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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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Bombay Love Story Continued…

geneageek — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:57:00 +0000

This obituary for Drusilla WILLS (nee WREFORD) featured in my previous post stated that: Mrs. Wills is survived by two children. Mr James Wills and Mrs. D. Evans, and 15 grandchildren,…

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Bombay Love Story

geneageek — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:52:00 +0000

After receiving an email asking whether Drusilla WREFORD (the 14 year old innkeeper originally mentioned in my post Pub Crawl) met her husband, Thomas WILLS on the voyage to NZ,…

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Desperately Seeking John

geneageek — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:14:00 +0000

A couple of months ago, I found out via an 1896 newspaper article that my ancestor, Alexander Ritchie BUCHAN, had a brother called John. John was there when Alex died…

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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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More Chiropody at Trentham

geneageek — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:31:00 +0000

My mother found more of my great grandfather’s cartoons depicting Trentham military training camp (New Zealand) in World War I (see the original post here): That First Trentham Feeling on…

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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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Wreford Death Notice 1902

geneageek — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:55:00 +0000

While trawling through old newspapers online (loving Papers Past‘s new search features), I came upon the death of a George WREFORD in Auckland. On the day of his death (21…

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From Peterhead to Grave

geneageek — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:07:00 +0000

Sometimes as genealogists we have to wait years for answers. Waiting for the required records to become available. Waiting for the chance to visit somewhere that may hold the key.…

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