2026-04-11· Auckland — desk
Two more boxes of transcripts arrived. The 1973 cassette is the one that reopens the question about which sibling actually signed the land transfer.
Field NotesShort note-form entries from the desk, the phone, the archive and the road.
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2026-03-27· Auckland — phone call
Long call with a cousin in Antigua. She remembers the boundary stone from the back of the property differently to everyone else I have spoken to.
2026-02-08· Wellington — archives
Shipping manifest finally found. The spelling of the family name shifts three times across four pages. Useful and unhelpful at the same time.
2026-01-14· Auckland — kitchen
Started a new development folder for the estate names project. First page is just questions. That is fine for now.
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