This Post takes the details of Skipper Pou Hemi from the book “The Sounds Soldiers’ Memorial” by Alistair Mackenzie. I bought this book from the Linkwater petrol station after some advice from Sharyn Smith who had a copy that I had a look at. There were no copies left on the shelf, however the woman […]
Just a quick update that I have had some print outs arrive from the Births, Deaths, and Marriages website. Each print out cost $25 with a $5 courier fee, however it is worth it. Below is a summary of the information I received. Ronald Stewart Cameron Birth printout Marriage printout Death printout Walter Cameron Birth […]
While staying with my parents in Blenheim, they were requested to help with a memorial headstone unveilling and the scattering of ashes of Hannah Mirea Howard. This was done in the bay where our family batch is, Anakoha Bay. In the bay, when it was used for milling native timber, the Cootes, Walker, and Collins […]
As I have been recently visiting some cemeteries I came up with a problem. Earlier this year I set aside some graves to investigate in the Rangitiki and Manawatu regions. I had a basic list of people and had the cemeteries they were in. When set out to investigate these cemeteries, it started to rain […]
It has been a busy Christmas break. Work has been very busy right up to the last day, then straight after Christmas it has been busy with the Waipu Highland Games, then travelling south to Blenheim visiting some cemeteries on the way for some family research. First there was the Northcote Invitational competition on December […]
I thought that I would create this post to show what resources I use for my genealogy research. This includes free and paid services. It can be a bit overwhelming when starting out on family research on what to do and what to spend money on. It is also important when updating public sites or […]
I have recently asked someone to help find some information after I found an age discrepancy across 2 records relating to travel. I expected a simple answer of yes, here is the information, or no the information no longer exists. What I got was a whole line of new questions regarding the ages of my […]
My Grandfather made this video when he was still alive to explain his family heritage. I have cleaned it up and added high definition pictures from his collection and uploaded to social media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKiXoBWKX9k
I am planning few updates over the next few weeks to this blog. Currently the posts have mainly been what I have been upto, but as I am now hoping to add some substance to it via these updates. I will be reconsidering updating the blog look and feel, maybe even updating the current logo, […]
Photo of my Grandfather outside Achnacarry Castle, home of Lochiel, Clan Chief of Clan Cameron. Photo was taken sometime in the 1980s, I will update the date when I find it.
