Albertlanders ( NZ) background (General)

by unknown, Sunday, January 10, 2010, 11:09 (5506 days ago) @ slowhands

Once again thanks for your help Slowhands! I've contacted the Albertland and Districts Museum previously but they did not have my family listed as settling in Northland and not on the official ships (both of which I knew).

The family story goes that upon arriving in Auckland the family travelled to the Kaipara Harbour in Northland only to find the land that they were supposed to farm was largely under water at high tide, so they returned to Auckland.

It seems that it still could be a possibility that they left the Forest under the immigration scheme given the info you've provided, so I won't give the story up as complete baloney yet :-)