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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 9h

Ohh yeah memorable! There's a "trips down the stairs" one masquerading as a moving company ad, and a "falls of ladder" masquerading as a paint ad.

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 10h

Roy as a baby carried by his eldest sister Lillie (my great great grandmother)

A young Māori woman with curly hair carries her baby brother on her back (he has equally curly hair)

thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 12h

digitize-vwma.s3.amazonaws.com/I/documents/...

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 12h

#31daysofgraves day 11 military. Lone Pine Memorial To The Missing, Gallipoli, Turkey. Faulkner Charles "Roy" Simôn, born in Myross Bush, Southland #NZ. Enlisted in NSW with the Australian Imperial Forces. Killed age 23 (we have a copy of the letter referenced in the article, linked below).

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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 1d

“We shoulder the burden of ensuring that Te Tiriti lives in our classrooms, even when government policy tries to erase it.” — Rongopai Kira, deputy principal of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga.

Erasing Te Tiriti in education | E-Tangata

“We shoulder the burden of ensuring that Te Tiriti lives in our classrooms, even when government policy tries to erase it.” — Rongopai Kira, deputy principal of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Kahungunu...

e-tangata.co.nz

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 23h

Thanks Marion, $7.97 here in NZ but still an absolute bargain, looking forward to reading it

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 2d

"If we got pompeii'd right now" is going straight in my mental bank of conversation starters, excellent

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 2d

#31daysofgraves maybe this is cheating haha but I found an urn (day 10), a cross (day 23), and an obelisk (day 16) all in one photo! Taken at Glasgow Necropolis in 2009. Signs of my interest in #familyhistory have been there for some time #genealogy #archives

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 2d

Papers Past rabbit-hole looking for early articles about my ancestor Archibald McGavock and his wife Sarah Caroline McGavock (nee Carlin) in Southland #NZ. They arrived from #Scotland approx. 1865 and had at least 10 children, some of whom were rather studious! #familyhistory #genealogy #archives

Papers-Past-Newspapers-Southland-Times-23-December-1876

Papers-Past-Newspapers-Southland-Times-19-December-1877-Page-3

Papers-Past-Newspapers-Southland-Times-9-April-1877

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 3d

Aw heck, heartbreaking 💔

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 3d

New office space. Ticks boxes for: light, temperature, big work table! Pity the view is of an old chicken coop but can't win 'em all. #archives #familyhistory #genealogy #nz

thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 4d

Cool enjoyed reading this! My 2x great grandmother worked as Joseph Wards secretary

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WikiTree @wikitree.bsky.social · 4d

#OnePlaceWednesday showcase: Bluff, Southland Explore the lives & stories of residents in this community through collaborative genealogy research! 📍https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Space:Bluff,_Southland_One_Place_Study #OnePlaceStudy #CollaborativeGenealogy

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 4d

#31daysofgraves day 7 angels. Not technically a grave but close enough! My favourite angels in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 5d

Ah miles off, I thought I recognized the decor (and the scone!)

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 6d

It is #timetraveltuesday here again at The Family Archives! This time my husband Jack, looking like his grandfather and namesake, also Jack! They never got to meet as he had sadly passed before Jack was born #genealogy #familyhistory #whakapapa #oldphotos

Photo of my husband Jack in the town square in Siena, Italy

Photo of my husband's grandfather Jack, building his house at Sandy Bay, Northland New Zealand

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 6d

Featherston?

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 6d

A new blog post from me showing some of the archiving work I have done so far! So happy I can use local #nz business Conservation Supplies who have such amazing products, and are also just great to work with! #genealogy #familyhistory #aotearoa #archives thefamilyarchives.co.nz/beautiful-ar...

thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 7d

#31daysofgraves Day 4 Languages

Te Reo Māori feat. on the grave of Heremaia Mautai, the brother of my 4x great grandmother Tukuwaha

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 18d

This gives me a chuckle because my grandmother was called Betty (but not Elizabeth) and repeatedly had to tell people so!

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 18d

Alstromerias (my fave)

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 19d

I even get the ick from re-colourised/over enhanced photos so yep, fair to say I'm not a fan of completely AI images

thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 19d

#ancestryhour had some luck finding out more about a 4x great aunt this week - knew she had arrived in NZ in 1878 from shipping records, now found her marriage record (her maiden name had been mangled) and death record. No children found yet so more to do.

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Megan Smolenyak @megansmolenyak.com · 19d

Uptick in people using DNA for citizenship
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#geneticgenealogy

Citizenship: How ancestry DNA tests can lead to a new passport

The presenter of the BBC's DNA Trail explains how she battled to become a New Zealand citizen.

www.bbc.com

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 19d

Bishop Selwyn conducted the marriage service of my 4x great-grandparents in 1844, The Neck, Rakiura (Stewart Island)

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