User talk:Marcus Pedersen

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Marcus Pedersen! Thank you for your contributions. I am Schwede66 and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Wikipedia:Questions or type {{help me}} at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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John Rochfort[edit]

Regarding your edit to the John Rochfort article, where did you find info about him in the Lyttelton Times? I've searched the editions dated 7 and 28 February 1852 and there didn't appear to be anything about the Rochfort brothers. When you've got an article open, you need to record the URL as part of the reference. Please reply here; I will see when you do so. Schwede 66 03:06, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Schwede66,

Thanks for your pointers. I have a lot to learn and was just having a bit of a dabble today but I plan to enter a much fuller biography of John Rochfort in the near future, with proper links to the references, done according to the wikipedia format (hopefully by the end of next week).

To answer your question re the references in the Lyttelton Times, I should also add the reference: Rochfort, John, The Adventures of a Surveyor in New Zealand and the Australian Goldfields. Christchurch: Capper Press, 1974. pp.3-12,16-17 (a copy of the book is available online http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-RocAdve.html)

The first Lyttelton Times reference is the arrival of the Marmora in Lyttelton (which the brothers sailed on from London): https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520207.2.7

The second is the departure of the Marmora to Wellington with I and J Rochforth on board.

Marcus Pedersen (talk) 23:56, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work. Schwede 66 01:47, 26 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Marcus Pedersen (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Lewis[edit]

I've got a bit of a backlog with new article review, so have only just seen Henry Lewis. I see that I've been to your page before and I can say it again – good work! Schwede 66 03:43, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again! I'm Glad you liked it. Marcus Pedersen (talk)