Helensburgh & District Pioneer Register Explanatory Notes

ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations have been used in this document.

STANDARD LIST 

OF ABBREVIATIONS

b                born

rel              religion

crem           cremated

m               married

d                died

div              divorced

kim             killed in mine

occ             occupation

res              residence

bur             buried

S                source

bc               born in colony

ka               known as

nm              not married

kia              killed in action

d of             daughter of

arr              arrival

s of             son of

DISTRICT

CL              Cawley

DF              Darkes Forest

GW            Garrawarra

HB             Helensburgh

LV             Lilyvale

SP              Stanwell Park

ST              Stanwell Tops

WF             Waterfall

WN            Woonona

WC            Woronora Cemetery

BC             Bulli Cemetery

WG            Wollongong

WGC          W’gong Cemetery

RELIGION

COE           Church of England

PB              Presbyterian

RC             Roman Catholic

MD            Methodist

ID              Independent

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Key to entries;

In each entry some or all of the information in the following order is provided.

Pioneer: Surname, Given Name, Occupation, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Death Date, Burial Place, Parents, Year of Arrival and Ship, Religion, Marriage date, Residence, Spouse information in same order.   Issue (of each child): Date Born, Birth Place, Death Date, Burial Place, Marriage Date and Spouse, Source.

Spouse: Where there is more than one spouse, this will be indicated by (1) or (2).

Names: All surnames are in capital letters, given names of issue are underlined.

Unsure of Entry: the query mark (?) is used to denote information about which some uncertainty exists.

Spelling:  Names and places are spelt as supplied in reference material. Multiple spellings are indicated e.g., SMITH/SMYTH.

Source Reference: See next page for abbreviations.

Second Generation:  Have not been cross referenced but all family groups are contained in the general pioneer index.

Contributors Index: contains names of those who have contributed to the information published and have given permission for their name to be entered as contributors.

SOURCE REFERENCE INDEX 

REFERENCE MATERIAL

agciI                     Australian Genealogical Computer Index (CD)

agci2                     Australian Genealogical Computer Index (CD)

agci3                     Australian Genealogical Computer Index (CD)

AWG                    Australian War Cemeteries Commission

awn, AWM            Australian War Memorial

bdm                      BDM Index (CD)

                            (Births 1788-1918)

                            (Deaths 1788-1945)

                            (Marriages 1788-1945)

er                         Electrol Roll Transcripts (1897-1901)

fh                         Family Historian Records

gct                        Garrawarra Cemetery Transcript

hbc                       Helensburgh Bushland Chapel Centenary (1894-1994)

hbm, HBM            Helensburgh Marriages

hct                        Helensburgh Cemetery Transcript (c1880-2006)

hdhs, HDHS          Archives of the Helensburgh Historical Society

hdfh                      Helensburgh District Family History

hps                       Helensburgh Public School (1887-1987)

IRH                      Irish?

hl566                    Helensburgh Lodge no 566

naa, NAA              National Archives Australia

osc                        Otford School Centenary Book (1885-1985)

osr1                      Otford School Records Transcript Book 1 (1897-1900)

osr2                      Otford School Records Transcript Book 2(1901-

pod                       Post Office Directory 1904

pr, PR                   Pioneer Register (Helensburgh)

roh, ROH              Rolls of Honour

ry                         Ryerson Index

sag                        Society of Australian Genealogists CD

sag3                      Society of Australian Genealogists CD3

sagv3                    Society of Australian Genealogists CDv3

sd                         Sands Directory 1902

slsc, SLSC             Surf Life Saving Club

smh, SMH             Sydney Morning Herald

STP                      Stanwell Tops Lions Memorial Park

WW1                    National Archives of Australia (NAA)

WW2nr                 National Archives of Australia Nominal Roll

1901                     1901 Helensburgh Electoral Roll

1933                     1933 Helensburgh Sub-division brochure (incomplete document)