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Scottish Kirk Sessions now available on Scotland's People
From the latest Lost Cousins newsletter, https://www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2/apr21news.htm Scottish Kirk Sessions now available on the Scotland's People website: http://email.scotlandspeople.gov.
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From the latest Lost Cousins newsletter, https://www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2/apr21news.htm Scottish Kirk Sessions now available on the Scotland's People website: http://email.scotlandspeople.gov.
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Upcoming Scottish webinars
This is part of the NYG&B eNews; the Scottish bits. I've already signed up for both of the programs. Enjoy, Valorie ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: NYG&B eNews <webmaster@...> Date:
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This is part of the NYG&B eNews; the Scottish bits. I've already signed up for both of the programs. Enjoy, Valorie ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: NYG&B eNews <webmaster@...> Date:
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Valorie Zimmerman
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St. Ninians, church or place (Stirling)
The FamilySearch Wiki is a wiki, and should be corrected and improved by those who can correct and improve it. Please!
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The FamilySearch Wiki is a wiki, and should be corrected and improved by those who can correct and improve it. Please!
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Valorie Zimmerman
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St. Ninians, church or place (Stirling)
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/St._Ninians,_Stirlingshire,_Scotland_Genealogy has a lot of detail. HTH, Valorie
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https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/St._Ninians,_Stirlingshire,_Scotland_Genealogy has a lot of detail. HTH, Valorie
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Valorie Zimmerman
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What a year 2020 has been!
Dearest fellow genealogists, As I write, it's a quiet Christmas night, in a quiet, distant holiday season. I miss the noise and fun of being with family, but I'm so thankful to you, each of you, for j
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Dearest fellow genealogists, As I write, it's a quiet Christmas night, in a quiet, distant holiday season. I miss the noise and fun of being with family, but I'm so thankful to you, each of you, for j
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Wishing you all
Happy holidays and best of health to you too, Lauraine! And to us all. All the best, Valorie PS: Keep wearing your masks, keeping your distance, and washing your hands!
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Happy holidays and best of health to you too, Lauraine! And to us all. All the best, Valorie PS: Keep wearing your masks, keeping your distance, and washing your hands!
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DNA
Just a clarification - all children of a woman have her mtDNA, no matter the sex of the child. So XY people can do 3 tests; XX people can do two. Unless there is specific interest in the paternal line
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Just a clarification - all children of a woman have her mtDNA, no matter the sex of the child. So XY people can do 3 tests; XX people can do two. Unless there is specific interest in the paternal line
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How many people on this list are r1b1c7
Hi Diane -- the Islay group is a "subgroup" of this one. If you login to the main site at https://scotland-genealogy.groups.io/g/Scots you can see all the subgroups on the menu on the left. Everyone i
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Hi Diane -- the Islay group is a "subgroup" of this one. If you login to the main site at https://scotland-genealogy.groups.io/g/Scots you can see all the subgroups on the menu on the left. Everyone i
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Elder DNA
Hi Bob, What exactly do you mean by "trying again"? The most important thing you can do with Y dna results is to join a project or two, and share your data with the group admins. Since Y dna is very s
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Hi Bob, What exactly do you mean by "trying again"? The most important thing you can do with Y dna results is to join a project or two, and share your data with the group admins. Since Y dna is very s
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How many people on this list are r1b1c7
Dee, can you tell us what advantage CGI offers? That test has no value for genealogy research. Ancestry + 23andMe is a great idea, since you can upload results elsewhere with either of those (Family T
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Dee, can you tell us what advantage CGI offers? That test has no value for genealogy research. Ancestry + 23andMe is a great idea, since you can upload results elsewhere with either of those (Family T
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Valorie Zimmerman
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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 Research https://www
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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 Research https://www
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Valorie Zimmerman
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Searching for John McLeod
I do use the FamilySearch Family Tree for a couple of reasons -- first, it is the most widely-used free site, and many people trust it, therefor I try to make the sourcing and information for my famil
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I do use the FamilySearch Family Tree for a couple of reasons -- first, it is the most widely-used free site, and many people trust it, therefor I try to make the sourcing and information for my famil
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Searching for John McLeod
Hi Claude, I can't seem to reply to your message because it is an image rather than text! I usually snip the Groups.io message footer in replies, but leave it so that you see that there are links abov
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Hi Claude, I can't seem to reply to your message because it is an image rather than text! I usually snip the Groups.io message footer in replies, but leave it so that you see that there are links abov
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Looking for Duncan Campbell...
Hi Lynne, When you have found all you can about a person or family, then it's time to investigate their FAN club. What's that? Family, Associates, and Neighbors. I'm sure we've all heard (and usually
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Hi Lynne, When you have found all you can about a person or family, then it's time to investigate their FAN club. What's that? Family, Associates, and Neighbors. I'm sure we've all heard (and usually
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"Finding Your Scottish Ancestors in Canada" at Scottish Indexes Conference Monday 8 June 2020 07:00 BST
Right, I've joined the Facebook group and will see when they schedule everything. I'm running a meeting for my Genealogy Society in the afternoon, so... we'll see how it all pans out. Thanks for the s
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Right, I've joined the Facebook group and will see when they schedule everything. I'm running a meeting for my Genealogy Society in the afternoon, so... we'll see how it all pans out. Thanks for the s
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"Finding Your Scottish Ancestors in Canada" at Scottish Indexes Conference Monday 8 June 2020 07:00 BST
From Twitter today: Are you tracing your Scottish ancestors in Canada? Christine Woodcock will present “Finding Your Scottish Ancestors in Canada” at the Scottish Indexes Conference on Monday 8 June 2
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From Twitter today: Are you tracing your Scottish ancestors in Canada? Christine Woodcock will present “Finding Your Scottish Ancestors in Canada” at the Scottish Indexes Conference on Monday 8 June 2
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Public asked to solve Scottish archive picture mystery
I came across this story in a Geneanet blog: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-52563761 The actual gallery: https://canmore.org.uk/gallery/1096464 Having only been in Scotland for 10 days, I'm not
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I came across this story in a Geneanet blog: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-52563761 The actual gallery: https://canmore.org.uk/gallery/1096464 Having only been in Scotland for 10 days, I'm not
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Super video from the online Scottish Indexes Conference
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2794471583996263&id=110457959064319&fs=60&focus_composer=0 Sources in Scottish Records for Tracing Scottish Emigrants by Kirsty Wilkinson, author of Finding
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https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2794471583996263&id=110457959064319&fs=60&focus_composer=0 Sources in Scottish Records for Tracing Scottish Emigrants by Kirsty Wilkinson, author of Finding
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Making your posts count
Hi folks, I'm noticing an issue, maybe a problem in how members are posting. The reason I'm speaking up is that I know it's a bit of work to write a post, and I want each of us to get the most out of
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Hi folks, I'm noticing an issue, maybe a problem in how members are posting. The reason I'm speaking up is that I know it's a bit of work to write a post, and I want each of us to get the most out of
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Expanding horizons
No matter where you live, we're all facing the same threats, fears, and cascading news. I read something today that I thought you would like to see: https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2020/03/19/expandi
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No matter where you live, we're all facing the same threats, fears, and cascading news. I read something today that I thought you would like to see: https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2020/03/19/expandi
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Valorie Zimmerman
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