Tracing our family tree

This is a new area for us. A week or so ago, I was contacted by 'John Durham', who lives in New Plymouth. He has been doing research into our family name and history since settlers first arrived in New Zealand. He is gradually building a family tree to help us find our ancestral roots. So far he has identified several people we did not know about.

It seems our involvement in this land has been more extensive than anyone suspected. We may have a considerable number of relatives we never met. So far it is incomplete, but there is potential to learn more as they are contacted for information about their memories and relatives. Interesting that he should contact his namesake isn't it?