New Zealand “A Genealogy of the Jennings” Found in Attic of House on Waiheke Island

The following teaser is from an article in the 21 August 2012 edition of Voxt.co.nz:

Auckland Libraries has a large and detailed piece of family history that it desperately wants to reunite with its owner.

The family tree, which has been intricately documented on an A2 (large poster-sized) sheet of paper, was found in the attic of a house on Waiheke Island and given to the local library for safekeeping.

Family history librarian Seonaid Lewis, from Auckland Libraries’ Central Auckland Research Centre, says the find is a remarkable example of genealogical research that someone has spent considerable time preparing.

“You might expect to find such a comprehensive family tree in England so it is ‘pure gold’ to find a piece of work like this in an attic in New Zealand,” says Ms Lewis.

“It is titled ‘A Genealogy of the Jennings’ and covers the family history of David Jennings who emigrated from England to Nelson in 1849.

“The overall research goes back some 500 years and includes photographs of significant family members,” she says.

After being turned in to Waiheke Library, the document has been restored and preserved by library preservation experts.

“It had been rolled up for some time which affected the photographs and caused some damage to the paper. We have flattened the document, restored the damaged sections and put it in a protective sleeve,” says Ms Lewis.

Auckland Libraries would like to reunite this family tree with its creator or, given that it is 43 years old, a descendent.

Read the full article.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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