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Hi Kevin, I have just looked in my Grandfathers book a bit more_ _ _..there was an orphanage in a house called Highlands, he says in his book "we entered a drive between two large brick pillars, the left hand one had a board attached to it announcing "The highlands". (I looked online, could it be Th...

[quoted] Deborah wrote: Hi, Just wondered if you found the orphanage you were looking for? I too, have a similar story. My Granny and her brothers were sent to an orphanage in that area. She would never speak of it and destroyed any documents after questioning her. She was born in St. Leonards and t...

Hi Please see my reply to the posting above. I have a copy of the book my grandfather wrote about the home, St.Leonards. My grandfathers name was Len Hill (his nick name at the home was skinny). I am guessing he was there in the early to mid 1920s.. <!-- e --><a href="mailto:Kim@fedpac.co.nz">Kim@fe...

[quoted] Kevin Hyland wrote: Hi I'm trying to look into the family history after my grandfather past away and I'm really needing some assistance. My grandfather William (Bill) Hyland was born in 1909 supposedly in or around Ore - his birth does not appear to have been registered so I cannot trace hi...