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Wordless Wednesday - Robert & Sarah EVANS [nee KITCHENER] of Rangiora

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- June 30, 2010

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Sandy: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Ex (& always) Cantabrian; Collection Manager- Social History & War History at Auckland War Memorial Museum since 2008. Avid genealogist for 46+ years. Rampant taphophiliac; ephemera collector; lover of Canterbury history; enjoy digital photography; cemetery trawling and headstones; memento mori and 1:12 miniatures. Honorary Life Member & volunteer researcher for The Friends of Linwood Cemetery Charitable Trust.

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GENEALOGICAL FREEBIES

Free Genealogy Stuff & Worthwhile Freebies

ONLINE NZ GENEALOGICAL RELATED DATABASES

Archway - NZ Archives search facility
Cemeteries
Cenotaph - Auckland War Memorial Museum
Christchurch City Council cemetery database
Embarkation list - Boer War
Index to historical births, deaths & marriages [best not in IE]
NZ Gazette
Paperspast - Digitised newspapers
Pre-1839 foreigners in NZ

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Alexander Turnbull Library
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Historic Places Trust
Lost Christchurch
NZ History online
NZ Probates - Some now available on familysearch.org
NZ's National Army Museum
Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand [link to their blog in blog list]
The Community Archive, New Zealand’s hub for archival collections
War art online - Archives New Zealand

AUSTRALIAN LINKS

Newspapers online 1803 - 1954
The complete Australasian history and genealogy events resource
Victoria - historical indexes compiled from a range of sources

ENGLISH, SCOTTISH,WELSH & IRISH LINKS

Census of Ireland 1901/1911
Central database forUK burials & cremations
Free B, M D's
GENUKI - United Kingdom & Ireland
Historic Hospital Admission Records Project
Irish emigration database
London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes
National Library of Ireland

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'Garden of Imagination' on youtube - miniature tutorials
Fantastic free monthly miniature magazine
Grace White on Flickr - fantastic minaturist!
Massive amount of printies etc here
Polymer clay and information
Printable minis - cereal etc
Wrapping papers

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Artline Memorials - Waikato
Current bankruptcies, liquidations etc [some archived info till 2007]
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1:12 scale Genealogists study - part 2

- March 21, 2010

Another satisfying afternoon continuing on my diorama. This time, concentrating on making 'bricks' for the exterior. Cutting the 'bricks' for the exterior. These are made from egg cartons. After this, each corner of the brick is cut off ever so tiny so that it gives a more realistic look when glued on the diorama. Colouring the 'bricks' with soft pastels until i get the shades i want. The 'bricks' are then affixed to the diorama box A 'spacer' is used to ensure level placement of the bricks and an even space to 'grout' later to complete the job. Row upon row.... Close up of the 'bricks'. Egg cartons are fabulous for this! Corner shot Taking shape. VERY time consuming... preparation of these bricks and affixing took 3 hours, but VERY satisfying :-) ©2010 Sarndra Lees

Christchurch post earthquake - insurance woes

- August 20, 2011

It has been a harrowing time the past few months and the future is uncertain.... I suppose everyone's future is, but sometimes we can buffer ourselves from unexpected nasty surprises. I used to be able to, but now through no fault of my own - I can't. I am talking about my house insurance in post quake Christchurch. I moved to Auckland 4 years ago...exactly - August 2007. I had always had house, contents and car insurance for at least a couple of decades with AMI but as I was renting my house out in Christchurch, I had to relinquish the house insurance as AMI at this time did not offer a landlord package. Instead I opted to go with Prosure Max Landlord Insurance through 'Insurer Services Limited' [now 'The Insurance Group'] in Auckland. This policy would be underwritten by China Taiping Insurance NZ [CTINZ], a fully registered NZ insurance company and falls under the Insurance and Savings Ombudsman. I left the care of my house in the hands of

The murder of Emily KEELING
Auckland 1886

- March 06, 2010

Emily and her parents grave* Click for Updated photo of the grave by 'Timespanner' 1 January 2011 LOVE AND CRIME Fearful double tragedy at Arch Hill A young lady shot by her lover A thrill of horror ran through the town last evening when it became known that the horrible crimes of murder and suicide had been committed at Arch Hill. The sad news was first conveyed to the Newton Police Station by a youth named Arthur Shannon, who at that time simply knew of the suicide of the murderer. Constable Clark sent word to the central police station, and at once proceeded to the scene of the crime. It was not until some time afterwards that it was known that the perpetrator of the rash act had also committed the fearful crime of murder. It subsequently transpired that, as usual in these sad affairs, love might be considered as the cause of the crime. The Particulars It appears that a young girl named... Emily Mary KEELING... ...who would have been 18 years of age next month, was proceedin

Mini sushi

- November 21, 2009

I wanted to attempt making miniature sushi so i have. My friendly entomologist at work suggest i make a cockroach to put on them, so i did and have made a sushi board and cockroach just for him! Sushi board and cockroach 3 little cockroaches - talk about fiddly to do..i'll have to perfect them too but from a distance they look rather cool :-) One sushi cane does many sushi make! i must have got about 300 of them all up.

The Kennedy ancestral hunt

- October 20, 2009

I have recently discovered the demise of my G G Grandparents Anthony [aka John] and Mary KENNEDY nee MCCOOK. Mary MCCOOK was born in Armoy, Co. Antrim, Ireland in 1849, to William and Lilly MCCOOK [nee MCLEAN] and was the eldest of 6 children. Anthony John KENNEDY's trade was listed as a carpenter. He was born in Co. Antrim, Ireland and was the son of William KENNEDY, a blacksmith. They married 20 November 1873 at the Balleymoney Registry office, Balleymoney, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Mary was 6 months pregnant and gave birth to their son Thomas Veruna Rowe KENNEDY on 20 February 1874 [he married Helen SELBIE] and within days the three of them were on board 'Varuna' via Glasgow heading to New Zealand. They settled in Christchurch and went on to have another 10 children William , Mary, Margaret Moore, John, Anthony, James, Arthur, Hugh, John William [my g grandfather] and Lena Theresa. Mary and Anthony had been an enigma to me for decades. From previous

George MCQUAY ... A soldier lost and found...

- July 27, 2013

Pre war photo of George McQuay "...with fine determined face and almost sartorial fastidiousness just before he enlisted from Auckland with the Fifth Contingent." We have such a better understanding of the impacts of post traumatic stress disorder [PTSD] nowadays. One of the tragedies of World War 1 was that of course mental illness was not perceived as an illness per se. The impact on men suffering after witnessing horrific sights and/or battle shocks has become well known now. The angst caused to many families with men arriving back home having to recuperate, changed forever can't be imagined in some cases - very few support systems in place at that time. I have recently found the story of a Kiwi soldier who appears to have suffered much. After absenting without leave, he was considered a deserter, only to have that status rescinded in 1928 when he was identified in a 'mental hospital' in Sydney, Australia, a decade after disappea

The Coachhouse, Balcairn, Nth Canterbury, New Zealand 1877 - 1993

- February 27, 2010

The Coachhouse at Balcairn [32 Cornwall Terrace] was built around 1877 by John LISTER who was born in 1833 at Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. He arrived in Lyttelton, New Zealand onboard the Clontarf* on 5 January 1859[1]. He was listed as 26 and a shepherd. It seems that Sarah MARTIN aged approximately 27 also was on the Clontarf [with possibly her sisters]. John "was a churchwarden for many years and taught in the Sunday school, was a member of the school committee, and always ready to help in any good cause or assist a neighbour." [9]. They had much to do with the lovely church which has been a private home for many many years now. John and Sarah LISTER nee MARTIN[8] They had at least 9 children: Sarah Ellen LISTER born 18 April 1862 [4] Sarah married William MARTIN [note this was also her mothers maiden name] and marriage registered as 1879/1340. Their Children: Ellen Bertha MARTIN [registered 1879/6895] Ettiel [sic] MARTIN [registered 1880/1

Carlo BERGAMINI - an unassuming grave for a sculptor

- March 04, 2013

Often as I'm walking around a cemetery, I come across graves that I think may hold a story solely due to the persons name... Carlo's grave was one of those and what a story I found! Carlo's headstone belied what an amazing talent he had in his trade as a stonemason and the designer of 5 major South African War memorials in New Zealand. Those at Dunedin, Waimate, P almerston, Riverton and Oamaru. His unassuming headstone in Bromley Cemetery at Block 23 Plot 135 , Christchurch states: Carlo BERGAMINI 1870 - 1934 R - I - P He had resided in New Zealand 47 years at the time of his death and he lived at 50 Buckleys Road, Linwood. This in itself was a fascinating thing to find out, because for many years being a citizen in Avondale, Christchurch, I often passed this run down house situated beside East gate Mall on the way to my grandparents house and wondered what its history may have been! Carlo Be

The COGAR children

- October 28, 2012

How fascinating I find trawling the pages of paperspast Yesterday was no exception when I became totally sidetracked from the research I was doing on one of the hundreds of graves I've photographed and picked up on a rather sad story. This news article drew me in. The thought of these 2 wee boys alone in the world and feeling unwanted, so I thought I'd do a 'quick' search and see what I could find on them...well I should know by now that I get totally absorbed and it is NEVER a quick research *grin*. The following took up my whole afternoon and night but such a fascinating journey and of course more questions are posed rather than gaining all the answers. Firstly, let's start with John and George's dilemma... Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7018, 21 March 1888, Page 6 NEGLECTED CHILDREN. –John Vivian Cogar [sic] and George Vivian Paul Cogar, [sic] aged eight and five respectively, were charged with being neglected children. Inspector Pender sai

Making connections - the s.s. Tainui Disaster

- August 31, 2015

I snap thousands of grave and memorial photos. Of course sometimes they 'ring bells' in my head as the various facts come together during research. New Zealand is a small world after all and lives of those who have crossed each others paths for some reason or other does happen. Here are a couple that have that connection and one of them, Charles WILLIAMS provided a few surprises. The s.s. Tainui Disaster [32] The Tainui which was a wooden cargo vessel, was carrying a load of benzine that it was ill equipped to do so. The inevitable happened, she exploded near Shag Rock on the Canterbury Coast, off Gore Bay in North Canterbury and all but 1 of the 9 crew were drowned on 16th September 1919. [1] Excerpts from Paperspast well cover the story. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 7221, 17 September 1919, Page 5 Lifeboat Capsizes when Launched The Tainui went ashore about four miles North of Gore Bay, the spot being marked by clouds of black