2014 Newsletters

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| 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

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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.
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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

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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

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 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
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• 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

• 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
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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?