access to records in auckland nz

[valmai]

"My maternal grandparents arrived in Auckland from England in about 1900."

dear serena

i have just received a letter from Archives New Zealand, they apologise for the delay in replying, but provide useful information.  james and alice married on 112th november as you said, and in their 'intention to marry' notice, they say they have resided in nz for 6 days.  this could mean that they landed in nz on the 6th november, if the ship docked in auckland.  so i can have a go at finding their ship if you like.  i havent done any of that so far, perhaps you would prefer to look for yourself?  if you need me to look up stuff that you cant find on line, let me know, i will be happy to help.  

i will forward the letter from archives nz to you, can you let me have a postal address?  you can contact me on my email address: osbornv_at_akcity_dot_govt_nz.(change punctuation as required)

xxv

[valmai]

" Maybe you can help me. My Aunt that I had never meet had 2 Step children . Their name's are Garry Raymond Dobson and Pamela Mary [married name unknown ] My Aunt's name was Dorothy Angela Woollright ."

dear trish

i have looked them up in the whitepages online, and found a g r dobson who isnt yours, he's a glen.  i cant find them that way, can you give me more information?  for instance, how old were/are they?  what records would you like me to search?

xxv

[valmai]

dear jan

i havent heard from you, would you like these photos?  contact me on my email address as follows, change the punctuation as required: osbornv at akcity dot govt dot nz.  take out the 'dot' and replace with '.', and take out the 'at' and replace with '@'.

xxv

[valmai]

[quote  Please lookup Gordon Radcliffe who was born in India but died in an auto accident in Auckland about 1991.  His first wife was Thelma, I think they married in India and had  4 children, one was born in Auckland about 1960 after which his mother died. See if you can find this family. If you need them I can give you names of the living children....Thanks BH

hello, i would be glad to help look stuff up, but i really need more specific requests.  can you tell me in which records and timeframe you would like me to start, and for which person/persons?

xxv

[serena]

My grandparents - James Kay Horsfield and Alice Harding did arrive in Auckland in 1900. I have tried to find shipping details on the internet but have been unsuccessful so would appreciate it if you could do a search for me.

Thanks again for your willing assistance - I will be in touch.

Serena

[trish]

" Maybe you can help me. My Aunt that I had never meet had 2 Step children . Their name's are Garry Raymond Dobson and Pamela Mary [married name unknown ] My Aunt's name was Dorothy Angela Woollright ."

dear trish

i have looked them up in the whitepages online, and found a g r dobson who isnt yours, he's a glen.  i cant find them that way, can you give me more information?  for instance, how old were/are they?  what records would you like me to search?

xxv

Hi
A few month's ago I wrote to all the Dobson's in Hamilton but only a few replyed so I dont think they are there. I have my Aunt's WILL here and she left everything to her Infant Step-Children. So by infant I would say they would be now about late 60's or 70's. I dont know anymore than this about them . My Aunt was acidently kill by a motorbike in march 1963 at Hamilton.    Thankyou again.
Trish.

[austral]

Hello Valmai,

I would be grateful if you could check the death indexes for James Patrick Milroy. He was born in Edinburgh in 1856, and was last heard from on Dec. 31, 1891, when he wrote his mother from Auckland. At the time he was employed by the Kauri Timber Co.

This is a shot in the dark, but I wonder whether he might have died in Auckland shortly after this date. His family was never able to trace what became of him.

Many thanks for your help!

Ian McDonald

[FindingAncestors]

Hello Ladies,   Sorry to butt in here, but if you want to send a "private message" with out putting your own email in the message, just click on the person's name up on the left hand side of their message,. Their profile will come up, just  scroll down and you will see; "send a private message" just click on that  and you are on your way.  What a great job you are doing Valmai!   Cheers! and hope this helps a bit.  

[valmai]

'This is a shot in the dark, but I wonder whether he might have died in Auckland shortly after this date. His family was never able to trace what became of him.
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i have started going through the death index, so far i am up to 1922, he's not there yet, will continue and let you know progress.

xxv