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Convenor’s CommentHello everyone and Happy New Year.
What a lovely start to the summer we have enjoyed in Porirua. The garden andthe beach have competed with the computer and the paper pile for myĂƩĞŶƟŽŶƚŚŽƵŐŚ
/ŚĂǀ ĞďĞĞŶƌĞĐĞŝǀ ŝŶŐƌĞŐƵůĂƌĞŵĂŝůƐĨƌŽŵdŚĞEĂƟŽŶĂůƌĐŚŝǀ ĞƐĂƚ<Ğǁ ƐŝŶĐĞǀ ŝƐŝƟŶŐĂŶĚƚŚĞƐĞŚĂǀ ĞƉƌŽǀ ĞĚǀ ĞƌLJŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ;ĂŶĚƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŶŐĂƐŽŶůLJϱй ŽĨƚŚĞŝƌƌĞĐŽƌĚĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶŝƐĂǀ ĂŝůĂďůĞƚŽǀ ŝĞǁ ĂŶĚĚŽǁ ŶůŽĂĚŽŶůŝŶĞͿ' ŽƚŽŶĂƟŽŶĂůĂƌĐŚŝǀ ĞƐ ŐŽǀ ƵŬ ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐƚŽƐŝŐŶƵƉfor emails or to view the site and remember your NZSG membership allows free downloading of WillsĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚƐǀ ŝĂŝƐĐŽǀ ĞƌLJdŚĞEĂƟŽŶĂůƌĐŚŝǀ ĞƐƐŝƚĞĂůƐŽŚĂƐŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐƉŽĚĐĂƐƚƐƚŽůŝƐƚĞŶƚŽ–Ăǀ ĂŝůĂďůĞĂƚƚŚĞŵŽŵĞŶƚŝƐƚŚĞŝƌt ƌŝƚĞƌŽĨƚŚĞD ŽŶƚŚ dƌĂĐLJŽƌŵĂŶƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐŚĞƌŝŽŐƌĂƉŚLJŽŶdŚŽŵĂƐCromwell.
ůŽƐĞƌƚŽŚŽŵĞǁ ĞŚĂǀ ĞŽƵƌĮ ƌƐƚŵĞĞƟŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞLJĞĂƌŽŶt ĞĚŶĞƐĚĂLJƚŚĞϭϭth February. Our topic is “UpsĂŶĚŽǁ ŶƐŽĨZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĂŶĚ/ĂŵƌĞĂůůLJůŽŽŬŝŶŐĨŽƌǁ ĂƌĚƚŽŚĞĂƌŝŶŐĂůůLJŽƵƌĞdžĐŝƟŶŐĚŝƐĐŽǀ ĞƌŝĞƐĂŶĚďƌŝĐŬwalls. If you (like me) haven’t made much progress with research then instead bring an item or a photo-ŐƌĂƉŚLJŽƵǁ ŽƵůĚůŝŬĞƚŽƐŚĂƌĞǁ ŝƚŚƚŚĞŐƌŽƵƉ dŚĞƐĞŵĞĞƟŶŐƐĂƌĞĂůǁ ĂLJƐƐŽŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐĂŶĚ/ŝŶǀ ĂƌŝĂďůLJĐŽŵĞĂǁ ĂLJǁ ŝƚŚĞdžĐŝƟŶŐŝĚĞĂƐĂŶĚĂƌĞŶĞǁ ĞĚĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ
t ĞĂƌĞůŽŽŬŝŶŐĨŽƌǁ ĂƌĚƚŽĂŶĞdžĐŝƟŶŐLJĞĂƌŽĨƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚĂŶĚĚŝƐĐŽǀ ĞƌLJƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ
Helen
NEWSLETTER - FEBRUARY 2015PORIRUABRANCH
www.poriruagenealogy.org.nz
Access to Births, Deaths, Marriages records to be reviewedThe Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon Peter Dunne, recently announced a review of access to Births, ĞĂƚŚƐĂŶĚD ĂƌƌŝĂŐĞƐ;D ͿƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ dŚĞĞdžŝƐƟŶŐD ĂĐĐĞƐƐƌƵůĞƐĐĂŵĞŝŶƚŽĨŽƌĐĞŽŶϮϱ:ĂŶƵĂƌLJϮϬϬϵǁ ŝƚŚƚŚĞƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƚŚĞLJǁ ŽƵůĚďĞƌĞǀ ŝĞǁ ĞĚĂŌĞƌĮ ǀ ĞLJĞĂƌƐ ŝƌƚŚƐ ĞĂƚŚƐĂŶĚD ĂƌƌŝĂŐĞƌĞĐŽƌĚƐĂƌĞƵƐĞĚďLJŵĂŶLJEĞǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŚĞůƉĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚƚŚĞŝƌŝĚĞŶƟƚLJƚŽƚƌĂĐĞƚŚĞŝƌĨĂŵŝůLJŚŝƐƚŽƌLJĂŶĚĨŽƌŵĂŶLJother reasons.
“The Government wants to test whether current rules on how people access government held birth,ĚĞĂƚŚ ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞĐŝǀ ŝůƵŶŝŽŶĂŶĚŶĂŵĞĐŚĂŶŐĞƌĞĐŽƌĚƐĂƌĞĂĚĞƋƵĂƚĞĂŶĚĞī ĞĐƟǀ ĞdŚĞĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚŽĨInternal Affairs is reviewing the rules and wants to hear what users of the service think of their usefulness ĂŶĚǁ ŚĞƚŚĞƌƚŚĞLJĂƌĞƐƟůůĂƉƉůŝĐĂďůĞ dŚĞƌĞǀ ŝĞǁ ǁ ŝůůnot ůŽŽŬĂƚŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶƐŚĂƌŝŶŐĂŶĚ ŽƌĚĂƚĂŵĂƚĐŚŝŶŐďĞƚǁ ĞĞŶŐŽǀ ĞƌŶŵĞŶƚĂŐĞŶĐŝĞƐŽƌĂĐĐĞƐƐƚŽƐƉĞĐŝĮ ĐĂůůLJƉƌŽƚĞĐƚĞĚŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƐĂŝĚD ƌƵŶŶĞ
/ŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚŵĞŵďĞƌƐŽĨƚŚĞƉƵďůŝĐĂŶĚŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶĂůƵƐĞƌƐŽĨƚŚĞƐĞƌǀ ŝĐĞĂƌĞĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚƚŽŚĂǀ ĞƚŚĞŝƌƐĂLJand make a submission via the Department of Internal Affairs website (www.dia.govt.nz/bdmreview),email or by post. The final date for lodging submissions for this review is on 25 February 2015.
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ƌĂŶĐŚD ĞĞƟŶŐWƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ11 February Ups and Downs of Research - a group discussion
sharing summer research experiences
11 March guest speaker Bill Jackson - All over ITůŽŽŬŝŶŐĂŌĞƌLJŽƵƌĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌĂŶĚďĂĐŬŝŶŐƵƉ
5 minute talkPam Maré - U.K. Onward Passenger Lists 1890-1960 as seen on Ancestry
8 April guest speaker Paul Alpe - /ŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƚŽE ^' <ŝǁ ŝ/ŶĚĞdž
13 May guest speaker Dawn Chambers - 19th Century Government inwards correspondencerecords on Archway
ƌĂŶĐŚŶŶƵĂů' ĞŶĞƌĂůD ĞĞƟŶŐ
What is meant by ‘the United Kingdom’?
dŚĞƌĞŝƐŽŌĞŶĐŽŶĨƵƐŝŽŶĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞĚŝī ĞƌĞŶĐĞďĞƚǁ ĞĞŶƚŚĞƚĞƌŵƐŶŐůĂŶĚ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ' ƌĞĂƚƌŝƚĂŝŶ ƚŚĞhŶŝƚĞĚ<ŝŶŐĚŽŵ ĂŶĚƚŚĞƌŝƟƐŚ/ƐůĞƐ hŶƟůĨĂŝƌůLJƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJƚŚĞƚĞƌŵŶŐůĂŶĚŽŌĞŶƌĞĨĞƌƌĞĚƚŽŶŐůĂŶĚĂŶĚWales, however, England & Wales are more correctly described asBritain, a term that derives from the Roman name Britannia.
In 1801 Great Britain and Ireland became the United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Ireland following acts passed by both parliaments (althoughƚŚĞ/ƌŝƐŚƉĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚǁ ĂƐĨĂƌĨƌŽŵƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀ ĞŽĨŝƚƐƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶͿ
In 1922 the Irish Free State was created, so from that point onwards itwas the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
dŚĞƌŝƟƐŚ/ƐůĞƐŝƐĂŐĞŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĂůƚĞƌŵĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƐůĂŶĚƐŽĨ/ƌĞůĂŶĚand Great Britain, together with thousands of smaller islands.
Some specific examples which have caused confusion for genealogists in the past: the England & Wales censuses include the Isle of Man and the
Channel Islands; ƚŚĞƌŝƚĂŝŶƐƵďƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶĂƚĮ ŶĚŵLJƉĂƐƚ ĐŽ ƵŬĚŽĞƐŶŽƚŝŶĐůƵĚĞ
Ireland, not even Northern Ireland (although there are someĞdžĐĞƉƟŽŶƐ ƐƵĐŚĂƐƉĂƐƐĞŶŐĞƌůŝƐƚƐĂŶĚĂƌŵLJƌĞĐŽƌĚƐͿ
ƚŚĞWƌĞŵŝƵŵƐƵďƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶĂƚŶĐĞƐƚƌLJĐŽ ƵŬŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ/ƌŝƐŚrecords.
Obituaries from The Dominion Post Newspaper
Is there anyone out there who subscribes to the Dominion Post? We are looking for someone who isǁ ŝůůŝŶŐƚŽƌĞŐƵůĂƌůLJĐƵƚŽƵƚƚŚĞŽďŝƚƵĂƌŝĞƐŝŶƚŚĂƚƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ /ĨLJŽƵĂƌĞŬĞĞŶƚŽĮ ůůƚŚŝƐƌŽůĞƉůĞĂƐĞŐĞƚŝŶtouch with Carole Deveraux at Projects [email protected] or give Gill Knox a ring. It wouldbe a great way to help the Society.
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ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚD ĂƩĞƌƐ
, ƵŶƟŶŐƚŚĞŵŝŐƌĂŶƚ– Edmund Tucker PRESS– Conclusion
^ŝŶĐĞŶŽƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚŵĞƚŚŽĚŽŶůŝŶĞŽĨŽďƚĂŝŶŝŶŐĂϭϵϮϬƐhŶŝƚĞĚ ƚĂƚĞƐĚĞĂƚŚĐĞƌƟĮ ĐĂƚĞwas available I was advised by the pay site VitalChek to telephone the CountyZĞĐŽƌĚĞƌ;ůĞƌŬΖƐKĸ ĐĞͿƚŽĞŶƋƵŝƌĞĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞƐĞĂƌĐŚǁ ŝƚŚŽƵƚŵĞŶƟŽŶŝŶŐ/ŶŐůĞǁ ŽŽĚ;ͿƐŝŶĐĞƚŚĂƚǁ ĂƐŶŽƚƚŚĞĐŝƚLJŽĨĚĞĂƚŚ;ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚŝŶĂƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶͿ/
ŶĞĞĚĞĚƚŚĞŶƚŽƉŚŽŶĞƚŚĞĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚŽĨWƵďůŝĐ, ĞĂůƚŚ;ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂs ŝƚĂů ƚĂƟƐƟĐƐŝƐƉĂƌƚŽĨƚŚĂƚand can look up records in any of the 58 States) in case the record had become Public Record, since thedeath was in 1920 - almost 100 years ago. I told her he definitely died in California and was asked to send ĂůůƚŚĞĞdžƚƌĂŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ/ŚĂĚŽŶŚŝŵ ĂůŽŶŐǁ ŝƚŚƚŚĞĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶĨŽƌŵŽŶůŝŶĞƵƐĞĚďLJŽƚŚĞƌŵŽƌƚĂůƐ ďƵƚďLJƉŽƐƚ ŶLJƌĞƉůLJŵƵƐƚŐŽďLJh^D ĂŝůŶŽƚĞŵĂŝůdŚĞĞdžƚƌĂŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ/ŚĂĚŽŶĚŵƵŶĚdƵĐŬĞƌWZ^^ Ɛdeath was his birth date and place of birth, his parents names, where he lived in New Zealand, when heĞŵŝŐƌĂƚĞĚƚŽƚŚĞh^ ŚŝƐƉŽƌƚŽĨĞŶƚƌLJŚŝƐŽĐĐƵƉĂƟŽŶ ĐĞŶƐƵƐƌĞĐŽƌĚƐŝŶƚŚĞh^ ƚŚĞĚĞĂƚŚŶŽƟĐĞĨƌŽŵƚŚĞ“New Zealand Herald” and the family story that he’d gone to Salt Lake City and died on a railway in Utah.
Despite trying to avoid having to pay anything youwill smile to know it cost more than the USD16 Iavoided before and had to pay USD21 and notonly that but it cost NZD25 and the bank chequeNZD30. With gay abandon I sent the form, theĐŚĞƋƵĞĂŶĚĞdžƚƌĂŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶŽī ƚŽĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂDepartment of Public Health in Sacramento onAugust 19th, with no inkling that it was two daysbefore the earthquake at Napa, which is only101.64km away! Apparently they didn’t miss aďĞĂƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ/ƌĞĐĞŝǀ ĞĚĂĚĞĂƚŚĐĞƌƟĮ ĐĂƚĞŝŶOctober.
An earlier search of the on line newspapers in thedeath area didn’t appear to have noted his death,ďƵƚĂŌĞƌƚŚĞĚĞĂƚŚĐĞƌƟĮ ĐĂƚĞĂƌƌŝǀ ĞĚ /ůŽŽŬĞĚĂƚthem again and found something. I had notassociated ‘car’ with ‘railway’. The print is patchyso here is a transcripton:
‘Monolith Worker killed by Car - ƐůŝƉƐƵŶĚĞƌKƌĞĂƌƌŝĞƌƐ ůŝǀ ĞƐďƌŝĞĨƟŵĞĂŌĞƌĐĐŝĚĞŶƚEd Press was killed Saturday morning at Monolith, where he was employed at the cement [works?] by a[train?] used in conveying rock from the quarries to the crusher. Press had just begun his morning’swork. He was riding on a long string of cars hauling rock when he slipped and fell between the cars. TheĨŽůůŽǁ ŝŶŐĐĂƌƌĂŶŽǀ ĞƌŚŝƐďŽĚLJ, ĞŽŶůLJůŝǀ ĞĚĂƐŚŽƌƚƟŵĞĂŌĞƌǁ ĂƌĚƐPress is 35 years old and has been employed at the United States Cement plant, formerly belonging tothe city of Los Angeles, there, for one month , ŝƐŽŶůLJƐƵƌǀ ŝǀ ŝŶŐƌĞůĂƟǀ ĞƐĂƌĞŚŝƐƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ůŝǀ ŝŶŐŝŶE Žǀ Ă^ĐŽƟĂ Friends living in Los Angeles will have charge of the funeral arrangements. The body was broughtto the Dixon-Flickinger undertaking parlour here. The undertaker shipped the body to Los Angeles forburial last night.’ - from ‘The Bakersfield Californian’ Monday, October 18, 1920
dŚĞĚĞĂƚŚŶŽƟĐĞƌĞĂĚ‘PRESS.—On October 16, at Inglewood, near Los Angeles, California, by accident, Edmund Tucker, young-est son of John Press of Waitangi Falls, Bay of Islands; aged 47 years.’
- from ‘New Zealand Herald’, Volume LVII, Issue 17654, 15 December 1920, Page 1
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dŚŝƐƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞŚĂĚƐŽŵĞŶĞǁ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶƐŵŝĚϮϬϭϰ ŚĂƌůĞƐƚŽŶƌŐƵƐϭϴϲϳ >ĂŬĞt ĂŬĂƟƉD Ăŝůϭϴϲϯ -1920,>LJĞůůdŝŵĞƐĂŶĚĞŶƚƌĂůƵůůĞƌ' ĂnjĞƩĞϭϴϴϱ-1886, Manawatu Standard 1913-1915, Manawatu Times1912-1915, Mt Benger Mail 1881-1920, Press 1921-1928, Pukekohe and Waiuku Times 1912-1920,Star 1910-1914, Sun 1914-1915, Waikato Times 1902-1918.
dŚĞƌĞĂƌĞĚŝƐĐƌĞƉĂŶĐŝĞƐŝŶďŽƚŚŶĞǁ ƐŝƚĞŵƐ;ŝƚĂůŝĐŝƐĞĚͿĂŶĚŵŽƌĞŝŶƚŚĞĚĞĂƚŚĐĞƌƟĮ ĐĂƚĞďƵƚ/ďĞůŝĞǀ ĞĂůůƚŚƌĞĞĐŽŶĐĞƌŶŵLJŐƌĞĂƚŐƌĞĂƚƵŶĐůĞďĂƐĞĚŽŶǁ ŚĂƚ/ŬŶŽǁ /ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƚŚĂƚƚŚĞŽŶůLJƌĞůĂƟǀ ĞƐ ĐŽƵůĚŚĂǀ Ğbeen recorded by a reporter in shortened form as in ‘N.S.’ or ‘N.Z.’ and then misread later, or theĂďďƌĞǀ ŝĂƟŽŶĨĞůůŝŶƚŽĂŐĂƉŽĨŝŐŶŽƌĂŶĐĞĂŶĚǁ ĂƐƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞǁ ƌŝƩ ĞŶE Žǀ Ă ĐŽƟĂǁ ĂƐƵƐĞĚŝŶƐƚĞĂĚĂƐĂmore familiar name.
At his death he had parents, two brothers and three sisters in New Zealand and was born in Watchet,Somerset, England.
Edmund could well have given his age as 35 to his employer but he was born in 1873 and so was 47.
&ƵƌƚŚĞƌƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůĚĞƚĂŝůƐǁ ĞƌĞŽŶƌĞĐŽƌĚĂƚƚŚĞƟŵĞŽĨŚŝƐĚĞĂƚŚŝŶƚŚĞϭϵϭϬĂŶĚϭϵϮϬh^ĞŶƐƵƐĞƐ ĂŶĚŝŶŚŝƐ/ŶƚĞŶƟŽŶƚŽE ĂƚƵƌĂůŝnjĞƌĞĐŽƌĚ ďƵƚ/ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚƚŚĞLJǁ ĞƌĞŶŽƚƚŽŚĂŶĚĂƚƚŚĞƟŵĞŽĨƚŚĞĂŬĞƌƐĮ ĞůĚnewspaper item.
His friends in LA who were to take charge of his burial were, perhaps, his house mates from the 1920census: John L. Harris (46, born in Wales), John J. Shea (49, born in Michigan) and James Dawson (46, bornin England). Then they were all in Ryan, Inyo, Kern County, California, and were miners.
So far I am unable to find where he was buried. Perhaps I should give up pestering the Southern Californian Genealogical Society about it!
Barbara Blanchard
Barbara first reported on her research concerning Edmund Press last June and she has kept us informed of
ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝŶĂƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌƟĐůĞĂŶĚŶŽǁ ƚŚŝƐƚŚŝƌĚĂŶĚĐŽŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐŽŶĞdŚĂŶŬLJŽƵ ĂƌďĂƌĂ– Editor
A different way of displaying afamily tree -photographed bysome friends whenviewed on publicdisplay while theywere recentlytouring the SouthIsland - Editor.
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Websites:
www.castlegarden.org ƚŚĞĂƐƚůĞǁ ĂƐŵĞƌŝĐĂΖƐĮ ƌƐƚŽĸ ĐŝĂůŝŵŵŝŐƌĂƟŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĞŽŶƚĂŝŶƐĂĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞŽĨpassenger ships that sailed to the Americas between 1820 and 1913 and is indexed by passenger name.
ǁ ǁ ǁ ƵŬŵĬ ŽƌŐƵŬ UK Military Family History on the internet - a directory to other websites to help youfind out more.
www.worldnames.publicprofiler.org home to the world names profiler showing where else in the world there are people with your surname.
www.harp.org historical hospital admissions records for many of the famous hospitals in London andĞůƐĞǁ ŚĞƌĞŝŶƚŚĞƌŝƟƐŚ/ƐůĞƐ
www.historicaldirectories.org ĚŝŐŝƟƐĞĚWŽƐƚKĸ ĐĞĂŶĚƚƌĂĚĞĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌŝĞƐŝŶŶŐůĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞĂƐĨĂƌďĂĐŬĂƐthe late 18th century.
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/burialregisters registers scanned from 1856 to 1865, possibly even later now(this list was produced 2 years ago).
www.old-ŵĞƌƐĞLJƟŵĞƐ ĐŽ ƵŬ birth, marriage, divorce and deaths, bankruptcies, crimes, missing personsand much more from old Liverpool newspapers. ( ƚƌĂƞŽƌĚƌĂŶĐŚŶĞǁ ƐůĞƩ Ğƌ)
www.genealogybranches.comThis website, run by Joe Beine, has been around since 2003 and is most useful for those interested inh^ ĂŶĂĚŝĂŶĂŶĚ/ƌŝƐŚƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ;ƌĞŇĞĐƟŶŐ:ŽĞƐŽǁ ŶŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐͿ/ƚƉƌŽǀ ŝĚĞƐĂƌƟĐůĞƐ ƟƉƐĂŶĚƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚguides, with links to other websites where the data may be found, such as indexed USA county histories.;ZŝĐĐĂƌƚŽŶƌĂŶĐŚŶĞǁ ƐůĞƩ ĞƌͿ
ŚƩ Ɖ ǁ ǁ ǁ ƐƚĂƚƐ ŐŽǀ ƚ ŶnjďƌŽǁ ƐĞ ĨŽƌ ƐƚĂƚƐ ƐŶĂƉƐŚŽƚƐ-of-nz/ww100-infographic.aspx WW1 infographicĚŽŶĞďLJ ƚĂƟƐƟĐƐE ƚŚĂƚŝƐŐŽŝŶŐƚŽďĞĂĚĚĞĚƚŽŽǀ ĞƌƟŵĞ
The two following websites are useful for Maori research as well as many other links and help:
www.nzhistory.net.nz/hands/links-genealogy/genealogy-links New Zealand History website - Genealogylinks page is a good place to bookmark
www.genealogylinks.net/newzealand/new-zealand-maori-genealogy
A New Irish Website will be available mid 2015
dŚĞEĂƟŽŶĂů>ŝďƌĂƌLJŽĨ/ƌĞůĂŶĚĂĚǀ ŝƐĞĚŝŶĞĐĞŵďĞƌϮϬϭϰƚŚĂƚŝƚŝƐƚŽŵĂŬĞĂůŵŽƐƚϰϬϬϬϬϬŝŵĂŐĞƐŽĨCatholic parish register microfilms available online for free.
ŶŽĸ ĐŝĂůĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞŵĞŶƚƐƚĂƚĞĚƚŚĂƚƚŚĞEĂƟŽŶĂů>ŝďƌĂƌLJŽĨ/ƌĞůĂŶĚ;E >/ͿŚĂƐƵŶǀ ĞŝůĞĚĚĞƚĂŝůƐŽĨŝƚƐŵŽƐƚĂŵďŝƟŽƵƐĚŝŐŝƟƐĂƟŽŶƉƌŽũĞĐƚƚŽĚĂƚĞdŚĞƉƌŽũĞĐƚǁ ŝůůƐĞĞƚŚĞ>ŝďƌĂƌLJƐĞŶƟƌĞĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶŽĨĂƚŚŽůŝĐƉĂƌŝƐŚregister microfilms made available online - for free - by summer 2015.
dŚĞƌĞĐŽƌĚƐĂƌĞĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚƚŚĞƐŝŶŐůĞŵŽƐƚŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚƐŽƵƌĐĞŽĨŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶŽŶ/ƌŝƐŚĨĂŵŝůLJŚŝƐƚŽƌLJƉƌŝŽƌƚŽƚŚĞϭϵϬϭĞŶƐƵƐ ĂƟŶŐĨƌŽŵƚŚĞϭϳ ϰϬƐƚŽƚŚĞϭϴϴϬƐ ƚŚĞLJĐŽǀ Ğƌϭ ϬϵϭƉĂƌŝƐŚĞƐƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ/ƌĞůĂŶĚ ĂŶĚĐŽŶƐŝƐƚƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůLJŽĨďĂƉƟƐŵĂůĂŶĚŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ
See more at: ŚƩ Ɖ ǁ ǁ ǁ ŝƌŝƐŚŐĞŶĞĂůŽŐLJŶĞǁ Ɛ ĐŽŵ ηƐƚŚĂƐŚ ^ƚD ƌƐnj ĚƉƵĨ
and, note your diaries for mid 2015.
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News from NZSG Councillors Gill and PeterdŚŝƐŶĞǁ ƐůĞƩ ĞƌŚĂƐĐŽŵĞŽƵƚũƵƐƚĂŌĞƌǁ ĞŚĂĚŽƵƌĮ ƌƐƚŽƵŶĐŝůŵĞĞƟŶŐŽĨƚŚĞLJĞĂƌ Ž/ŚĂǀ ĞƚĂŬĞŶƚŚĞƟŵĞƚŽĐĂƚĐŚƵƉǁ ŝƚŚƐŽŵĞŽĨŵLJŽǁ ŶĨĂŵŝůLJƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĞƚŚŝŶŐƐƚŽĐŽŵĞŽƵƚŽĨƚŚĞůĂƐƚŵĞĞƟŶŐĨŽƌϮϬϭϰǁ ĞƌĞ
Kiwi Index V2 ŝƐĐŽŵƉĂƟďůĞǁ ŝƚŚyWs ŝƐƚĂ t ŝŶĚŽǁ Ɛϳ ϴϴ ϭ D ĂĐϬϴ-10.6 and later versions of both.This version will be approx. 9.5million records and 250 different record types. It will be released on a USB ŵĞŵŽƌLJƐƟĐŬƐŽĐĂŶďĞŝŶƐƚĂůůĞĚŽŶLJŽƵƌŚĂƌĚĚƌŝǀ ĞŽƌƵƐĞĚĨƌŽŵƚŚĞŵĞŵŽƌLJƐƟĐŬdŚĞƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚĂƚĞĨŽƌV2 is early 2015 and it is hoped that V3 will be online for next release.
The New Zealand Genealogist. dŚĞ ŽĐŝĞƚLJŝƐůŽŽŬŝŶŐĨŽƌǁ Ğůůǁ ƌŝƩ ĞŶ ŐĞŶĞĂůŽŐŝĐĂůĂƌƟĐůĞƐǁ ŝƚŚŐŽŽĚŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶƐĂŶĚ ŽƌƉŚŽƚŽƐ t ŽƵůĚLJŽƵůŝŬĞƚŽǁ ƌŝƚĞĂŶĂƌƟĐůĞĨŽƌLJŽƵƌŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞΗThe New ZealandGenealogist"? The themes for our future issues are:April 2015: ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶĂŶĐĞƐƚƌLJ ĐĂŶĚŝŶĂǀ ŝĂƚŽ/ƚĂůLJƌŽĂƟĂĂŶĚ' ƌĞĞĐĞ&ƌĂŶĐĞƚŽZƵƐƐŝĂ Family stories,ŵŝŐƌĂƟŽŶ ƐŽƵƌĐĞƐJune 2015: /ŵŵŝŐƌĂƟŽŶƐĐŚĞŵĞƐ &ƌŽŵƚŚĞEĞǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚŽŵƉĂŶLJĂŶĚĂŶƚĞƌďƵƌLJƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶƚŽάϭϬPoms and all in between.dŚĞƌĞĂƌĞŵĂŶLJƉĞŽƉůĞŝŶŽƵƌƌĂŶĐŚƚŚĂƚŚĂǀ ĞĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŶŐƐƚŽƌŝĞƐƚŽƚĞůůŝĨLJŽƵƚŚŝŶŬŚĂǀ ĞĂƐƚŽƌLJďƵƚĚŽŶ ƚŬŶŽǁ ŚŽǁ ƚŽŐŽĂďŽƵƚǁ ƌŝƟŶŐŝƚƐƉĞĂŬƚŽŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞĐŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞĂŶĚǁ Ğǁ ŝůůƉƵƚLJŽƵŝŶƚŽƵĐŚǁ ŝƚŚthe right person.
ƌƟĐůĞƐŽĨĂŶLJƐƵďũĞĐƚƌĞůĞǀ ĂŶƚƚŽƚŚŝƐŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞĂŶĚǁ ŚŝĐŚŵĞĞƚƚŚĞƐƵďŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĐƌŝƚĞƌŝĂǁ ŝůůďĞconsidered. We especially seek how-ƚŽĂƌƟĐůĞƐďĂƐĞĚĂƌŽƵŶĚĂƐŽƵƌĐĞŽƌƐƵďũĞĐƚǁ ŚŝĐŚĞdžƉůĂŝŶƐrelevance, access and use. See the most recent issue of "The New Zealand Genealogist" for details aboutsubmissions, including deadlines.
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ŶĐůŽƐĞĚǁ ŝƚŚƚŚĞ&ĞďƌƵĂƌLJĞĚŝƟŽŶŽĨƚŚĞŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ ŽĐŝĞƚLJŵĞŵďĞƌƐǁ ŝůůƌĞĐĞŝǀ ĞĂŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚƐƌĞůĂƟŶŐƚŽƚŚĞƉŽƐƚĂůǀ ŽƚĞĨŽƌŶĞǁ ƌƵůĞƐĨŽƌƚŚĞ ŽĐŝĞƚLJWůĞĂƐĞƌĞĂĚƚŚĞĚƌĂŌƌƵůĞƐĂŶĚƚŚĞƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚƐƚŚŽƌŽƵŐŚůLJƚŽŐĂŝŶĂĨƵůůƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐĂŶĚƉůĞĂƐĞĞŶƐƵƌĞLJŽƵĐĂƐƚLJŽƵǀ ŽƚĞƵƐŝŶŐthe ballot paper provided and return it to the Society before the deadline of 17 April.
dŚĞĚƌĂŌŝŶŐŽĨŶĞǁ ƌƵůĞƐŚĂƐďĞĞŶďƌŽŬĞŶĚŽǁ ŶŝŶƚŽƚǁ ŽƐƚĂŐĞƐ stage one being those rules that relate to the running of the Society and the move from a hands-on
management style of Council, to a Board of Directors with an emphasis on governance; stage two that will cover branch and interest group structures and membership, and will involve input
by branches and interest groups
/ƚŝƐĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞĚƚŚĂƚƚŚĞƐƚĂŐĞϭĚƌĂŌŝƐĐŽŵƉůĞdžĂŶĚƚŚĞĚĞƚĂŝůƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƚŚĞƌƵŶŶŝŶŐŽĨĂŵŽĚĞƌŶŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶŝƐŶŽƚŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůLJĂŚŝŐŚƉƌŝŽƌŝƚLJĨŽƌƚŚŽƐĞǁ ŚŽƐŝŵƉůLJǁ ĂŶƚƚŽŐĞƚŽŶǁ ŝƚŚƚŚĞŝƌĨĂŵŝůLJŚŝƐƚŽƌLJƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƵƚďĞŚŝŶĚƚŚĞƐĐĞŶĞƐǁ ĞŶĞĞĚĂŶĂƟŽŶĂůďŽĚLJƚŚĂƚŝƐƵƉǁ ŝƚŚƚŚĞƉůĂLJĂŶĚŐŝǀ ĞƐmembers a very high level of support and improved access to products and services.
Many of the by-ůĂǁ ƐĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞĚŝŶƚŚĞĞdžŝƐƟŶŐƌƵůĞƐǁ ĞƌĞĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚďĞƩĞƌƉůĂĐĞĚŝŶƚŚĞƌƵůĞƐƚŚĞŵͲselves, and many other by-laws that were more policies and procedures in nature will be transferred tothe Council’s Policies and Procedures Manual. This has resulted in the proposed By-Laws now coveringďƌĂŶĐŚĞƐĂŶĚŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚŐƌŽƵƉƐŽŶůLJdŽĐŽŵƉůLJǁ ŝƚŚƚŚĞĞdžŝƐƟŶŐƌƵůĞƐĂŶĚďLJ-laws, the changes to theby-ůĂǁ Ɛǁ ŝůůŶĞĞĚƚŽďĞǀ ŽƚĞĚƵƉŽŶƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞůLJĂŶĚǁ ŝůůďĞĚŽŶĞĂƚƚŚĞ ŽĐŝĞƚLJƐĂŶŶƵĂůŐĞŶĞƌĂůŵĞĞƟŶŐƚŽďĞŚĞůĚŝŶƵĐŬůĂŶĚŽŶƚŚĞĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶŽĨ ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJϮϳ :ƵŶĞϮϬϭϱ
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ƌĂŶĐŚŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞConvenorHelen Swiney (04) 233 9978 [email protected]
SecretaryD ĂƌLJĞĐŬĞƩ (04) 233 1655 ŵĂƌLJďĞĐŬĞƩ Λ džƚƌĂĐŽ Ŷnj
TreasurerLesley & Peter Anderson (04) 232 4533 [email protected]
ŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞD ĞŵďĞƌƐPat Brocklebank (04) 233 0217 [email protected]
(Resources & Library Liaison)
Nola Clark (04) 232 4874 [email protected](Raffle)
Peter Gibson (04) 237 8657 [email protected];E Ğǁ ƐůĞƩ ĞƌWƵďůŝĐŝƚLJΘt ĞďƐŝƚĞ E ' ŽƵŶĐŝůůŽƌͿ
Elwyn Goldsbury (04) 239 8431 [email protected](Programme)
Gill Knox (04) 233 8863 [email protected](NZSG Councillor)
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7.25pm on the second Wednesday of the month,February to November inclusive.
E ŽƚƐƵƌĞǁ ŚĞƌĞƚŽĮ ŶĚƚŚŝŶŐƐĂƚďƌĂŶĐŚŵĞĞƟŶŐƐPerhaps this floor plan will assist?
ƌĂŶĐŚE ŽƟĐĞďŽĂƌĚMembers’ Interests ListdŚĞďƌĂŶĐŚŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐůŝƐƚ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶĞĚďLJ>ŽƌƌĂŝŶĞΘůŝī D ĂƩ ŚĞǁ Ɛ ĐĂŶďĞǀ ŝĞǁ ĞĚĂƚŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ /ĨLJŽƵŚĂǀ ĞŶŽƚůŝƐƚĞĚLJŽƵƌŽǁ ŶŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ ƉůĞĂƐĞĚŽƐŽďLJĐŽŶƚĂĐƟŶŐ>ŽƌƌĂŝŶĞŽƌůŝī ŽŶ;ϬϰͿϮϯϰϳ Ϯϰϭ
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