Old Circumforaneous Blog

Here are all my previous blogs, mostly covering our caravanning around New Zealand and Australia and some post-caravanning adventures. The first 3 have been transferred to a new Blog heading. So have some family history stories. If I can work out how to delete these I will do so!

  • 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 1.

    A “do something with your genealogy instead of letting it sit in your genealogy software” challenge. Started by Amy Johnson Crow (https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/): “You’ve worked hard on your genealogy. You’ve made some fantastic discoveries. But what do you actually do with it? Those discoveries don’t do much good just sitting in your file cabinet or on… Read more

  • A little Post-Covid Lockdown Adventure

    We offered to drive our now former neighbour Barbara’s eV, a Nissan Leaf similar to but a later model than ours, up to Tauranga while she drove her motorhome. With Covid restrictions now eased in New Zealand, and Tiki the dog and Georgie the cat established in their respective hotels, we set off well armed… Read more

  • Another family history book published

    ‘Cochrane and Lyle – Scotland to Tasmania’ has now been published via Blurb. It covers my paternal grandfather’s line descended from Thomas Cochrane and Ann Kerr of Paisley, Scotland, who married on 16 April 1756. Several of their descendants settled in Tasmania. Book Preview The main family surnames are Johnston, Huxtable, Curtis and Baker. The… Read more

  • Another book

    I have not posted any blogs for some time but am keeping this going in the hope that we will once again be able to do some travelling when the Covid situation has sort of settled down (insofar as it ever will). In the meantime I’ve been concentrating on family history. I’ve published another book….… Read more

  • I’ve Published a Book….

    Based on my diaries and profusely illustrated with slides. 151 pages. Read more

  • Three Matrons in the Family

    There were three nursing matrons in my related families, of different generations and widely different experiences. None married. They were: 1. Elizabeth HUNT  born 1820 in Pendock, Worcestershire and died in 1893 in Sydney, NSW. 2. Adela WADE born 1868 in Invercargill NZ and died in 1946 in Melbourne, Victoria. 3. Nancy Elizabeth “Betty” D’ARCHY… Read more