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11/07/2017
New blog written - a childhood memory ...
Decimal Currency Changeover: 50 years ago today Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of Decimal Currency in New Zealand – a highlight of our childhoods for those of a certain generation. N...
22/06/2017
'Poor People Poor Us', is a 'must read' for anyone interested in during 1943/44. /1
Poor People Poor Us | Nine To Noon, 10:06 am on 22 June 2017 | RNZ Journalist Harry Broad tells Kathryn Ryan about his recent trip to Italy where his father John Broad's 1946 book Poor People Poor Us has been translated into Italian and turned into a Freedom Trail walk. The critically acclaimed book charts the seven months in the winter of 1943-44 when John and fel...
21/04/2016
To commemorate Anzac Day and Italy's Liberation Day: a photo delivers a message. http://bit.ly/1pjhg3H
Heritage et AL: New Zealand Prisoners of War in Italy during the Second World War
08/10/2015
Googlemaps have been mapping Parco Nazionale della Majella with Street View. Good images of the site of Campo PG 78/1 where hundreds of men were Prisoners of War in the summer of 1943. The mainly New Zealand and South African men worked in the local shale mines. If you are ever in central Italy a visit to this beautiful park is a 'must do'. https://goo.gl/maps/YVorivWMipM2
Acquafredda area 1943 Acquafredda area 1943
01/06/2015
There are two gifts we should give our children. One is roots and the other is wings.
04/05/2015
The 2015 Freedom Trail ended on 3 May. It commemorates the thousands of men who escaped from the POW camps in 1943 and the Italian people who provided assistance despite the threat to their own lives, families, property and businesses. Long may it be remembered.
This photo is of Sulmona where the 3-day trail begins, showing the Majella mountains over which many of the men escaped.
Maureen West on Twitter “Sulmona & the Majella, start of the Freedom Trail in Abruzzo ”
To forget ones ancestors, is like a river without a source. Or a tree without roots.
01/12/2014
Another important group of Irish records to be accessible online in 2015.
John Grenham: Irish Roots Online Catholic parish registers from the National Library of Ireland available in summer
04/04/2013
Ancestoring's Ask A Genealogist: FamilySearch’s Family Tree Brought to you by Ancestoring. Professional genealogist Michele Simmons Lewis answers your research questions and provides helpful tips and advice to assist you in your family history adventure. This blog is geared towards the beginner to intermediate researcher.
I have joined the Association of Professional Genealogists: see http://www.apgen.org/directory/search_detail.html?mbr_id=4788
for my online listing. I will add more over the next few days. Please circulate this information, particularly all those American cousins and friends.
