montbrehain Posted 30 December , 2007 Share Posted 30 December , 2007 Well not really olden days but Pre internet times. I was so excited to receive these. Little did I know that within a few years all the info that these Microfiche contain (and a whole lot more) would be available to view anywhere in the world . It seems that the AWM is showing the way that info should be made available . I wonder will others follow ? (p.s. does anybody want to purchase some hardly used microfiche's or perhaps No I,ll just keep em to remind me just how much things have changed ) "MO" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 30 December , 2007 Share Posted 30 December , 2007 I have some cards like these containing the Marriages births and deaths for Tipperary 1867 and even with a microscope I cannot read them. Regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 30 December , 2007 Share Posted 30 December , 2007 Hang on to them for the day the entire world internet network comes crashing down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montbrehain Posted 30 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2007 Chris , this is meant purely in jest , but why does my heart sink when I see your name added to one of my threads ? I think OH OH what have I done now ? And yes I will keep them for just that time . Went to the paper shop once and the system was down, couldn't even buy a paper. What the heck will happen when the inevitable power/web crash happens goodness only knows "MO" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Mackenzie Posted 30 December , 2007 Share Posted 30 December , 2007 MO I got the war diary for the 10th Field Artillery Brigade, AIF on microfiche and was very excited because I hoped it would give me info on my great uncle. However, not having a microfiche reader and with the diary not being 'fiched' in date order (very bizarre) I have only looked at a few pages using the reader at my local library. I have now given up with it and await the day it is available on line - being artillery I suspect I have a long wait. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 30 December , 2007 Share Posted 30 December , 2007 And I bought the total microfilm of Soldiers Died in the Great War from, I think, Manchester University, together with a microfilm reader. Now boxed up in the attic. I tried to sell them at a collector's auction but no-one seemed to want them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedelmar Posted 31 December , 2007 Share Posted 31 December , 2007 Microfiche readers are cheaps as chips to buy here I paid 40.00 AUD for mine and use it regularly as I much prefer fiche to CD indices. Treated carefully fiche will last for decades yet CDRom gets corrupted and are fragile. Already I have learnt that the older type CDRom indices are not compatible with later versions of Windows and one needs the earlier versions. Bright Blessings Sandra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Beckett Posted 31 December , 2007 Share Posted 31 December , 2007 However, not having a microfiche reader and with the diary not being 'fiched' in date order (very bizarre) I have only looked at a few pages using the reader at my local library. I have now given up with it and await the day it is available on line - being artillery I suspect I have a long wait. Neil Neil, I have been reliably informed that Artillery is being done after Infantry. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john jerome mcmanus Posted 1 January , 2008 Share Posted 1 January , 2008 I have some cards like these containing the Marriages births and deaths for Tipperary 1867 and even with a microscope I cannot read them. Regards. Tom. Connas a ta tu (hope I got that right?) Dear Tom. as an aside would it be possible for you to inform me of any births, deaths, or marriages for the name McManus from the records you hold. My grandfather, Pte 3892 John McManus served with the 2nd Battalion AIF in WW1; His father Kieran (alternatively spelled Kyrom or Kyran) was born in Ireland and I am led to believe in Tipperary. Anything you could supply would be of help. Happy New Year Regards Pop (Sean McManus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushpig3 Posted 1 January , 2008 Share Posted 1 January , 2008 i remember when i started researching my districts killed in war in 1994 going to the war memorial in Canberra when i was seconded there for 7 weeks with work on my days off and the weekends from 9 to 5 without even a smoko lunch or pee break going through the microfische....the staff said i was keen i said no i lived 2000 miles away so had to make the best of my time there....the internet is a wonderful thing... cheers Glen www.mackayhistory.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted 2 January , 2008 Share Posted 2 January , 2008 Ah yes the microfiched nominal rolls. That takes me back to the mid 1990's when I was researching my Western Australian POW's at the Army Museum of WA. I'd definately hang on to them Mo. Cheers Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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