Cathy Clarke
@cathyclarke77.bsky.social
NZ Wellingtonian. Author of The Only Living Lady Parachutist: http://catherineclarkeauthor.com Family tree tracer: http://catherineclarke6.wix.com/myers Med Lab scientist before that. #historicalfiction #genealogy
Chuffed that my Woodlark #OnePlaceStudy got a mention at the 32 minute mark in Paul Milner's webinar familytreewebinars.com/webinar/engl... #OnePlaceWednesday
English Context - History, Sources and Repositories - Legacy Family Tree Webinars
An introductory overview on English History and its effect on sources and repositories. Understand where to look for records and how to...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Chuffed that my Woodlark #OnePlaceStudy got a mention at the 32 minute mark in Paul Milner's webinar familytreewebinars.com/webinar/engl... #OnePlaceWednesday
The #OnePlaceStudies blogging and social media prompt for this month, #OnePlaceAdverts has prompted me to post an article 'Advertising New Zealand in the 1870s' used to encourage emigrants on the Woodlark in 1874. app.weare.xyz/public/the-w...
Advertising New Zealand in the 1870s
The Immigration and Public Works Act of 1870, introduced by Julius Vogel, transferred control of immigration from provincial governments to the central government. To manage this, Isaac Featherston wa...
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January 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The #OnePlaceStudies blogging and social media prompt for this month, #OnePlaceAdverts has prompted me to post an article 'Advertising New Zealand in the 1870s' used to encourage emigrants on the Woodlark in 1874. app.weare.xyz/public/the-w...
Better late than never - the books I enjoyed most in 2025.
Best Books 2025
I’m a bit late with my top ten books for 2025 but here they are. I read 61 books in total, less fiction (35) and about the same amount of non-fiction (25) as previous years, plus one collection of short stories. As usual historical fiction, history or memoirs were the genres I favoured. The books were sourced in equal proportions from my wonderful local bookstore (Schrodingers), Hutt City Libraries (shout out to their fab free reservation service) and second-hand book fair purchases.
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January 11, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Better late than never - the books I enjoyed most in 2025.
An unwelcome surprise! Family Search have removed access to inquests from 1925 onwards in 'New Zealand Coroner's inquest reports, 1888-1938' so they are no longer available to view at home. The restriction is 50 years from date of death, so why? Need to visit to Archives in Wgtn now. #genealogy
December 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
An unwelcome surprise! Family Search have removed access to inquests from 1925 onwards in 'New Zealand Coroner's inquest reports, 1888-1938' so they are no longer available to view at home. The restriction is 50 years from date of death, so why? Need to visit to Archives in Wgtn now. #genealogy
This week's post on the Woodlark passengers, the feisty Jane Palmer, publican of the Grovetown Hotel in the 1880s. #OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceStudy
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Jane Adams [Palmer] (1846 - 1913) Profile
Jane Palmer was not a woman to be trifled with. Though she could neither read nor write, she navigated contracts, business dealings, and legal disputes with a confidence that often defeated men who at...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This week's post on the Woodlark passengers, the feisty Jane Palmer, publican of the Grovetown Hotel in the 1880s. #OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceStudy
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Imagine eating this for 98 days straight - the dietary scale for the 'Woodlark' from London to Wellington in 1874. #OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceStudy
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Passengers' Contract Ticket
It's looking a bit tatty around the edges now, but this is the passenger ticket for the Chambers family from the Woodlark ship's papers. I've been able to fully transcribe it from a copy included in a...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Imagine eating this for 98 days straight - the dietary scale for the 'Woodlark' from London to Wellington in 1874. #OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceStudy
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Is this not a thing of beauty? A map, hand-drawn by James Hannay (my GGG-GF) from his application to construct a water-race on the Golden Bay Goldfields, 25 March 1875. R18627952 ArchivesNZ. #GenHour
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Is this not a thing of beauty? A map, hand-drawn by James Hannay (my GGG-GF) from his application to construct a water-race on the Golden Bay Goldfields, 25 March 1875. R18627952 ArchivesNZ. #GenHour
I've been investigating the 'Woodlark' passengers that went to Whanganui then got side-tracked looking at their employers. Some prosperous enough to have their photograph taken but also a couple of rogues - bigamy & bankruptcy. #OnePlaceWednesday More to come. app.weare.xyz/public/the-w...
Whanganui & the 'Woodlark' Passengers
The Woodlark passengers who hadn't found employment in Wellington were taken by paddle-steamer to Whanganui. Wanganui Chronicle, 6 April 1874: The p.s. 'Manawatu' will leave Wellington for Wanganui to...
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September 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I've been investigating the 'Woodlark' passengers that went to Whanganui then got side-tracked looking at their employers. Some prosperous enough to have their photograph taken but also a couple of rogues - bigamy & bankruptcy. #OnePlaceWednesday More to come. app.weare.xyz/public/the-w...
How's this for a clause in the 1913 will of the Revd William Francis Dashwood Lang? #GenHour #genealogy
September 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
How's this for a clause in the 1913 will of the Revd William Francis Dashwood Lang? #GenHour #genealogy
I've added the Instructions to Matrons of Emigrant Ships to my Woodlark Passengers 1874 study. The single women's quarters were referred to as 'the virgins' cage". #OnePlaceWednesday app.weare.xyz/public/the-w...
Instructions to Matrons of Emigrant Ships
These instructions were issued by the Agent General, Isaac Featherston, after the Woodlark had already arrived in Wellington. Charlotte Adams was the matron on the Woodlark. The strict segregation of ...
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September 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I've added the Instructions to Matrons of Emigrant Ships to my Woodlark Passengers 1874 study. The single women's quarters were referred to as 'the virgins' cage". #OnePlaceWednesday app.weare.xyz/public/the-w...
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New Plymouth history Bluesky: any hints on naming this young lady? In Josiah Flight's papers. I'm wondering if it might be a niece of Thomas Kelly, the MP / Legislative Council member.
September 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
New Plymouth history Bluesky: any hints on naming this young lady? In Josiah Flight's papers. I'm wondering if it might be a niece of Thomas Kelly, the MP / Legislative Council member.
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Now registered with us is @cathyclarke77.bsky.social Cathy Clark’s ‘one voyage study’ The Woodlark Passengers 1874, Wellington One-Place Study🔗. That link is to our OPS profile page; you can also head straight to Cathy's The ‘Woodlark’ Passengers 1874🔗 site to find out more! #OnePlaceWednesday
August 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Now registered with us is @cathyclarke77.bsky.social Cathy Clark’s ‘one voyage study’ The Woodlark Passengers 1874, Wellington One-Place Study🔗. That link is to our OPS profile page; you can also head straight to Cathy's The ‘Woodlark’ Passengers 1874🔗 site to find out more! #OnePlaceWednesday
I've been making progress on the website for my one-voyage #OnePlaceStudy of the Woodlark 1874 London to Wellington, NZ #GenHour
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The 'Woodlark' Passengers 1874
We Are [showcasing your family history like never before]
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August 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I've been making progress on the website for my one-voyage #OnePlaceStudy of the Woodlark 1874 London to Wellington, NZ #GenHour
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So many gawjus fings in here!
So many gawjus fings in here!
1879 Rosemary McLeod Textile Collection Catalogue | Dunbar Sloane
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July 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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So many gawjus fings in here!
So many gawjus fings in here!
Calm harbour today @ Petone
July 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Calm harbour today @ Petone
I've been working on my one-voyage study all week. Enrolled in SAG course for setting up website. I've done 3 research articles, 2 profiles and loaded 3 documents. It's still private for now but pleased with my progress #GenHour
July 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I've been working on my one-voyage study all week. Enrolled in SAG course for setting up website. I've done 3 research articles, 2 profiles and loaded 3 documents. It's still private for now but pleased with my progress #GenHour
Tracy Farr’s alternative history, Wonderland, is a fabulous read. The setting is real – Wonderland was an amusement park in Miramar that ran from 1907 to 1912 but the main characters and events are fictional.
Book Review: Wonderland by Tracy Farr
Tracy Farr’s alternative history, Wonderland, is a fabulous read. The setting is real – Wonderland was an amusement park in Miramar that ran from 1907 to 1912 – but the main characters and events are fictional. The amusement park is the backdrop to the lives of the Loverock family. Charlie is the owner and his wife Matti, a doctor in obstetrics, is promoting the new technology of incubators for newborn babies.
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June 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Tracy Farr’s alternative history, Wonderland, is a fabulous read. The setting is real – Wonderland was an amusement park in Miramar that ran from 1907 to 1912 but the main characters and events are fictional.
Do you ever wonder why you can't find a marriage on the NZ DIA website? This one has been completely scrambled. According to the Intentions to Marry they are John A SIMS (groom) and Hannah Matilda BERRY (bride)
May 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Do you ever wonder why you can't find a marriage on the NZ DIA website? This one has been completely scrambled. According to the Intentions to Marry they are John A SIMS (groom) and Hannah Matilda BERRY (bride)
@kiwinomad06.bsky.social Recommend this webinar. What a story! familytreewebinars.com/webinar/a-ma...
“A Matrimonial Advertiser:” Tracing the Treacherous Trail of an Early 20th-Century Romance Scammer - Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Research on a man’s mysterious second marriage identified his wife as a romance scammer who preyed on Civil War veterans. This case study shows how evidence...
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April 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
@kiwinomad06.bsky.social Recommend this webinar. What a story! familytreewebinars.com/webinar/a-ma...
I'm off to ArchivesNZ to look at Intentions to Marry for Woodlark passengers. Good for pre 1880 NZ marriages as gives specific age and length of residence, parent if minor (and don't cost $25 like a marriage reg). 1865-1869, 1872, 1874 & 1880 have been digitised at www.archives.govt.nz. #GenHour
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March 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I'm off to ArchivesNZ to look at Intentions to Marry for Woodlark passengers. Good for pre 1880 NZ marriages as gives specific age and length of residence, parent if minor (and don't cost $25 like a marriage reg). 1865-1869, 1872, 1874 & 1880 have been digitised at www.archives.govt.nz. #GenHour
@kiwinomad06.bsky.social This script tutorial from BYU has a Latin module script.byu.edu #palaeography
February 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
@kiwinomad06.bsky.social This script tutorial from BYU has a Latin module script.byu.edu #palaeography
@kiwinomad06.bsky.social There are three books on this topic at Nat Library on the open shelf in FH section under FAMILY HISTORY GBR/ GUIDE and FAMILY HISTORY USA / LIST. Will you have time to browse on the visit next month? NZSG library has a couple of them too.
Those are much more detailed records than the usual church records. I've a book on my shelf called Latin for Local and Family history (or something along those lines), might be worth checking your local library for something similar (or prevailing on a Latin scholar in a local university).
January 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
@kiwinomad06.bsky.social There are three books on this topic at Nat Library on the open shelf in FH section under FAMILY HISTORY GBR/ GUIDE and FAMILY HISTORY USA / LIST. Will you have time to browse on the visit next month? NZSG library has a couple of them too.
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One more of the hidden stories of women who were part of pivotal events in Irish History.
Mrs. Elizabeth JACKSON née BUNTING
The devil is in the details . True, but many details can be devilishly hard to nail down when key people, actions and perspectives have no...
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January 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
One more of the hidden stories of women who were part of pivotal events in Irish History.
@alliethinks.bsky.social Look where crocheting can take you.
The creation of husband and wife team Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole, the enormous structure has captured the attention of international institutions including the de Young Museum in San Francisco and the Marrk Museum in Hamburg, Germany - one of the largest museums of ethnology in Europe.
Global journey on the cards for giant crocheted house
A giant woollen Māori meeting house/wharenui attracting visitors to Canterbury Museum’s pop-up is about to take the world by storm after being invited to museums in the US and Europe.
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January 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
@alliethinks.bsky.social Look where crocheting can take you.
Pleased with the enlistment record I ordered through Civil War Records @brianrhinehart.bsky.social This is not my James Hannay as I know he could sign his name. #GenHour
January 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Pleased with the enlistment record I ordered through Civil War Records @brianrhinehart.bsky.social This is not my James Hannay as I know he could sign his name. #GenHour