by shaunahicks | Mar 17, 2016 | Blog
St Patrick’s Day and my thoughts turn to my Irish great great grandparents John Finn and Sarah Fegan. I first starting researching them in 1977 and over the years my research has turned up many questions, some still waiting to be solved. This blog post only...
by shaunahicks | Mar 11, 2016 | Blog
This is an overview report of Unlock the Past’s 10th Genealogy Cruise. I have already done three daily reports. If you missed them, catch up with Days 1-6 here Days 7-12 here Days 13-19 here. Overall it was a great cruise and not just because I managed not to...
by shaunahicks | Mar 9, 2016 | Blog
This is the third post of a series of blog posts on the 10th Unlock the Past cruise to New Zealand and southern Australia through to Fremantle in Western Australia. If you missed Days 1-6, catch up here and Days 7-12 here. Day 13 was in Melbourne and as we used to...
by shaunahicks | Mar 8, 2016 | Blog
I have previously written about my three Finn great great uncles who fought in World War One. Read their story here. Last year I managed to find a photograph of Denis Finn courtesy of Trove but I had no luck finding photos of his brothers John and Robert. Today I had...
by shaunahicks | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog
This is a continuing series of blog posts on the 10th Unlock the Past cruise to New Zealand and southern Australia through to Fremantle in Western Australia. If you missed Days 1-6, catch up here. Day 7 was at Port Chalmers, just a short bus ride away from Dunedin on...