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New Zealand Herald ad 1955
Having a look at the New Zealand City & Area Directories, 1866-1955 this week, I came across this ad for the NZ Herald newspaper from 1955.
With circulation of 156,000 copies daily the ad notes the paper dominates Auckland which in 1955, had a population of 800,000 (it's now just under 1.4 million).
Advertising in the Herald was just 2.14 pence per column inch for every 1000 subscribers!
Directories are a great resource for family historians and are particularly useful for locating people in a place and time. The ads and commercial sections of the directory can also help you learn more about your ancestors' occupation.
Search our NZ City Directories today.
Sounds Historical
Ancestry's Brad Argent recently caught up with Jim Sullivan from Radio New Zealand Sounds Historical.
Brad discusses his own family history, tips on getting started with your family tree & genealogy in general.
You can listen to the interview here - click on Sounds Historical Hour Two and Brad's interview starts at 21 minutes in.
Emily Wilding Davison Hiding on Census Night
Did you know that British suffragette Emily Wilding Davison hid in a broom cupboard in the Houses of Parliament on Census night so she her place of residence would be "House of Commons"?
She is listed twice on the 1911 England Census - once at home and once with her address as “Found Hiding in Crypt of Westminster Hall Westminster” (shown above)
A plaque was later set in place in Westminster in 1999 to commemorate the event.
Search the 1911 UK Census FREE on Ancestry until 14 October 2013.
Welcome to the August edition of the Ancestry.com.au family history podcast.
This month, Ancestry’s Brad Argent has answered the following questions from our Facebook page -
How can I get someone to translate Dutch information?
How can I confirm that I have the right person in an 1840's marriage in NSW without buying certificates?
What are your top tips when searching for common names?
When are Australia's census' available?
I think my family might be Spanish but there's nothing in the records to suggest this. Any ideas?
How can you get old photos dated?
When will you be adding German records?
Why can we not see the actual documents for the Australian BMDs on Ancestry?
Trying to find BMD info in NZ but not having any luck with the Registry's site. Any tips?
Got a question for Brad? Simply post it on our Facebook page or use the Twitter hashtag #AskAncestryAU.
You can also download our podcast free from iTunes.
Coroner's Inquest.
Sylvia Alice May Crispin was born in 1901 at Macksville, New South Wales, Australia, to parents Charles Crispin & Charlotte Florence Gill. She died in 1902. Below is a copy of the Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1796 - 1942, for Sylvia (Thank you Ancestry.com.au!)
Date when held: April 2, 1902. Where held: Commercial Hotel, Nambucca. Date when received: April 8, 1902 Age: 9 Months Where born: Taylor's Arm, Macksville, NSW, Australia. Locality of Death: LS "Nambucca" on voyage from Sydney to Nambucca. Verdict: Natural causes, probably failure of the hearts action. Sylvia was my first cousin, 3 times removed. Poor little thing. After she died, her parents Charles & Charlotte had two more children before moving to Illinois, USA.
Welcome to the July edition of the Ancestry.com.au podcast.
This month, Ancestry’s Brad Argent has answered the following questions from our Facebook page -
David and Erin are trying to trace New Zealand ancestors and want to know if Ancestry has any records. They also want to know where do they go from there?
Barbara and Daphne want to know what you do if you can’t find a birth certificate or any evidence of someone coming into Australia?
Helen is struggling to find ancestors who came to Australia towards the end of the 1800's. Why are immigrants from this period so difficult to trace?
Jessica pointed out that some of the Electoral Rolls aren’t indexed which can make it challenging to find someone as you have to know the subdivisions/districts they were in first. But that's going change, isn't it?
Kathleen can’t find a marriage record in Sydney for the early 1850's. Why?
Kerryn is trying to trace cousins in the UK from early 1900's. What does she do?
Leanne asks "Is there a way to find some one's birth record if you don't know their parents names?"
Melissa wants to know "What was the likelihood of women in their late 30's or early 40's having children in the 1800's?"
Neve think's there might be Indigenous connections in her family 5 or 6 generations back. Is there a way she can trace this?
Got a question for Brad? Simply post it on our Facebook page or use the Twitter hashtag #AskAncestryAU.
You can also download our podcast free from iTunes.
Bloomsday
Did you know 16 June is "Bloomsday" - a celebration of Irish writer James Joyce's famous novel Ulysses, set on this day in 1904.
Why did he choose this date for the setting of his story? It was the day of the first date with his future wife Nora Barnacle.
And here they are on the England & Wales, Marriage Index in 1931. Happy Bloomsday!
