Hi
An OCR copy, hence its strangeness (1316 bridesmaids!!!!!!!!!!), of the wedding in Havelock, Hawkes Bay. A view of the original is in Papers Past
New Zealand Free Lance, Volume IX, Issue 445, 9 January 1909, Page 14
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http://slbplone.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NZFL19090109.2.13.5&cl=&srpos=0&e=-------10--1----0--A pretty wedding took place at Havelock, Hawke's Bay, oni the 29th Decembei, when Mr. Edwin Framk Wil-9om, of Auckland 1 was marriedi to Miss Ivy Christine Kemp, tihi.rd daughter of Mr George Kemp, of BDaveliock. The bride, who was given away by _ her father, was attired im. a dress of ivory silk gracefully trained and trimmed with rich insertions. The bodice was trimmed witlh Misemtiom and b'rodieirie Anglaase. The bride wore the usual wreath of orange blossoms and 1 yedl, racihly embToidered, and carried a very handsome shower bouquet of wjhafte begonias, 'roses, asparagus, amd maidemr hair fern. • • • Tii© bmdesmaidls were Mass Daisy Kemp (sister of the bride) and Miss Olive Miller, who woo-e preitty direesesof pale green zephyr, trimmed with iaseirtiom amd ribbons. Ttbey also wore oreme chiffon pidtiure hats, trimmed with pale pi,n.lr roses and forget-menots, and carried beautiful shower bouquets of punk and white roses, maiden-hair ferni, and asparagus. The bridegroom's gifit to the bride was a handlsome necklet set with oldivilnies, pearls, amid toxunmalines, and to 1316 bridesmaids gold bnoocihes set with turquoises and pearls. The bride's gift to tlhe tonidegraoirn was a gold' Jtockeit with photos. Mr. Stanley M. Kemp, brother of the bride, acted as best man. The happy pair have gome to Auckland to start their housekeeping. •
I agree that Legacy is a good program - and there is a free version, very suitable for starting a family tree. The above can be easily copied as a text file, corrected and then transferred into the "notes" of Legacy.
Cheers
MalNZ
