and manuscripts. The State Library also has a vast collection of maps and plans, pictures, photographs and newspapers.
5. NSW Department of Lands is not an immediately obvious source for family history, and it does allow some limited property searches here. What I use it for most often is its Historical Parish Maps, which can be viewed in small sections from here. It may be useful before doing a map search to find the correct parish using the search at the Geographical Names Board. All the existing parish maps that have been superceded by more recent versions have been digitised and put online. Towns are included to the street level, and portions of land have the names of the original purchaser. Hours can be spent looking at these maps. CDs of the maps are also available from the Department.
6. I know I said there would be five websites, but I think the State Records NSW website must be mentioned again apart from its online indexes. This is the place to find out whether the records you want actually exist and have been archived. As the progressive indexing of their holding continues more and more records can be found by searching in Archives Investigator, their catalogue search facility. For example, probate files can be found by searching for the name and the word "death" as keywords (and using "All Words" not "Exact Phrase"). Their Archives in Brief series are very useful guides to the records they hold and are available online or in hardcopy in State Records Reading Rooms.
These are the NSW sites that I use most often in my research for myself and others. I would be very interested to hear from others if they disagree with anything on my list, or have others they would like to share.
Filed Under: BDMs, Beginners, Censuses, Immigration, Probate Tagged With: archives, birth, convicts, death, government, immigration, land, newspapers, probate, schools
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