Books

It’s a Long Way From County Cavan to Canterbury – Heirloom Edition Nearly 160 years have passed since the Rountree and Coleman families began to leave County Cavan, Ireland in search of a better life in Canterbury, New Zealand. The New Zealand Rountree — Coleman family tree is now eight generations deep. This book combines

It’s Still a Long Way From County Cavan – Volume Two The Rountree Coleman Book – Volume Two focuses on the history of the New Zealand branch of these two County Cavan families.  They immigrated from Ireland during the mid nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  The book focuses on the history from 1700 to 2020.

It’s A Long Way from County Cavan – Volume One (Second Edition) This volume, edited by Dallas Rountree and Jo Noble, was privately published in 1994. Unfortunately, due to the print costs and technology at the time, the published edition contained photocopy quality images. In other words, the images ended up being mostly two tone,