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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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Using Convict Records to Go Back

geneageek — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:59:00 +0000

The wonderful Tasmanian Archives site has a wealth of records available online – particularly for those researching their convict ancestors. My ancestor, Elizabeth ALLEN arrived in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) aboard the…

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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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