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© K. Mitchell

HIGHLY COMMENDED:
MARGARET HELEN MITCHELL

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NOMINATED BY: Breadalbane Development Association

Margaret Helen Mitchell
started, with her husband
Keith, The Moray Burial
Ground Research Group,
after retiring in 2003. Over
the last 11 years she has
been involved in recording
and documenting the
gravestones, both visible and
buried, and publishing the
information on a website at
www.mbgrg.org. The project
has benefitted researchers
and amateur historians from
around the world. It is a
tremendous voluntary effort
which has wide-reaching
heritage impact.

Margaret research
project is a real labour of
love. It is an astonishing
achievement which has
helped thousands of
researchers, amateur and
professional, worldwide.
The website will have
a real legacy, lasting
many years, benefiting
historical and social
research in numerous
different ways.

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