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1 News & Views December 2013 30 th Year Issue 318 Hutt Valley Branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists Evening Meeting: 7.30pm 2 nd Thursday, February to December Day Meeting: 10.00am 3 rd Thursday, February to November Venue: Petone Community Centre, 711 Britannia Street Postal Address: PO Box 31024, Lower Hutt 5040 Website: www.huttvalleygenealogy.org.nz Convenor: Alistair Hardy Secretary: Terry Stock [email protected] Editor: Helene Philpott [email protected] COMING EVENTS (subject to change) 12 December pm: Year end – Your Favourite Ancestor There will be a Christmas Raffle. Supper will be provided by the Committee. 13 February pm: TBA 20 February am: Margaret Deere; Her Father’s War Diary 13 March pm: The Irish Experience; Anita West, Alistair Hardy and Diane Stinson 20 March am: TBA Evening Meeting: Doors open 7pm. Notices begin 7.30pm. Speakers begin about 8pm (approx 1 hour) Day Meeting: Doors open 9.30am. Notices begin 10am. Speaker begins about 10.30am (approx 1 hour). Please note the library does not open until 10am. THIS MONTHS EVENT: Thursday 12 December – Come prepared to talk about your Favourite Ancestor. About 5 – 7minutes will be allocated to each member. The Laptop and Data projector will be available. Christmas supper will be provided by the Committee. Christmas Raffle: Tickets will be @$2 each or 3 for $5 and available only at this meeting. There will two prizes valued at $50 and $30 consisting of Christmas goodies purchased just prior to the December meeting.

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News & Views December  2013  30th  Year Issue  318  

Hutt Valley Branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists Evening  Meeting:    7.30pm  2nd  Thursday,  February  to  December  Day  Meeting:    10.00am  3rd  Thursday,  February  to  November  Venue:    Petone  Community  Centre,  7-­‐11  Britannia  Street  Postal  Address:    PO  Box  31-­‐024,  Lower  Hutt  5040  Website:    www.huttvalleygenealogy.org.nz    Convenor:    Alistair  Hardy    Secretary:     Terry  Stock        [email protected]        Editor:     Helene  Philpott  [email protected]  

COMING  EVENTS  (subject  to  change)  12  December  pm:  Year  end  –  Your  Favourite  Ancestor    There  will  be  a  Christmas  Raffle.    Supper  will  be  provided  by  the  Committee.  13  February  pm:  TBA  

20  February  am:  Margaret  Deere;  Her  Father’s  War  Diary  

13  March  pm:  The  Irish  Experience;  Anita  West,  Alistair  Hardy  and  Diane  Stinson  

20  March  am:  TBA    

Evening  Meeting:  Doors  open  7pm.  Notices  begin  7.30pm.  Speakers  begin  about  8pm  (approx  1  hour)  Day  Meeting:  Doors  open  9.30am.  Notices  begin  10am.  Speaker  begins  about  10.30am  (approx  1  hour).  Please  note  the  library  does  not  open  until  10am.  

 THIS  MONTHS  EVENT:  Thursday  12  December  –  Come  prepared  to  talk  about  your  Favourite  Ancestor.  About  5  –  7minutes  will  be  allocated  to  each  member.  The  Laptop  and  Data  projector  will  be  available.  

Christmas  supper  will  be  provided  by  the  Committee.  Christmas  Raffle:  Tickets  will  be  @$2  each  or  3  for  $5  and  available  only  at  this  meeting.  There  will  two  prizes  valued  at  $50  and  $30  consisting  of  Christmas  goodies  purchased  just  prior  to  the  December  meeting.  

 

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GENEALOGY/FAMILY  HISTORY  HELPERS  AVAILABLE  AT  PETONE  LIBRARY  10am  -­‐12pm  

On  duty  for  November:  • Wednesday  20  Nov  –  Deb  Beban  &  Lynly  Yates  • December:  -­‐  No  Duties  For  those  new  to  genealogy  and/or  who  want  help  knocking  down  those  brick  walls,  this  is  an  excellent  time  and  place  to  have  our  experts  help  you.  Our  helpers  can  show  you  what  is  available  in  the  library  and  how  to  go  about  finding  what  you  are  looking  for.    

 WANTED  –MEMBERSHIP  SECRETARY        Our  membership  secretary  would  really  like  someone  to  assist  with,  and  eventually  take  over  this  aspect  of  Branch  activity.    The  busiest  time  for  this  role  is  around  the  membership  renewal  period  (February  to  May).    However  some  work  is  involved  throughout  the  year  as  new  members  join  or  members’  details  change.    The  membership  secretary  also  emails  the  monthly  newsletter  and  other  communications  to  members.        The  main  prerequisite  for  the  job  is  that  you  are  well  organised,  can  maintain  a  simple  excel  spreadsheet  and  email  lists,  and  don’t  mind  spending  a  bit  of  time  making  the  membership/library  cards,  name  tags  etc.    Making  new  members  feel  welcome  is  also  a  key  aspect  of  the  role.  There  will  be  plenty  of  training  and  support,  with  as  much  time  as  you  need  before  final  handover.      This  is  a  great  opportunity  to  become  more  involved  in  the  Branch  and  support  your  local  genealogy  community.  You  don’t  need  to  be  a  member  of  the  Committee  or  attend  meetings,  but  if  you  would  like  to  do  that  as  well  you  would  be  very  welcome.  If  you  are  interested  or  would  like  to  find  out  more,  please  contact  Anita  West.    

 For  those  doing  USA  research,  this  article  may  be  of  interest:  

"A  Little-­‐Known  [USA]  Government  Genealogy  Service"  -­‐-­‐              http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2013/11/a-­‐little-­‐known-­‐government-­‐genealogy-­‐service.html      Dick  Eastman,  the  blogger,  says  this  about  copyright  when  copying  his  articles:              http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/copyrights-­‐and-­‐other-­‐lega.html  Contributed  by  Susan  Wilson      

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    For Your Diary 2014

Scottish  Genealogist,  Researcher  &  author  Graeme  Mckenzie    Sponsored  by  Clan  McMillan  

Saturday  8th  February  2014  10:00  am  to  1:00  pm  at  Connelly  Hall,  Guildford  Terrace  Wellington.      Parking  is  available  in  the  School  ground  off  Guildford  Terrace  adjacent  to  the  Hall.  Graeme’s  presentation  will  start  at  10:15  am  and  there  will  be  time  for  questions.    Door  charge  $2  Finger  food  Lunch  

Hosted  by  NZSG  Wellington  and  Kilbirnie  Branches    Thursday13  February  2014    9.30  –  12.30pm  at  Waikanae  Chartered  Club,  8  Elizabeth  St,  Waikanae  Graeme’s  presentation  will  start  at  10am  with  time  for  questions  Door  Charge  $2,  free  morning  tea  on  arrival  Followed  by  Lunch  $10  per  person,  numbers  essential  by  12  Feb  to [email protected] Hanley  Hoffman  

Hosted  by  Waikanae  Family  History  Group    

 

Last  Months  Meetings:    14  November  pm:  Sherayl  McNabb  presented  her  book  -­‐  New  Zealand  Military  Nursing  -­‐        A  History  of  the  R.N.Z.N.C.  Boer  War  to  Present  Day.    

                                                                                         This  book  is  divided  into  the  years  beginning  in  1846,                                            1899  –  1902,  1907  –  1910,  1911  –  1914,  1915  –  1922  including  Military  Hospitals,  Hospital  Ships  and  the    10  nurses  who  were  lost  when  the  transport  ship’  Marquette’  was  torpedoed  by  a  German  Submarine;    1923  –  1939,  1923  –  1939,  1940  –  1949  including  Military  Hospitals  WW2  and  Hospital  Ships  WW2,  1950  –  1989.    Celebrations  in  2015  will  mark  100  years  of  the  Royal  New  Zealand  Nursing  Corps. As  part  of  the  2015  celebration  it  is  intended  to  republish  

the  book  New  Zealand  Military  Nursing  -­‐  A  History  of  the  R.N.Z.N.C.  Boer  War  to  Present  Day.  It  will  be  updated  to  include  all  history  since  the  original  publication  in  1990  plus  any  other  information  which  has  since  come  to  hand  and  it  will  include  Rolls  of  those  who  have  served  since  1989.  www.nzans.org      this  website  is  dedicated  to  those  nurses  who  have  served  and  continue  to  serve  our  country  A  copy  of  this  book  has  been  purchased  for  the  library.    

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     21  November  am:    Visit  to  the  Home  of  Compassion,  Island  Bay  Instead  of  holding  the  usual  morning  meeting  several  members  enjoyed  a  visit  to  the  Home  of  Compassion  at  Island  Bay.  Sister  Josephine  explained  the  various  displays  depicting  the  life  of  Suzanne  Aubert  in  France,  her  journey  to  New  Zealand  on  a  whaling  ship  and  her  work  in  Auckland  ,  Hawkes  Bay,  Jerusalem  (  Whanganui  River)  and  Wellington.  We  were  able  to  view  the  displays  at  our  own  pace  after  which  we  were  treated  to  morning  tea.  Sister  Josephine  also  explained  the  archival  material  that  was  available  for  research  and  we  were  able  to  see  the  bottles  of  medicine  made  up  by  Suzanne  Aubert  from  “secret’  ingredients  and  native  plants  know  for  their  healing  qualities.  We  then  visited  the  chapel  and  finally  the  garden,  which  features  in  the  film  ‘Gardening  with  Soul’.  There  is  a  gravestone  in  the  grounds  in  memory  of  Suzanne  Aubert  and  a  grotto  that  has  been  built  into  the  hill  A  donation  was  given  to  the  home  from  the  branch.  Written  and  photographed  by  Diane  Stinson.  

 

 Sister  Josephine  

 

         

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Legacy  Workshop  Saturday  23  November  

A  few  of  our  branch  member’s  attended  the  workshop  which  was  organised  by  the  Kapiti  Legacy  Users  Group  and  held  at  Paraparaumu.  It  was  an  interesting  and  informative  day  with  Jan  Gow  explaining  the  changes  made  to  the  programme  in  the  new  Legacy  version  8.  Contributed  by  Diane  Stinson.  

   

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(Burial  Locator  V2)    NZSG  Family  Research  Centre  Relocation  Raffle    

 I  would  like  to  thank  all  those  who  purchased  tickets  in  the  FRC  Relocation  Raffle  and  also  those  who  gave  a  donation  towards  this.  Your  support  is  very  much  appreciated  and  received  with  grateful  thanks.    Diane  Wilson  extended  us  the  ability  of  running  this  raffle  by  donating  the  second  lot  of  two  CDs.  Diane  as  you  may  know  offered  the  Burial  Locator  V2  as  a  two  CDs  for  the  price  of  one  deal  as  her  fundraiser  for  the  FRC  and  we  took  this  a  little  further  and  put  them  all  up  as  a  Raffle.  The  Profit  made  was  $331.00  This  has  been  deposited  into  the  special  bank  account  opened  for  this.  I  will  also  send  a  covering  letter  to  Council  explaining  who  was  part  of  this  fund  raising.  The  draw  was  held  Wednesday  evening  14  November  at  the  Porirua  Branch  meeting.    Congratulations  to  the  four  winners.      (In  no  particular  order):  Frances  Haddock  –  Wanganui  Branch.  John  Brown  –  Kilbirnie  Branch.  Kerrin  McManus  –  Palmerston  North  Branch.  Shirley  Coote  –  Porirua  Branch.  Thank  you  all  once  again  for  your  support  with  this!  Best  wishes    Jenny  Martin  

 Newsletter  E-­‐Kit  Special  Edition:    For  the  foreseeable  future,  our  Family  Research  Centre  will  be  remaining  at  

159  Queens  Road,  Panmure.  Gay  Williams  Acting  President  on  behalf  of  NZSG  Council    Relocation  Account  Donations    A  special  edition  of  e-­‐KIT  was  published  26  November  2013  outlining  Council's  decision  for  our  Family  Research  Centre  to  remain  for  the  foreseeable  future  in  the  current  premises  in  Queens  Road,  Panmure,    Auckland    Those  who  so  generously  donated  to  the  Relocation  Account  will  be  contacted  soon  to  choose  what  they  would  like  to  have  happen  to  their  donation  in  the  light  of  this  decision.        

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2014  Annual  General  Meeting  and  Conference   30  May  –  2  June  2014  Hosted  by  NZSG  Kilbirnie  Branch  

Wellington  Girls  College,  Pipitea  St,  Thorndon,  Wellington    Key  Note  Speaker  is  Colleen  Fitzpatrick  from  California,  USA,  who  will  speak  about  cases  she  has  been  involved  in  with  in  her  role  as  a  forensic  genealogy  consultant.  Among  the  great  variety  of  speakers  will  be  ;    experts  from  national  institutions  such  as  Archives  NZ,  the  National  Library  and  the  NZ  Defence  Force,  people  from  genealogical  service  providers  such  as  Ancestry.com  and  Familysearch.org,    historians  such  as  Jim  McAloon,  Tony  Simpson,  Jane  Tolerton,  experts  from  Wellington  

repositories  including  Wellington  City  Library  and  Wellington  City  Archives,      NZSG  members  -­‐  well-­‐known  figures  such  as  Jan  Gow  and  Owen  Ormsby,  and  also  local  gems  including  Allan  Penney  and  Pam  McKirdy.  Dr.  Margaret  Brown  will  run  two  workshops  which  will  help  you  master  the  skills  needed  to  turn  your  collection  of  genealogical  facts  into  a  satisfying  story.    Plus  rooms  full  of  computers  where  you  can  get  help  from  representatives  from  you  favourite  website  and  ‘the  Hub  with  Interest  Group,  repository  and  help  tables  to  assist  you  get  the  best  from  your  research.  If  you  would  like  to  know  more  about  the  family  war  medals  you  have,  bring  them  along  –  people  from  the  New  Zealand  Defence  Force  will  be  there  to  tell  you  their  history.  More  information  about  all  the  speakers  will  be  in  the  February  Issue  of  the  New  Zealand  Genealogist  when  you  will  be  able  to  book  your  choices  on  your  conference  registration  form.  Kilbirnie  Branch  website  www.nzsgkilbirnie.org.nz      For  more  information  about  the  conference  and  conference  accommodation  

contact  the      Conference  Committee  Email:  [email protected]    

 or  by  post:  Kilbirnie  Branch  NZSG      P.  O.  Box  14562,  Kilbirnie,  Wellington  6041  

 

 SEASONS  GREETINGS  TO  ALL  MEMBERS  FROM  THE  

COMMITTEE