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Giving Up Housekeeping

geneageek — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:34:16 +0000

Whilst looking for information on her daughter’s marriage in 1917, I stumbled across this intriguing advertisement in the newspaper placed by Alice Ann Glaister (nee White) the same year: “TUESDAY,…

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Patently Improved

geneageek — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:07:19 +0000

William Glaister, my 2nd great-grandfather, was a coachbuilder in Dunedin, New Zealand in the late 19th and early 20th century. A couple of years ago, I discovered he was also…

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A Grave Mistake

geneageek — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:18:43 +0000

One of my favourite things about genealogy is feeling like a detective, and today gave me another opportunity to don my deerstalker and grab my pipe. I noticed that Find…

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More Buchan ‘Lunatics’

geneageek — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:13:00 +0000

I was very excited to receive an email from Roy BUCHAN – author of the book ‘From Peterhead to Passchendaele’ mentioned on this post and distant relative of mine. …

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Inquests and Articles

geneageek — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:31:00 +0000

This morning I received some death certificates for members of my BUCHAN family. On Alexander Ritchie BUCHAN’s certificate it states his cause of death as ‘Verdict of Jury – Sudden…

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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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Emigrating to New Zealand

geneageek — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:40:00 +0000

Going through the cemetery records yesterday inspired me to look further into my family’s immigration. The Dunedin Cemetery Records often include the (original) nationality of the deceased as well as…

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Dunedin Cemetery Records Online

geneageek — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:04:00 +0000

image via flickr I have just spent a fascinating day researching. The same distant relative I mentioned in my last post, had sent me digital copy of a cemetery record…

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