It's almost Christmas, and as many of us wind down for a few days, we trust that this year has been a most interesting time for you in your family history endeavours ... maybe some of those impenetrable brick walls were finally smashed to pieces... maybe a new lead opened up... maybe it was just pure frustration and you really do need a break before you head back into the agony and the ecstasy that is family history research.
May you all have a lovely time this Christmas season.
Merry Christmas from the Kintalk team.

For more olde Christmas card goodness, here's a link to the Christmas Card exhibition  online. Enjoy.

Ephemera Collection, Sir George Grey Special Collections Online Christmas Card Exhibition

My two favourite subscriptions websites have just launched some lovely new resources in time for the holidays.

Ancestry invite you to unlock your family secrets this Christmas, and have launched New South Wales Police Gazettes 1854-1930 collection and added 120,000 new records to the New South Wales, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 collection.

FindMyPast's December newsletter announced the exciting news that they'd added thousands of new British Army and service pension records, which include attestation forms and discharge papers.

So some lovely new resources to get our teeth into!

Don't forget, Auckland Libraries provides free access to all at every one of its 55 libraries and 4 research centres across the Auckland region. If your community library has WiFi, you can also access both websites using your laptop - just ask your friendly librarian!

Happy hunting

Seonaid