Maggie Gaffney
@mghistorical.com
Family and local historian: https://mghistorical.com Web geek. Traveller. Gamer. Perpetual student. Wellington, NZ. Voyage of the Mermaid to NZ project: https://mermaid1864.org iwiKiwi blog: https://www.iwikiwi.com/
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Looking forward to giving my first presentation with Legacy Family Tree Webinars this Wednesday at 2pm NZDT - free on the day and the week following, register here: familytreewebinars.com/webinar/find... #genealogy
Finding your family's footprints in Ireland - Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Discovering exactly where your Irish ancestors hailed from can be a tricky exercise, especially with the lack of 19th century census returns. However, there is an...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Looking forward to giving my first presentation with Legacy Family Tree Webinars this Wednesday at 2pm NZDT - free on the day and the week following, register here: familytreewebinars.com/webinar/find... #genealogy
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For those in Ireland, the Valuations Office is moving house. Short post about it here.
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cbgenealogy.ie/valuations-o... #IrishGenealogy #AncestryHour #GenHour
October 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
For those in Ireland, the Valuations Office is moving house. Short post about it here.
cbgenealogy.ie/valuations-o... #IrishGenealogy #AncestryHour #GenHour
cbgenealogy.ie/valuations-o... #IrishGenealogy #AncestryHour #GenHour
Guess where I’ve been, @kiwinomad06.bsky.social ?
September 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Guess where I’ve been, @kiwinomad06.bsky.social ?
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
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"Using DNA for Family History Research: A Beginner's Guide" will take place online on Sat 20 Sept at 7pm UK time, admission £10. (A recording will be made available for a week after.)
To register, please visit us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... I'll hopefully see you there!
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
To register, please visit us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... I'll hopefully see you there!
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Scottish GENES Webinar: Using DNA for Family History Research: A Beginner's Guide. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining th...
In this session, genealogist Chris Paton provides a jargon-free introduction for beginners on how DNA can be used for family history research to break down brick wall problems. As well as offering a b...
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September 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"Using DNA for Family History Research: A Beginner's Guide" will take place online on Sat 20 Sept at 7pm UK time, admission £10. (A recording will be made available for a week after.)
To register, please visit us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... I'll hopefully see you there!
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
To register, please visit us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... I'll hopefully see you there!
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
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Scottish GENES Webinar - Using DNA for Family History Research: A Beginner's Guide scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/scot... #genealogy
Scottish GENES Webinar - Using DNA for Family History Research: A Beginner's Guide
From Scotland, a daily news blog about genealogy, family history and personal heritage.
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September 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Scottish GENES Webinar - Using DNA for Family History Research: A Beginner's Guide scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/scot... #genealogy
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August 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Boggles the mind that they actually printed the contestants' home addresses in this. Yikes. 1964 "Miss Industries Fair" Entrants, Gisborne, NZ. One of these is my mum! (Photo News is awesome, available for Gisborne and Nelson). photonews.org.nz/gisborne/iss...
"Miss Industries Fair" Entrants - Gisborne Photo News - No 119 : May 21, 1964
photonews.org.nz
August 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Boggles the mind that they actually printed the contestants' home addresses in this. Yikes. 1964 "Miss Industries Fair" Entrants, Gisborne, NZ. One of these is my mum! (Photo News is awesome, available for Gisborne and Nelson). photonews.org.nz/gisborne/iss...
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Because of reasons, I've been checking out the Edmonds Cookbook online, and OMG, they have a heap of their recipes available in te reo.
It's happening, whānau. Te reo is becoming part of us, little by little.
edmondscooking.co.nz
It's happening, whānau. Te reo is becoming part of us, little by little.
edmondscooking.co.nz
July 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Because of reasons, I've been checking out the Edmonds Cookbook online, and OMG, they have a heap of their recipes available in te reo.
It's happening, whānau. Te reo is becoming part of us, little by little.
edmondscooking.co.nz
It's happening, whānau. Te reo is becoming part of us, little by little.
edmondscooking.co.nz
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Using examples from my family in Scotland, Ireland, and the U.S., I talk about how I used both written records and DNA matches in this video to confirm and expand what I knew about one set of my Irish ancestors.
#irishgenealogy #scottishgenealogy #DNA #DNAmatches #genealogy
youtu.be/Tfg9YktIzEI
#irishgenealogy #scottishgenealogy #DNA #DNAmatches #genealogy
youtu.be/Tfg9YktIzEI
Telling genealogy stories: excerpts from my family
YouTube video by Mainely Genealogy
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May 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Using examples from my family in Scotland, Ireland, and the U.S., I talk about how I used both written records and DNA matches in this video to confirm and expand what I knew about one set of my Irish ancestors.
#irishgenealogy #scottishgenealogy #DNA #DNAmatches #genealogy
youtu.be/Tfg9YktIzEI
#irishgenealogy #scottishgenealogy #DNA #DNAmatches #genealogy
youtu.be/Tfg9YktIzEI
It’s a crazy wind out there!
Wild weather in New Zealand disrupts flights, shutters schools reut.rs/4iLJsHw
Wild weather in New Zealand disrupts flights, shutters schools
Schools were closed and flights cancelled as New Zealand's capital Wellington was hit by its strongest winds in over a decade on Thursday while a state of emergency was declared in parts of the South Island after 24 hours of heavy rain.
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May 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
It’s a crazy wind out there!
Happy 15th birthday, Legacy Family Tree webinars! To celebrate, they're offering a half price membership to new customers. Love these webinars, and the back catalogue available in the library. legacyfamilytree.com/blog/2025/04... #genealogy
April 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Happy 15th birthday, Legacy Family Tree webinars! To celebrate, they're offering a half price membership to new customers. Love these webinars, and the back catalogue available in the library. legacyfamilytree.com/blog/2025/04... #genealogy
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Save the date! The 2025 Virtual APG PMC is happening Sept 18-20! Don’t miss expert insights, professional development, hot topics & networking. Stay tuned for details: bit.ly/4ilSM5f. Sponsorships available! #APGPMC2#APGPMC2025
April 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Save the date! The 2025 Virtual APG PMC is happening Sept 18-20! Don’t miss expert insights, professional development, hot topics & networking. Stay tuned for details: bit.ly/4ilSM5f. Sponsorships available! #APGPMC2#APGPMC2025
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Another Friday afternoon is here, which means wrapping up the week by investigating the location of Pacific collections and records.
Do you care for or know someone who maintains such a collection or records? Please get in touch with me if so.
#history #collection #records #archives
Do you care for or know someone who maintains such a collection or records? Please get in touch with me if so.
#history #collection #records #archives
April 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Another Friday afternoon is here, which means wrapping up the week by investigating the location of Pacific collections and records.
Do you care for or know someone who maintains such a collection or records? Please get in touch with me if so.
#history #collection #records #archives
Do you care for or know someone who maintains such a collection or records? Please get in touch with me if so.
#history #collection #records #archives
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My April newsletter is out now talking podcast recommendations for Irish history & #genealogy claires-newsletter-3b3509.beehiiv.com/p/context-is... @rtedoconone.bsky.social @limerickslife.com @familyhistpod.bsky.social @irishacw.bsky.social @empirepoduk.bsky.social @leannemccormick.bsky.social
Context is Key
Tips & tricks for Irish family history research: this month podcast recommendations for Irish history and genealogy
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April 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
My April newsletter is out now talking podcast recommendations for Irish history & #genealogy claires-newsletter-3b3509.beehiiv.com/p/context-is... @rtedoconone.bsky.social @limerickslife.com @familyhistpod.bsky.social @irishacw.bsky.social @empirepoduk.bsky.social @leannemccormick.bsky.social
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Old Irish maps are an essential resource for Irish family historians and genealogists.
Want to locate your ancestral home, parish church, or nearest market town? Or explore the roads that rose to meet your ancestors' footsteps back in the day?
Here's our guide!
Link in bio!
Want to locate your ancestral home, parish church, or nearest market town? Or explore the roads that rose to meet your ancestors' footsteps back in the day?
Here's our guide!
Link in bio!
March 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Old Irish maps are an essential resource for Irish family historians and genealogists.
Want to locate your ancestral home, parish church, or nearest market town? Or explore the roads that rose to meet your ancestors' footsteps back in the day?
Here's our guide!
Link in bio!
Want to locate your ancestral home, parish church, or nearest market town? Or explore the roads that rose to meet your ancestors' footsteps back in the day?
Here's our guide!
Link in bio!
Bus driver phoned! Saw the message on my phone with contact number. Am sending partner for 12.07am rendezvous in nearby suburb. Yay for #Metlink and #Transurban and #FindMyIphone
March 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Bus driver phoned! Saw the message on my phone with contact number. Am sending partner for 12.07am rendezvous in nearby suburb. Yay for #Metlink and #Transurban and #FindMyIphone
My phone fell out of my coat pocket on the bus this evening. Tracked its location with partner's phone, activated Lost mode, and now it's sending me wee emails telling me where it is! Hopefully makes it safely to the depot tonight and the lost property mavens look after it till I can pick it up.
March 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
My phone fell out of my coat pocket on the bus this evening. Tracked its location with partner's phone, activated Lost mode, and now it's sending me wee emails telling me where it is! Hopefully makes it safely to the depot tonight and the lost property mavens look after it till I can pick it up.
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I sent you
the war plans
that were in
the group chat
and which
you were probably
saving
for select eyes
Forgive me
they were juicy
and and I was
shitfaced
the war plans
that were in
the group chat
and which
you were probably
saving
for select eyes
Forgive me
they were juicy
and and I was
shitfaced
March 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I sent you
the war plans
that were in
the group chat
and which
you were probably
saving
for select eyes
Forgive me
they were juicy
and and I was
shitfaced
the war plans
that were in
the group chat
and which
you were probably
saving
for select eyes
Forgive me
they were juicy
and and I was
shitfaced
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Looks like Irishgenealogy is loading on the new year of records. Indexes for the 3 new years are now up but the images aren't there yet. It surely won't be long now! (births for 1924, marriages for 1949 & 1974 deaths) #IrishGenealogy #GenHour #AncestryHour
March 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Looks like Irishgenealogy is loading on the new year of records. Indexes for the 3 new years are now up but the images aren't there yet. It surely won't be long now! (births for 1924, marriages for 1949 & 1974 deaths) #IrishGenealogy #GenHour #AncestryHour
Fabulous and thought provoking keynote from Nick Barratt to close #Connections2025
March 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Fabulous and thought provoking keynote from Nick Barratt to close #Connections2025
Great to have David Ryan here from Cork at #Connections2025 talking on Irish agrarian ancestors!
March 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Great to have David Ryan here from Cork at #Connections2025 talking on Irish agrarian ancestors!
Standing room only for Kerry Farmer’s presentation on migration records #Connections2025
March 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Standing room only for Kerry Farmer’s presentation on migration records #Connections2025
Conference dinner about to start #Connection2025 #partyparty
March 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Conference dinner about to start #Connection2025 #partyparty
Lots to think about after Greg Carlill’s talk on using AI in his WW1 unit diaries project, excited to see how I can use for my own projects #Connections2025
March 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Lots to think about after Greg Carlill’s talk on using AI in his WW1 unit diaries project, excited to see how I can use for my own projects #Connections2025