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Granddad’s special concoction ~ Family Recipe Friday
My father found an old notebook of his father’s a couple of weeks ago. Inside the front cover was a list of dates and places – my grandfather had noted down when and where he’d worked during his...
View ArticleiwiKiwi is one year old today!
To celebrate being in the blogiverse for one whole year, I thought I’d take a little look back at my first post and my 2011 Genealogy Resolutions: Start a blog Yep, done that! Blog regularly and...
View ArticleTravelling
Hmmm… I don’t seem to be doing so well on my blogging resolutions so far this year. But! I have an excellent excuse. I have just spent 13 days in New Zealand – primarily a genealogical excursion –...
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St Joseph’s church, Temuka, South Canterbury, NZ ~ Wordless Wednesday
St Joseph's church, Temuka, South Canterbury, NZ ~ January 2012 Wordless Wednesday is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers.
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John and Hanorah Brosnahan ~ Tombstone Tuesday
If you have relatives that lived in the Timaru, South Canterbury area, it is well worth taking a look at the Timaru District Council Cemetery Database, which includes the following cemeteries: Arundel,...
View ArticleThe Cyclopedia of New Zealand ~ Follow Friday
A great resource from the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre – a searchable full-text edition of all six volumes of The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. The Cyclopedia of New Zealand was published in six...
View ArticleJohn Brosnahan in the Cyclopedia
Interestingly, a John Brosnahan appears in The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, which I posted about yesterday. Could this be my John? Brosnahan, John, Farmer, Levels. Mr. Brosnahan was born in County Kerry,...
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Postcard to a father ~ (Not so) Wordless Wednesday
This is the reverse of the postcard of St Mark’s Church, Remuera, Auckland, that I posted some time ago. Postcard to H.J.F. Florey, date unknown Mr H J F Florey c/o K S Williams Pahihuroa? Station...
View ArticleThe Brosnan ~ Follow Friday
Seán Brosnahan, the Ceann Fine of the Brosnan Clan, now has a website: The Brosnan. The exciting news is that he’s made available some of his historical work, including the whole texts of The...
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Who is the Bellevue Baby? ~ Wordless Wednesday
Bellevue Baby, Timaru, 1906 Bellevue Baby, Timaru, 1906 (reverse) Wishing You A very Happy & Prosperous New Year With love & best wishes from all at “Bellevue” This was taken when Baby was 6...
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