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Re: Buchanan
My second great grandfather John McKay of Welland (who had immigrated to Canada from Scotland) married a Mary Buchanan of Dunnville in 1873. I have not been able to find much about her family, so if
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My second great grandfather John McKay of Welland (who had immigrated to Canada from Scotland) married a Mary Buchanan of Dunnville in 1873. I have not been able to find much about her family, so if
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Buchanan
I have been told that our McAmmond (McCamond) ancestors in Ireland and then Canada may have been originally Buchanon in Scotland. Has anyone ever come across this?
Dorothy Quebec
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I have been told that our McAmmond (McCamond) ancestors in Ireland and then Canada may have been originally Buchanon in Scotland. Has anyone ever come across this?
Dorothy Quebec
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que534@...
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Re: Four webinars about Scottish research
Well said, Anne. I think my wife's entire family, and a few of my own ancestors, would be insulted. Surely people who study or wish to comment on dialects or regional language variations (not just
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Well said, Anne. I think my wife's entire family, and a few of my own ancestors, would be insulted. Surely people who study or wish to comment on dialects or regional language variations (not just
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Wayne Shepheard
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Re: Four webinars about Scottish research
As a Scot, I find it patronising and faintly offensive that language I and my friends use regularly is described as 'weird'.
Apart from the expression 'och aye' which is only ever used to mock those
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As a Scot, I find it patronising and faintly offensive that language I and my friends use regularly is described as 'weird'.
Apart from the expression 'och aye' which is only ever used to mock those
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Anne Burgess
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Re: Four webinars about Scottish research
Thanks Valorie. Great information.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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Thanks Valorie. Great information.
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Glynn Currie
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Four webinars about Scottish research
FamilySearch hosted four webinars about Scottish research a few days back. The recordings are now available on their Facebook page:
Using the Wiki and ScotlandsPeople for Scottish
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FamilySearch hosted four webinars about Scottish research a few days back. The recordings are now available on their Facebook page:
Using the Wiki and ScotlandsPeople for Scottish
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Valorie Zimmerman
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Birthplace and Parents of Mary BAXTER, b.c1740, wife of Archibald GRAHAM, b. c1735 "in Inveraray".
I am trying to find the birth-family of Mary BAXTER (b1740), who married Archibald GRAHAM (b. c1735) in Inveraray Parish in 1760. Archibald GRAHAM waas the son of John GRAHAM and Elizabeth / Elaiza
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I am trying to find the birth-family of Mary BAXTER (b1740), who married Archibald GRAHAM (b. c1735) in Inveraray Parish in 1760. Archibald GRAHAM waas the son of John GRAHAM and Elizabeth / Elaiza
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Re: Liverpool genealogy
Hi Bob,
Yes there’s the Liverpool and South West Lancashire group for one: https://www.lswlfhs.org.uk
Their facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lswlfhs
Mary McCarthy
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Hi Bob,
Yes there’s the Liverpool and South West Lancashire group for one: https://www.lswlfhs.org.uk
Their facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lswlfhs
Mary McCarthy
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Mary McCarthy HOME
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Re: Research help on Thomas Gray, Lord Provost of Aberdeen in 1645
This web site has several web sites about Lord Provost in Aberdeen don't believe the Lord Gray they have listed in different web sites is the one you are looking for but the provost web sites listed
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This web site has several web sites about Lord Provost in Aberdeen don't believe the Lord Gray they have listed in different web sites is the one you are looking for but the provost web sites listed
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Re: Research help on Thomas Gray, Lord Provost of Aberdeen in 1645
Does anyone know of a genealogy group in Liverpool. I have onlyfound one of the family moved from Scotland to Newcastle on Tyne & thenover to Liverpool
Thank you
Bob Elder
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Does anyone know of a genealogy group in Liverpool. I have onlyfound one of the family moved from Scotland to Newcastle on Tyne & thenover to Liverpool
Thank you
Bob Elder
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Bob Elder
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Re: Research help on Thomas Gray, Lord Provost of Aberdeen in 1645
Thanks Anne, currently reading everything I can find on Aberdeen in the 1600s.
I concur with your final paragraph, the curse of online research and misplaced hope.
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Thanks Anne, currently reading everything I can find on Aberdeen in the 1600s.
I concur with your final paragraph, the curse of online research and misplaced hope.
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Re: Research help on Thomas Gray, Lord Provost of Aberdeen in 1645
Hi Josephine
Thanks for that, it pretty much confirms all I have discovered so far.
Scotlands People records show a marriage of Thomas Gray and Isobell Farquer and you can also find all their children
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Hi Josephine
Thanks for that, it pretty much confirms all I have discovered so far.
Scotlands People records show a marriage of Thomas Gray and Isobell Farquer and you can also find all their children
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Re: Research help on Thomas Gray, Lord Provost of Aberdeen in 1645
Have you tried the Aberdeen Archives? https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/libraries-and-archives/aberdeen-city-and-aberdeenshire-archives
Whatever you do, do ***not*** trust any family trees you
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Have you tried the Aberdeen Archives? https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/libraries-and-archives/aberdeen-city-and-aberdeenshire-archives
Whatever you do, do ***not*** trust any family trees you
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Anne Burgess
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Re: Research help on Thomas Gray, Lord Provost of Aberdeen in 1645
HiKen
Thereare quite a few family trees on Ancestry with a mixture of Patents names butmost of them have the same dates as yours.
Exampleof Parents names
RobertGray/Graye 1560-1618 and
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HiKen
Thereare quite a few family trees on Ancestry with a mixture of Patents names butmost of them have the same dates as yours.
Exampleof Parents names
RobertGray/Graye 1560-1618 and
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Research help on Thomas Gray, Lord Provost of Aberdeen in 1645
Hello
Thanks to a DNA match with someone else researching Gray in Aberdeen we both have moved a bit further back in time.
I am now researching a possible common ancestor Thomas Gray, born in Aberdeen
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Hello
Thanks to a DNA match with someone else researching Gray in Aberdeen we both have moved a bit further back in time.
I am now researching a possible common ancestor Thomas Gray, born in Aberdeen
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Re: Who held Knockdolian Castle before the GRAHAMS of Wallacetown?
This gives you lots of info on the castle and it says the MacCubbins inproved the land.
https://www.bing.com/search?q=Knockdolian+Castle&FORM=ANCMS9&PC=DCTS
Put it in my castles etc folder for
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This gives you lots of info on the castle and it says the MacCubbins inproved the land.
https://www.bing.com/search?q=Knockdolian+Castle&FORM=ANCMS9&PC=DCTS
Put it in my castles etc folder for
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Re: Who held Knockdolian Castle before the GRAHAMS of Wallacetown?
HiKelly.
Whatan interesting family to have come from, I bet you had fund researching them.
Ihave added two web sites the first will show that the DeMorvilles family seemto be the first
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HiKelly.
Whatan interesting family to have come from, I bet you had fund researching them.
Ihave added two web sites the first will show that the DeMorvilles family seemto be the first
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Who held Knockdolian Castle before the GRAHAMS of Wallacetown?
Hello, all!!
I am a descendent, I believe, of Walter GRAHAM "of Wallacetown", youngest-son of William GRAHAM "of Kincardine & Old Montrose" and Mariota STEWART, Countess of Angus, daughter of
King
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Hello, all!!
I am a descendent, I believe, of Walter GRAHAM "of Wallacetown", youngest-son of William GRAHAM "of Kincardine & Old Montrose" and Mariota STEWART, Countess of Angus, daughter of
King
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Kelly P Graham
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Re: Elizabeth BLAIRE, wife of Andrew GRAHAM "of Wallacetown"
Sound advice Anne. Appreciate the effort you put into assisting others.
Jocelyn
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Sound advice Anne. Appreciate the effort you put into assisting others.
Jocelyn
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Re: Elizabeth BLAIRE, wife of Andrew GRAHAM "of Wallacetown"
Have you tried contacting the Clan Blair archivist?
'The Surnames of Scotland' says that Blair is of territorial origin from one or more of the places of the name.
The origin of the place name is
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Have you tried contacting the Clan Blair archivist?
'The Surnames of Scotland' says that Blair is of territorial origin from one or more of the places of the name.
The origin of the place name is
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