Scotland and Scottish Ancestry

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Comment by Sarah Hood (Sallie) on November 4, 2011 at 12:29pm

Back to my ancestry research what I found going back was unbelievable and while my parents told me the right countries for most there were a lot of things I found that they did not know. Now that I have the names I want to research more. Love to download the pictures of the people and the facts.

Comment by Sarah Hood (Sallie) on November 4, 2011 at 12:27pm

I did it on ancestry by just going back forever and finding it. And I found beyond that that my mother and father's families both started from the same group of people. I am still learning and have found several lines that are from Scotland and as soon as my son gets the disks loaded on my new office jet I will figure out more lines. But I am still hoping that some of you might know of the McAllisters from S.Carolina and Arkansas.

Comment by Carolyn Preston on November 3, 2011 at 5:47pm

My paternal grandmother always told me that because she has the last name Duncan on our family tree, that meant we were descended from King Duncan. It will be interesting to read the lineage to see if there might be any truth to the rumour(s).

Comment by Sarah Hood (Sallie) on November 3, 2011 at 5:05pm

This is really wild but both of my parents have ancestors that go back to Charlamine and the Scottish kings and some more of that ancestry. Will get that book is it on line or on a reader? 

 

Comment by Julia McCartney Hogston on November 3, 2011 at 10:08am

James P. LaLone posted his lineage from Malcolm III of Scotland, and at the moment I am reading The "Red and White" Book of Menzies. It is fascinating and speaks about Malcolm(s) ,MacBeth and of course the origans of Clan Menzies.  It is hard to read at times, but worth the download. I can't recall if I found it on Google books or Amazon. Full of Scottish history. My third great grandmother was a Menzies from possibly Autchengraven, Perthshire, Scotland.

Comment by James P. LaLone on November 3, 2011 at 9:27am

Sarah Hood,

I am posting in the discussions forum an attachment showing descent form Duncan I, father of Malcolm III, who is also my ancestor several times. Jim.

Comment by Sarah Hood (Sallie) on November 2, 2011 at 7:14am

I just found out that I am decended from Malcolm III of Scotland who was King of Scotland from 1058 -1093, He was one of the people that Shakespeare wrote Macbeth about (who knew that those were real people) He also was involved with the people of Orkney. I have many Scott lines in my family but just found this one and am interested in learning more.

Comment by Jane Watt on October 31, 2011 at 1:54pm

I am interested in Scottish settlers to Canada and in particular to the Montreal area in the early to mid 1800's.

Comment by Sarah Hood (Sallie) on October 11, 2011 at 5:32pm

McAllister of Abbeyville SC and Scottland

Comment by Alex MacGregor on September 25, 2011 at 4:00pm

Like many North Americans trying to uncover their family histories, I'm trying to find the Scots forebears of my immigrant ancestor. Alexander McGregor married Christian McGregor (no relation as far as I know) in Kenmore Parish in 1816. They came to Canada the next year, settling near St. Andrew's East, Quebec. Christian was born at the croft of Tomintyvoir, near Fearnan, and had several siblings who also came to Canada. About Alexander, however, we know very little. When he died in December 1859, he was said to have been 75 years old, which indicates a birth year of 1784. A weaver by trade, he may have been from the Fearnan area, too, but he was 32 when he married, and who knows what he might have been doing up till then.  A DNA test revealed that another McGregor and I have an exact match at 67 markers, but he's in almost the same situation as I - the most distant ancestor he knows anything about, Robert, who was a pianomaker in London, is a contemporary of my Alexander, but we can't make a connection between them. Very frustrating. (I also have strong interests in the Barrons of Morayshire and the Henrys of Kirkcudbrightshire.)

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