In #2020 I moved to the #Manawatu (which needs a #macron over the "u") District and was pleased to find that at least three of my second-cousins whose birth-#surname was #Forlong lived within an hour's drive and that that radius included our common great-grandfather's #tombstone. That man, #GordonForlong, a lawyer turned preacher, has an entry in the Dictionary of #NewZealand #Biography. . Good move - except that I had had several first cousins closer before! #genealogy #FamilyTree #FamilyTrees

@munchkinstein Hello, Brian! Lots of my #ancestors were allegedly born near your district. I will never get there to look up records in churches. Thank goodness for #Findmypast and #FamilySearch and FreeBMD and #Findagrave
Much of my ancestry is on #Familypedia.fandom.com.
#Forlong and #Forlonge are among my somewhat elusive surnames of interest - #Glasgow wine merchants around 1800.