| Previous Notices on My Ancestor's Story.com |
| Feedback Page Thanks to everyone who has submitted feedback or posted a comment using our form. We've now added a page to display comments. You can read a selection of comments received from visitors to My Ancestor's Story.com since it began in April 2007 on our new Feedback page. You can also add your own comment. |
| We're proud to announce the latest Edition to the My Ancestor's Story.com family......Our very own little search engine. Now you can quickly search My Ancestor's Story.com to see if a name from your family tree appears, or as an easy way to find details on a ship or person from the Early New Zealand Shipping blogs. |
| History Blogs Click on 'History' on the menu bar. This will give you an idea of what you can expect to see added to the site in the future. Already you can read about some of the first ships that came to explore, chart, trade and hunt in New Zealand waters. The history blogs relate to pre-colonial New Zealand history, in particular to the time associated with John Lidiard's life in My Story. Much more will be added over the coming months so be sure to add My Ancestor's Story.com to your favourites so you can easily come back. |
| Recommended stories in Early New Zealand Shipping Blogs Check out these ships to find out what life was like in the adventurous days of early New Zealand shipping: Alexander Boyd Betsy Brampton Cyprus Dragon Elizabeth General Gates General Wellesley |
| Short Stories Even if you only know a little about your ancestors, you can add your story to My Ancestor's Story.com By doing so, you'll be reserving a space for you to add to in the future as you learn more. Every family story is unique, so if you have only a few notes here and there, write them up and send them in today. You never know what publishing them might bring! |
| National Library of New Zealand opens new family search service. The National Library Te Puna Mataruanga o Aoteaora has opened a new search service which gives family historians access to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints massive microfilm database of millions of records. These include birth, death, marriage, and census records from many countries and are an excellent resource for those searching for their ancestors. To find out more visit National Library of New Zealand. |