Category Archives: Genealogy

City Graveyard Wanderings

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

I have been over the Summer wandering around some city graveyards during my lunch – the largest of which is St Peter’s Cemetery, Aberdeen. This is a massive cemetery on King Street, and has graves from the Eighteenth Century, but … Continue reading →

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Mystery Church Revealed

Posted on July 29, 2009 by

Thanks to some lovely online (mostly Flickr) help, I now know the location of the church. It is St Mark’s Church, Talbot Village, Bournemouth. Thanks to everyone who helped.  Mystery solved!

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Supersizing With Desperate Romantics? Who Do You Think You Are?

Posted on July 27, 2009 by

TV joy, that’s who. After the recent barren wasteland of historical TV, (or maybe that’s just my perception, lol) I have lately been treated to no less than 3 historical TV programmes a week.  Albeit, they haven’t all been about … Continue reading →

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All Together Now!

Posted on April 9, 2009 by

After my recent Austria related  post, the Mum and I decided to curl up with a chocolate egg or three and The Sound of Music DVD.  You can blame her for this – she saw the film three times in … Continue reading →

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Mystery Church – Can You Help?

Posted on February 26, 2009 by

In the course of my research, I have come across the photo shown below. It is not inscribed on the back, but comes with other pictures of a tomb previously unknown to me.  The person I believed, was located in … Continue reading →

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Who Do You Think You Are? – Back This Week

Posted on August 11, 2008 by

Hello fellow genealogy fans!  Those of you based in the UK, or with access to BBC TV will be pleased to know that the programme ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ is back this Wednesday 13 August, BBC1 at 9pm … Continue reading →

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Encyclopaedia Titanica

Posted on March 2, 2008 by

If, like me, you’ve been fascinated by the Titanic since they found the final resting place back in 1985 the Encyclopaedia Titanica could be the very place for you! I stumbled upon this by accident recently whilst doing some research.  … Continue reading →

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Alexander Mackenzie Fraser

Posted on February 16, 2008 by

I just stumbled upon a video about Lt. General Alexander Mackenzie Fraser, who was the father of Colonel Charles, who I’ve spoken about several times here. Alexander is a famous military hero, who sadly died before his time.  A quick … Continue reading →

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An Update For the Saxe-Weimars

Posted on November 30, 2007 by

Some of you may remember my mentioning the Prince Edward and his wife Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, who I found as the hosts of Frederick Mackenzie Fraser during the night of the 1881 census. I discovered that Prince Edward, or … Continue reading →

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About Eleanor’s Family

Posted on November 24, 2007 by

King Edward I or ‘Longshanks’ was born on the 17/18 June 1239 at the Palace of Westminster, London. He succeeded his father King Henry III as King of England on 20 November 1272 (whoops, sorry Edward, just missed your anniversary … Continue reading →

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