FREE Family History Training
FREE Beginners Family History Course
Want to know what happened to Great Aunt Maude?
Who inherited all her money $$$$$ ?
This course will give you all the tools to do family History research at home in your own time, and quite likely solve this and other mysteries!
And it can help you to connect with lost part relatives.
This course takes 4 sessions to complete and is held at Whangaparaoa Library. The course details are:
Mon 13 June
Wed 15 June
Mon 20 June
Wed 22 June
Time 10.00am – 12.00 pm each day in the library Pohutukawa Room.
Numbers are strictly limited for this popular course. Registration details can be sent to the Course Tutor, Garry Phillips
Email to: genealogy.training.nz@gmail.com or phone (021 902715) for a Course Outline and questions.
The course is run by the Hibiscus Coast Branch of NZ Society of Genealogists.
Poll: Is dumping an issue in your neighbourhood?
There's nothing worse than strolling around the streets in your neighbourhood and seeing dumped rubbish.
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Can you crack Today’s neighbourhood conundrum?
Without a bridle or a saddle, across a thing, I ride a-straddle. And those I ride, by help of me, though almost blind, are made to see. What am I?
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Changing the conversation around dementia
Reducing stigma starts with the words we use, and shifting the way we talk about dementia is a powerful step forward. This World Alzheimer’s Month, Ryman is highlighting the importance of reducing the discrimination caused by stigma surrounding people living with dementia.
Caroline Bartle, Ryman’s Dementia Care and Innovations Lead, says that using appropriate language when referring to people with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia can foster a more inclusive society. This not only benefits those experiencing cognitive decline but also their families and the wider community.
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