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New Passenger lists now online with unique search facilities
RMS Campania, one of the ships included in the passenger lists.
This is an interesting press release from TheGenealogist
TheGenealogist has just released five million Emigration BT27 records as part of their growing immigration and emigration record set. Uniquely TheGenealogist allows you to track transmigration of people across countries routing through British ports on their way to America. TheGenealogist is the only website with the facility to discover families travelling together on the same voyage using our SmartSearch technology.
The new records contain the historical records of passengers who departed by sea from Britain in the years between 1896 and 1909. These new records significantly boosts the already strong Immigration, Emigration, Naturalisation and passenger list resources on TheGenealogist.
TheGenealogist has further revealed that these records will be shortly followed by the release of many more unique migration records.
The searchable records released today will allow researchers to
Find people using British shipping lines and travelling to places such as America, Canada, India, New Zealand and Australia in the Passenger lists of people leaving from, or passing through the United Kingdom, by sea which were kept by the Board of Trade's Commercial and Statistical Department and its successors.
The Homestead Act of 1862 in America gave free land to settlers who developed it for at least five years, and became a particular magnet for Norwegians, Danes, and Swedes, who arrived in their millions. To reach America, it was necessary to travel initially to England in order to then board one of the large transatlantic passenger ships and this preliminary journey has been recorded for many transmigrant passengers within the BT27 records. For the first time these can be easily found using the unique transmigration button.
SmartSearch identifies potential family members travelling together. When our system recognises groups of people on the same voyage as a potential family it displays a family icon. This then allows you to easily view the family.
These fully indexed records enable family historians to search by name, port of embarkation, port of destination, country of departure, country arrival and nationality.
This release adds to TheGenealogist's Immigration and Emigration records that already include the useful Naturalisation and Denization records.
Those with ancestors who travelled out of Britain will welcome this fascinating new release from TheGenealogist that reveal the details of the coming and going of passengers and is a precursor of a set of unique records joining the collection shortly.
Nigel Bayley, MD of TheGenealogist said: "We intend to make researching migrating ancestors easier with our new smarter interfaces and adding more records covering a growing range of countries."
An example from the passenger list records:
Within the passenger lists, on TheGenealogist, we can find the passage of the Dunottar Castle from Southampton to Cape Town in South Africa on the 14th October 1899. One of the passengers was the young Winston Churchill who, at that time, was a member of the Press and was going out to report on the start of the Second Boer War.
Two days before his ship's departure the war had broken out between Britain and the Boer Republic. At the news of this conflict Mr Churchill had obtained a commission to act as a war correspondent for The Morning Post newspaper. In return he was to be paid £250 a month for his services.
After spending a number of weeks in the Colony he managed to get himself onto an armoured train, loaded with British soldiers, performing a reconnoitre between Frere and Chieveley in the British Natal Colony during November 1899. A Boer commando force, however, had placed a big boulder on the track and the train crashed into it. The Boers, having succeeded in stopping the train, then opened up with their field guns and rifle fire from a vantage position.
After a fight a number of the British were taken prisoner, but the locomotive, decoupled from the carriages and ladened with men, managed to escape. Churchill, unfortunately for him, was not one of those on-board the loco. Without his sidearm, which he had left on the train, he had no option but to surrender to the Boers. Churchill was then imprisoned in a POW camp in Pretoria. After being held captive for about four weeks Churchill escaped on the evening of 12th December 1899. He did this by vaulting over the wall to the neighbouring property and taking flight.
If we look at Churchill's travelling companions on the ship out to Cape Town, scheduled to take 65 days, we can see that he was sailing with a mixture of merchants, a jeweller, an actor, a Peer of the Realm (Lord Gerard), an optician and a couple of lawyers. The Hon A. Campbell was also listed, he was another member of the press corps who had made it on to that particular Castle Line sailing to the war zone with Churchill.
I like the unique search facilities for these records which makes this release fascinating.
Take a look at TheGenealogist now.
Norfolk Parish records to go online.
Burnham Thorpe Church – Horatio Nelson's baptismal place. Photograph by John Salmon
TheGenealogist and the Norfolk Record Office announce that they have signed an agreement to make Norfolk parish and other historical records available online for the first time. The registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns of marriage feature the majority of the parishes in Norfolk.
On release the searchable transcripts will be linked to original images of baptism, marriage and burial records from the parish registers of this East Anglian county
Some of the surviving records are from the early 1500s
These vital records will allow family history researchers from all over the world to search for their Norfolk ancestors online for the first time
Famous people that can be found in these records include:
– Samuel Lincoln, the great-great-great-great-grandfather of Abraham Lincoln, 18th President of the United States of America, can be discovered in the baptismal records of St Andrew, Hingham in Norfolk for the 24th August 1622. At some point his entry has been highlighted with a star.
– Vice Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson, who lost his life at the Battle of Trafalgar. This impoverished clergyman's son can be discovered in the register for Burnham Thorpe in 1758. There his father, as rector of the parish, would have officiated at all the baptisms that year in this church with his name appearing at the bottom of the page.
Viewing an image of the actual parish register reveals that the young Horatio Nelson was firstly baptised privately in October 1758, just a week after being born and then given a second "public baptism" in the middle of November. This practice was carried out for sickly babies who were not expected to survive and begs the question of how different British history would have been had he died as an infant. Fascinatingly, by looking at the actual image of the page there are some additions to his entry that have been penned in the margin years later. These notes, reputedly to be by his brother the Rev William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson, celebrated the honours that his brother received in his adult life. He ends it with the Latin quote "caetera enarret fama" which translates as "others recount the story".
In addition to those from the Diocese of Norwich the coverage also includes some Suffolk parishes in and near Lowestoft that fall into the deanery of Lothingland and also, various parishes from the deanery of Fincham and Feltwell, that part of the Diocese of Ely that covers south-west Norfolk.
Nigel Bayley, Managing Director of TheGenealogist said: "With this collection you will be able to easily search Norfolk records online for the first time. From the results a click will allow you to view high quality digital images of the original documents. Joining our already extensive Parish Record collection on TheGenealogist, this release will be eagerly anticipated by family and local historians with links to Norfolk"
Gary Tuson, County Archivist at The Norfolk Record Office said: "The Norfolk Record Office is pleased to be working with TheGenealogist, a commercial company helping to make these important records available to a worldwide audience."
Jewish Seatholders go online
I got this piece from TheGenealogist this week.
Seems like a great resource for anyone with Jewish ancestors from London.
TheGenealogist has released online 99,500 records of London synagogue seat-holders spanning the years from 1920 to 1939.
Covering the records from 18 Synagogues around London with many connected guilds, societies and charities etc.
Additional information found in these records include names of gentlemen eligible for office, life member of the council, women who are seatholders in their own right and seatholders who are not eligible to vote.
Fully searchable by name, keyword, synagogue and address, the Jewish Synagogue Seatholders has been extracted from various years of: "Seatholders for Synagogues in London"
Those with Jewish ancestors from London will welcome this fascinating new release from TheGenealogist. Revealing details of positions held by forebears, researchers will be able to track ancestors who became wardens, council members, or served on committees of their synagogue, as well as seatholders in synagogues from around the capital city. These fully indexed records allow family historians to search by name, keyword, synagogue and address and with one click see an image taken from the pages of Seatholders for Synagogues in London.
The records include some synagogues that are no longer in existence; for example the Great Synagogue that once stood at Duke's Place and which was destroyed in the Blitz.
Nigel Bayley, MD of TheGenealogist said: "These records will allow you to search for Jewish relatives amongst the London synagogue seatholders, it is now easier than ever to discover any official positions that your jewish ancestor held."
Here is an example provided by TheGenealogist to illustrate these records:
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, OBE (25 January 1882 – 28 January 1942) can be found in these records. De Rothschild was an English banker and a Conservative politician who was well known as the creator of Exbury Gardens near the New Forest in Hampshire. He was the eldest of the three sons of Leopold de Rothschild (1845–1917) and Marie née Perugia (1862–1937) and a part of the illustrious Rothschild banking family of England.
On 25 January 1910 he was elected to the House of Commons for the constituency of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire – his grandfather and namesake had been the first practising Jew to be able to take up his seat in Parliament.
Exbury House from wikipedia
His father, Leopold, died in early 1917 and Lionel and brother Anthony became the managing partners of N M Rothschild & Sons bank. However, Lionel de Rothschild had developed an interest in horticulture at a very young age and is said to have planted his first garden at the age of five. In 1919, he purchased the Mitford estate at Exbury in Hampshire where he devoted a great deal of time and money to transform it into one of the finest gardens in all of England with more than one million plants building Exbury House around an existing structure in a neo-Georgian style. Although he continued to work at the family bank, he is quoted as describing himself as "a banker by hobby — a gardener by profession". Lionel Nathan de Rothschild died in London, aged sixty, in 1942 and was buried in the Willesden Jewish Cemetery.
Logging into TheGenealogist and selecting Jewish Synagogue Seatholders from the dropdown menu, we enter Lionel as a forename and De Rothschild as the surname. We can filter the results by date. This returns us several positions that De Rothschild held in three different synagogues in London, including the Warden of the Great Synagogue that once stood in Duke's Place, north of Aldgate, until it was destroyed in the London Blitz. We can also see that he was the President of the United Synagogue in North Finchley.
Selecting that record allows us to view the actual image of the page from the Seatholders for Synagogues in London 1920.
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TheGenealogist releases online 60,000 railway worker records.
I've been playing with a new set of occupational records this week after I received the following Press Release from the team over at TheGenealogist website. Many of the entries are fascinating for those researchers that have railway staff ancestors. Here is what TheGenealogist has to say…
TheGenealogist releases 60,000 railway worker records.
More than 60,000 railway workers have been added to the Occupational Records on TheGenealogist
Find details of railway ancestors, where they were employed and what they did
Trace your railway worker ancestor's careers through their promotions
Discover when they retired
The Genealogist has added over 60,000 rail workers to its online indexes of Railway Employment Records. Taken from Railway Company Staff magazines these records are useful to family historians with railway employee ancestors, wanting to find important occupation related dates and add some social history to their family tree. These records include such details as staff changes, promotions, pension records, retirements and obituaries. Often additional personal information is revealed in the magazines. In some cases you can read about gifts from co-workers given when rail staff leave.
For example, we can discover that Mr A.N.Train had been a Station Master at Whitdale and Sigglesthorne, stations that today are converted into private houses sitting as they do on lines closed under Beeching's cuts in the 1960s. The railwayman's details have been extracted from his obituary in the British Railways Magazine of November 1949 Vol 2 No 11. We can learn such useful details as his retirement date, as well as the date that Mr Train passed away at the age of 79.
One click takes us to an image of the original page on which the record is based.
There is also a great article on their website where you can also do a search for your railway ancestors:
http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2015/off-the-rails-242/
The Tithe Maps reveal an alcoholic corner of London
Tithe Map of part of Ealing. Click to enlarge.
Following on from my piece, earlier in the week, when I posted the Press Release issued by TheGenealogist, I've now had time to play a bit with the tithe apportionment records and accompanying maps to see what I could find.
In the parish of Ealing, in Middlesex, I came across the land owned by Sir Felix Booth, a wealthy Gin distiller in Old Brentwood High Street. His family had, you may realize from the name, been the founders of Booths Gin back in 1740. Its a brand that is still being marketed to this day. Sir Felix was pretty wealthy; indeed he had enough money to have financed John Ross' expedition to find the Northwest Passage through the Arctic Ocean.
Booth's distillery was in this part of London, next to the Thames. From the tithe apportionment document, accessed on TheGenealogist website, we can see that Sir Felix owned and occupied quite a bit of the land in Brentwood, including plot 230 that accounted for his distillery. There was also a house which may have been occupied by one of the family, a John Booth. If we turn to the census collection, also on TheGenealogist, John Booth is listed as being 35 and of Independent means in the 1841 census of Old Brentwood High Street.
To my amusement I found that the Booth's distillery, was cheek by jowl with a brewery and a large number of pubs and hotels meaning that there were many places to get a tipple in this neighbourhood. A feature of this particular map was that the surveyor had chosen to write some of the names of the pubs on the plan so that we can see that within a few yards were The Barge Aground, The Bull, The Running Horse, The Half Moon and Seven Stars, The Royal Hotel, The Drum, The Red Lion and also The King George!
A bit further west, on the High Street, was the Lock Up House and I have to wonder at how many ended up there after a pub crawl down this particular 1840 London street?
Part of a tithe map of Old Brentford, Ealing. Click to enlarge.
To view the Tithe maps for Middlesex, Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Leicestershire go to TheGenealogist.co.uk
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New WW1 Records Released
New avenues of research are opened up by the latest release of unique Great War records.
During the First World War many servicemen were reported as 'Missing' or 'Killed in Action' and for the first time you can now search a comprehensive list of these online. Usefully this includes the changing status of soldiers as the facts became clearer over time, as many assumed dead were found alive and those reported missing had their status updated.
This new release from TheGenealogist contains over 800,000 records. Included are 575,000 Killed in Action records, over 226,000 unique Missing-in-Action records and 14,000 Status Updates.
Over 100,000 people previously reported as missing had further status updates:
59,500 were later reported as killed
47,400 were later reported as PoW
2,000 were later reported as rejoined
4,200 were later reported as "not missing"
8,400 were later reported as wounded
Mark Bayley, Head of Online Content at TheGenealogist comments:
"The telegrams and published lists of Dead and Missing must have had a huge impact on the lives of our ancestors. These records give an insight into what must have been an emotional roller coaster. They also give new avenues of research into what some researchers may have assumed were dead ends."
These are now available to Diamond subscribers of TheGenealogist.
Example 1 Thought to be dead
Some people initially reported to be dead may turn out to be alive, the change in status is usually reported in the War Lists. If it had been assumed that an ancestor was dead, from the initial report, it could reopen a closed off branch of a family tree for further research.
An example of this type of positive record status change is Flight Sub Lieutenant Trechmann who was first reported as "Died As A Prisoner" in the Daily Lists of 6th June 1917.
By the end of July 1917 his status changed to Previously Reported Died As A Prisoner, Now Reported Alive and Still a Prisoner.
Finally, in December 1918, his records show that he was Repatriated.
Example 2 Thought to be wounded
A different illustration, on many levels, is that of the 5th Earl of Longford. Within the Daily Casualty List on TheGenealogist for the 6th September 1915, we can find Lord Longford who had previously been reported as "Wounded".
His status was then changed to be "Now Reported Wounded and Missing" and this alteration appeared in the daily list of the 27th September 1915:
During the First World War, Brigadier-General Lord Longford was in command of a division sent from their base in Egypt to Suvla on the Gallipoli peninsula as reinforcements during the Battle of Sari Bair.
The initial attack by other Divisions on Scimitar Hill had failed. With his men waiting in reserve, the 5th Earl and his troops were then ordered to advance in the open across a dry salt lake. Under fire, most of the brigades had taken shelter, but Lord Longford led his men in a charge to capture the summit of Scimitar Hill. Unfortunately, during the advance, he was killed.
Earl Longford's body was never recovered and so, in the confusion of war, he was first recorded as "Wounded", and then "Wounded and Missing". Eventually, in 1916, he would be assumed to be dead.
Posterity tells us that the peer's last words were recorded as: "Don't bother ducking, the men don't like it and it doesn't do any good".
To read more about these records and to read a featured article on TheGenalogist see this article: Was your ancestor killed or missing in action?
'First World War Collection' visit www.TheGenealogist.co.uk
Injured Services Men Records From First World War Go Online
Great news from the team at TheGenealogist. You can now find records of injured First World War servicemen online for the first time.
Over 1.3 million records from daily and weekly First World War casualty lists have been released online by TheGenealogist. This vast collection of unique records cover all ranks to help you discover more about your injured ancestor's wartime service.
The new records include career soldiers, volunteer Pals battalions, war poets and even a future Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan. The collection covers both those who died of their wounds and those who recovered and returned to the front.
The records are a great resource for finding out what happened to an ancestor during The First World War. Details include:- the name of the injured serviceman, his regiment and rank, the date he was registered as a 'casualty' and often his home town or place of enlistment.
These records also work with TheGenealogist's unique 'SmartSearch' feature, which allows you to link to the comprehensive range of other military records available on TheGenealogist. Many of the wounded servicemen received medals for their actions and with a few mouse clicks you can discover whether your ancestor received any commendations, such as in the Military Medals records available online on TheGenealogist.
The First World War affected people from all backgrounds who were bravely wounded in the line of duty. Daniel Laidlaw, a career soldier from Little Swinton in Berwickshire, re-joined the army aged 40 as a Piper in the 7th Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers , 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division.
At the Battle of Loos, troops of his battalion were ordered by General Douglas Haig to attack the heavily fortified German positions in their sector. The Scottish troops, facing a thick cloud of chlorine gas, were hesitating but Piper Laidlaw climbed out of the trench and under fire began playing his pipes to inspire the troops and they successfully resumed the attack. He was wounded in both legs but had carried on playing for as long as he could, his Casualty Record can be found on The Genealogist along with a SmartSearch link showing that Laidlaw was awarded a Victoria Cross for his bravery.
Mark Bayley, Head of Online Content at TheGenealogist comments: "The sheer number of records in this latest release show how brutal The First World War was. Record keeping at the time must have been a real challenge, but thanks to TheGenealogist's SmartSearch technology, when you find a casualty record, you can instantly see if other records, such as medals, appear on the site."
The new 1.3 million records of the wounded are available as part of a Diamond Subscription.
To find out more about the 'First World War Wounded Collection' see the dedicated page on TheGenealogist.co.uk/ww1-wounded. There you will find photographs, stories, statistics and a free search facility.
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New Family History Audio Tutorials Launched
The greater the knowledge that we have about a subject, then the more tools we have at our disposal to explore it.
In family history, the more we understand the records and resources, then the better we are able to locate our ancestors hidden in the documents.
Today I am really excited to announce the launch of yet more help for those people researching their English/Welsh family roots.
I've listened to your feedback and acted on it.
Some of you told me that you'd like to buy tutorials on certain specific areas for a very modest outlay of under a couple of pounds.
For those of you who asked for this quality information, so as to increase your knowledge of the family history records and resources, then here are the initial four tutorials being released today. I am making them available for the first time as MP3 downloads for £1.99 (or $3.30) so that they really are affordable to all.
Whether you want to listen to them on your computer, or transfer them to your MP3 player, then these programmes in my new Nosey Genealogist's Master Mind Audio Series explain what the records are, where to find them and how to use them.
I know that many satisfied family history researchers have passed through my Family History Researcher Course of 52 written lessons – downloaded in pdf format to their computer each week. I have received compliments on the content and the accessible style and it gives me great pleasure that many of you really enjoy receiving a weekly module from my Family History Researcher Course. (If you have not joined yet, but are interested in this written course then check out the special offer which is currently a £1 trial for 2 weeks http://www.familyhistoryresearcher.com/trialoffer/)
But I also understand that some of you just wanted to listen to an audio programme on certain specific subjects and so that is what I have done for you today.
The first four Master Mind Audio Series Modules are:
Tithe records
The Parish Chest
Illegitimate Ancestors
Watch this space as I record and release more audio downloads in the near future.
To listen to a sample taken from the podcast go now to www.NoseyGenealogist.com/mastermind or click on the image below…
First World War medal winning heroes now available online at TheGenealogist.co.uk
I've heard from the team at TheGenealogist about their new medal release that gives full details of heroic soldiers and their deeds in the First World War and The Second Boer War to aid you in your search for more information on your ancestor's war exploits.
Analysis of these newly released Distinguished Conduct Medal records uncovers stories of heroism and exceptional bravery from ordinary soldiers. The medal was instituted in 1854, but the desperate fighting and struggle of the First World War saw the medal awarded to a larger amount of soldiers for the first time.
TheGenealogist.co.uk has released complete new records of Non Commissioned Officer's and Other Ranks who were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in The First World War and The Second Boer War.
Uniquely these new records show full details of the Recipients Medal Card combined with a link to The London Gazette which in numerous cases contains full details of the heroic deed that won them the medal. The Gazette is the one of the official journals of the British Government and can be classed as one of the oldest surviving English newspapers.
The records contain full details of the soldier awarded the medal –their name, rank, regiment, date of medal citation and details of their heroism in battle, all easily found using 'SmartSearch' on TheGenealogist.
Men from all walks of life found the strength and resilience to summon up acts of courage to go above and beyond the call of duty.
The first Battle of Ypres reached a crisis point for the British at the end of October 1914. The 1st Division were being driven back and the 1st Coldstream Guards had been wiped out in the fighting. At a critical moment, Sergeant J. Kirkcaldy of the 26th (Heavy) Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (as seen in the illustration), brought up fresh horses under a terrific shellfire to replace those already killed. His gallant conduct saved a transport wagon. Details of his DCM Medal award can be found on TheGenealogist:
On October 20th 1914 at Chateau de Flandre, Sergeant Forwood of the 3rd East Kents (The Buffs) found himself in a desperate situation. Initially buried alive when a German shell hit his machine gun position killing or wounding his comrades, despite receiving numerous wounds himself, he managed to escape and report the situation to his headquarters to ensure their position was covered. His DCM award appeared in the London Gazette in early 1915 and an artist's impression of the trauma he suffered is illustrated here.
His full details and link to the London Gazette are all found in the new DCM records on TheGenealogist.
Mark Bayley, Head of Online Content at TheGenealogist concludes: "We are continually making more historic military records available and our new DCM Collection with its link to the London Gazette brings all the information together for the family historian. Our collection of military records goes from strength to strength with more to come."
To find out the extreme bravery of our soldiers and their courage in the line of duty see the dedicated page on TheGenealogist.co.uk/DCM. There you will find photographs, stories, statistics and a free search facility.
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Clean Tech: Gary Kremen's Latest Hot Match, Solar
Mother Jones is not a magazine I usually read, but I was compelled by a recent Twitter post to check out their special report on energy. There's a lot to read there, including one piece that clearly indicates we've reached the tipping point with clean tech.
Forget Gore and Kleiner Perkins. When someone like Gary Kremen (think Match.com and Sex.com) gets in the game, you know that folks are smelling green.
Here's how the piece, written by Jon Mooallem, opens:
"Gary Kremen sat in his San Francisco office on a winter afternoon, shouting on his cell phone and taking frequent, inexplicable swigs from a bottle of lemon juice. Kremen is 44 and stout, with a raspy voice and an inability to sit still. He founded Match.com in 1993 and ran the porn-marketing site Sex.com before selling it off for a reported $14 million in 2006. Lately, he has been sinking a chunk of his wealth and most of his energy into a new, slightly more altruistic startup called Clean Power Finance.
"The new company, says Kremen, 'is all about bringing solar to mass market'—making the case for going solar to average Americans, rather than just selling its virtues to what he calls 'green liberals,' 'national-security types,' and 'utility haters.' He wants to make installing solar panels on your roof as mundane as buying a car or any other big-ticket item. 'If we're really going to get solar working, it can't be a green sell. It's got to be an economic sell,' he says. 'I'm all about 'green is cool.' But that's not big enough.'"
Read the rest of the piece here: Mr. Match.com Pimps Solar
Kremen and solar may not be a match made in heaven, but it's a smart idea. Clean Power Finance "is dedicated to the mass market adoption of renewable energy," according to its web site. They "partner with renewable energy providers and lenders to make residential and commercial systems easy and affordable."
Making clean tech easy and affordable: clearly an indication that we may be on the verge of the "new green economy."
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Tag: Otago Daily Times
"Big appetite for heritage festival" Otago Daily Times (Online Article)
"As open days go, it doesn't get much bigger than this - the Dunedin Heritage Festival has been a hit..." Otago Daily Times http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/354158/big-appetite-heritage-festival
Tags: Dunedin Heritage Festival, Online Article, Otago Daily Times
"Dismay as ministry opts to get rid of courthouse" ODT Online Article (23rd May 2014)
Submitted by mark on Friday, May 23rd, 2014 at 11:38 am.
"The historic Oamaru Courthouse is to be disposed of,a decision that has been greeted with surprise and disappointment in the town" Otago Daily Times reports.
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/303294/dismay-ministry-opts-get-rid-courthouse
Tags: Oamaru, Online Article, Otago Daily Times
"Halls face shaky future" Otago Daily Times (Online Article :15th March 2014)
Submitted by mark on Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 at 12:16 pm.
" Communities risk losing their histories if they choose to knock down old halls, Historic Places Central Otago chairman David White says.
''A lot of these old halls were memorial halls, built after the First World War,'' Mr White said. ..."
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-otago/295202/halls-face-shaky-future
Tags: David White, Historic Places Central Otago, Online Article, Otago Daily Times
"Historic Places efforts praised" Otago Daily Times (Online Article 16th September 2013)
"Historic Places efforts praised" The ODT reports on NZHPT's Chair Shonagh Kenderdine's appreciation of Historic Places Central Otago's work.
Tags: Historic Places Central Otago, NZHPT, Online Article, Otago Daily Times
"Memory bank resource for district's heritage" The Otago Daily Times (Online Article 16th September 2013)
"Memory bank resource for district's heritage" The ODT reports on Central Otago Heritage Trust chairman Graye Shattky's address to the Historic Places Central Otago AGM.
Tags: AGM, Online Article, Otago Daily Times
"Precious deposits in Waikouaiti" Otago Daily Times (Online Article)
Submitted by mark on Monday, August 5th, 2013 at 5:01 pm.
"The former Bank of New Zealand in Waikouaiti is a rare survivor from an early period in New Zealand's banking history. Kim Dungey steps inside. ..."
"Precious deposits in Waikouaiti" Your Town: Otago Daily Times
Tags: Heritage Building, Online Article, Otago Daily Times, Waikouaiti
"Buildings policy change welcomed" Otago Daily Times (Online Article) 8th August 2013
Submitted by mark on Saturday, August 10th, 2013 at 6:45 pm.
"Buildings policy change welcomed" the Otago Daily Times reports "Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust chairman Marcus Brown welcomed the Government's changes to the policy of strengthening earthquake-prone buildings announced yesterday, but felt they did not go far enough"
Tags: Earthquake-prone Buildings Policy, Oamaru, Online Article, Otago Daily Times, Whitestone Trust
(Smart Phone) "App will breathe new life into ghost towns" Otago Daily Times (Online Article) 4th August 2013
"App will breathe new life into ghost towns" Otago Daily Times reports on the development of a free download smart phone app that will reveal the history of the Bendigo Gold Fields.
Tags: App, Heritage, Online Article, Otago Daily Times
(Historic Arrowtown Jail) "Restoration plan drawn up" Otago Daily Times (Online Article) 1st August 2013
"Restoration plan drawn up" Otago Daily Times reports on the draft conservation plan for the 1876 Arrowtown Jail.
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In my final blog about the 'Ghost Town' series, I'm going to look at the entire series and where the inspirations and motivations came from. To map out a nine-part series from beginning to end is a daunting task, trying to detail all the people who come in and out of the series, how they interact with each other, and keeping the story fresh, congruent, and interesting.
When I first set out to write about Whiterock and Doctor Victor Tesla, the book was never intended to be a vast series. The first draft followed the hauntings of a family over the course of one night. Beyond Whiterock and the Tesla family, there's not a lot of correlation between the new Ghost Town and that first book. That story had been written and was set aside for some time before I decided to revisit it. In making notes for a rewrite, a new direction took shape and the Ghost Town series was born. The original draft has now been reworked with a lot of its content appearing in my short story, 'The Reaper of Geneseo Falls' which should be released in a year or two.
As the new story took shape, which was originally titled simply 'Whiterock', I realized that there was going to be far too many ideas for one book. I started removing concepts and changing the storyline to fit in the confines of one novel but I felt that the story was really starting to suffer. It was then that I decided to break the concepts into three distinct parts, under the banner Ghost Town; The Whiterock Incident, The Genesis Event, and Ghost Planet. I started to heavily outline the concepts that were going to be placed in each series and to make sure that I could tie everything together in a satisfying way.
Once I had the outline for the entire series documented, I focused back to the start, back to the Whiterock Incident. As I read through the first drafts, once again, I felt that I had way too much content for one story, jumping from place to place, and I realized that it broke down perfectly into three more stories that worked alone very nicely. I looked over the outlines for the other two sections and everything fell into place for a trilogy of trilogies. Before I felt comfortable bringing the first book to the public, I wanted to make sure that I could write the story to the end and that the story would have a good, solid, satisfying ending.
With an ending in mind, an ending that's stayed the same from the start of the series, I had to work backwards to make sure that everything fit and worked with the final chapters. I didn't want to get to the end only to discover that I'd boxed myself into a corner and had to make changes that could possibly change the entire series. Outline after outline, each one in more detail, emerged and I discovered that the story was fitting together perfectly, like it was meant to be written.
Throughout the 'Ghost Town' series I worked very hard to keep all the characters congruent, always growing and developing, in ways that were natural for the situation. Often it would have been much easier to change a person, give them a talent to move the situation along quickly but I wanted each character to be true to themselves and the story. It was a daunting task but I feel that 'Ghost Town' completed what I set out to do; a horror story looking at revenge and redemption in a small town setting that moves larger and larger until it changes the world.
With the completion of the first trilogy in the series, 'The Whiterock Incident', I have received great feedback and many positive comments. People were as excited for the releases of the books as I was. Now, with the release of the first book of 'The Genesis Event,' the second trilogy of the series, we can see how Ghost Town Labs is moving forward and how the remains of the RAW Troops and other military groups are working to stop them.
To read the 'Ghost Town' series head over to my website, www.leifericksonwriting.com and buy your copy today. Check out my other blogs and books and see what projects I have developing for the future. Thank you and have a great day.


Lots of projects at the same time, for many of us is a reality. This time of year is no exception, I tend to want to play more in the summer time, so I save a much of the electronics and computer stuff for a time when you're forced indoors. Trading off between indoor and outdoor hobbies is great.
In the continuation of what the bootdisk was for, I have experimented more with my extra thin client. Over the last week I have been trying various operating systems like SuSE Studio, and even Android to see how they work in various environments. Android actually failed to boot altogether on my VIA EPIA Motherboard, I have been looking at the porting pages considering whether such a task is worth investing my time. I need a new operating system for my car and I am looking for the "best fit", I need something lightweight, can handle any media format, and at least in the case of android connectivity with devices like phones, or even integrating phone hardware itself is easier than it would be on a standard run of the mill Linux distro.
I lost the chuck key for the drill press so it will be a few days before I will be able to make this bad boy, I have learned much about the technique with the previous boards. I did try a small one out today that I have been wanting to try for while, converting my SMT ram chip into a breadboardable package for experimentation (Remember this post? ) I printed it and etched it, and it worked perfect on the 1st try, almost no touch-up with a marker was required. Using lines a minimum of .025″ in thickness is a must when using the toner transfer technique for making boards.
I tested the hall and turbo shaft speed sensors with my oscilloscope an they work just fine, I also have a frequency counter on my multimeter and used a vacuum cleaner to spin up the turbo, and measured the RPMs from the shaft speed sensor that is built into these guys. (at one point it was 11,000 and yes I had pressurized lubrication to it) There will definitely be much more on this over the coming weeks.
A buddy of mine had been on the lookout for a good air storage tank for me so I can upgrade my air compressor, it just so happened that a scrap guy was at one of the jobs he was working at and had a large propane cylinder. After managing to snag it for only $10 he promptly called me with the great news, I had a tank!
It's very close to if not more than twice the size of the tank on my air compressor now so I'm hoping for a little more than 60 gallons capacity. Thats not bad at all, and should satisfy most needs. I may decide to go with one more tank in an attempt to bring the capacity of the system to 100 gallons. Since my compressor is rated for a continuous duty cycle I don't have to worry too much, when looking at the design of the cooling, the airflow across the head from the fan is really sub-par so I may come up with an alternative means to head cooling for more efficient runs.
Removing a valve on one of these tanks is a mofo, plan on having a LARGE pipe wrench, a large hammer, and a nice bar to slide through the handle to keep the tank from moving. After you get the valve out, YOU MUST VENT THE GAS INSIDE! Propane comes a wide variety of forms, make sure that you turn the cylinder upside down to let the residual propane liquid / oil (some have oils) run out. I am not held liable for you oversight, if you are sure that its recently had gas in it my recommendation would be to fill the entire thing with water, and then drain it out and blow it out with an air compressor. Although I am not sure as to what implications that would have on rust (I am not sure if the inside of the tank is coated.) I was told in most cases, blowing it out with the compressed air and letting it sit out upside down for a few days does the trick. Then you can weld on it or whatever.
I got pneumatic goodies for Christmas also. I got a self retracting 50 foot hose reel, these things are the bees knees, I am tired of rolling up the hose. This works MUCH faster, and there's 50 feet!
I plan on using these for a 3phase motor controller, for use in an electric car or kart. (most likely will start with a kart first) This is the next major project after the Corrado is finished, but some components will start coming together sooner than that.
Got lots more coming up, including the start of my custom turbo manifold!


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WC BCC Considers Request To Remove Confederate Flag From Courthouse Lawn
Daniel Uhlfelder said a symbol of racism and bigotry needs to be removed. He said that symbol is the Confederate Flag flying next to the Confederate Memorial on the Walton County Courthouse lawn. He said Walton's representatives sent to the state assembly to ask about succession were against it.
At the beginning of the commission meeting agenda item talking about the flag, Walton Commission Chairman Bill Imfeld asked to waive the normal time limit and allow 15 minutes for those asking for the removal and 15 minutes for those against the removal. He also asked for five minutes instead of the normal three for individuals.
Uhlfelder told the commissioners that if they have not made up their mind today, he does not know what else they can do. He cited various racial actions throughout history, talking about 1964 and the state of racism. Ulfelder also talked about current events. He told the commissioners the flag is not the actual flag of the Confederacy and has been adopted by the KKK as their symbol. He also said the battle flag was voted to be put on the Courthouse Lawn in 1964, just before Civil Rights legislation.
Ulfelder said the flag on the courthouse grounds prevents equal justice. He said the flag says that when people come to the Walton County Courthouse they are not going to get equal justice. He called it an attack on equality.
Wayne McLeod, Chaplin for the Sons of the Confederate Veterans said history is written by the winners and myths have been perpetuated for many years. He said the Southern States peacefully succeeded and developed a constitution that did not include slavery, rather allowed for state's rights. He said this is the same as when the original thirteen colonies seceded from Britain. He noted how Robert E. Lee had already freed his slaves and wrote against it while Grant had slaves. McLeod said he loves Old Glory and if he thought the Confederate Flag was a racist symbol then he would drag it down himself.
Phillip White, who has a relative's name on the monument, talked about showing respect for history and how Ocala has returned the flag to the courthouse. He said many citizens are now saying, "enough is enough." He noted the flag was indeed raised in 1964 for a variety of issue, but told commissioners those issues are no longer valid. He said the final resting place of the men listed on the monument are buried in other places. He told commissioners they have the opportunity to show that in Walton there is still respect for history, good and bad.
Danny Glidewell said it is important to remember history, saying history is complex. He said slavery is evil and good men can sometimes be in favor of something that is evil. He said the next thing will be the memorial, then the ten commandments and the christmas display. Glidewell said taking the flag down will further divide the county.
Commissioner Comander said they had been given information from both sides and need time to go through the items. She also noted the item was not on the agenda for a vote. The commissioners moved the issue to the next meeting as an agenda item.
TH Merritt


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