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An antique black wedding dress with a history dating back to the Shetland Islands sparked a quest that resulted in a clan gathering at Moeraki last week.Oamaru vet nurse Andrea Edmonston saw her great-great grandmother's wedding dress in the paper when it was featured in a North Otago Museum display.It was the first she knew of its existence and her curiosity triggered a search to find out more about her ancestor Margaret Edmonston (nee Moncrieff) and wider family history research that has bought the Edmonston clan together.And Wholesale Cheap Flower girl dresses Online I do love an early night, ideally eight o’clock.’Andrea's mother Patricia Edmonston, wife of Ivan (great grandson of Margaret) said they chose a date for the gathering at Moeraki Coronation Hall, put the word out, and with no idea who would come, arrived on the day to find more than 60 family members had made the journey."It just blew us away."Facebook was a great aid in Andrea's search. She received help finding names and documents through the North Otago Museum and the North Otago Society of Genealogists, and then friended people on Facebook. 

Relatives came from Hawera in the north to Invercargill in the south for the event at which the results of her quest were displayed.She was given access by relatives to more than 200 original photographs and thanks to her brother Michael who gave her a portable photo scanner, she preserved the collection for the benefit of everybody. But the prize photo - of Margaret Edmonston wearing the dress - popped up on Facebook page, Moeraki Memories.She’s already got the handsome husband and gorgeous baby girl Wholesale Cheap Sheath wedding dresses Online A Cromwell relative, Rosanna Dick, posted it, not realising it was the dress.Rosanna visited the museum to see the real thing and agreed with Andrea, that due to details like pleats and buttons it was one and the same.In those days wedding dresses were practical and continued to be worn on good occasions and handed down.Wholesale Cheap Vintage dresses Online a clutch of Tracey Emins and a diamond ring as big as the Ritz.Margaret and her husband John Edmonston built a house at Moeraki which she ran as a boarding house, called Vaila.It is still in the family and was opened for viewing during the gathering.As a result of the event, the family wants to turn Andrea's research into a book with the help of Hawera lawyer James Edmonston who plans to retire to Oamaru.