I, Lynette (nee Whitehead) have created this family tree for my children and grand children. Although I was born in Otaki New Zealand, all my children now live in Australia, where all of my  five grand children were born. 
 This was the birth place of my father, (Hurstville, Sydney), so it seems fitting that we all ended  up living here, even though my mother was born in Wellington, New Zealand. Her parents emigrated  from Bedfordshire,England and ran a 'dairy' in Island Bay in Wellington and eventually moved to a  small farm near Otaki. My mother, Kate's (nee Hart)ancestors came from Bedfordshire.  My father grew up in Leura,New South Wales, Australia. His mother was born in Rockhampton and  married my grandfather who eventually took his family to live in NZ where he was an evangelist for  the Brethren church. All his family lived in Kent, England. I have been back to see my ancestors  graves and whose names are recorded in this family tree, dating back to 1775, thus far.