Hi All, My gg grandfather Donald McPhail (1811-1895) and my gg grandmother Ann McColl (1819-1914) both died in Canada after emigrating with most of their...
Many thanks to all of you for your solutions. The date solution has fixed it. I appear to have been living in 2005 for the past few months. It's a pity I can't...
I am a first generation Canadian. My entire family of origin are in Scotland. My parents were the only children who made the journey to Canada,( They were...
Spanish ships were wrecked off the west coast of Ireland and survivors are known to have stayed in Ireland and married Irish natives. I think there was a...
I have traced my granma Boyds family to James Boyd b. 1675 Scottland. I could not find any info on his wife and could only find info on one of his sons Robert...
Hi Fellow Listers I am looking for some Menzies Family history. I just need a brief history. I am considering to write a book about our branch of the family...
I had the same problem with scotlandspeople a while ago and the problem was with date and time properties in windows. The date was set about a week in advance...
For 'foster0111' Hi Sam Have a look at my site (www.ancestryroots.co.uk) - quite a lot of links there. Ewan ROOTS Consulting Services (Scotland) Personalised...
I've uploaded the latest database to the net, 33,770 names. Main area is Ayrshire, then UK, Canada, Australia and USA. www.williamdavidson.com I hope we can...
I am looking for information and/or living relatives of James Crooks, Baile or his son Provost Robert Crooks who lived in the Paisley/Kilmnock area during the...
For those of you interested in things Pictish, there is a new book out called The art of the Picts : sculpture and metalwork in early Medieval Scotland by...
I have the following information: OPR for Campbeltown, Ref 507/6, Frame 681 Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland David C McArthur Farm Servant and Martha Montgomery...
Actually, Mary Queen of Scots never met Phillip II of Spain. Mary Tudor (Elizabeth I's sister) in England married Phillip but had no children. Mary Stuart...
I would like to join but want to use my Hotmail account. How do I do this?
I went into my Hotmail account, but I don't have an e-mail from
scots-origins to...
Hi: Can anyone tell me anything about the surname of Marshall? This is for a friend who believed that this was Irish until a trip made to Ireland. There she...
Come to that Catherine, Scota who gave her name to the Scots, came to Ireland from Egypt, I believe. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... on!! ... hold them for a period of time until they are ready to take delivery of them. We are happy to do so, keeping ashes in a secure location until ...
Hello listers The concept of John and Hugh being interchangeable is new to me. Hugh is a form of Hugo as far as I know. John translates as Iain, Sean or...
I am hoping someone out there can help me find information on Robert Muirhead, born November 19,1795, Edingham, Parish of Urr, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, married...
My Scottish 4th great grandfather, John Grant, who sold his land grants in Nova Scotia that he received after the defeat of the British Army in the American...
Good morning fellow groupies. Could anyone tell me how to find a birth in England. Around 1888-1900 an ancestor of mine John Stevenson and his spouse Annie ...
Citrus Punch Can someone advise me where to find a cencus or electoral roll for Rosyth area in 1935, hoping to find out if there were anymore siblings in the...
Trying to pick up another line of my family history. Would be interested to hear from anyone who might know anything of these people: Descendants of Robert...
... I am going to write a book about our branch of the family but I thought a small history about the background on the family would be a good start to the...
My grandparents were married by Warrant of Sheriff Substitue on 3 Jun 1921 at Municipal Building, Stirling. I also have a copy of a Disjunction Certificate...
