2016 Newsletters
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January Newsletter
- Family Tree Maker
- Dunedin Railway Station to turn 110
- Wyndham War Memorial
- Woodhaugh Paper Mill, Leith Valley 1876-1936
- Place-names in Otago and Southland relating to Shipping, Seaman and Whalers
- Streets in Port Chalmers named after ships or seaman
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- Time-Line of World Wars 1066-2009
- Can You Help?
February Newsletter
- Latest additions to Paperspast
- Edendale – history and war memorial
- Edendale Cheese Factory War Memorial
- traditions
- New additions to Australian newspapers on-line
- Waimahaka War Memorial
- Brydone War Memorial
- South Dunedin Gospel Hall
- Early Dunedin Bretheren
- Moray and Nairn Family History Society
- Wedding
March Newsletter
- Report of our February meeting – our branch website
- Dipton and its War Memorial
- Interesting grave in the Andersons Bay Cemetery – Begg drowning at Tomahawk
- Otago Anniversary Day – marking 168 years since the establishment of the province
- Drowning in colonial New Zealand – Renton drowning in the Taieri River
- North Taieri School War Memorial
- Can You Help?
- DFHG 2016 March newsletter
April Newsletter
- Contents of newsletter:
- Clifton School War Memorial Gates
- Medical Practice in the Early Days
- Irish Catholic Records
- Dunedin City Council Burial records
- Quendon Maternity Hospital
- The First passengers to arrive in Dunedin in 1848
- Follow-up to Questions at our March meeting
- Can you help?
- New additions to Paperspast.
May Newsletter
- Less than 100 years ago
- Clydevale and its War Memorial
- Can You Help?
- The Tomahawk Battery
- Social Media and Fuzzy photos
- Central Otago Cemetery Records Go On-Line
- What records so you actually believe?
- Bethune’s Gully
- Waianakarua – its local history
June Newsletter
- Menzie Ferry
- My Great uncle’s gold and the Norwegian Party by Ross Barnett
- Updates to the headstones on DCC website
- Macandrew Road School list of pupils A-G
- Family History would be easy if people used the right names by Lynnette Parry
- Genealogical codical to your will
- Can you identify these photographs
July Newsletter
- Athol War memorial
- Macandrew Road School H-L
- Websites mentioned at our June meeting
- A miracle of survival: The Barnett Family and the wreck of the Netherby
- Victims of the Lusitania sinking and a possible connection to Dunedin
- Karitane Cemetery
- Karitane – site of the first Christian sermon in Otago 1840
- Up the Coast – a brief look at location, history and name – Blueskin Bay, Corner Bush, Doctors Point, Evansdale, Karitane, The Kilmog, Long Beach, Purakanui, Merton, Waikouaiti, Waitati and Warrington.
- Can You Help?
August Newsletter
- Oteramika – its history and War memorial
- Can you help column
- Connection between Bute, Scotland and Otago, New Zealand
- Write up of our July meeting – Where there’s a Will there’s a genealogist
- Mystery time capsule unearthed
- Macandrew Road School M-P
- Signal Hill Lookout
- Cargills Castle
September Newsletter
- Otautau War Memorial – very big war memorial for Southland
- Macandrew Road School R-Z the final part in our series which has been very popular.
- Can You Help?
- Exciting news for Tasmanian researchers
- The Clapp Family History
- Dunedin School photographs sort
DFHG 2016 September newsletter
October Newsletter
- Mayors of Dunedin
- The mystery of the graves at Cape Saunders
- Waianiwa – its history
- Our September group meeting report
- Places in Otago and Southland with two or more names
- Latest genealogy news
- Can You Help?
- Image of the month
- What you need to consider if you are planning to publish your family history
- Interesting grave in the Southern Cemetery – Charles Henry Kettle
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November Newsletter
- Mataura – its history and war memorials
- Home wanted for old photograph album
- Report of our October meeting – what is DNA and members experiences using it
- Dunedin school price winters A-L for December 1876 – this was the year before compulsory APW records were required.
December Newsletter
- Forbury School War Memoriial
- Cadbury, Fry, Hudson Ltd
- Riversdale
- Waimumu
- Dunedin Schools’ Prize list for December 1876
- Octagon Building Fire 1879.