2014 Newsletters
© For research only. Do not reproduce the work or distribute copies of the work by sale, donation, rental, or lending;
Ownership is held by Heather Bray dfhg@xtra.co.nz
| January| February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
January Newsletter 2014
- Visit by Profession Genealogist from Scotland Moray and Nairn
- Family History Society Almanacs and Directories
- Questions and answers
- Gore Southland
- Ralston and Waight Family Reunions
- Ireland Petty Sessions Court
February newsletter:2014
Toll Gates
Interesting trivia about the South Island
Heriot – its history
Crookston – its history
Dunrobin and Edievale – its history
Coaches in Otago
Purakanui Roll of Honour
Mt Ida Birth and Death Index for Sale.
DFHG 2014 Feb
March Newsletter 2014
- Cromwell – its history, churches and war memorial
- Bannockburn – its history and war memorial
- Lowburn – its history and roll of honour
- New Internet resources
- Interesting grave in Andersons Bay Cemetery
- Captain James Cook’s Family Tree
- Scottish BDMs
- Changes to High Street, Dunedin
April Newsletter 2014
- Queenstown – history, school, War Memorial and cemetery
- Frankton – history, school and cemetery
- Glenorchy – history school War Memorial and cemetery
- Kinloch – its history
- Write up of March meeting – Electoral rolls
- Interesting Grave in the Southern Cemetery
- English non-conformist records
- Loss of an icon – Bell Tea
May Newsletter 2014
- Prelude to the Great Famine
- The Irish Famine
- Katea – its history
- War Memorial, Dunedin Masonic Centre
- Genealogical frustrations
- Lee Stream
- Mt Dasher War Memorial Gates
- Worrying signs in English Cemeteries
- Historical maps now on-line
- Soldiers who died during World War One and World War Two who are recorded on headstones in the Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin but are buried overseas.
- Can you help?
- Notes from our April meeting
- New Zealand Police Museum website
- Mandeville
- Woolf Harris Fountain in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens
- DFHG 2014 may newsletter
June Newsletter 2014
- Glenomaru
- Morrison
- Green Valley
- Interesting grave in the Port Chalmers Cemetery
- The Over 100 club
- Dunedin City Council Employees Roll of Honour
- Caversham Presbyterian Church
- You should always purchase certificates for your ancestors
- Waipori Falls
- Bank of New Zealand War memorial
- Ross Creek Reservoir
- How Dunedin streets and suburbs got their names – Valpy Family
- Miller Flat War Memorial
- Bannockburn War Memorial
- Nevis War Memorial
July Newsletter 2014
- Who is F. J. Weatherall?
- Lumsden – its history and war memorial
- Websites mentioned at our May meeting
- Websites mentioned at our June meeting
- Tips for drawing personal family tree charts
- Warrington – its history
- St Barnabas Anglican Church and churchyard
- Samuel Tarratt Neville, Bishop of Dunedin
- Elizabethan Wedding Customs
- First Church of Otago Young Men’s Bible Class Roll of Honour
- Recommended websites for family history
- Winton – its history and war memorials
- Does DNA lie?
- Upcoming School reunions
- Beaumont – its history and war memorials
- DFHG 2014 July newsletter.
August Newsletter 2014
- Write up of our Brick Wall night
- Waikaia War Memorial
- John McGlashan College Roll of Honour
- Upcoming Reunions
- Funeral Directors Records for Dunedin
- Interesting graves in the Northern cemetery – Thomas Hewitson
- Interesting graves in the Andersons Bay Cemetery – Bathgate, Burnett and Champtaloup
- Interesting bequeaths from Wills
- What is Wi-Fi?
September Newsletter
- Understanding Parish Records
- Non-Conformist Reocrds
- How I traced my adopted aunt
- Notes from our August meeting – Southern Heritage Trust
- New Zealand Wills
- Waikara Valley War Memorial
- Waikaka Valley Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour
- Merino Downs
- Waikaka War memorial
- Interesting graves in the Andersons Bay Cemetery
- Purakanui
- Waipango
- English Parents – launch of publication
DFHG 2014 September newsletter
October Newsletter
- Regional news
- Follow up from previous newsletters
- Undertakers in Port Chalmers
- Shag Point – its history and war memorial
- Medal of Queen Elizabeth of Belgium
- English Research – write up of our September meeting talk
- Balfour – its history
- Owaka War Memorial – sorting out the confusion
- Purakauiti Katea
- Tahakopa
- MacLennan
- Graduates of Otago University 1876-1900
- Questions and Answers
- Please Learn From My Mistake – members article on sharing family information
November Newsletter
- Gorge Road War Memorial
- Dunedin South Salvation Army Promoted to Glory Board
- Streets of Brockville
- Do you remember these days
- Luggate
- Arthur Street Cemetery
- Who is Baldwin Street named after
- Dunedin Street name changes
- Dunedin District Police War Memorial
- Rules for teachers 1914
- Interest grave in the East Taieri Cemetery
- Port Chalmers Undertaker
- Write up of our October meeting
- Cemeteries in Otago and Southland
December Newsletter
- Another teacher buried in the East Taieri Cemetery
- Limehills War Memorial
- Do you know how to kiss a girl?
- Mayfair Theatre Building turns 100
- St Martins Anglican Church, North East Valley, Roll of Honour
- Featherston Military Camp
- Memoral plaque for the Invercargill section of the New Zealand Railway
- Report of our November meeting
- Moana Pool turns 50
- Allanton Cemetery
- Knapdale School Roll of Honour
- The story behind the photograph
- The residents of early Waikouaiti publication
- Central Otago District Council
- Browns War Memorial
- Can you help?
- Taieri Island
- Dunedin Street name changes publication for sale.