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Research in Other Countries => New Zealand => New Zealand Completed Requests => Topic started by: Kiskeam on Sunday 30 October 11 18:22 GMT (UK)
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A most reliable source has heard a loud whisper in the trees at the Taita Cemetery
"Hutt City Council will be announcing that the long a waited on line search base has been launched for public access."
Watch this space.
Best of luck with your research once the site is "alive".
Hope we do not overload and crash it on day one!!
Regards
Kiskeam
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Hi Kiskeam,
Thanks for the whisper, will keep an ear and eye for it ................ :)
Cheers
KHP
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O yes and thank you from me too, I have a grandmother there. I wonder if there are photos of the headstones! :)
Mackiwi
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Hi Kiskeam,
Thank you for that. My father-in-laws relations on his Italian side are buried up in the back somewhere in there, that would be good to look at when it's up and running.
Take care
Kind regards
Paul
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Is that the Christ Church cemetery in Taita?
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No., Taita Christ's Church not the same but is available as a seperate site.
But looking forward to the Taita Cemetery on line - many relatives their incliding parents, cousins, aunts, uncles and even still born siblings.
DonL :D
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Today I received the following information from the Hutt City administration regarding the database going on line;
"Thank you for your email, we are very excited as we are about to launch this on-line in the very near future.
We have been making this project a priority and as you can understand these sorts of project always come with hiccups along the way, however all going well it is scheduled to be up on our website www.huttcity.govt.nz by mid February 2012."
Whilst researchers may find this delay frustrating an efficient on line database but should prove to be a welcome resource by many.
Seasons greetings
Kiskeam
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:) :) That's good news for us Hut Valleyites - looking forward to it
Cheers
DONL - Merry Christmas to all Rootschatters ;D :D
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That is great news not long to go now :D
Cheers
Newbe
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Good to hear.
They must almost be the last council to get their database ONLINE!
Will definately be well received.
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But be aware that they have been promising this will be available in three months time since Feb 2010 !!! :( ::)
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,439348
John B
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More a "cross your fingers" than a "hold your breath" kind of thing
:)
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For my "sins" of regularly asking the Local Authority for a progress report, I have been fortunate to receive some downloads from the system that will go live....when it goes live!!.
The format of the downloads I received were vastly better than those of any other site I have downloaded from.
Also if you have the name of a person there is provision on the Council web page to email the Sexton. I have always found the responses timely and informative but not as detailed as the protypes.
Kiskeam
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I was just reading somewhere else that it due to be released online 7 February 2011
Newbe
Edit: Yes I meant 2012 sorry about that
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Janine Jones at Hutt City Council says
"pleased to advise you that it is due to be released online on 7 February 2012."
Cheers Janette
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I was just reading somewhere else that it due to be released online 7 February 2011
Newbe
Did you mean 2012 Newbe?
Cheers
KHP
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I was just reading somewhere else that it due to be released online 7 February 2011
Newbe
Did you mean 2012 Newbe?
Cheers
KHP
Yes I meant 2012. Finding it hard to read with new glasses as was given normal lenses. Am not used to them.
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While researching a different enquiry I recently spoke to the Hutt City Council Archives and took the opportunity to ask about their plan to present cemetery records online.
I was told that records prior to 1965 are incomplete and that shortly a data correction project will commence in an effort to correct the gaps in information.
The person I spoke to was very wary of committing to any date in February for information to be available online.
Spades
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Sound like progress at long last - pity it was noy 4th February so we could look it over on the long weekend. ;D
Cheers
DonL
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It is now the 7th February 2012 and I can not find any sight of the records on line yet- mind you there is still half an hour left of the 7th. Fingers and toes crossed that tomorrow will be sunny.
DonL
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It is now 9.15 on 8th Feb 2012, any change yet, or has it crashed due to all of us trying to see. :) :)
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It does now appear on line under Hutt City Council Cemeteries
However does not appear to be complete as while I have found my parents, there is no mention of my still born siblings born in 1949 and 1950 and buried at this cemetery.. These are on the NZSG V5 Index so were transcribed by NZSG members some years ago,
Happy Hunting
DonL
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Off for a nosey.
Cheers
KHP
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Hey there,
Have you heard any further updates on the issue? I understand there has been some frustration both within this community and the local community itself as to how long this has taken, as well as the Council seemingly avoiding to answer any ones questions adequetly - particularly in relation to a final date of completion.
I am currently completing a Journalism course this year and as part of the work have been assigned Taita as my area to cover - as such, I was hoping someone would be able to provide me with a bit more background/context to the issue if at all possible.
It would be much appreciated if anyone could :D