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
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.
Reposted by Cathy Clarke
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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auctions.dunbarsloane.co.nz/1879/catalogue
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
Porcini - a seasonal mushroom prized in fine cuisine that can be used fresh or dried. Sounds about right for me.
Did you know we're all placed onto different Bluesky servers, and they're named after mushrooms??
You can find out what mushroom server you're on by looking yourself up on Clearsky clearsky.app
I'm team oyster mushroom. 🦪🍄
You can find out what mushroom server you're on by looking yourself up on Clearsky clearsky.app
I'm team oyster mushroom. 🦪🍄
January 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Porcini - a seasonal mushroom prized in fine cuisine that can be used fresh or dried. Sounds about right for me.
@janechapman.bsky.social This looks useful for ODIG presenters.
Genea Ancestry AutoBlur is an extension for Google Chrome which automatically blurs identifying information on Ancestry, making it easy to create public demonstrations, live streams and recorded screencasts.
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#genealogy #ancestry #familyhistory
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#genealogy #ancestry #familyhistory
January 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
@janechapman.bsky.social This looks useful for ODIG presenters.
This week I’ve been relaxing by doing some text correction on paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Entertained by what OCR made of these names: Mr J. Eraser (Fraser), Miss Alien (Allen), Miss Waterworks (Waterworth). #GenHour
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January 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This week I’ve been relaxing by doing some text correction on paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Entertained by what OCR made of these names: Mr J. Eraser (Fraser), Miss Alien (Allen), Miss Waterworks (Waterworth). #GenHour
My annual blog post about the 10 best books that I read during the year (2024) and volunteering for a charity book sale. #nzbooks #reading
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Best Books 2024
Setting up for Bookfest 2024. I read 84 books in 2024 but my reading stats have hardly changed from last year – so I won’t bother with my usual graph. Instead this is where I’ve been sourcing my re…
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January 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
My annual blog post about the 10 best books that I read during the year (2024) and volunteering for a charity book sale. #nzbooks #reading
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