Welcome / Haere Mai

Ceud Mìle Fàilte -

A hundred thousand welcomes to the website of

The Big Omaha Maritme Historical Trust

 

The Jane Gifford returns home

The Jane Gifford travelled up the Mahurangi River to Warkworth on Saturday 16 May 2009. 

The Auckland Regional Council have recently placed signs leading to and on the Big Omaha Wharf. Many thanks to Carol Ramage for working with the ARC to improve the historical content of the signs.

The flagpole at the Whangateau Hall was raised on 9 May 2009. The reunion commemoration project reflects the appreciation of the family to the Big Omaha/Whangateau and wider community. Many thanks to Sally for putting forward this concept and carrying it through to fruitition.

The February 2009 newsletter has now been posted on the website  - see News section.

  Recent news - the Big Omaha Maritime Historical Trust has received approval as a registered charitable body. This means that within limits donations over $5 to the trust by individuals and companies qualify for a tax rebate of 33%.

Sally Meiklejohn has decided to step back from many of the roles she has had in organising family reunions etc and also as a trustee. Sally maintains her interest in genealogy - both of the Meiklejohns and her maternal side. Our never-ending thanks go to Sally for her significant contribution to strengthening our family bonds.    

An updated  page covering the book "The Ships of Omaha 1858 - 1921" - authors Carol & James Ramage - is now on the website. Your support for this excellent publication would be very much welcomed by Carol and James. 

A DVD of the restored logs of the journeys of James Strange Mucklejohn is available.

The DVD contains logs of the following journeys -

1828 Highland Lad - St Johns to London

1828 Brigantine 'Rachel' - London/Genoa/Rio/Valparaiso

1831 Barque 'Industry' - Leith towards Pictou and Quebec

1857 Brigantine 'Union' - Cardiff to South American ports returning to Liverpool

Please order through Graham Alison - cost is $15 - make cheques payable to

Big Omaha Maritime Historical Trust  

 P O Box 28 018 Remuera 

Recent website additions include -

Photos from the welcome back ceremony for the "Jane Gifford" - see "News" section.

 Photos of the new signs at the Big Omaha wharf. 

Photo of the new flagpole at the Whangateau Hall.  

Photos of St Cuthbert's Church in Edinburgh, also of Leith where JSM grew up and of Nigg and Cromarty in Rosshire which was where Catherine grew up. 

The February newsletter.

L D Meiklejohn's speeech to 100th Reunion - added August 2008.

Words of times past - poetry and other exchanges. 

Family tree update form.

The objectives of The Big Omaha Maritime Historical Trust.

The website has been changed to allow for content covering the family history of the spouses of JSM and of his sons and also his grandchildren's spouses. There is considerable new material in "The Family" section but any other material is most welcome.

Copyright pertains to all original material on this Website.