Wednesday, June 29, 2016

THAMES (NZ): Tararu Cemetery at Findagrave

At last! I have added all the missing names to the collection at Findagrave for Tararu Cemetery.

If you are not aware of this site it is a free and excellent way to add a memorial for your ancestors.
  • You can add background information, headstone photographs and portraits.
  • You can lay flowers with captions for your family member/s.
  • You can request photographs of graves, which will be taken by a team of volunteers.
  • If the grave entry has been made by someone else, you can get permission to manage that entry.
  • Ancestry.au also utilises the databases in its searches.
 ABOVE: Front page for the Tararu Cemetery at Findagrave
BELOW: You can search names or browse all entries. This is Charles Ludwig's.

A bonus of this site, is that it is a way of connecting family researchers, allowing you to see who is researching the person buried or remembered at a particular cemetery. If you leave flowers for an entry and add a caption, you may find some new relatives!

How did I enter the names?   I added names based on the old NZSG transcription available via Ancestry.au, while checking names alongside at the TCDC online Cemetery search site. To add death dates, I searched the name at New Zealand BMD online. In many cases there were discrepancies in spelling of names, burial dates, and monumental inscriptions. I checked newspapers in many cases to confirm details. Still I know that there will be still variances, but it is a start!

If any of the entries I have made, are for your family members...contact me and I can transfer the control of the entry to you to alter/correct as you desire.

Check out the Tararu Cemetery site at Findagrave.
***Shortland Cemetery and Totara Memorial Park Cemetery are also online at Findagrave***

THAMES (NZ): Famous visitors to The Thames

The Thames was a popular destination for thousands once the goldfield opened in August 1867. During the years to follow many famous people came to see the famous gold town. Three such people were: Miss Jean Batten, Mr Zane Grey and Sir Kingsford Smith. Read about their visits in a new article in
The Treasury Journal.
 

Friday, June 10, 2016

Thames (NZ): NURSES OF THAMES Version 4 Booklet now available

Version 4 of the booklet on Thames Hospital Nurses is now published and has lots of new information, names and photographs.
Summary of Contents:

NURSES OF THAMES:

A History of Registered Nurse Training at the Thames Hospital

Page/s CONTENTS

1 - 3 INTRODUCTION: Thames Hospital History
4 - 8 NURSING BEGINNINGS – New Zealand & Thames
9 - 30 NURSE TRAINING THROUGH THE DECADES
31 - 34 ASSORTED NURSING TOPICS
35 - 37 NURSES’ ACCOMMODATION
38 - 39 NURSES’ UNIFORMS
40 - 45 MEMORIES & SPECIAL TIMES
46 - 48 MATERNITY & MIDWIFERY NURSE TRAINING
49 - 54 OUR WAR NURSES
55 - 59 OUR MATRONS & TUTORS
60 - 62 GRADUATION DAY & THE MEDAL
63 MEDICAL STAFF & OTHER DEPARTMENTS
64 - 65 HOSPITAL PAST & PRESENT
66 - 67 REUNIONS & ROLL CALL
68 - 69 THE FINAL TRAINING YEARS
70 - 72 References & Endnotes
THAMES HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING:
73 - 94 Appendix One: Nurse Graduate Photographs
95 - 103 Appendix Two: Register of Nurse Graduates (by Surname)
103 Appendix Three: Miscellaneous Nursing Register
104 - 105 Appendix Four: Graduation Day Summary
105 Appendix Five: School of Nursing Graduation Prizes
106 - 109 General Index
110-111 Autographs & Memories