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Category Archives: Genealogy
City Graveyard Wanderings
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
Posted in Architecture, Genealogy, History, Photos
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Mystery Church Revealed
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!
Posted in Architecture, Genealogy, History
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Supersizing With Desperate Romantics? Who Do You Think You Are?
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
All Together Now!
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
Posted in Films, Genealogy, History, Videos
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Mystery Church – Can You Help?
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
Posted in Genealogy, History, Photos
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Who Do You Think You Are? – Back This Week
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
Posted in Genealogy, History, TV
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Encyclopaedia Titanica
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
Posted in Genealogy, History
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Alexander Mackenzie Fraser
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
Posted in Genealogy, History, Videos
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An Update For the Saxe-Weimars
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
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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