Since the last time I was on my blog, I have published another book, this time for my mother in law.  Her line is from Ireland, and we all know how hard that is to do.  I have been very lucky that a cousin on my husbands line (Jannene) has researched much of the Irish back in Ireland already and was quite happy to exchange information.  That was a few years back now.

Anyway I finally decided to publish the book and update the tree as much as possible, and had some fantastic luck.  I established that two of the Hill brothers were in the 57th Foot Regiment (West Middlesex) also known as the "Die Hards"  I always knew that one brother died during the Maori Land Wars (Taranaki), however I didnt have when they arrived in New Zealand (Jan 1861) until about a week ago, not only do I now know when they arrived I also know the names of the ships.  I have found articles on the regiment and one photo of them in 1864, in which the oldest brother maybe in. 

Another researcher found some photographs of the eldest brother, it was lovely to put a name to a face.  My husbands line arrived in 1875 as a widower with 4 children, however the other two brothers were here by 1870 and I have yet to find them, sadly Hill is a very common name to research.  I will find them one day though.

My mother in law loved the book, and we are going to go through it again in a few weeks time.  Whilst I was at my mother in laws I was shown a photo and there is a great possibility that the gentleman is my husbands great grandfather William Hill who was born in Ireland in 1867.

Here is hoping and thank you all for reading.