The Newsletter
Te Awamutu
Branch
NZ Society of
Genealogists
No 173
June 2007
Convenor: John Graham 871 8986
Email: jmrg@xtra.co.nz
Secretary: Karen Glew 871 7778
Email: kglew@xtra.co.nz
Treasurer: Sandra Metcalfe 871 3250
Email: Metcalfe@wave.co.nz
Editor at large: John Graham
Te Awamutu Website:
Email: jmrg@xtra.co.nz
www.teawamutu.net/genealogy
New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc. www.genealogy.org.nz
Meetings are held in the Masonic Centre, corner of Sloane Street and Albert Park
Drive, Te Awamutu, at 7.30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month – February to
December. Visitors are most welcome.
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Next Meeting: Tuesday 5 June will be a mixed bag! Peter Fletcher will bring in a copy
of the Domsday Book, Karen Glew will demonstrate the in's and out's of the 'Burial
Locater', Margaret Main to show members the new North Island Repository books and
an opportunity for members to search for information held on CDs.
If any member has a laptop and they are prepared to bring it in, it would be appreciated.
July meeting – Ken and Karen Glew will share their experiences from the annual
conference held over Queen's Birthday weekend.
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Convenor’s Corner:
Where is this year going? As we shortly be moving into the sixth month. Our last
meeting was very informative with Margaret, Bob and Keith from the Hamilton
computing group sharing their knowledge and expertise with the branch at the Te
Awamutu Primary School computer suite. Fifteen members attended and I am sure
learnt something new. For your information the websites mentioned at printed at the
back of this newsletter.
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Family History week 21 – 28 September 2007
Calling for ideas to mark the occasion? Last year we had a couple of static displays in the
National Bank and Paper Plus windows. If anyone has an idea and is willing to co-ordinate it, the
committee is keen to hear from you.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND & ABOUT
Morning Group:
A reminded that these are held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, Time 9.30 - 12 30 at
228 Longs Rd. (2nd house on left from Puahue Rd end.) Bring a problem and let's see
if we can help sort it!! This will recommence in February.
As mentioned previously the branch received a cheque for $700 from the organising
committee of last year's conference held in Hamilton for the assistance provided by
branch members.
The following items have been purchased thus far totalling $432.50:
Printer
NZ Burial Locator
Researching in Wellington
Researching in Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa
Researching in Taranaki, Wanganui, Rangitikei and Manawatu
Researching in Thames Valley, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, East Cape
Researching in Waikato, King County and Taupo
Researching in Auckland and Northland
2007 Cemetery Supplement and Hand Book
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Smile a While
Wife Vs Husband
A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word.
An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted to concede
their position.
As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs, the husband asked sarcastically,
"Relatives of yours?"
"Yep," the wife replied, "in-laws.
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REAL LIFE TALES WAITING TO BE UNVEILED:
The Taupo community is home to many unique real-life stories that are waiting to be
unveiled in an exclusive and collectable series. The Friends of the Museum, in
conjunction with Time of Your Life, a service which records life stories, has plans to
publish a series of books based on the lives of extraordinary people living in the
community. Many Taupo residents have valuable personal accounts relating to local,
national and international historical events. Their stories may be lost if measures are
not taken to preserve them for current and future generations.
For further information regarding Trevor Hosking’s book, the local series, please
contact John Crowley of the Friends of the Museum: ph: (07) 378 0547 C/- Lake
Taupo Museum and Art Gallery, Story Place, Taupo. Postal PO Box 2205, Taupo
MuseumFriends@xtra.co.nz
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ANCESTRY
The website ancestry.co now has a new
owner, son of the previous owner and
has decided to restrict what can be
viewed free and what information you
now have to pay for i.e. the 1841, 51,
61, 71, 81, 91 to 1901 census.
You can no longer view the original
census, the printout you are now
restricted to is the one individual you are
searching for, other people in the house
names and ages are not recorded, but the
street address, occupation and condition
as to marriage is not stated, often the
ages of the others in the house are also
not stated.
To view all get a printout of the original
census you now have to pay either 1
month, 3 month, 6 month or one year's
subscription, either to Salt Lake City
USA or Jersey England.
The Mormon Church has refused to pay,
especially as most of the information on
ancestry.co came from them in the first
place.
Due to refusing to pay and the fact very
few people have joined to pay it to view,
the new owner of this website is having
second thoughts, so there is a possibility
that this website will go back to the
previous mode for the Mormon Church
anyway, if and when this happens it will
be put in a future in newsletter.
Thank you to Peter Fletcher for
compiling this article
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Smile a While
Exercise for Over 60's
1. Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each
side. With a 2kg potato sack in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides
and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, then relax.
2. Each day, you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple
of weeks, move up to 5kg potato sacks. Then 25kg potato sacks and then eventually try
to get to where you can lift a 50kg potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight
for more than a full minute (I'm at this level).
3. After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each of the sacks.
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Computers and Genealogy technology to support research
(Thank you to Margaret Couch)
The Four S's
□ Search
□ Store
□ Sort
□ Share
Search
□ Writing letters asking for information - word processing
□ Index CDs DVDs (e.g. NZSG marriage discs)
□ Email - writing to relatives, mailing lists
□ Searching internet sites: free, pay per view, subscribed.
Store
□ Results of internet searches
□ Email correspondence
□ Scanned photographs and documents
□ Digital Photographs
□ Useful addresses
□ Your compiled family tree (on disc or online?)
Sort
□ Information • database, either your own or
• Genealogy Programme, eg PAF, Legacy, FTM, etc
Share
□ Correspondence - E or snail mail
□ Mailing lists or groups
□ Blogs
□ Add your tree online
□ Publish - Book, Website
□ Create a family CD - digital storytelling
Searching Online
□ Using Search Engines
□ Google
□ Using a specific site
□ NZ Cemeteries - Hamilton (or wherever)
□ Scotland's People
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SEARCH ENGINES
(Thank you to Keith, Margaret & Bob of the Hamilton Computer Group for providing this information)
Google
http://www.google.co.nz/
Anzwera Australia & New Zealand
http://www.anzwers.com.au/
Altavista.com
http://www.altavista.com/
HotBot
http://www.hotbot.com/?MT=Kunst
LookSmart
http://search.looksmart.com/
Excite.com
http://www.excite.com/
Lycos.com
http://www.lycos.com/
What u Seek
http://www.whatuseek.com/
Ask Jeeves
http://www.ask.com/#subject:ask|pg:1
Electric Monk
http://www.electricmonk.com/seeq/index.jsp?portal_id=253&domain=electricmonk.com
Meta Crawler
http://www.metacrawler.com/
192 Com
(Pay Site)
http://www.ask.com/web?o=1124&qsrc=19&l=dir&q=www.192.com
Eroll.com
http://www.eroll.com/
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
University of Waikato Library
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/
Veroosh Meta Search
http://www.vroosh.com/
Computer Help `
http://www.dougknox.com/
TE ARA: Encyclopaedia of NZ
http://www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky/en?GXHC_GX_jst=8258c07850ea6164
Genealogical Sites
Free BMD UK
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl
Free UKGen
http://freeukgen.rootsweb.com/
Hugh Wallis
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/
New Zealand Bound
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nzbound/links.htm
New Zealand Gen Web
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nzlwgw/
Archway
http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/Home.do
LDS Family Search
http://www.familysearch.org/
NZ GCG
http://www.gencom.org.nz/
Google Genealogy Style http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa052902a.htm?nl=1
NZ Genealogical Links
http://www.genealogylinks.net/newzealand/index.html
The Origins network
http://www.originsnetwork.com/
Free Census Records USA
http://www.censusfinder.com/
Cape Breton Nova Scotia Census Info http://www.rootsweb.com/~nscpbret/cbcenndx.html
Wellington press records BMD since 1999
http://www.genealogy-index.co.nz/
Genealogical Resources on the internet http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html
NZ genealogy made easy
http://nzgenealogy.rootschat.net/
World Maps Ancient to Modern
http://www.fsmitha.com/maps.html?GXHC_GX_jst=8258c07950ea6164
Maps from National Library of Scotland http://www.nls.uk/maps/index.html
Marj’s Genealogy & Family History Interests (Canadian)
http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/genealogy.html
Scottish People Official Site
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
One Page Genealogy
http://roots.cs.byu.edu/pedigree/manual/
Papers Past
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/browse.html
Canada All
http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/searchable-data.htm
Canada Alberta
http://globalgenealogy.com/links/canada-ab.htm
Canada British Columbia
http://globalgenealogy.com/links/canada-bc.htm
Canada Manitoba
http://globalgenealogy.com/links/canada-mb.htm
Canada New Brunswick
http://globalgenealogy.com/links/canada-nb.htm
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Canada Nova Scotia
http://globalgenealogy.com/links/canada-ns.htm
Canada Ontariohttp://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/searchable-on.htm
Specific Scottish Genealogy Siteshttp://www.nzsghamilton.co.nz/scotland.htm
Scottish Genealogy ‘Scots Find D’Base http://www.nzsghamilton.co.nz/scotland.htm
Smaps from Trademe
http://www.smaps.co.nz/
English National Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
The Proceedings of Old Bailey 1674-1834
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/
Scottish Songs & highland wear etc http://www.rampantscotland.com/songs/blsongs_index.htm
Welcome to the Gazetteer for Scotland http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/
NZ CEMETERIES
http://www.angelfire.com/bc/Vincina/NZCemeteries.html
Wellington index to BDM
http://www.genealogy-index.co.nz/
NZ Cemeteries searchable
http://www.angelfire.com/bc/Vincina/NZCemeteries.html
http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Resources/NewZealand/History/FamilyHistory/Cemeteries/
Christchurch library “Portal of cemeteries in Chch and NZ
Misc website
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mlynn/
Central Hawkes Bay District http://cemeteries.chbdc.govt.nz/
Northern Cem Dunedin
http://www.southernheritage.org.nz/northerncemetery/home.html
Dunedin Cem
http://www.cityofdunedin.com/public/registers?Burl_form+F
Hamilton Cem http://hamilton.co.nz/page/pageid/2145832680/Online_Cemetery_Database
Hastings District Council http://www.hdc.govt.nz/cem/cemetery_home.html
Lawrence District
http://www.interment.net/data/nz/otago/lawrence/lawrence_ns.htm
http://www.mdc.govt.nz/asp/publicregisters.asp?level1=public_registers&level2=cemetery_searc
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Manawatu district Council
Nelson Cem
http://www.ncc.govt.nz/asp/cemeteries/search.asp
NZSG Website
http://www.nzsghamilton.co.nz/NZ.htm
Palmerston North
http://www.pncc.govt.nz/Council/Services/CemeteriesDatabase.htm
Porirua
http://www.pcc.govt.nz/
Purewa
http://www.purewa.co.nz/
Tararua
http://www.tararuadc.govt.nz/asp/cemeteries_search.asp?menu=ce
Te Puke
http://www.interment.net/data/nz/bayofplenty/tepuke/tepuke_go.htm
Whangarei
http://www.wdc.govt.nz/customerservice/?lc=cemetery
Historic Cemeteries Conservation Trust http://www.cemeteries.org.nz/
War Graves Commission
http://www.cwgc.org/
South Taranaki
http://public.stdc.govt.nz/cemeteries/
Auckland City Cemeteries
http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/heritage/familyhistory/cemeteriesinauckland/aucklandcity
councilcemeteries.htm
Napier Cemeteries
http://219.88.71.225:81/cesform.html
NZ Cemeteries On Line http://nzgenealogy.rootschat.net/cemetery.html
Christchurch
Plus Others
http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Resources/NewZealand/History/FamilyHistory/Cemeteries/
THE SKYRING HOMESTEAD" Genealogy Link's Page
http://users.bigpond.net.au/skyring-homestead/links1.htm
GENERAL INFORMATION
University of Waikato Map
http://timetable.waikato.ac.nz/timetable/map.pdf
Internet Explorer 7 Quick Referenced Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/nz/windows/products/winfamily/ie/quickref.mspx
Nero Home Page
http://www.nero.com/eng/Downloads.html (for Nero updates)
NZ fuel Price Watch
http://www.pricewatch.co.nz/ (Interesting to check prices)
The World Clock
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
Time Ticker (Another Clock) http://timeticker.com/?GXHC_GX_jst=8258c07950ea6165
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