Instant Cousins : archiving my ancestry

  • John McKie, MN

    What can I tell you about my father in law, John McKie, who died in 1986? I have yet to write about his life and times, and then that will be mostly based upon his birth and marriage records and the memories of his daughters. I knew him for only four years and the times…

  • Five Doors Down

    In last weeks post I wrote about my wife’s grandfather, Andrew Nicol, who, while still at home in Dynamite Road, Stevenston, in 1911, lived five houses up from Nobel House where the Nathan family were living. I was intrigued by the Nathan family, Frederic and Adeline and their young child, because of the number of…

  • Andrew

    You might not associate Andrew as a traditional Scottish name. However, Andrew is the patron Saint of Scotland. This is only because an English Bishop, a collector of religious relics, brought a kneecap, and finger bones, belonging to Andrew, to Fife about 1500 years ago. Andrew had been crucified in AD60, in the Greek city…

  • You Choose Your Family

    When some families fall apart, for whatever reason, some connections, very strong ones usually, remain. This might be particularly so with large families. But not always. Family fallouts can be hostile, or they can quietly drift apart – like ice floes in the Arctic, never to be joined again. It could be that these fall…

  • Welcome, James

    After 44 years the Scott family had left number 7, Earlspark Avenue. Agnes,senior, died there; Agnes junior, died there, and George retired and left there for the Isle of Bute. The Scott family laid the foundations for the bulk of the legal documents that became the cornerstone of proof of ownership of the property. This…

  • Widow of John McKie

    This weeks post is the outline of an article that I have prepared for the Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society Newsletter this Autumn. The DGFHS is an organisation that has its own premises in the town of Dumfries. It was established in 1987 and is dedicated to supporting members with their family history research.…

  • The Furnells of Kentish Town

    This is a poor copy of a portrait of my great grandparents, Cornelius and Susan Walker. A scan of a photocopy of a photo. The photocopy was made by my late sister, Janet Walsham, and I don’t know where the original photo is or who is looking after it. They spent their married life in…

  • No Carver without a Spillett

    My title relates to the topic this week. Without the Spillett family there would have been no branch of the Carver family that I belong to. The union of these two families created a considerable dynasty of the Oxted Carver’s that stretches through five generations from my parent’s branch across the past 100 years. When…

  • West Norwood Field Trip

    On Monday this week we went on a field trip to West Norwood in search of my Great Great Grandfather, Samuel Walker who died in 1888. I have only the research and records of my ancestor’s life, there are no images of him or his wife Emma, that I have yet to find. In previous…

  • George takes over

    The amount of legal paperwork and activity that George Scott had to be involved in seems extraordinary by today’s standards. This paperwork also had to be preserved in the archives of law offices both at the solicitor’s office and in Edinburgh legal offices. One document transferred No 7 from George Anderson, the builder, to Agnes…



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