Like us, once you start learning about the history of your home and who lived there, you might be intregued to learn how their story fits in context with early Timaru. Here is a timeline based on what we have learnt from our profiled homes...
Where to hunt for information
Where to hunt for information
Heritage NZ run ‘Research you own home’ workshops to help you investigate things like and have a great list of online resources to get you started on your home investigation journey. Here is a great list and a few sites that we like to use:
Copyright FAQs
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Timaru Cemetery - A Museum Without Walls
Making a connection to someone who lived in your home could be as simple as a cemetery search on the Timaru District Councils website: timaru.govt.nz/cemetery-search