Gow,Harris,Hurley,Heal research

i have intentions of doing the four familys,at this point concentrating on gows,the other three are started and lots of imfo on them ,but i have nearly finished my gow tree. 1860 came to nz ,gone back a generation to that in scotland as well.
my imformation has come from talking to different ones in the family.writng a lot of letters,morman church in hamilton,lbrarys,electerol rolls,joing the nz genealogy society years ago .i am not a current member now but trying to join up again.internet has heaps of sites to look at as well. so its been a long time working and researching .getting things right

pearly. I was lucky enough to have access to a Family Bible that my Dad has. It is past down to the eldest Routh son. Routh being my maiden name. Births deaths and marriages have been recorded in this Bible since the begining of 1800. So I had a good start. I too have wriiten letters to relatives still in England - joined internet forums/ message boards, where I made contact with others following the same tree. I spent a lot of time on the internet looking at church records. Most of the family came from a village in Hemingbrough yorkshire . However my mothers side is much harder to research. Very few older people are alive - and none seem to know much about their ancestors. I ahve been researching for many years on and off - and have about 600 names now dating back to 1650 - but so far they are mostly just names and I would now like to *know* a little about as many as possible.

well 1650 is way back .. thats great Marianne.its an ongoing thing isnt it? good on you .its time consuming getting it to paper as well.

have you spoken to Jan Gow in Auckland she has done heaps on the GOW family also.?

yes KiwiPom done that when i first belonged to genealogy, no relation at this stage..but wonder somewhere along the line there might be a connection.just havnt found it yet.thanks though.

Hi Pearly, Have just discovered this thread ...You were searching for GOWS My Mother was a Gow from Northland ...wonder if there is any connection?
Perhaps you could put in a friend request if you would like my side of this Family
Zanditoez

hello zanditoez ,have just sent a friends request and then see where we are.cheers pearly

Hi Pearly
I note that you are doing genealogy.
I have been doing 7 families for years, and have invested in the latest ANCESTRY,COM. program, which has been a great help to me.
If i can be of any assistance , you only have to ask.
Don

thanks for that Don i will keep it in mind

I have been having trouble with my Grand father finding things out aboyt him

His Name: Ernest Phelan
Born: Dublin, Ireland
When: 1890 - 1891
Emergrated to NZ: 1920
Married in NZ: 1926
Wife's name: Bertha Marie

How do I go about searching For Ernest I have tried for many years to no answers