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I have been with our Genealogy group to several of his Genealogy lectures.They were outstanding especially on the ancient ancestry trails, settlement + new zealand earlier days especially Knowledge...

In my other journal , on one of the first European settlers in NZ ON " CAVANAGH " ex escaping sailor prisoner Etc , i became interested in how that surname Originated . Here is the story on the "orig...

Their have been quite a few named as the first European to settle in NZ + in quite a few different places also . The " Ngapuhi " elders still speak of a handed down story from Generation to Genera...

On the Wales --- English border is a township with 2 names . The Welsh Side is called - Monmouthshire + the English Side is called Monmouth . My ancestors who originally came from northern Ge...

Over many years of researching , I often wondered where the "AUSTIN " surname originated . I thought Some people with that surname , may also be keen to learn of its early beginnings HouseOfNam...