Cathy Clarke
@cathyclarke77.bsky.social
NZ Wellingtonian. Author of The Only Living Lady Parachutist: http://catherineclarkeauthor.com Family tree tracer: http://catherineclarke6.wix.com/myers Med Lab scientist before that. #historicalfiction #genealogy
Is this not a thing of beauty? A map, hand-drawn by James Hannay (my GGG-GF) from his application to construct a water-race on the Golden Bay Goldfields, 25 March 1875. R18627952 ArchivesNZ. #GenHour
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Is this not a thing of beauty? A map, hand-drawn by James Hannay (my GGG-GF) from his application to construct a water-race on the Golden Bay Goldfields, 25 March 1875. R18627952 ArchivesNZ. #GenHour
How's this for a clause in the 1913 will of the Revd William Francis Dashwood Lang? #GenHour #genealogy
September 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
How's this for a clause in the 1913 will of the Revd William Francis Dashwood Lang? #GenHour #genealogy
Calm harbour today @ Petone
July 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Calm harbour today @ Petone
I've been working on my one-voyage study all week. Enrolled in SAG course for setting up website. I've done 3 research articles, 2 profiles and loaded 3 documents. It's still private for now but pleased with my progress #GenHour
July 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I've been working on my one-voyage study all week. Enrolled in SAG course for setting up website. I've done 3 research articles, 2 profiles and loaded 3 documents. It's still private for now but pleased with my progress #GenHour
Do you ever wonder why you can't find a marriage on the NZ DIA website? This one has been completely scrambled. According to the Intentions to Marry they are John A SIMS (groom) and Hannah Matilda BERRY (bride)
May 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Do you ever wonder why you can't find a marriage on the NZ DIA website? This one has been completely scrambled. According to the Intentions to Marry they are John A SIMS (groom) and Hannah Matilda BERRY (bride)
I've found my Dad getting a prize for Calf Club, and his learner's cert for swimming 50yds. My Mum seems to feature in fancy dress competitions and this is when she was 6 months old.
May 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I've found my Dad getting a prize for Calf Club, and his learner's cert for swimming 50yds. My Mum seems to feature in fancy dress competitions and this is when she was 6 months old.
Maybe like this one?
March 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Maybe like this one?
Pleased with the enlistment record I ordered through Civil War Records @brianrhinehart.bsky.social This is not my James Hannay as I know he could sign his name. #GenHour
January 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Pleased with the enlistment record I ordered through Civil War Records @brianrhinehart.bsky.social This is not my James Hannay as I know he could sign his name. #GenHour
That's a useful tool to play with. Five of my gaps are Irish the others in London, Kent, Essex. There's another two 4th g-grandmothers who I only have their first names. DNA has helped complete a lot past gg-grandparent level. #GenHour
December 28, 2024 at 2:15 AM
That's a useful tool to play with. Five of my gaps are Irish the others in London, Kent, Essex. There's another two 4th g-grandmothers who I only have their first names. DNA has helped complete a lot past gg-grandparent level. #GenHour
FamilySearch Labs Full Text Search now has Irish Registry of Deeds transcripts of memorials. Not sure of coverage but by searching name “Charles Montgomery” and keyword “Broughshane” I’ve found my 5x g-grandfather’s death date. #genealogy #GenHour
December 20, 2024 at 8:42 PM
FamilySearch Labs Full Text Search now has Irish Registry of Deeds transcripts of memorials. Not sure of coverage but by searching name “Charles Montgomery” and keyword “Broughshane” I’ve found my 5x g-grandfather’s death date. #genealogy #GenHour
@kiwinomad06.bsky.social Guess where I’ve just been? Fantastic selection of books. Taking these two back to Petone with me.
December 20, 2024 at 2:02 AM
@kiwinomad06.bsky.social Guess where I’ve just been? Fantastic selection of books. Taking these two back to Petone with me.
This is so cool. Here is the opposite effect - my ggg-grandfather had 12 children but only one, Arthur Myers, had any descendants alive after 2001 to do a DNA test. #GenHour
December 11, 2024 at 5:37 PM
This is so cool. Here is the opposite effect - my ggg-grandfather had 12 children but only one, Arthur Myers, had any descendants alive after 2001 to do a DNA test. #GenHour
Submission done. Closing date is 7 Jan 2025. #ToitūTeTiriti
December 3, 2024 at 4:28 AM
Submission done. Closing date is 7 Jan 2025. #ToitūTeTiriti
Latest find this week - a letter of reference for my ggg-gm, Lucy Stuart Hannay from 1867 in Alexander Turnbull Library, NZ. #GenHour She didn't seek employment in NZ until 1880 - possibly sent in search of her daughter.
November 21, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Latest find this week - a letter of reference for my ggg-gm, Lucy Stuart Hannay from 1867 in Alexander Turnbull Library, NZ. #GenHour She didn't seek employment in NZ until 1880 - possibly sent in search of her daughter.
#ToitūTeTiriti marchers and crowd chanting the haka
November 19, 2024 at 12:24 AM
#ToitūTeTiriti marchers and crowd chanting the haka
Scenes from hikoi to Parliament in Wellington today. Toitū te Tiriti!
November 19, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Scenes from hikoi to Parliament in Wellington today. Toitū te Tiriti!
Just finished reading this book. Ferdinand Mount's aunt has a shadowy past with more twists and turns than you can imagine. A fascinating and well-told #genealogy research story, that includes his missteps. Highly recommended.
November 15, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Just finished reading this book. Ferdinand Mount's aunt has a shadowy past with more twists and turns than you can imagine. A fascinating and well-told #genealogy research story, that includes his missteps. Highly recommended.
Felonious, wicked and diabolical? David Thompson Myers – one of my more notorious ancestors. catherineclarke6.wixsite.com/myers/david-...
November 14, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Felonious, wicked and diabolical? David Thompson Myers – one of my more notorious ancestors. catherineclarke6.wixsite.com/myers/david-...
Love the restoration done on the former Petone Magistrate’s Court built 1911 then Police Station 1952-1991. Now a privately owned since 2021
November 13, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Love the restoration done on the former Petone Magistrate’s Court built 1911 then Police Station 1952-1991. Now a privately owned since 2021
I'm stoked with what I found today - just look at the information on this page. Worth a newsletter article, I think!
November 11, 2024 at 2:31 AM
I'm stoked with what I found today - just look at the information on this page. Worth a newsletter article, I think!