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Oh, Chrysler!

geneageek — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 08:55:00 +0000

A couple of years ago, I posted the above picture of my grandmother’s family enjoying a roadside picnic in front of a ‘mystery mobile’. (The original post can be seen here).…

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Adopting a New Approach

geneageek — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:26:00 +0000

The 1881 census first told me that my second great grandfather, Alexander Gibson REID (also featured in my post, Dating Photographs) was adopted. I found it very interesting but soon…

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Dating Photographs

geneageek — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 10:20:00 +0000

A lot of magazine articles dedicated to the subject of dating photographs, would use clues such as fashion and the model of the car to date this photograph. Fortunately, my…

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The Buchan Trio

geneageek — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:38:00 +0000

The photograph above is of my grandmother, Gwenyth Jean BUCHAN (centre) and her siblings – younger brother Alexander Lewis BUCHAN and older sister Ngaire Margaret BUCHAN (their youngest sister Margaret was to appear 6…

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Chiropody at Trentham

geneageek — Sat, 08 May 2010 18:35:00 +0000

I’ve finally managed to scan some of my grandmother’s photos that I brought back from my holidays. This one appears to be a photograph of a sketch: On the back,…

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