Hello. My name is Patricia and I am researching my Grandmother's family from Scotland. To tell the truth I wouldn't even know where to start to get any kind of information from there. I do know there is one site and they charge for any information. I hope someone out there can help me. She passed in the 80's and information for census records and other government records are not released until 100 years after death. My grandmother immigrated to Canada from Scotland with her family in the 1920's. Her name was Flora (Florence) Buchan, I knew her as Grandma that is why I am not so familiar with her name, she was born in Aberdeen Scotland to a David Buchan and a Florence Rennie. I received this info from my grand aunt Annie Buchan's obit in 2006 who was born in Glasgow. Is there anyone out there that could find census info for this family in Scotland? It would help me find out the names of her brothers and sisters and research this further in Canada. My father, my aunt and my grandfather passed so I have no way to get oral information. The Buchan name is so popular that it is difficult for me to trace them. Much appreciated in advance.
At the moment I'm trying to trace my gggggreat grandfatherJames F Mathieson family. All we know is that he was born Jan 23, 1835 in Scotland, his parents were
James & Ann ( Fowler )Mathieson, I have no clue were in Scotland he was born.
Patricia could you provide a little more information. I have come across two Buchan families that arrived in Canada from Scotland on the Cassandra, on Oct 30, 1919. One of the wife's is a Florence, but neither husband is David.
I am new here and researching scotiish ancestry. My family name is King: William Lewis King came to the US from Cowenbeath, Fife, Scotland. He was born 15 Jan 1855. There are rumors that we tie into the McGregor clan, but I don't know how. Any ideas on where I should go from here?
My mom is going to Scotland next summer and we are hoping to find some good places for her to go to research our family.
Robin the best place to start is www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk where you will be able to find his birth on Statutory registers - birth. As this is the first year of the register the information is quite extensive. You should get the parents names, their marriage and how many other children they have and maybe the father's occupation. This will lead you to their home and maybe to where they came from.
My mother's clan the McCurdy/MacKirdy were from the Isle of Bute Scotland.also a Sept of the Stuart of Bute.The line has been DNA tested and proven to be a pure Pictish line the sequence is labeled 1030-A-Sc-22.It is the majority opinion that the MacKirdy of my line was never a part of any Irish migration of the Dal Riada.
I'm quite surprised Betty that you consider Scotlandspeople charges to be expensive. At 30 credits for 6 pounds or 60 credits for 12 pounds I thought they were particularly reasonable. Most searches which involved me deciding to view/download the certificate only ended up costing me 6 credits if I selected the correct record the first time (1 credit to view the initial search results and 5 credits for the view/download). Obviously it helps if you have a reasonable idea of who you're looking for and can narrow down the search parameters.
I did not say that the charges were expensive I said that the information was extensive. I think the certificates are very good value for the information obtrained.
This does not necessarily mean that you have genealogy links to the McGregors (there are various spellings).
In the context of Scottish clans, septs are families that followed another family's chief. These smaller septs would then make up, and be part of, the chief's larger clan. A sept might follow another chief if two families were linked through marriage. However, if a family lived on the land of a powerful laird, they would follow him whether they were related or not. Bonds of manrent were sometimes used to bind lesser chiefs and his followers to more powerful chiefs.
I just received a preliminary report on some testing done with 23andMe by Doug MacDonald , He reports that I am 90% Orcadian with the rest from the Middle East. The middle east is from Roman times as I have a paper and testing trail.
I had my Family Finder test done through Familytreedna.com. I too am Western European and 10% Middle Eastern. I do not know where the Middle Eastern comes from. Most of my ancestry I have traced back to the 1600s at least and my ancestry is English, Scottish, German, Dutch, Welsh, and a little Irish and French. I am at a loss to explain Middle East ancestry.
The Feb/Mar 2011 issue of INTERNET GENEALOGY has articles on Civil War genealogical resources by state, websites for Great Lakes marine research, Scottish clans, using Google books & scanner reviews to name a few.
Birth: 30 Oct 1817 in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Residence: 1861 in Crawford Dyke St, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Property: 1863 in Paterson Robert Vinegar Store 14 Hutcheson Street, Glasgow
Residence: 1871 in 4 Pollok Villa, Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Residence: 1881 in Glasgow Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Will: 1882 in Paisley Sheriff Court Wills
Death: 14 Jun 1882 in Glasgow, Scotland
Burial: Southern Necropolis Cemetery, Glasgow
Marriage: Agnes Campbell 11 Jul 1841 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Children:
Andrew Paterson
John Campbell Paterson
Agnes Craig Paterson
Robert Paterson
Campbell Paterson
Susan Paterson
Elizabeth Paterson
Thomas Paterson
Walter Paterson
Annie Paterson
Janet Finley Paterson
Person Notes: Robert Campbell Paterson was a Vinegar and condiments merchant who had a good reputation for selling an honest product. His name appears regularly in the Post Office Directory from 1851 onwards. In 1868 he was joined by his son Campbell and began to diversify into sauces, ketchup and fruit wines. Eight years later, following the death of its founder the Paterson Company was catapulted to fame with the first instant coffee: Camp Coffee (an essence of coffee-beans, chicory and sugar poured from a distinctive bottle).
Robert was buried in the Southern Necropolis which opened in the year 1840.
Looking for Eleonard McINTYRE & Margaret McKENZIE, married circa 1764 in Barra. They arrive in New Brunswick circa 1793-1797.
Also, Duncan McNICOLL & Katherine McNICOLL from Comrie (Perthshire). They both join the 78th Highlanders at Inverness in 1757 and settle near Quebec after the war.
The price for 30 credits will go up from £6 to £7 starting April 1. But also with this change, the credits will no longer expire after 90 days. They will now be good for one year.
Looking for the marriage of Robert Balmer to Jean Robson about 1825 in Jedburgh Scotland.If its not on Scotlandspeople is it the end of the line?
Also the birth of James Veitch about 1816 in Jedburgh .On his death certificate his parents were James Veitch and Margaret Henry .Again nothing on Scotlandspeople .Any ideas?
If they were not Church of Scotland then the records will not be on scotlandspeople. There may be some records in the National Archives of Scotland of non conformist churches in the area.
Hi Tracie, I have John Smith, born 1818, Insch, Aberdeenshire, and died 1896, Saginaw, Michigan. He married Elizabeth Gilmore (1816-1904) in 1838, arrived in Michigan 1866. I believe his parents are William Smith and Elizabeth Brown. Thank you for the link to your page! I will try to find a connection.
I have just created a website for my Barnetts who originated in Scotland. I plan to add more documents at a later date, but need to get it going.
it is: http://www.barnetts-r-us.com Right now It may not come up in a search. I found it by Googling: "Barnetts in Kentucky". Please take a look at it!
Looking for birth record & family of Daniel McDonald emigrated from Scotland to Canada before 1831 he was born 1803 in Scotland? Rumor has it he and several siblings left at the same time but i have no knowledge of them.
Where are the Kirk Session records to be found? Have they been microfilmed or available online? I have an ancestor John Gunn, b. 1770, Kildonan Parish, Sutherlandshire, who with his brother Walter Alexander Gunn left Scotland around 1800 for Montreal.
The Kirk session records are at the National Archives of Scotland. I have been fortunate to find some transcribed for Ayrshire parishes so you never know unless you search.
The Wilson Family was of Scot orgin, According to Family Traditions, David Wilson born 1685 in Sctland son of David Davis Wilson an grandson of Dan'd Wilson Supported the Stuart family ther effort to overthrow the Hanoverian Monarch of Eng in 1715 After the defeat of the Stuarts at the battle of preston in 1715 David fled to Ulster Ireland Where he died. son William born 11/16/1722 in Ulster married Elizabeth Blackburn in 1746 in Frederick Co. Va William died 9/2/180 near Hardy Co. W.Va.William an Mary are buried on the Whitman farm near Waedensville they are my Ancestors
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.)
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.
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.
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?
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).
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.
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.
Rosemary Miles
http://members.fortunecity.com/gillonj/edinburghtownguard/
I think this may be what you are looking for Tracy.
Oct 19, 2010
William Douglas
You are correct - Dacre Street, Westminster, is indeed in London.
Bryan & Price & Co had an 'accoutrement' business in 8&9 Dacre St in the 19th Century. Maybe he was an employee?
William
www.douglashistory.co.uk
Dec 29, 2010
Patricia Hele
Dec 31, 2010
Donald Richard Mathieson
Hi Everyone,
At the moment I'm trying to trace my gggggreat grandfatherJames F Mathieson family. All we know is that he was born Jan 23, 1835 in Scotland, his parents were
James & Ann ( Fowler )Mathieson, I have no clue were in Scotland he was born.
Jan 1, 2011
Victor Taylor
Jan 1, 2011
Robin Liljenquist Anderson
I am new here and researching scotiish ancestry. My family name is King: William Lewis King came to the US from Cowenbeath, Fife, Scotland. He was born 15 Jan 1855. There are rumors that we tie into the McGregor clan, but I don't know how. Any ideas on where I should go from here?
My mom is going to Scotland next summer and we are hoping to find some good places for her to go to research our family.
Jan 16, 2011
Betty Snow
Jan 17, 2011
David Elsworth Mason
Jan 17, 2011
Rosemary Miles
Jan 17, 2011
Betty Snow
Rosemary
I did not say that the charges were expensive I said that the information was extensive. I think the certificates are very good value for the information obtrained.
Jan 17, 2011
james hart
Jan 17, 2011
William Douglas
Robin,
To my surprise, I find that he Scottish family King, from the Gaelic, ceann (head or leader) is indeed a sept of the Clan MacGregor.
See the Clan Gregor website for a complete list.
This does not necessarily mean that you have genealogy links to the McGregors (there are various spellings).
In the context of Scottish clans, septs are families that followed another family's chief. These smaller septs would then make up, and be part of, the chief's larger clan. A sept might follow another chief if two families were linked through marriage. However, if a family lived on the land of a powerful laird, they would follow him whether they were related or not. Bonds of manrent were sometimes used to bind lesser chiefs and his followers to more powerful chiefs.
Hope this helps,
William
www.douglashistory.co.uk
Jan 17, 2011
Rosemary Miles
Jan 17, 2011
David Elsworth Mason
Jan 17, 2011
Mona Romans
Jan 29, 2011
James P. LaLone
Feb 5, 2011
Tricia Datene
I am new to this group. My great-grandfather was
Robert Campbell Paterson
Sex: Male
Father: Andrew Paterson
Mother: Susan Watt
Birth: 30 Oct 1817 in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Residence: 1861 in Crawford Dyke St, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Property: 1863 in Paterson Robert Vinegar Store 14 Hutcheson Street, Glasgow
Residence: 1871 in 4 Pollok Villa, Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Residence: 1881 in Glasgow Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Will: 1882 in Paisley Sheriff Court Wills
Death: 14 Jun 1882 in Glasgow, Scotland
Burial: Southern Necropolis Cemetery, Glasgow
Marriage: Agnes Campbell 11 Jul 1841 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Children:
Person Notes: Robert Campbell Paterson was a Vinegar and condiments merchant who had a good reputation for selling an honest product. His name appears regularly in the Post Office Directory from 1851 onwards. In 1868 he was joined by his son Campbell and began to diversify into sauces, ketchup and fruit wines. Eight years later, following the death of its founder the Paterson Company was catapulted to fame with the first instant coffee: Camp Coffee (an essence of coffee-beans, chicory and sugar poured from a distinctive bottle).
Robert was buried in the Southern Necropolis which opened in the year 1840.
The Paterson headstone lies face-up in the front, right quarter of the central section of the cemetery. Http://www.southernnecropolis.compage54.html
1882 Census: Vinegar and Pickle Merchant, Glasgow, residing at 3 KeirStreet,
Pollokshields, d. 14/06/1882 at Lefter Villa, Skelmorlie, testate
Will Paisley Sheriff Court Wills (from 1879) SC58/45/3
Mar 3, 2011
Denis Savard
Looking for Eleonard McINTYRE & Margaret McKENZIE, married circa 1764 in Barra. They arrive in New Brunswick circa 1793-1797.
Also, Duncan McNICOLL & Katherine McNICOLL from Comrie (Perthshire). They both join the 78th Highlanders at Inverness in 1757 and settle near Quebec after the war.
Mar 7, 2011
christine woodcock
Changes coming to Scotland's People.
The price for 30 credits will go up from £6 to £7 starting April 1. But also with this change, the credits will no longer expire after 90 days. They will now be good for one year.
Mar 23, 2011
timothy hal
Looking for the marriage of Robert Balmer to Jean Robson about 1825 in Jedburgh Scotland.If its not on Scotlandspeople is it the end of the line?
Also the birth of James Veitch about 1816 in Jedburgh .On his death certificate his parents were James Veitch and Margaret Henry .Again nothing on Scotlandspeople .Any ideas?
Thank You Tim
Apr 13, 2011
William Douglas
Timothy,
It is not what you are asking for, but this link to Jedburgh graves may help: http://haygenealogy.com/hay/scotland/jedburghcemetery.html
I was in Jedburgh last weekend - it is a nice town.
William
Apr 14, 2011
timothy hal
A few possibles there It so hard No birth ar marriage records on my Veitch Balmer Robson
Apr 14, 2011
Betty Snow
Timothy
If they were not Church of Scotland then the records will not be on scotlandspeople. There may be some records in the National Archives of Scotland of non conformist churches in the area.
Apr 14, 2011
timothy hal
Apr 14, 2011
Denis Savard
My McIntyre request below is solved!
http://savart.info/migrations/Migration/mcintyre_en.html
Apr 14, 2011
Tj Thomas
Hello, I found a very helpful list today of Oyne (Aberdeenshire) Cemetery records:
http://www.geocities.ws/mickeyj3118853/oynecemetaryrecord.html
I found some of my Gilmore people on the list. Also researching, Smith and McGregor of Aberdeenshire.
May 20, 2011
james hart
May 20, 2011
Tracie Sivinski
TJ,
what Smiths do you have in Aberdeenshire? If you want to check out this page
http://spiritsoftheold.blogspot.com/2010/08/surname-saturday-smith....
It list many of my Smiths from Aberdeenshire.
May 20, 2011
Tj Thomas
Hi Tracie, I have John Smith, born 1818, Insch, Aberdeenshire, and died 1896, Saginaw, Michigan. He married Elizabeth Gilmore (1816-1904) in 1838, arrived in Michigan 1866. I believe his parents are William Smith and Elizabeth Brown. Thank you for the link to your page! I will try to find a connection.
May 23, 2011
Susan Barnett Gaumer
I plan to add more documents at a later date, but need to get it going.
it is: http://www.barnetts-r-us.com
Right now It may not come up in a search. I found it by Googling:
"Barnetts in Kentucky". Please take a look at it!
May 27, 2011
james hart
May 27, 2011
james hart
May 27, 2011
Connie Underwood
Hello
I am researching the last name of Pressley (various spelling of Pressly), The persons names are as follows.
David Pressley b- 1764 Glasgow, married Ann Edmiston in SC.
His father
David Pressley b- 1730 also in Glasgow, Married a woman named Esther Brown in Glasgow area, do not have a dob on her. She passed away in SC.
They traveled and setteled in SC around 1765.
I need help finding the marriage record as well as more info on the families ancestors. Thank you very much. Connie
Aug 5, 2011
William Douglas
Hi, Connie.
Is SC South Carolina?
Aug 6, 2011
Connie Underwood
Aug 6, 2011
Fred Joseph MacDonald
Aug 21, 2011
Rosemary Harris
Aug 21, 2011
Dale C Gunn
@Rosemary Harris:
Where are the Kirk Session records to be found? Have they been microfilmed or available online? I have an ancestor John Gunn, b. 1770, Kildonan Parish, Sutherlandshire, who with his brother Walter Alexander Gunn left Scotland around 1800 for Montreal.
Aug 21, 2011
Rosemary Harris
Dale, Kirk session records are very hit and miss. I googled Kildonan Parish, Sutherlandshire and one result was
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Kildonan_Sutherland_Scotland. Although it tells that the Kirk session records only exist from 1851-1911, it does mention the Gun family in the intro, which you may find of interest.
The Kirk session records are at the National Archives of Scotland. I have been fortunate to find some transcribed for Ayrshire parishes so you never know unless you search.
Aug 22, 2011
Bobby Gerald Hastings
Sep 25, 2011
Alex MacGregor
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.)
Sep 25, 2011
Sarah Hood (Sallie)
Oct 11, 2011
Jane Watt
Oct 31, 2011
Sarah Hood (Sallie)
Nov 2, 2011
James P. LaLone
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.
Nov 3, 2011
Julia McCartney Hogston
Nov 3, 2011
Sarah Hood (Sallie)
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?
Nov 3, 2011
Carolyn Preston
Nov 3, 2011
Sarah Hood (Sallie)
Nov 4, 2011
Sarah Hood (Sallie)
Nov 4, 2011