This beautiful violin is one of my favourite old family treasures. It once belonged to my great, great uncle, William WALLIS, but has ...

Last week on the television I saw a list of 'new' words that have been officially recognised as being able to be used in the game o...

Ruru Lawn Cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand is the final resting place for my husband's paternal grandparents, John Joseph and Mia ...

The 4th of August 2014 marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1; - the Great War, the war to end all wars, or so it see...

In February 2011 the city of Christchurch, New Zealand was devastated by a strong, shallow magnitude 6.3 earthquake that destroyed large ar...

Below is an interesting newspaper article that I came across on my search for family information on the New Zealand history website  "...

Continued from Pt 1 My paternal great grandfather, Herbert RENSHAW, is one of the many brick walls in my family history research. H...