Bremer Echoes

“BREMER ECHOES” the Magazine of the Ipswich Genealogical Society Inc.

The first edition of the magazine was in 1983, Bremer Echoes Volume 1, no 1, and there were six volumes each year. A competition had been held to find a name and “Bremer Echoes” was chosen.

“Bremer” is the river which flows not only through Ipswich, but also through the whole area from which we draw our branch members; “Echoes” conjures up memories of the past and that is the essence of our hobby”.* [From the Vol 3 no 4 editorial]

At that time our group was a branch of the Genealogical Society of Queensland, and Volume 3 no. 4 in August 1985 was the first produced after we had broken away from GSQ, to become the Ipswich Genealogical Society;

The text was typed and headings hand printed, and the A5 pages run off on an early type of photocopier. Our 12 page black and white booklet gradually grew, and for a number of years was produced commercially, now with the help of our local Federal Member of Parliament Shayne Neumann, we have a 24 page booklet with coloured photographs.

There are three editions per year, February, July and November, and the majority of members receive the magazine electronically, but a small number choose a printed copy posted.  Bremer Echoes can be viewed on the Society's web site, Picture Ipswich, and TROVE.