Nails that protected us.

[Fresh Fields]

Hello again Lu

Yes interesting, but also VERY frustrating. You drive along country roads always, fascinated by old heritage homes, representing our pioneers and their family dreams for the future. You promise yourself that one day you will stop, with your camera, and enquire about their heritage, and record a little of it. Like the villa on a rise just north of Te Kuiti. It’s always been there, and not going any where, so you will have plenty of opportunity, then one day it’s gone. Even more so when it’s a building you knew very well as a kid, but now only have memories of, not factual data that can be supported with all the info now being made readily available, by the likes of Papers Past, Archway, and soon to go public NZSG early land title info service.

- Alan.

[Thamesite2017]

Many councils have heritage registers that hold different buildings that may not be historic registered.

For the Thames Coromandel District council these are currently being updated, you can see drafts for:

Coromandel http://www.rootschat.com/links/0cmv/

Thames http://www.rootschat.com/links/0cmw/

Bye
Althea 

PS This week I have got some 1947 aerial photos for Thames from the Browne collection, and on high resolution you can make out houses that are long gone..very exciting
http://www.vcbrowne.com/VCBHome.aspx

[Fresh Fields]

Hello again Althea.

Yes all local authorities should have them, but some present day owner’s may not be too keen to point out what evidence they have to a villa’s age, especially because of the 1905 heritage ramifications. Therefore the registered lists, are dependant upon the diligence, of the person tasked with compiling the heritage status list reviews.

Re aerial photos. There are more out there, than most people realize, it’s just a case of knowing where to look. Numerous contracts were let by the Crown, and I have good 6 chain, to the photo inch, photos of land of interest, taken by NZ Aerial Mapping of Hastings, in 1974. I also have another, but no details to hand, from a later aerial survey of the lower Waikato, in conjunction with petroleum research.

- Alan.