NEWSLETTER - FEBRUARY 2015
PORIRUA
BRANCH
www.poriruagenealogy.org.nz
Convenor’s Comment
Hello everyone and Happy New Year.
What a lovely start to the summer we have enjoyed in Porirua. The garden and
the beach have competed with the computer and the paper pile for my
ĂƩ ĞŶƟŽŶƚŚŽƵŐŚ͙ ͘ ͘
/ŚĂǀ ĞďĞĞŶƌĞĐĞŝǀ ŝŶŐƌĞŐƵůĂƌĞŵĂŝůƐĨƌŽŵdŚĞE ĂƟŽŶĂůƌĐŚŝǀ ĞƐĂƚ<Ğǁ ƐŝŶĐĞ
ǀ ŝƐŝƟŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚƚŚĞƐĞŚĂǀ ĞƉƌŽǀ ĞĚǀ ĞƌLJŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ;ĂŶĚƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŶŐ͕ ĂƐŽŶůLJϱй ŽĨƚŚĞŝƌƌĞĐŽƌĚ
ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶŝƐĂǀ ĂŝůĂďůĞƚŽǀ ŝĞǁ ĂŶĚĚŽǁ ŶůŽĂĚŽŶůŝŶĞͿ͘ ' ŽƚŽŶĂƟŽŶĂůĂƌĐŚŝǀ ĞƐ͘ ŐŽǀ ͘ ƵŬͬ ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐƚŽƐŝŐŶƵƉ
for emails or to view the site and remember your NZSG membership allows free downloading of Wills
ĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚƐǀ ŝĂ ŝƐĐŽǀ ĞƌLJ͘dŚĞE ĂƟŽŶĂůƌĐŚŝǀ ĞƐƐŝƚĞĂůƐŽŚĂƐŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐƉŽĚĐĂƐƚƐƚŽůŝƐƚĞŶƚŽ–
Ăǀ ĂŝůĂďůĞĂƚƚŚĞŵŽŵĞŶƚŝƐƚŚĞŝƌt ƌŝƚĞƌŽĨƚŚĞD ŽŶƚŚ͕ dƌĂĐLJŽƌŵĂŶƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐŚĞƌŝŽŐƌĂƉŚLJŽŶdŚŽŵĂƐ
Cromwell.
ůŽƐĞƌƚŽŚŽŵĞǁ ĞŚĂǀ ĞŽƵƌĮ ƌƐƚŵĞĞƟŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞLJĞĂƌŽŶt ĞĚŶĞƐĚĂLJƚŚĞϭϭth February. Our topic is “Ups
ĂŶĚ Žǁ ŶƐŽĨZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ͟ ĂŶĚ/ĂŵƌĞĂůůLJůŽŽŬŝŶŐĨŽƌǁ ĂƌĚƚŽŚĞĂƌŝŶŐĂůůLJŽƵƌĞdžĐŝƟŶŐĚŝƐĐŽǀ ĞƌŝĞƐĂŶĚďƌŝĐŬ
walls. If you (like me) haven’t made much progress with research then instead bring an item or a photoŐƌĂƉŚLJŽƵǁ ŽƵůĚůŝŬĞƚŽƐŚĂƌĞǁ ŝƚŚƚŚĞŐƌŽƵƉ͘ dŚĞƐĞŵĞĞƟŶŐƐĂƌĞĂůǁ ĂLJƐƐŽŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐĂŶĚ/ŝŶǀ ĂƌŝĂďůLJ
ĐŽŵĞĂǁ ĂLJǁ ŝƚŚĞdžĐŝƟŶŐŝĚĞĂƐĂŶĚĂƌĞŶĞǁ ĞĚĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ͘
t ĞĂƌĞůŽŽŬŝŶŐĨŽƌǁ ĂƌĚƚŽĂŶĞdžĐŝƟŶŐLJĞĂƌŽĨƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚĂŶĚĚŝƐĐŽǀ ĞƌLJƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͙ ͙
Helen
Access to Births, Deaths, Marriages records to be reviewed
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon Peter Dunne, recently announced a review of access to Births,
ĞĂƚŚƐĂŶĚD ĂƌƌŝĂŐĞƐ; D ͿƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ͘ dŚĞĞdžŝƐƟŶŐ D ĂĐĐĞƐƐƌƵůĞƐĐĂŵĞŝŶƚŽĨŽƌĐĞŽŶϮϱ:ĂŶƵĂƌLJϮϬϬϵ
ǁ ŝƚŚƚŚĞƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƚŚĞLJǁ ŽƵůĚďĞƌĞǀ ŝĞǁ ĞĚĂŌĞƌĮ ǀ ĞLJĞĂƌƐ͘ ŝƌƚŚƐ͕ ĞĂƚŚƐĂŶĚD ĂƌƌŝĂŐĞƌĞĐŽƌĚƐĂƌĞ
ƵƐĞĚďLJŵĂŶLJE Ğǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŚĞůƉĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚƚŚĞŝƌŝĚĞŶƟƚLJ͕ƚŽƚƌĂĐĞƚŚĞŝƌĨĂŵŝůLJŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ͕ĂŶĚĨŽƌŵĂŶLJ
other reasons.
“The Government wants to test whether current rules on how people access government held birth,
ĚĞĂƚŚ͕ ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ͕ Đŝǀ ŝůƵŶŝŽŶĂŶĚŶĂŵĞĐŚĂŶŐĞƌĞĐŽƌĚƐĂƌĞĂĚĞƋƵĂƚĞĂŶĚĞī ĞĐƟǀ Ğ͘ dŚĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚŽĨ
Internal Affairs is reviewing the rules and wants to hear what users of the service think of their usefulness
ĂŶĚǁ ŚĞƚŚĞƌƚŚĞLJĂƌĞƐƟůůĂƉƉůŝĐĂďůĞ͘ ͞ dŚĞƌĞǀ ŝĞǁ ǁ ŝůůnot ůŽŽŬĂƚŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶƐŚĂƌŝŶŐĂŶĚͬ ŽƌĚĂƚĂ
ŵĂƚĐŚŝŶŐďĞƚǁ ĞĞŶŐŽǀ ĞƌŶŵĞŶƚĂŐĞŶĐŝĞƐŽƌĂĐĐĞƐƐƚŽƐƉĞĐŝĮ ĐĂůůLJƉƌŽƚĞĐƚĞĚŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͟ ͕ ƐĂŝĚD ƌ ƵŶŶĞ͘
/ŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚŵĞŵďĞƌƐŽĨƚŚĞƉƵďůŝĐĂŶĚŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶĂůƵƐĞƌƐŽĨƚŚĞƐĞƌǀ ŝĐĞĂƌĞĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚƚŽŚĂǀ ĞƚŚĞŝƌƐĂLJ
and 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.
WŽƌŝƌƵĂƌĂŶĐŚE ^' E Ğǁ ƐůĞƩ ĞƌE Ž͘ ϴϰ
February 2015
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ƌĂŶĐŚD ĞĞƟŶŐWƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ
11 February
Ups and Downs of Research - a group discussion
sharing summer research experiences
11 March
guest speaker Bill Jackson - All over IT
ůŽŽŬŝŶŐĂŌĞƌLJŽƵƌĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌĂŶĚďĂĐŬŝŶŐƵƉ
5 minute talk
Pam 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 correspondence
records on Archway
ƌĂŶĐŚŶŶƵĂů' ĞŶĞƌĂůD ĞĞƟŶŐ
What is meant by ‘the United Kingdom’?
dŚĞƌĞŝƐŽŌĞŶĐŽŶĨƵƐŝŽŶĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞĚŝī ĞƌĞŶĐĞďĞƚǁ ĞĞŶƚŚĞƚĞƌŵƐ
ŶŐůĂŶĚ͕ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͕ ' ƌĞĂƚƌŝƚĂŝŶ͕ ƚŚĞh ŶŝƚĞĚ<ŝŶŐĚŽŵ͕ ĂŶĚƚŚĞƌŝƟƐŚ/ƐůĞƐ͘ h ŶƟůĨĂŝƌůLJƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJƚŚĞƚĞƌŵŶŐůĂŶĚŽŌĞŶƌĞĨĞƌƌĞĚƚŽŶŐůĂŶĚĂŶĚ
Wales, however, England & Wales are more correctly described as
Britain, a term that derives from the Roman name Britannia.
In 1801 Great Britain and Ireland became the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland following acts passed by both parliaments (although
ƚŚĞ/ƌŝƐŚƉĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚǁ ĂƐĨĂƌĨƌŽŵƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀ ĞŽĨŝƚƐƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶͿ͘
In 1922 the Irish Free State was created, so from that point onwards it
was the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
dŚĞƌŝƟƐŚ/ƐůĞƐŝƐĂŐĞŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĂůƚĞƌŵĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƐůĂŶĚƐŽĨ/ƌĞůĂŶĚ
and 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 ŶĚŵLJƉĂƐƚ͘ ĐŽ͘ ƵŬĚŽĞƐŶŽƚŝŶĐůƵĚĞ
Ireland, not even Northern Ireland (although there are some
ĞdžĐĞƉƟŽŶƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚĂƐƉĂƐƐĞŶŐĞƌůŝƐƚƐĂŶĚĂƌŵLJƌĞĐŽƌĚƐͿ͖
 ƚŚĞWƌĞŵŝƵŵƐƵďƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶĂƚŶĐĞƐƚƌLJ͘ĐŽ͘ ƵŬŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ/ƌŝƐŚ
records.
Obituaries from The Dominion Post Newspaper
Is there anyone out there who subscribes to the Dominion Post? We are looking for someone who is
ǁ ŝůůŝŶŐƚŽƌĞŐƵůĂƌůLJĐƵƚŽƵƚƚŚĞŽďŝƚƵĂƌŝĞƐŝŶƚŚĂƚƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ͘ /ĨLJŽƵĂƌĞŬĞĞŶƚŽĮ ůůƚŚŝƐƌŽůĞ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞŐĞƚŝŶ
touch with Carole Deveraux at Projects [email protected] or give Gill Knox a ring. It would
be a great way to help the Society.
WŽƌŝƌƵĂƌĂŶĐŚE ^' E Ğǁ ƐůĞƩ ĞƌE Ž͘ ϴϰ
February 2015
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ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚD ĂƩ ĞƌƐ
, ƵŶƟŶŐƚŚĞŵŝŐƌĂŶƚ– Edmund Tucker PRESS
– Conclusion
^ŝŶĐĞŶŽƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚŵĞƚŚŽĚŽŶůŝŶĞŽĨŽďƚĂŝŶŝŶŐĂϭϵϮϬƐh ŶŝƚĞĚ^ƚĂƚĞƐĚĞĂƚŚĐĞƌƟĮ ĐĂƚĞ
was available I was advised by the pay site VitalChek to telephone the County
ZĞĐŽƌĚĞƌ;ůĞƌŬΖƐK ĸ ĐĞͿƚŽĞŶƋƵŝƌĞĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞƐĞĂƌĐŚǁ ŝƚŚŽƵƚŵĞŶƟŽŶŝŶŐ/ŶŐůĞǁ ŽŽĚ
;ͿƐŝŶĐĞƚŚĂƚǁ ĂƐŶŽƚƚŚĞĐŝƚLJŽĨĚĞĂƚŚ;ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚŝŶĂƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶͿ͘ /
ŶĞĞĚĞĚƚŚĞŶƚŽƉŚŽŶĞƚŚĞĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚŽĨWƵďůŝĐ, ĞĂůƚŚ;ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂs ŝƚĂů^ƚĂƟƐƟĐƐŝƐƉĂƌƚŽĨƚŚĂƚ
and can look up records in any of the 58 States) in case the record had become Public Record, since the
death was in 1920 - almost 100 years ago. I told her he definitely died in California and was asked to send
ĂůůƚŚĞĞdž
ƚƌĂŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ/ŚĂĚŽŶŚŝŵ͕ ĂůŽŶŐǁ ŝƚŚƚŚĞĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶĨŽƌŵŽŶůŝŶĞƵƐĞĚďLJŽƚŚĞƌŵŽƌƚĂůƐ͕ ďƵƚ
ďLJƉŽƐƚ͘ ŶLJƌĞƉůLJŵƵƐƚŐŽďLJh ^D Ăŝů͕ŶŽƚĞŵĂŝů͘dŚĞĞdžƚƌĂŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ/ŚĂĚŽŶĚŵƵŶĚdƵĐŬĞƌWZ^^͛ Ɛ
death was his birth date and place of birth, his parents names, where he lived in New Zealand, when he
ĞŵŝŐƌĂƚĞĚƚŽƚŚĞh ^͕ ŚŝƐƉŽƌƚŽĨĞŶƚƌLJ͕ŚŝƐŽĐĐƵƉĂƟŽŶ͕ 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 you
will smile to know it cost more than the USD16 I
avoided before and had to pay USD21 and not
only that but it cost NZD25 and the bank cheque
NZD30. With gay abandon I sent the form, the
ĐŚĞƋƵĞĂŶĚĞdžƚƌĂŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶŽī ƚŽĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ
Department of Public Health in Sacramento on
August 19th, with no inkling that it was two days
before the earthquake at Napa, which is only
101.64km away! Apparently they didn’t miss a
ďĞĂƚ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ/ƌĞĐĞŝǀ ĞĚĂĚĞĂƚŚĐĞƌƟĮ ĐĂƚĞŝŶ
October.
An earlier search of the on line newspapers in the
death area didn’t appear to have noted his death,
ďƵƚĂŌĞƌƚŚĞĚĞĂƚŚĐĞƌƟĮ ĐĂƚĞĂƌƌŝǀ ĞĚ͕ /ůŽŽŬĞĚĂƚ
them again and found something. I had not
associated ‘car’ with ‘railway’. The print is patchy
so here is a transcripton:
‘Monolith Worker killed by Car - ƐůŝƉƐƵŶĚĞƌK ƌĞĂƌƌŝĞƌƐ͗ ůŝǀ ĞƐďƌŝĞĨƟŵĞĂŌĞƌ ĐĐŝĚĞŶƚ
Ed 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’s
work. He was riding on a long string of cars hauling rock when he slipped and fell between the cars. The
ĨŽůůŽǁ ŝŶŐĐĂƌƌĂŶŽǀ ĞƌŚŝƐďŽĚLJ͘, ĞŽŶůLJůŝǀ ĞĚĂƐŚŽƌƚƟŵĞĂŌĞƌǁ ĂƌĚƐ͘
Press is 35 years old and has been employed at the United States Cement plant, formerly belonging to
the city of Los Angeles, there, for one month͘ , ŝƐŽŶůLJƐƵƌǀ ŝǀ ŝŶŐƌĞůĂƟǀ ĞƐĂƌĞŚŝƐƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͕ ůŝǀ ŝŶŐŝŶE Žǀ Ă
^ĐŽƟĂ͘ Friends living in Los Angeles will have charge of the funeral arrangements. The body was brought
to the Dixon-Flickinger undertaking parlour here. The undertaker shipped the body to Los Angeles for
burial last night.’
- from ‘The Bakersfield Californian’ Monday, October 18, 1920
dŚĞĚĞĂƚŚŶŽƟĐĞƌĞĂĚ͗
‘PRESS.—On October 16, at Inglewood, near Los Angeles, California, by accident, Edmund Tucker, youngest 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
WŽƌŝƌƵĂƌĂŶĐŚE ^' E Ğǁ ƐůĞƩ ĞƌE Ž͘ ϴϰ
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dŚĞƌĞĂƌĞĚŝƐĐƌĞƉĂŶĐŝĞƐŝŶďŽƚŚŶĞǁ ƐŝƚĞŵƐ;ŝƚĂůŝĐŝƐĞĚͿĂŶĚŵŽƌĞŝŶƚŚĞĚĞĂƚŚĐĞƌƟĮ ĐĂƚĞ͕ ďƵƚ/ďĞůŝĞǀ ĞĂůů
ƚŚƌĞĞĐŽŶĐĞƌŶŵLJŐƌĞĂƚŐƌĞĂƚƵŶĐůĞ͕ ďĂƐĞĚŽŶǁ ŚĂƚ/ŬŶŽǁ ͘ /ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƚŚĂƚƚŚĞ͚ŽŶůLJƌĞůĂƟǀ ĞƐ͘ ͘ ͘ ͘ ͛ ĐŽƵůĚŚĂǀ Ğ
been recorded by a reporter in shortened form as in ‘N.S.’ or ‘N.Z.’ and then misread later, or the
ĂďďƌĞǀ ŝĂƟŽŶĨĞůůŝŶƚŽĂŐĂƉŽĨŝŐŶŽƌĂŶĐĞĂŶĚǁ ĂƐƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞǁ ƌŝƩ ĞŶE Žǀ Ă^ĐŽƟĂǁ ĂƐƵƐĞĚŝŶƐƚĞĂĚĂƐĂ
more 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 ^ĞŶƐƵƐĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚŝŶ
ŚŝƐ͚/ŶƚĞŶƟŽŶƚŽE ĂƚƵƌĂůŝnjĞ͛ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͕ ďƵƚ/ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚƚŚĞLJǁ ĞƌĞŶŽƚƚŽŚĂŶĚĂƚƚŚĞƟŵĞŽĨƚŚĞĂŬĞƌƐĮ ĞůĚ
newspaper item.
His friends in LA who were to take charge of his burial were, perhaps, his house mates from the 1920
census: John L. Harris (46, born in Wales), John J. Shea (49, born in Michigan) and James Dawson (46, born
in 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
ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝŶĂƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌƟĐůĞ͕ ĂŶĚŶŽǁ ƚŚŝƐƚŚŝƌĚĂŶĚĐŽŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐŽŶĞ͘ dŚĂŶŬLJŽƵ͕ ĂƌďĂƌĂ– Editor
Papers Past
dŚŝƐƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞŚĂĚƐŽŵĞŶĞǁ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶƐŵŝĚϮϬϭϰ͗ ŚĂƌůĞƐƚŽŶƌŐƵƐϭϴϲϳ ͕ >ĂŬĞt ĂŬĂƟƉD Ăŝůϭϴϲϯ -1920,
>LJĞůůdŝŵĞƐĂŶĚĞŶƚƌĂůƵůůĞƌ' ĂnjĞƩ Ğϭϴϴϱ-1886, Manawatu Standard 1913-1915, Manawatu Times
1912-1915, Mt Benger Mail 1881-1920, Press 1921-1928, Pukekohe and Waiuku Times 1912-1920,
Star 1910-1914, Sun 1914-1915, Waikato Times 1902-1918.
A different way
of displaying a
family tree -
photographed by
some friends when
viewed on public
display while they
were recently
touring the South
Island - Editor.
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Websites:
www.castlegarden.org ƚŚĞĂƐƚůĞǁ ĂƐŵĞƌŝĐĂΖƐĮ ƌƐƚŽĸ ĐŝĂůŝŵŵŝŐƌĂƟŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĞ͘ ŽŶƚĂŝŶƐĂĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞŽĨ
passenger ships that sailed to the Americas between 1820 and 1913 and is indexed by passenger name.
ǁ ǁ ǁ ͘ ƵŬŵĬ ͘ ŽƌŐ͘ ƵŬ UK Military Family History on the internet - a directory to other websites to help you
find 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 and
ĞůƐĞǁ ŚĞƌĞŝŶƚŚĞƌŝƟƐŚ/ƐůĞƐ͘
www.historicaldirectories.org ĚŝŐŝƟƐĞĚWŽƐƚK ĸ ĐĞĂŶĚƚƌĂĚĞĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌŝĞƐŝŶŶŐůĂŶĚ͕ ƐŽŵĞĂƐĨĂƌďĂĐŬĂƐ
the 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-ŵĞƌƐĞLJƟŵĞƐ͘ ĐŽ͘ ƵŬ birth, marriage, divorce and deaths, bankruptcies, crimes, missing persons
and much more from old Liverpool newspapers. (^ƚƌĂƞŽƌĚƌĂŶĐŚŶĞǁ ƐůĞƩ Ğƌ)
www.genealogybranches.com
This website, run by Joe Beine, has been around since 2003 and is most useful for those interested in
h ^͕ ĂŶĂĚŝĂŶĂŶĚ/ƌŝƐŚƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ;ƌĞŇĞĐƟŶŐ:ŽĞ͛ ƐŽǁ ŶŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐͿ͘ /ƚƉƌŽǀ ŝĚĞƐĂƌƟĐůĞƐ͕ ƟƉƐĂŶĚƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ
guides, with links to other websites where the data may be found, such as indexed USA county histories.
;ZŝĐĐĂƌƚŽŶƌĂŶĐŚŶĞǁ ƐůĞƩ ĞƌͿ
ŚƩ Ɖ͗ ͬ ͬ ǁ ǁ ǁ ͘ ƐƚĂƚƐ͘ ŐŽǀ ƚ͘ ŶnjͬďƌŽǁ ƐĞͺ ĨŽƌͺ ƐƚĂƚƐͬ ƐŶĂƉƐŚŽƚƐ-of-nz/ww100-infographic.aspx WW1 infographic
ĚŽŶĞďLJ^ƚĂƟƐƟĐƐE ͕ ƚŚĂƚŝƐŐŽŝŶŐƚŽďĞĂĚĚĞĚƚŽŽǀ ĞƌƟŵĞ͘
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 - Genealogy
links page is a good place to bookmark
www.genealogylinks.net/newzealand/new-zealand-maori-genealogy
A New Irish Website will be available mid 2015
dŚĞE ĂƟŽŶĂů>ŝďƌĂƌLJŽĨ/ƌĞůĂŶĚĂĚǀ ŝƐĞĚŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌϮϬϭϰƚŚĂƚŝƚŝƐƚŽŵĂŬĞĂůŵŽƐƚϰϬϬ͕ ϬϬϬŝŵĂŐĞƐŽĨ
Catholic parish register microfilms available online for free.
ŶŽĸ ĐŝĂůĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞŵĞŶƚƐƚĂƚĞĚƚŚĂƚƚŚĞE ĂƟŽŶĂů>ŝďƌĂƌLJŽĨ/ƌĞůĂŶĚ;E >/ͿŚĂƐƵŶǀ ĞŝůĞĚĚĞƚĂŝůƐŽĨŝƚƐŵŽƐƚ
ĂŵďŝƟŽƵƐĚŝŐŝƟƐĂƟŽŶƉƌŽũĞĐƚƚŽĚĂƚĞ͘ dŚĞƉƌŽũĞĐƚǁ ŝůůƐĞĞƚŚĞ>ŝďƌĂƌLJ͛ƐĞŶƟƌĞĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶŽĨĂƚŚŽůŝĐƉĂƌŝƐŚ
register microfilms made available online - for free - by summer 2015.
dŚĞƌĞĐŽƌĚƐĂƌĞĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚƚŚĞƐŝŶŐůĞŵŽƐƚŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚƐŽƵƌĐĞŽĨŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶŽŶ/ƌŝƐŚĨĂŵŝůLJŚŝƐƚŽƌLJƉƌŝŽƌ
ƚŽƚŚĞϭϵϬϭĞŶƐƵƐ͘ ĂƟŶŐĨƌŽŵƚŚĞϭϳ ϰϬƐƚŽƚŚĞϭϴϴϬƐ͕ ƚŚĞLJĐŽǀ Ğƌϭ͕ ϬϵϭƉĂƌŝƐŚĞƐƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ/ƌĞůĂŶĚ͕ ĂŶĚĐŽŶƐŝƐƚƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůLJŽĨďĂƉƟƐŵĂůĂŶĚŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ͘
See more at: ŚƩ Ɖ͗ ͬ ͬ ǁ ǁ ǁ ͘ ŝƌŝƐŚŐĞŶĞĂůŽŐLJŶĞǁ Ɛ͘ ĐŽŵͬ ηƐƚŚĂƐŚ͘ ^ƚD ƌƐnj͘ ĚƉƵĨ
and, note your diaries for mid 2015.
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News from NZSG Councillors Gill and Peter
dŚŝƐŶĞǁ ƐůĞƩ ĞƌŚĂƐĐŽŵĞŽƵƚũƵƐƚĂŌĞƌǁ ĞŚĂĚŽƵƌĮ ƌƐƚŽƵŶĐŝůŵĞĞƟŶŐŽĨƚŚĞLJĞĂƌ͘ ^Ž/ŚĂǀ ĞƚĂŬĞŶƚŚĞ
ƟŵĞƚŽĐĂƚĐŚƵƉǁ ŝƚŚƐŽŵĞŽĨŵLJŽǁ ŶĨĂŵŝůLJƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ͘ ^ŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĞƚŚŝŶŐƐƚŽĐŽŵĞŽƵƚŽĨƚŚĞůĂƐƚ
ŵĞĞƟŶŐĨŽƌϮϬϭϰǁ ĞƌĞ͗
Kiwi Index V2 ŝƐĐŽŵƉĂƟďůĞǁ ŝƚŚyW͕s ŝƐƚĂ͕ t ŝŶĚŽǁ Ɛϳ ͕ ϴ͕ ϴ͘ ϭ͕ 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 ĞŽƌƵƐĞĚĨƌŽŵƚŚĞŵĞŵŽƌLJƐƟĐŬ͘ dŚĞƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚĂƚĞĨŽƌ
V2 is early 2015 and it is hoped that V3 will be online for next release.
The New Zealand Genealogist. dŚĞ^ŽĐŝĞƚLJŝƐůŽŽŬŝŶŐĨŽƌǁ Ğůůǁ ƌŝƩ ĞŶ͕ ŐĞŶĞĂůŽŐŝĐĂůĂƌƟĐůĞƐǁ ŝƚŚŐŽŽĚ
ŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶƐĂŶĚͬ ŽƌƉŚŽƚŽƐ͘ t ŽƵůĚLJŽƵůŝŬĞƚŽǁ ƌŝƚĞĂŶĂƌƟĐůĞĨŽƌLJŽƵƌŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞΗThe New Zealand
Genealogist"? The themes for our future issues are:
April 2015: ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶĂŶĐĞƐƚƌLJ^ĐĂŶĚŝŶĂǀ ŝĂƚŽ/ƚĂůLJ͕ƌŽĂƟĂĂŶĚ' ƌĞĞĐĞ͖ &ƌĂŶĐĞƚŽZƵƐƐŝĂ͘ Family stories,
ŵŝŐƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ͘
June 2015: /ŵŵŝŐƌĂƟŽŶƐĐŚĞŵĞƐ͘ &ƌŽŵƚŚĞE Ğǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚŽŵƉĂŶLJĂŶĚĂŶƚĞƌďƵƌLJƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶƚŽάϭϬ
Poms and all in between.
dŚĞƌĞĂƌĞŵĂŶLJƉĞŽƉůĞŝŶŽƵƌƌĂŶĐŚƚŚĂƚŚĂǀ ĞĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŶŐƐƚŽƌŝĞƐƚŽƚĞůů͕ŝĨLJŽƵƚŚŝŶŬŚĂǀ ĞĂƐƚŽƌLJďƵƚ
ĚŽŶ͛ ƚŬŶŽǁ ŚŽǁ ƚŽŐŽĂďŽƵƚǁ ƌŝƟŶŐŝƚƐƉĞĂŬƚŽŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞĐŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞĂŶĚǁ Ğǁ ŝůůƉƵƚLJŽƵŝŶƚŽƵĐŚǁ ŝƚŚ
the right person.
ƌƟĐůĞƐŽĨĂŶLJƐƵďũĞĐƚƌĞůĞǀ ĂŶƚƚŽƚŚŝƐŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞĂŶĚǁ ŚŝĐŚŵĞĞƚƚŚĞƐƵďŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĐƌŝƚĞƌŝĂǁ ŝůůďĞ
considered. We especially seek how-ƚŽĂƌƟĐůĞƐďĂƐĞĚĂƌŽƵŶĚĂƐŽƵƌĐĞŽƌƐƵďũĞĐƚǁ ŚŝĐŚĞdžƉůĂŝŶƐ
relevance, access and use. See the most recent issue of "The New Zealand Genealogist" for details about
submissions, including deadlines.
Gill
ŶĐůŽƐĞĚǁ ŝƚŚƚŚĞ&ĞďƌƵĂƌLJĞĚŝƟŽŶŽĨƚŚĞŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ͕ ^ŽĐŝĞƚLJŵĞŵďĞƌƐǁ ŝůůƌĞĐĞŝǀ ĞĂŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨ
ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚƐƌĞůĂƟŶŐƚŽƚŚĞƉŽƐƚĂůǀ ŽƚĞĨŽƌŶĞǁ ƌƵůĞƐĨŽƌƚŚĞ^ŽĐŝĞƚLJ͘WůĞĂƐĞƌĞĂĚƚŚĞĚƌĂŌƌƵůĞƐĂŶĚƚŚĞ
ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚƐƚŚŽƌŽƵŐŚůLJƚŽŐĂŝŶĂĨƵůůƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚƉůĞĂƐĞĞŶƐƵƌĞLJŽƵĐĂƐƚLJŽƵǀ ŽƚĞƵƐŝŶŐ
the ballot paper provided and return it to the Society before the deadline of 17 April.
dŚĞĚƌĂŌŝŶŐŽĨŶĞǁ ƌƵůĞƐŚĂƐďĞĞŶďƌŽŬĞŶĚŽǁ ŶŝŶƚŽƚǁ ŽƐƚĂŐĞƐ͗
 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
/ƚŝƐĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞĚƚŚĂƚƚŚĞƐƚĂŐĞϭĚƌĂŌŝƐĐŽŵƉůĞdž͕ĂŶĚƚŚĞĚĞƚĂŝůƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƚŚĞƌƵŶŶŝŶŐŽĨĂŵŽĚĞƌŶ
ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶŝƐŶŽƚŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůLJĂŚŝŐŚƉƌŝŽƌŝƚLJĨŽƌƚŚŽƐĞǁ ŚŽƐŝŵƉůLJǁ ĂŶƚƚŽŐĞƚŽŶǁ ŝƚŚƚŚĞŝƌĨĂŵŝůLJ
ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ͘ ƵƚďĞŚŝŶĚƚŚĞƐĐĞŶĞƐǁ ĞŶĞĞĚĂŶĂƟŽŶĂůďŽĚLJƚŚĂƚŝƐƵƉǁ ŝƚŚƚŚĞƉůĂLJ͕ĂŶĚŐŝǀ ĞƐ
members a very high level of support and improved access to products and services.
Many of the by-ůĂǁ ƐĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞĚŝŶƚŚĞĞdžŝƐƟŶŐƌƵůĞƐǁ ĞƌĞĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚďĞƩ ĞƌƉůĂĐĞĚŝŶƚŚĞƌƵůĞƐƚŚĞŵͲ
selves, and many other by-laws that were more policies and procedures in nature will be transferred to
the Council’s Policies and Procedures Manual. This has resulted in the proposed By-Laws now covering
ďƌĂŶĐŚĞƐĂŶĚŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚŐƌŽƵƉƐŽŶůLJ͘dŽĐŽŵƉůLJǁ ŝƚŚƚŚĞĞdžŝƐƟŶŐƌƵůĞƐĂŶĚďLJ-laws, the changes to the
by-ůĂǁ Ɛǁ ŝůůŶĞĞĚƚŽďĞǀ ŽƚĞĚƵƉŽŶƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞůLJ͕ĂŶĚǁ ŝůůďĞĚŽŶĞĂƚƚŚĞ^ŽĐŝĞƚLJ͛ƐĂŶŶƵĂůŐĞŶĞƌĂůŵĞĞƟŶŐ
ƚŽďĞŚĞůĚŝŶƵĐŬůĂŶĚŽŶƚŚĞĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶŽĨ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ͕Ϯϳ :ƵŶĞϮϬϭϱ͘ Peter
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ƌĂŶĐŚŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞ
Convenor
Helen Swiney
(04) 233 9978
[email protected]
Secretary
D ĂƌLJĞĐŬĞƩ
(04) 233 1655
ŵĂƌLJďĞĐŬĞƩ Λ džƚƌĂ͘ ĐŽ͘ Ŷnj
Treasurer
Lesley & Peter Anderson
(04) 232 4533
[email protected]
[email protected]
ŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞD ĞŵďĞƌƐ
Pat Brocklebank
(04) 233 0217
(Resources & Library Liaison)
Nola Clark
(Raffle)
[email protected]
(04) 232 4874
[email protected]
Peter Gibson
(04) 237 8657
[email protected]
;E Ğǁ ƐůĞƩ Ğƌ͕ WƵďůŝĐŝƚLJΘt ĞďƐŝƚĞ͖ E ^' ŽƵŶĐŝůůŽƌͿ
Elwyn Goldsbury
(Programme)
(04) 239 8431
[email protected]
Gill Knox
(NZSG Councillor)
(04) 233 8863
[email protected]
ƌĂŶĐŚE ŽƟĐĞďŽĂƌĚ
Members’ Interests List
dŚĞďƌĂŶĐŚŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͛ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐůŝƐƚ͕ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶĞĚďLJ>ŽƌƌĂŝŶĞΘůŝī D ĂƩ ŚĞǁ Ɛ͕ ĐĂŶďĞǀ ŝĞǁ ĞĚĂƚŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ͘ /ĨLJŽƵŚĂǀ ĞŶŽƚůŝƐƚĞĚLJŽƵƌŽǁ ŶŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞĚŽƐŽďLJĐŽŶƚĂĐƟŶŐ>ŽƌƌĂŝŶĞŽƌůŝī ŽŶ;ϬϰͿϮϯ ϰϳ Ϯϰϭ͘
Transport
/ĨĂŶLJŽŶĞŝƐŚĂǀ ŝŶŐĚŝĸ ĐƵůƚLJŐĞƫ ŶŐƚŽďƌĂŶĐŚŵĞĞƟŶŐƐĂŶĚǁ ŽƵůĚůŝŬĞĂƌŝĚĞ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞĐŽŶƚĂĐƚŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞ
ĐŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞǁ ŚŽǁ ŝůůĞŶĚĞĂǀ ŽƵƌƚŽĮ ŶĚĂŵĞŵďĞƌŝŶLJŽƵƌĂƌĞĂƚŽƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚLJŽƵƚŽĂŶĚĨƌŽŵƚŚĞŵĞĞƟŶŐ͘
ƌĂŶĐŚD ĞĞƟŶŐs ĞŶƵĞ
, ĞůĞŶ^ŵŝƚŚŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJD ĞĞƟŶŐZŽŽŵ
Entrance
Members
Interests
Resources
February 2015
Branch
Membership
WŽƌŝƌƵĂƌĂŶĐŚE ^' E Ğǁ ƐůĞƩ ĞƌE Ž͘ ϴϰ
Raffle
E ŽƚƐƵƌĞǁ ŚĞƌĞƚŽĮ ŶĚƚŚŝŶŐƐĂƚďƌĂŶĐŚŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ͍
Perhaps this floor plan will assist?
Visitor
Info
7.25pm on the second Wednesday of the month,
February to November inclusive.
Badges
, ĞůĞŶ^ŵŝƚŚŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJD ĞĞƟŶŐZŽŽŵ͕ WĂƚĂŬĂ
Museum of Arts and Cultures, cnr Norrie and
Parumoana Streets, Porirua.
;ĂŌĞƌ-hours entrance off Norrie Street)
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