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Founders and Survivors Newsletter No. 5, August 2010

Submitted by claudine on 30 August, 2010 - 11:13

In this second issue of Chainletter for 2010 we bring good news about the start of research projects and the final policy on the public release of data submitted by donor historians and convict descendants. This issue also features news about our partnership with the Female Factory Research Group, and an article about the Queen's Orphan Schools.

There are two files available for download. FAS_Newsletter05_Aug2010_BIG.pdf is a larger file with a larger image resolution (higher quality images) while FAS_Newsletter05_Aug2010_Small.pdf is more suitable if you have a slow internet connection.

New volunteer group and discussion forums added

Submitted by claudine on 27 July, 2010 - 16:03

Dear volunteers,

At the Melbourne volunteers' workshop on 25 June, we identified a number of research tasks that volunteers can start working on. Some of these require physical access to sources, while others can be done online from any location. I have created a new group for coordinating Volunteers' projects, along with discussion forums for some of the tasks. If you are interested in helping with these or any other research tasks, please join the Volunteers' projects group at http://www.foundersandsurvivors.org/node/86860

New convict submission system

Submitted by claudine on 29 April, 2010 - 19:39

As you will see in the latest issue of our newsletter, we have created a new system for submitting convicts, to make up for the deficiencies in the previous system. All new submissions must be made using the process described in the FAQ entry, 'How do I add information about a Tasmanian convict?'.

The old 'Submit a convict' form is now closed to new submissions. If you have previously submitted convicts under the old system:

  1. You do not need to re-submit your previous entries; they will be incorporated into our master database

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Interviews about the design of this site

Submitted by petterdr on 8 April, 2010 - 16:17

Dear Volunteers,

There is a lot of changes and developments happening with the Founders and Survivors site in the near future. I'm currently helping the team with the design of the site.

I would like to do some short interviews with some of the users of the site, to get a sense of how the community would like the site to look and how you want it to work. These interviews can be done on the phone or if you are based in Hobart we can meet at my office.

If you are interested please contact me via email at robin@sproutlabs.com.au.

Thank you

Robin Petterd

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