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Hello for 2024.

Following the holiday break, private contact has been made, and interest expressed in receiving copies of research findings. Giving a new dimension to the research, stretching it out from local history bulletins, to one of family interest.

Alan.

Thanks for taking an interest.

I have taken the press reporting at face value.

Some years ago I turned to Rootschat, when a duty undertaker, choose to take charge of a body when there was no known NOK,and went to the press after a lenghty period of ashes storage. Fortunately the Rootschat community was able to provide a resolve.

Makes me a bit of a softy.

Alan.

PS I will forward a link to the "PRESS".

Greetings from down under [NZ]

As you may be of assistance to this news story seeking NOK, I have decided to post here.

A sad story – Seeking NOK.

Published in the Christchurch “PRESS”  and a sister publication the “WAIKATO TIMES.

A lonely death at Horseshoe Lake | The Press (waikatotimes.co.nz) 

A lonely death at Horseshoe Lake | The Press


Roger Alfred Frank RAWLINGS  aka Frances RAWLINGS   c1943 – 2023.


Born in Porthcrawl, Wales to an R.A.F. father.

Estranged from most family. Emigrated to the South Island NZ on the CORINTHAIN in 1963, with his grandmother, Ruby BOX.

Believed to have been in contact with a sister, or two, in years leading up to death.  One believed to have lived in Brisbane Australia, and Malaysia.

If you have knowledge that may assist in the search, feel free to contact. Charlie MITCHELL of the Christchurch PRESS. 

See links provided.

Alan.

OOp's typo on my part  RAWLING

Happy new year to you.

No problem. Navigating new, to you, sites are always an issue, but the NZ board supporters are a great bunch, and will offer assistance.

Once you have posted to a thread 3 times, you should be granted access to the PRIVATE MESSAGING on-board system. Therein we can PRIVATELY [just the two parties] share contact details.

See MY MESSAGES, in the top of page banner, or by clicking in the small icon under your user handle, and follow the prompts.

By using this service will enable me, to make personal contact, and forward by post or email a higher resolution copy of that photo, should you choose to have one. I have other research material about those named families, that you may also be interested in, and not know the existence of.

Regards,

Alan.

Welcome to RootsChat. Not home at the moment, but will get back to you when home again and located where I filed that photo.

Alan