2018 Newsletters
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January Newsletter
- History of Dunedin Firsts
- First white female born in Dunedin
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are (very distant) cousins)
- John Hamilton
- Getting acquainted with the revised version of Find-A-Grave.com
- Researchers to look into mystery graves
- Otago Daily Times Death Indexes January to December 1866 A-G
February Newsletter
- Programme for 2018
- Change in distribution method
- Waimate War Memorials
- Dunedin Cinemas
- Otago Daily Times Death Index
March Newsletter
- NZ disasters timeline
- Charting companion
- February meeting report
- Paperspast website
- Sandfly Bay – family burial ground
- ODT Death notices
- Sad aspect of transcribing death notices
- Highly recommended book
April Newsletter
- Early policing in New Zealand
- Police Gazettes
- East Taieri Cemetery
- DNA – March Group Meeting
May Newsletter
- Latest Additions to the Website
- Dunedin Businesses
- April Meeting Report
- Glosssry of Gold mining terms
- Wilson reunion
- Happy Mother’s Day
- ODT Death index
June Newsletter
- Dunedin businesses – John Edmonds
- New on the Website
- Looking for NZ prisoners of war in Europe WW2
- Glossary of gold mining terms
- Happy Mother’s Day – all about the day
- Otago Daily Times Death index.
July Newsletter
- Matene Korako Wera – 120 years old
- Clyde Graves
- Waldron’s Scouts – Boer War
- Sanderson Grave – Andersons Bay Cemetery
- St Helens Maternity Hospital
- Mc Dermid Graveyard – Sawyers Bay
- Rockyside Brickworks
- East Taieri Cemetery
- ODT Death index
August Newsletter
- Private Peter Leitch
- Scottish names
- Robert Burns
- John William Read
- Hiring Fairs
- Avalon Maternity Hospital
- A Comma can make a difference
- Epidemic Reminder
- ODT Death Index 1868
September Newsletter
- Maori Land Online
- Hawea
- Women’s suffrage Petition Online
- The Purpose of Our Group
- Headstone Inscriptions
- Errors in Transcripts
- Places in Otago and Southland
- The Catholic heritage Archive
- When will your family history be finished?
- Truthful Answers in Census Returns
- August Meeting Write-up
DFHG 2018 September newsletter
October Newsletter
- Temporary closure of Toitu OSM Archive
- Can you help?
- Some early Otago Wrecks
- Methodist Church of NZ Archives in Christchurch
- Saints Days
- New Additions to Papers Past
- Scottish Timelines for Family History 15th – 19th Centuries
November Newsletter
- Name changes in Otago and Southland
- Using DNA to do Research
- Report on the October Meeting