ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP Newsletter –October/November 2010 ==================================================================================================== Convenor : Lindsay Holland: 5 Buchanan Place Ashburton. Phone 308 3201 puzzle@xtra.co.nz Treasurer: Marilyn Ellis: 3 Cherry Lane Ashburton Phone 307 2253 m_ellis@xtra.co.nz Secretary & Editor: Alice McLaren: 5 Pages Road Ashburton. Phone 308 7580 alice.mcl@ihug.co.nz Committee: Linda Blackmoore, Anne Epps, Rothery Reesby, Ann Cairns, Shari Early, Heather Ralston, Lynne Armstrong, Merv Beauvais, Rita Wright. Cemetery Records Officer: Michael Sheate: sheate@farmside.co.nz Phone 03 3025 665 Church Records Officer: Rita Wright slightly foxed@clear.net.nz Early Settlers & Intentions to Marry Register: Heather Ralston ralstonp@xtra.co.nz Phone 03 307 0084 Librarians: Lynne Armstrong d.c.armstrong@xtra.co.nz . & Marilyn Ellis Research Officer: Linda Blackmoore lindyb@xtra.co.nz School Records Officer: Ann Cairns Phone 308 2141. ann.cairns@xtra.co.nz ◄► Library Hours: Rooms (254 Cameron St.) are open: every Wednesday - 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. 2ND & 4th FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH – 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. PLUS!! EVERY SATURDAY MORNING - 10 a.m. – noon. (Public Holiday weekends excepted) UPCOMING MEETINGS: (put these dates in your diary!!) THERE WILL BE NO MEMBERS’ MEETING in October - about a dozen members are planning a Research Trip to Christchurch on 14th October in place of our usual meeting – to car pool, meet in car park at Hotel Ashburton (Racecourse Road) at 8.30p.m. (clutching payment for drivers). For further information, phone Lynne at (03) 308 4115 ASAP!! Possible/probable places to visit are as follows: National Archives (wills, shipping records etc) N Z Room at Canterbury Museum Cant. Branch NZSG Library LINZ – land information etc. - BMD place on Peterborough St. Public Library (Church Registers for Christchurch & surrounding areas etc.) 9 November 2010 – Tuesday at 7.30p.m. Annual General Meeting and Election of Committee, following which Lindsay (and maybe Elizabeth) Holland will share some of their Scandinavian experiences with us. Supper will follow. 8 February 2011 – Tuesday at 7.30p.m. – Ven. Jacqui, and Craig Paterson – sharing their experiences in UK exploring the areas where their ancestors originated, etc. ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ A Very Warm Welcome to New Members: Marion Harrison and welcome back to past member, Jill Cribb. – We hope you enjoy the various activities arranged for members, and wish you every success in your research!! ☺☺☺☺ 30 September marks the end of the 2009/2010 financial year. Our Treasurer, Marilyn Ellis is standing at the ready, receipt book in hand, to accept subscriptions for the 2001/2011 year!. Subscriptions remain the same – i.e. $25 per annum - Or $35 for two people in the same household. These may be posted to Marilyn – 3 Cherry Lane Ashburton 7700 or left at our Rooms. TWO NEWSLETTERS ONLY (this one & one more) will be sent while subs remain unpaid. 1 Convenor’s Comment: Well, Elizabeth & I have arrived back refreshed from a most interesting visit to Scandinavia. If we go back far enough most of us will have Viking ancestors in our trees. In Denmark and Norway particularly they seem to like reminding us of the links to Great Britain. I found Norwegians were very keen on genealogy and were quite knowledgeable about their ancestors, and were quick to claim a link to early Vikings. In most cemeteries gravestones were decorated with fresh flowers on a regular basis, according to one woman I spoke with the only time you get flowers is on your grave!! Mind you, most graveyards charge an annual fee, and if you don’t pay your plot is allocated to someone else! Home a few days and we were shaken and stirred by the big earthquake, and all those unsettling aftershocks, then looking around the house for signs of damage. Ashburton was rather lucky compared with those living near Christchurch. A visit to that city a few days after made us realize how bad things were for those in older brick houses, or who worked in similar buildings. The libraries, Archives and offices which hold materials we use in Christchurch suffered some damage, library shelving dumped books and materials on floors. Canterbury University Library is a huge mess with 100,000 books on the floor. The City Library and the Canterbury Branch Rooms all had some damage, and books thrown from shelving. It raises questions about placing records in centralized archives, and the importance of keeping copies in other places. Michael is working out a plan for the Headstone imaging project and we should start this soon. This week has been busy also; our team has been looking through the books at Rotary’s Bookarama again and has come away with another hundred or so books and pamphlets to add to our library. We applied for and received a grant of $1,800 dollars from the Licensing Trust Charitable Foundation, which will be used to upgrade the office suite. Last week we purchased another computer to replace one of our aging machines; some of the recently released software discs won’t operate on the older windows 98 systems, so this will keep us up to date, we are still trying to sort out a good reliable printer /photocopier which will be purchased in the near future. I hope to see you all at the Annual Meeting; I’ll show a very few of the 3000 images I took in Scandinavia!! Lindsay Holland – Convenor Members Interests: McKINLAY- Sanquhar – Dumfries – Scotland – pre 1863 MACADAM – Auchinleck – Ayrshire – Scotland – pre 1863 McKINLAY – Auckland - New Zealand – 1920s onwards RYAN – Cahirdrinny – Cork – Ireland – 1800s BOOKLE – Plebestown – Kilkenny – Ireland – 1800s PYE – Rayleigh – Essex – England – 1800 onwards HURRELL – Rayleigh – Essex – England – 1800 onwards BISHOP – Steeple Ashton – Wiltshire – England – mid 1700s onwards LOVELL – Geraldine – Canterbury – New Zealand – 1900 onwards LOVELL – London England – pre 1900 JOHNSTON – Roberton – Roxburghshire – Scotland – 1830s JOHNSTONE – Geraldine – Canterbury – New Zealand – 1900s Heaven is Where: The Police are British, The Chefs are Italian, The Mechanics are German, The Lovers are French and It's all organized by the Swiss. Submitted by Olwyn McKinlay 1081 Halkett Road R D 1 Christchurch 7671 Ph. 03 318 1727 volts@xtra.co.nz (Who will supply a list of their Research names for the Members Interests corner in the next newsletter??? - Please?? 2 “MY GRANDPARENTS WERE” McILVRIDE - Daniel, b 13 May 1852, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, d 23 Jan 1939, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia (son of James McIlvride, b 13 Dec 1817 at Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland, and Christian Dochard,b 27 Jun 1819, at Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland). Married 31 Dec 1885, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia to McRAE - Elizabeth B, b 17 Sep 1858, Albion Park. New South Wales, Australia d 11 Aug 1934, Warwick, Queensland, Australia (daughter of Duncan McRae b Abt. 06 Jan 1826 in Cromarty. Scotland and Jane MacFarlane of Inverness Scotland). WALDEN - George Hadley, b 23 Nov 1871, London Bridge Hotel, Dean Street, Southwark, London, England, d 21 Oct 1922, Arncliffe, New South Wales, Australia,(son of George Walden, and Mary Hadley), Married 17 Sep 1896, Maclear, Hopedale, South Africa to HACK - Edith Mary, b 02 Jan 1876 Barkby, Leicester, England, d 28 Oct 1948, St George District Hospital, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, (Daughter of William Hack b 8 April 1852 and Mary Maria Frost) Submitted by Judith Leeming (nee McIlvride) 133 SH77 Ashburton, 7776, New Zealand. AND LEEMING - John Thomas b 25 Oct 1866, Lyttelton, New Zealand, d 19 Apr 1931, Christchurch Hospital. Christchurch, New Zealand, (son of William Webster Leeming, b 21 Nov 1840 d 23 May 1907 of Hapton. Lancashire. England and Elizabeth Ann Abbot b 15 Dec 1840 They are buried in South Malvern cemetery.) Married 01 Jun 1887, Baptist Church, South Malvern, to BUCKINGHAM - Selina b Abt. 21 May 1861, Calstock, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England. d 18 May 1942, South Malvern, New Zealand. (Daughter of William John Buckingham and Maria Osborne of Calstock, Linkinhorne. Cornwall. England) DOWN - John, b 01 Feb 1852, Chilla, Black Torrington, Devonshire, England, d 02 Dec 1922, 21 Rosewarne Street, Spreydon, New Zealand, (son of John Down b c1816 of Black Torrington, and Mary Horrell) Married 09 Apr 1885, Methodist Church, Addington, New Zealand to NEILL - Eliza, b 29 Jan 1859, Clanaghan, Bangor, Ireland, (d of Andrew Neill and Agnes Nancy McMeckin b c1831 in Dondonnell Bangor Ireland) d 26 May 1951, 21 Rosewarne Street, Spreydon, New Zealand. Submitted by Graham Leeming, 133 SH77 Ashburton, 7776, New Zealand. We invite members to submit their list of Grandparents for inclusion in the next newsletter – you could make contact with a previously unknown relative! Also, please do take time to complete (and return) the “Members Interests” and “My Grandparents’ Were” forms. Three organisations charged with handling public records in Scotland, including the burgeoning office responsible for the genealogy boom, have been asked to look at merging. Ministers have asked the General Register Office for Scotland, National Archives of Scotland and Registers of Scotland to explore the benefits of amalgamation. It is claimed that a merger of the three bodies has the potential to deliver savings for the taxpayer while maintaining the high level of services provided. Hell is Where: The Police are German, The Chefs are British, The Mechanics are French, The Lovers are Swiss and It's all organized by the Italians. 3 The following is some Information forwarded by NZSG:… A breakdown of the records appearing in the 2nd edition of the British Isles Vital Record Index from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can be seen at http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/. The numbers in the tables indicate the number of records for that county. Clicking on the numbers will retrieve a pdf file with the breakdown showing individual parishes and the periods covered. This is particularly useful as it has details for many Free Church and other congregations’ records. The new Somerset Heritage Centre on the edge of Taunton opened on 27 September 2010. More details can be found on the Internet at http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/SHC/Intro.htm Contact details are: Somerset Heritage Centre Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, TAUNTON, TA2 6SF Tel: 01823 278805 (enquiries) Tel: 01823 337600 (appointments) Fax: 01823 347459 Email: archives@somerset.gov.uk The following press release was issued by the UKBMD team: Cheshire BMD celebrates its tenth anniversary on 15th October 2010. From its small beginnings in 2000 it has continued to grow steadily over the years as volunteers from the Family History Society of Cheshire work with the local register offices to put online the birth, marriage and death indexes based on the original records held by the local register offices. Over the years eight other regions of the country made use of the free UKBMD software and therefore have web sites that function in an identical manner. All of these are accessible for the main UKBMD web site at http://www.UKBMD.org.uk/ When you click on the "Local BMD" button in UKBMD's menu you will be shown a list of links to all the sites that use the UKBMD software, and also all the other sites that are placing their original BMD indexes online using differing systems. Now as the project reaches its tenth anniversary the UKBMD project is pleased to announce the launch of the tenth web site to use the UKBMD software, Cumbria BMD indexes are now online! As with the other BMD projects this is a joint effort between the register offices and various family history societies. Its initial launch will include data from the Barrow register office with other offices in the area adding their data soon after. As stated above, the software used in the UKBMD web sites is free for any society and register office to use. If your area of the country does not have their indexes online yet, perhaps it would be a project that your society would consider? Family Historians gain by having access to original BMD indexes, registrars gain by being able to supply copy certificates without needing to search. Everyone wins! http://www.Cheshir BMD.org.uk/ http://www.UKBMD.org.uk/ http://www.Cumbri BMD.org.uk/ Thanks to Chris Paton for informing me of this - http://scottishancestry.blogspot.com From: Roger Lewry, FFHS Archives Liaison archives.liaison@ffhs.org.uk A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion. An older gentleman was on the operating table awaiting surgery and he insisted that his son, a renowned surgeon, perform the operation. As he was about to get the anaesthesia, he asked to speak to his son. 'Yes, Dad, what is it? ' 'Don't be nervous, son; do your best and just remember, if it doesn't go well, if something happens to me... your mother is going to come and live with you and your wife.' With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress. 4 THE IRISH INTEREST GROUP OF THE N Z SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS INC. IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF Experienced speakers and long-time Irish family history researchers MALCOLM MCDONALD & CHRISTINE MILLS will conduct two sessions aimed at helping people research their Irish ancestors. When: Sunday 17th October 2010 Where: Upper Riccarton Community & School Library 71 Main South Road, Sockburn, Christchurch Morning session: 11am to 1pm Topic: PARISH RECORDS of Ireland Afternoon session: 1.30pm to 3.30pm Topic: PROBATE RECORDS (Wills, etc) of Ireland Cost: $10 per session Both sessions are suitable for researchers of any level of experience (from the novice to the more experienced genealogist) and will cover the following: The sessions are designed to be informative and fun! Handout notes are included. Positions are strictly limited & PRIOR BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL ! To secure a position at this workshop please send an email to cxmprint@gmail.com or phone Malcolm McDonald on (09) 426 3674 or 027-2080832 Don’t miss out ……. BOOK NOW !!! Two Sessions ON IRISH FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH • What records are available • Where the records are located • How the records may be accessed • Information contained in the records • and much more TIMPSON FAMILY Timpson – This is notification for a dedication ceremony of a memorial seat commemorating Jack and Nellie Timpson, also Henry and Ann Timpson (the original Timpson couple who emigrated from England in 1886 and made their home in the Staveley area, Mid Canterbury). The ceremony is to be held at 2pm Sunday 21st November 2010 on the Green opposite the Staveley Store. The Staveley Historical and Geological Centre will be open, where extensive social history records of the area are to be found. Family members will be in attendance on both Saturday the 20 Nov 2010 and Sunday 21 Nov 2010 for family and friends who wish to visit the location. Stan Smith a Timpson descendant who has been researching the family for over 40 years will be attending. Stan is keen to gather more copies of family history documents and photographs from people who attend the event and wish to share and will have family information from his research to share with you, at the dedication. (Copies of your documents and photos can be taken at the event). Immediate associated families are Blyth, Andrews, Grieve & Stockdill. Ann Timpson nee Wheelband kept a shipboard diary on their voyage out on the “Langstone”. Family members have transcripts but if anyone knows the whereabouts of the original it would be great to view and compare with the transcript. It is hoped the event will be a time for family and friends to renew old and make new acquaintances and to celebrate the pioneering spirit of Henry and Ann Timpson. The organisers are relying on word of mouth to inform family and friends of this event. For further information and confirmation of attendance (for catering purposes) please contact; Stan Smith (03) 358 7075 Christchurch or John Timpson (06) 877 6678 Or by email to stanjsmith@xtra.co.nz ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ We exchange newsletters with a number of NZSG Branches – recently received are: Cant. Sep 10; Whangarei Sep 10; Westland Sep 10; Riccarton Sep 10; Papakura Aug, Sep, Oct 10; Wellington Sep 10; these can include queries for research as well as lists of suggested websites. There is, as always, some good stuff in these, so check them out at our Rooms. !! 5 LIBRARY REPORT Latest Accessions to the library are: G14 Vanguard of the South – Nelson New Zealand – C.B. Brereton (donated by Rita Wright) K255 The Mt. Somers Tramway 1886-1943 – I.D. Maffey O31 Doubtfull Harbour – John Hall-Jones (donated by Gwen & Merv. Beauvais) CD The Jim Pearce Index – Obituaries reported in The Evening Post 1929-1977 (this CD has been loaded on to our new computer, which is next to the 2 other computers beneath the windows. The Victorian Outwards Passenger Lists CD has also been loaded onto this computer) Some of the books purchased from Bookarama this year are as follows: C9 Memories of Old Wanganui Vol. 4 F14 Out of Mind Out of Sight – Wendy Hunter Williams G15 Nelson Pilgrimage – A.H. Reed G16 Pioneer Passengers – To Nelson by Sailing Ship March 1842-June 1843 – June Neale H9 Holy Trinity Church Picton 1863-1963 – A Centennial History J114 St. Albans from Swamp to Suburbs – An Informal History J115 Trotting Beneath the Nor’west Arch – Hororata Trotting Club 1951-1991 – T. Brankin J116 St. George’s Hospital - The First Fifty Years – L.C.L. Averill J117 Many a Glorious Morning – David McLeod J118 A History of the University of Canterbury 1873-1973 – Gardner, Beardsley, & Carter J119 Templeton Primary School and District 1862-1987 J120 Rangiora RSA 1919-1994 & Rangiora RSA Club Inc. 1972-1993 Souvenir History K19b Willowby School 1876-1999 K256 Mid-Canterbury Rugby Football Union 1927-2002 K257 Ashburton RSA – 70 Years On L88 Thomas of Timaru – The Life & Work of a Great Headmaster – George Guy L89 The Lyalldale Waltz – Isaac M. Thompson L90 Fairlie Fire Brigade 1908-1983 M34 Westland’s Golden Century 1860-1960 – Rupert A. Kay N82 To Fame Undying – The Otago Settlers Assn. 1898-2008 – Sean G. Brosnahan N83 Goldfields of Otago an Illustrated History – John Hall-Jones O27 History of Drummond and Gladfield – One Hundred Years More or Less O32 The Heart of Fiordland – George A. Howard O33 A Cut Above – Early History of the Alliance Freezing Co. (Southland) – Clive A. Lind P4a Petticoat Pioneers Book 2 – North Island Women of the Colonial Era – M. Macgregor P183 Erewhon – Samuel Butler P184 No Idle Rich – The Wealthy in Canterbury & Otago 1840-1914 – Jim McAloon P185 The Long White Cloud – William Pember Reeves P186 The Sugarbag Years – A People’s History of the 1930s Depression in NZ – T. Simpson P187 Insight Guides – New Zealand – ed. Gordon McLauchlan P188 Open Country – ed. Jim Henderson P189 From North Cape to Bluff – A.H. Reed P190 Faith & Fraternalism A History of the Hibernian Soc. in NZ 1869-2000 – R. Sweetman P191 A Century of Change 2nd ed. NZ 1800-1900 – M. Stenson & E. Olssen P192 Epitaph – Paul Gittins P193 Epitaph II – Paul Gittins P194 The Bad Old Days – A Century of Life in the Young Colony of NZ – Tony Nolan P195 Awesome Forces - the natural hazards that threaten NZ – ed. Hicks & Campbell P196 A Salute to Trotting – A History of Harness Racing in NZ – Ron Bisman When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I. Advice just to hand from Internal Affairs Department re increases in charges for certificates (GST increase): Standard cert (bmd) –was $26 - now $26.50 Electronic printout or photocopy of cert (bmd) – was $20 now $20.40. Full list of charges can be emailed by Editor (alice.mcl@ihug.co.nz) – do ask if you would like a copy - or inspect the list in our rooms. 6 Recently the Group received an email from Ireland – Brendan Hennessey lives in County Cork, and has discovered that a relative had been a teaching Sister in Ashburton. Brendan was under the impression that Norah COMMONS aka Sr Mary Agnes had maybe come to NZ by herself He was able to tell me that her parents were Jeremiah COMMONS and Alice HENNESSEY. He is coming to New Zealand in October, and decided that he would like to visit Ashburton cemetery where Sister M. Agnes was buried in 1935, and possibly view the Convent where she lived, if it is still in existence. By coincidence I was speaking with Maree O’Neill who is the office administrator in the Holy Name office, so I asked her whether there would be any records available of Sisters who had lived in Ashburton. Not a lot was available, but we discovered that she had been in Ashburton by 1930 until her death. I popped out to the cemetery, and located the grave, so took a couple of photographs, which were emailed to Brendan. By looking at the Christchurch cemeteries database online, I was able to find what I was pretty sure were Jeremiah’s & Alice’s burial details – both buried at Linwood cemetery in 1897 and 1918 respectively. On Papers Past (online) was a great obituary for Alice – it mentioned how long the family had been in New Zealand (Norah was just a few months old when they arrived on the “Rakaia” in 1874), plus the fact that two of their four daughters were resident at the Convent in Barbadoes St. There were also four sons in the family. A few days ago, I mentioned the story to a friend whose sister is a member of the same order as the two Commons sisters (Our Lady of the Missions) – she phoned her sister in Christchurch; and with the phone number she supplied, I contacted the Archives for the Order in Wellington. The Archivist, Sister Theresa was most helpful – told me heaps about the two Sisters – and has since scanned and forwarded all documents relating to their various placements etc – a wonderful dossier on the lives of the two COMMONS daughters, Norah/Sr M Agnes, and Ellen/Sr Mary of Loretto. Sister Theresa is herself interested in family history, and has helped to compile her own family’s history. Brendan is thrilled with the info that we have been able to supply re this branch of his family. Does anyone have, or know of, a connection with this family? Please contact me 03 308 7580 if you have/know of a connection, as Brendan would love to meet up with a/some descendants of Jeremiah and Alice Commons while he is in New Zealand If anyone wishes to learn more details about a family member who entered the Order, Sister Theresa has indicated that they would be willing to assist – their email address is: <archives@rndm.org.nz>. – Alice McLaren. Remember – to check out the research queries folder in the Rooms. More than 13 pages of names, all referenced for easy access to material – you could be lucky and find a connection here! ☻☻☻ INTERESTING BITS FROM OTHER GROUPS’ RECENT NEWSLETTERS ◙ NEW RESOURCE on ANCESTRY: Many of you will already know that Ancestry has just released a new database with accessible images: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar - Index of Wills and Administrations, 1861-1941. From the website: The records were created by the Probate Registry, which took control of proving wills and administrations in 1858. Before this, four different types of ecclesiastical (church) courts dealt with these cases. A Principal Probate Registry was established in London in January 1858, and several district probate registries were created around the country. From then on, the registries oversaw all grants of probate and letters of administration. This collection is the Calendar of these grants, each year separated into a different volume. The entries in each volume are then alphabetised by surname. Information varies across different entries, but each typically includes: Probate date Full name of the deceased Death date Death place Registry where issued Missing volumes: The collection covers 80 years from 1861 to 1941. Currently there are no books for the years 1858-1860 and there are some gaps for the years 1863, 1868, 1873, 1876, 1877, 1883, 1888, 18991903 and 1910-1911. However, we hope to add records for these years as soon as possible.” - (Borrowed from Papakura’s September newsletter - Thanks!!) ☺☺☺☺ Cemetery Corner Our Cemetery Archivist Michael Sheate reports that he has approached the Ashburton District Council re the proposed imaging of the headstones in the various county cemeteries and aligning them with the ADC’s burial records online. This will be a massive task - it is hoped that a start will be made this summer. Shotgun wedding - A case of wife or death. 7 Does anyone have a photograph of the Holmeslea homestead on River Road above Barrhill? We have received a request from Jenny Rodger of Twizel – her family lived there for a few years in the early 1970s, and she would like to obtain a copy for a book she is compiling of all the places they have lived. If you can oblige, please contact Linda Blackmoore (03) 308 3014 (evenings) or lindyb@xtra.co.nz Have you visited ADFHG website yet??? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nzlasfhg ◄► I wish to give praise to the excellent service given by the North Shore Branch of NZSG. They hold the excerpts from the "New Zealand Herald" newspapers [Auckland] for Deaths, Memoriam etc. The service is quick. Contact Dennise Cook. P.O. Box 89 045, Torbay, Auckland 0742. Charge is a donation. It is helpful if you know the exact death date though not necessary, The earlier papers have been indexed by name, the later ones by surname only. Dennise is an extremely helpful person. The information I have personally received from various death notices have been helpful in finding cousins, aunties and uncles I never knew existed. Also placing which cousin actually belonged to which parents. It was also most helpful in finding what cemeteries they were buried in. Linda Blackmoore ☺☺☺☺ A couple of (in fact, three) Research Queries – can anyone help, please?? McBride - I Would appreciate any help with the researching of Richard McBride, My great grand mother's brother who has proved rather difficult in locating. Also - Mary McBride. 17. Gen Serv. Co Down. m James Crosson. 1/4/1875 Farmer. Ashburton. d 13/3/1902 buried at Waterton Cemt. Ashburton Contact - Kevin Lewis – via Linda Blackmoore (03) 308 3014 (evenings) or lindyb@xtra.co.nz Also: POCOCK - I am researching my family "the Pocock's" who first settled in Ashburton, I noticed on the Ashburton District Family History Group site reference to My family members, but could not find any more in detail. I am particularly interested in my Grandfather Claude Pocock (other Christian names Rupert Vivian) and his father George Pocock, can you tell me where to start and if there is any information on them. Regards Ian Pocock. (contact via Linda Blackmoore as above) AND LASTLY - I am researching the 100 Lyon Officers of WW1, one of whom was Ashburton's own Doctor George Lyon. What I am still very keen to track down is a photo of George, preferably in his WW1 uniform, does your Group have access to one such ? Dan Lyon (contact via Linda Blackmoore as above) §§§§§ Our collection of “Funeral Memorial Sheets”– given out at funerals – continues to grow – we are still accepting contributions – thanks to those who have donated so far. Sender: 5 Pages Road Ashburton 8