A bit of family history...

[toprob]

My children's grandmother has been putting together a family history for them, and she recently came by some more info, including a DVD of my grandfather's home movies from the 40s. There are a lot of shots of my great-grandfather's home in Wellington, which I instantly recognised -- here it is on Google Earth, showing NZWN runway! It's the little art deco place marked.
The house has gone now, which is a pain, but I might model it for NZWN.

[Ian Warren]

I don't have a family history as such, I grew up on learning my past fathers brother who died during WWII and were my interest is in the stories and the life, Battle of Kula Gulf 1943, least I can find exactly were I grew up but other family history died .

[toprob]

Wow, he looks very young, what a waste.

[Ian Warren]

That was one thing I thought, still remember the talk and mention, Jeez I would have only been seven or eight, I instantly thought of an old man, this is the only photo I could find, reason for many of my drawings, but yeah .. looking at Norman, the most near looking to him would be youngest brother Neil and oldest Allan.

[Fozzer]

Records of my family history date back, at present, to 1714, with full documentation, and a wealth of letters, photographs, objects, Birth + Death Certificates, Christening details, etc....

Delving further back in time will require travelling around the country to obtain Church Records, etc, many of them in Latin!

I have produced our Family tree, (ever expanding daily!), on a sheet of paper the size of a football field....(approximately).... ...!

Paul Fosbery....an Very Ancient Briton!.... ...!

http://www.fosbery.com/

For Ian...>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webley%E2 ... c_Revolver

[toprob]

Brilliant post, Paul, you had me at "In the film Zardoz, Sean Connery's character, Zed, carries a Webley–Fosbery revolver in several scenes." Now I picture you as a character in Zardoz!

[Fozzer]

Brilliant post, Paul, you had me at "In the film Zardoz, Sean Connery's character, Zed, carries a Webley–Fosbery revolver in several scenes." Now I picture you as a character in Zardoz!

....that's me.... ... ... ...!

Long Family Trees.....

One of the advantages of every generation born and living in the same country.... ...!

....(Inter-breeding!)...... ... ...!

I don't want to go/live/move anywhere else....

...(Except Route 66 on a Harley Davidson...for a short trip...).... ...!

Paul....and the Sun has come out again in England!.... ...!

[Ian Warren]

I still tracking down a lot off material, It all leads to other directions .. sorta like the family tree got cut down and the branch's burned , I am on the right track, biggest thing that pisss's me off is loosing all my fathers Korean War photos, that would have been something well worth documenting.

[Fozzer]

I would be fascinated to learn more about Marty's (Splitpin) Russian Family History... ...!

Its a funny old do, but I always see my various USA Flight Sim Chums as being; German, British, African, Italian, French, Norwegian, Scandinavian, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, Australian, etc....

....rather than; "American".... ...!

I see them by their Origins, rather than where they are now!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigrati ... ted_States

NZ: Anyone who is not a native Maori must have come from somewhere else......quite recently!.... ...!

Paul....A British Englander.... ....!