FREE Family History Training
Do you wonder what happened to your (wealthy) Great Aunt Maude?
Who did she leave her fabulous Estate to?
Dig into the past and find out by attending a FREE Introduction to Family History Course.
This course will give you all the tools to do Genealogy research at home in your own time, and quite likely solve this mystery!
Plus it can help you to connect with other lost parts of your family.
This course takes 4 sessions to complete and is held at Whangaparaoa Library. The course details are:
Mon 4 April
Wed 6 April
Mon 11 April
Wed 16 April
Time 7.00 – 9.00 pm each evening in the library Pohutukawa Room.
Numbers are strictly limited for this popular course. Registration details can be sent to the Course Tutor, Garry Phillips. Please PM me with your details. Or email to genealogy.training.nz@gmail.com for a Course Outline.
The course is run by the Hibiscus Coast Branch of NZ Society of Genealogists.
What's your favourite recipe for courgettes?
Kia ora neighbours. If you've got a family recipe for courgettes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our January 2025 issue.
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