Monday, December 27th 2010 - 05:27:40 PM Entry number: 150
Name: Esteban
E-mail: esteban@gmail.com
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://kante.latinowebs.com/meridia/meridia-reviews.html
Tuesday, December 7th 2010 - 02:24:02 PM Entry number: 149
Name: Joanna
E-mail: schneiderj@alpenaschools.com
Location: Michigan
Interest: Family History
Comment: Looking for relatives because I found a letter from 1908 and my relatives were from Aberdeen. Not sure of their surname as it was in a bunch of other letters...either Mullen or Palmer, but could be a maiden name I'm unaware of. Will keep researching.
Monday, November 29th 2010 - 04:54:56 PM Entry number: 148
Name: Elizabeth
E-mail: irion.county@yahoo.com
Location: Texas
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://irioncounty.angelfire.com/
Comment: Nice site.I'll be looking into some Patterson last names in the area I live in,in Texas.I know it's a popular name,just glad to see other families share what they got.Thanks!
Wednesday, November 24th 2010 - 08:39:24 PM Entry number: 147
Name: Isabella Pillatt
E-mail: isobel.pillatt@btinternet.com
Location: Inverness. Highland region
Interest: Family History
Comment: A contact found my grandad and uncle on your site. I think it was on a census....?1881.....falkirk. I had not known of your website before this contact. Thankyou.
Friday, November 19th 2010 - 04:17:59 PM Entry number: 146
Name: Sheri
E-mail: sherinelson95@yahoo.com
Location: U.S.A
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://lostrelatives.angelfire.com/
Comment: It sure is nice to see other folks who are into their heritage.Genealogy is something that always pays off when researching.It not only helps the one searching,but also ends up helping so many others down the road.
Nice site you have!!!
Sheri
Monday, November 15th 2010 - 10:43:08 PM Entry number: 145
E-mail: 40heartbeats@googlemail.com
Interest: Family History
Monday, November 8th 2010 - 08:00:14 PM Entry number: 144
Name: Joel A. Toms
E-mail: toms.j@sbcglobal.net
Location: Washington,Illinois 61571
Interest: Other
Comment: Im seeking other people with the last name Toms
Friday, November 5th 2010 - 07:08:55 PM Entry number: 143
Name: Patricia Marie Broom
E-mail: pat.broom@mac.com
Location: Redhill, Surrey
Interest: Family History
Comment: I have found out that my Grandparents were John Cowan Rankin & Maria Irvine.
My Great grandparents were Robert Rankin & Catherine Cowan & James Irvine & Isabel Gibson. Do I have any relatives who are alive? My mother is Catherine Cowan Rankin. Pat
Friday, November 5th 2010 - 07:33:36 AM Entry number: 142
Name: karen
E-mail: jandkbeaver@eol.co.nz
Location: nz
Interest: Family History
Comment: lovely to see census for st ninians and bannockburn
i am looking for gillespie and burns families, of mine
I hope earlier census might appear soon though.
karen
Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 05:51:59 PM Entry number: 141
Name: sheila wood nee black
Location: united kingdom
Interest: Family History
Comment: i know very little about my paternal family only that my great grandfather came to england from scotland circa 1886
Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 04:29:46 AM Entry number: 140
Name: Roger Erskine Macpherson
E-mail: pondsplus@hotmail.com
Location: Near Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: I am a direct decendant of The Reverend Finlay Macpherson of Larbert, Scotland. He was my fathers Grandfather. My father Erskine Macpherson (deceased) would visit him in Larbert many years ago.
My own grandfather Finlay George Macpherson was one of the Reverends children.
I do have dates and births etc. if anyone is interested.
I found your family history site when I was looking for some information. Good job.
Roger macpherson
Saturday, October 2nd 2010 - 03:44:55 PM Entry number: 139
Name: william buchanan
E-mail: wrbuchanan@btinternet.com
Location: Hinckley leics. UK
Interest: Local History
Comment: I was in Kippen(17) with a girlfriend/later (wife),in 1953. Little did I know then, my relative was born there in 1799. His mother Elizabeth Miller and Father Moses (In fornication) Buchanan (the miller at Arnprior). Question ,which Moses was he, quite a few could qualify, but not of the Arnprior family first names. Any one with a clue,possibly in the Miller family of Kippen genealogy.?
Fond memories of the Black braes picking blaeberries,and other times at Loch laggan, lovely spot.
Bill Buchanan 1936 Glasgow.
Thursday, September 30th 2010 - 09:32:41 PM Entry number: 138
Name: Dale J Pollock
E-mail: djplap@comcast.net
Location: Plymouth, Minnesota USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: My GG Grandfather Alexander emmigrated from Scotland to Canada in 1832 at the height of the colera epidemic. When they reached Montreal, he died of the disease, leaving his wife Agnes and three sons. Eventually the eldest son William left Canada and settled in Lancaster Wisconsin. It was the beginning of our family in the US.
Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 11:36:14 AM Entry number: 137
Name: GWEN MCINDOE
E-mail: petermcindoe@bigpond.com.au
Location: QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA
Interest: Family History
Comment: looking for descendents of :GEORGE MCINDOE (Grocer) & MARY WOOD PATTERSON, had son: DAVID MCINDOE born July 1865, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (From Scotland)
Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 03:35:06 PM Entry number: 136
Name: Fred Paterson Nix
E-mail: frednix@sympatico.ca
Location: Ontario, Canada (north of Toronto)
Interest: Family History
Comment: wow, just found this site; will read all the comments later. In meantime, here is my connection: my great-great grandfather was John Archibald Paterson (1827-1912) who was born in Scarborough, Ontario [now part of Toronto]. I can't find out who his father was, but believe he would have come from Scotland (Scarborough wasn't settled by Europeans until about 1795). any held would be appreciated. John Archibald married a Glendinning and I have found some sncestory on this side, but am still stuck in trying to link "Paterson" back to Scotland
Saturday, September 18th 2010 - 02:00:47 AM Entry number: 135
Name: thomas shirra
E-mail: tomshirra@shirescaffolding.com
Location: falkirk
Interest: Family History
Friday, September 17th 2010 - 12:06:20 AM Entry number: 134
Name: Colin James Whitecross Paterson
E-mail: cjwpaterson@btinternet.com
Location: Presently in Bracknell Berkshire
Interest: Things Scottish
Comment: Hello great to see someone is keeping a good record.
I was born 1948 Longforgan Dundee, to George Paterson and Margarette Grant, I joined the Scots Guards in 1966 for seven years, served in Persian Gulf, N Ireland three tours, public duties Buckingham Palace, Edinburgh Castle etc.
On leaving the Guards l joined Royal Berkshire Fire Rescue Service, served 14 years left due to injury, worked in security for H M King Hussein of Jordan in Sunningdale Ascot area for two years, Eventually followed by Assistant Chief of Security Saudi Royal Family, I was Chief Of Security On the ocean liner "Saga Rose" for two years which l thoroughly enjoyed. graduated as a Chiropodist back in 1989 to finance me through the gaps of my Security and Mission work, however l am currently "Brigade Chaplain" to the Fire and Rescue Service I served with. and do occassional Mission Work in Eastern Europe, Thailand, China and Nepal including the Kingdom of Bhutan.
Hope to hear from you soon. Colin
Friday, September 10th 2010 - 07:56:14 AM Entry number: 133
Name: Jodi L Grady
E-mail: dreamerlag2@hotmail.com
Location: Winnemucca, Nevada USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: Wow...youve done some of the finest work Ive had the pleasure of encountering...and Ive sewen lots of GRAdY'S...
My ancestors were to have been from Ireland...though I have looked forward to getting back far enough to go there...I spend lots of time in Arkansas...Missouri...and Kansas City, Kns. My Gr Grand father was Wiley E Grady...b/1877 in Ar. and d/ 06 1930 in Kansas City, Mo.USA
His father was John Grady or O'Grady...and he had come from a long line of John's...before him. They came to the US in @ 1850 ...and raised many many children in the Kansas City, Mo. area.
I dont think we are from your line of GRADY's...but it was wonderful to read your histories...
I thankyou very much...Jodi L Grady
Friday, September 10th 2010 - 07:55:53 AM Entry number: 132
Name: Jodi L Grady
E-mail: dreamerlag2@hotmail.com
Location: Winnemucca, Nevada USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: Wow...youve done some of the finest work Ive had the pleasure of encountering...and Ive sewen lots of GRAdY'S...
My ancestors were to have been from Ireland...though I have looked forward to getting back far enough to go there...I spend lots of time in Arkansas...Missouri...and Kansas City, Kns. My Gr Grand father was Wiley E Grady...b/1877 in Ar. and d/ 06 1930 in Kansas City, Mo.USA
His father was John Grady or O'Grady...and he had come from a long line of John's...before him. They came to the US in @ 1850 ...and raised many many children in the Kansas City, Mo. area.
I dont think we are from your line of GRADY's...but it was wonderful to read your histories...
I thankyou very much...Jodi L Grady
Sunday, August 29th 2010 - 03:38:35 AM Entry number: 131
Name: Mary Hansen
E-mail: maryh@wcshighspeed.com
Location: Little Britain, Ontario
Interest: Family History
Comment: My Grandfather was Henry Athan Adams who was from either Scotland or Ireland and nicknamed Pinkey who served in the Army WWI and subsequently married Catherine McGrath from Girvan Scotland. He settled in South Carolina but because he had schrapnel in his leg he relocated to Fort William Thunder Bay. My grandmother Catherine didn't like the slavery also in South Carolina. Sorry not much else. Thanks Mary
Wednesday, August 25th 2010 - 01:45:12 AM Entry number: 130
Name: Ken Higgins
E-mail: khigg@pldi.net
Location: Waynoka OK USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: Tom, I am looking for a William Higgins who married Ann Black in 1830 at Lanark, Barony, Scotland. I need to know about William's family. I hope you can help.
Tuesday, August 17th 2010 - 07:01:26 PM Entry number: 129
Name: Gillian Stewart
E-mail: stwrtglln@yahoo.co.uk
Location: Livingston Scotland
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi stumbled across this site and am glad of it as I hv traced my paternal male line (Stewart) to kilearn and am hoping any1 passing through will know of or are part of my family the go as follows John Stewart Married Janet Leckie 1829 @ parish of kilearn as far as i know his parents are Duncan Stewart Married to Jean Hutton but this is where I hit the wall if any1 knows anything don't hesitate in contacting me ta very much
p.s site is informative and have learned something about where the family stayed thanx :D
Tuesday, August 17th 2010 - 03:56:46 PM Entry number: 128
Name: Linda
E-mail: stitcher_girl@hotmail.co.uk
Location: Lanarkshire
Interest: Family History
Comment: Thanks Tom,
This is amazing and so generous of you to share all this information....and for free...you get get much for free these days!!!
Thanks again
Linda
Monday, August 16th 2010 - 07:52:27 PM Entry number: 127
Name: Frank Haislett
E-mail: frahai@msn.com
Location: Washington State
Interest: Family History
Comment: I'am research the Haislet/Haislett name I need some help
I'am a direct descondent of James Washington Haislet.
Monday, July 19th 2010 - 12:46:55 AM Entry number: 126
Name: Dr. Tom Givins
E-mail: doctorthomasgivins@hotmail.com
Location: North Carolina
Interest: Things Scottish
Web site: http://blacklistedemails.blogspot.com/
Comment: I just loved finding your guest book! This is great!
doctorthomasgivins@hotmail.com
Sunday, July 11th 2010 - 04:34:01 PM Entry number: 125
Name: Donald M Henderson
Location: Thunder Bay ON CAN
Interest: Family History
Comment: My Great Grandfather Walter Henderson, who came to Canada in 1849, was a brother of Robert Henderson you have living at Redmoss Farm Campsie in 1881.
Looks like our ties are "in-law" and distant, but glad to see your site.
Tuesday, July 6th 2010 - 10:00:16 PM Entry number: 124
Name: Connie Lobban
E-mail: Gatherall4@yahoo.co.uk
Location: ayrshire scotland
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi, interesting info. I was born and brought up at Dun Ree, King Coilus seat and place of rule. I have a copy of ancient historical legend of Dunree, and of Coilus and his daughter Helena.Helena was a picyish queen, but was sold in slave markets of Rome and so the story goes on. Interesting to see the links with the name Geddes too and further back, via another site to Arnoul of germany.
Thanks for the info
Thursday, June 10th 2010 - 11:53:04 PM Entry number: 123
Name: susan robertson
E-mail: susan.robertson@xtra.co.nz
Location: New Zealand
Interest: Family History
Comment: Am tracing the Scottish side of my lineage and located Robert Galloway on your St Ninians census.
If you are interested, I will send details of what I have, sketchy at this stage however.
Wednesday, June 9th 2010 - 08:56:38 PM Entry number: 122
Name: james walton walker
E-mail: scotxxxx7@hotmail.com
Location: Thornaby-on-tees
Interest: Family History
Comment: I was born in Falkirk in 1945, went to school in Bainsford then on to Carmuirs infant in Camelon before going to Camelon secondary modern, I left school at 14 1/2 starting work in Carmuirs iron works (apprentice moulder) then from there to Wm Kennedy,s in Grangemouth dock as a apprentice marine engineer. my father was Wm Walker from Ayrshire and my mother was Daisy Tough Walton from the Burgh of Nigg Aberdeenshire her family were associated with Waltons ice cream and she was 1 of 22 siblings all of whom did not suvive infancy
Tuesday, June 1st 2010 - 12:50:26 AM Entry number: 121
Name: Don MacLean
E-mail: donaldmc@grapevine.com.au
Location: Canberra, Australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: I am new here but it looks good so I will return.
Saturday, May 8th 2010 - 10:26:23 AM Entry number: 120
Name: Charlotte Paterson
E-mail: garyewart1979@yahoo.com
Location: Glasgow
Interest: Family History
Comment: My name is Charlotte Paterson Im 24 I was born in and still live in Glasgow Scotland.I come from a really big family of Patersons on my dads side his name Samuel Paterson his father William Paterson my dad is the seventh son of the seventh son so theres loads of us.Im really interested in our familys history and good to see others are to.
Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 02:16:06 PM Entry number: 119
Name: peter moore
E-mail: petermmore59@googlemail.com
Location: motherwell
Interest: Family History
Comment: hi there, im looking for any info on a william moore and a winifred casey from ireland. some or all of there family ended up in slamannan. there my ggggg grand parents. i would love to be able to trace them. hope somebody can help thanxs
Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 05:16:31 AM Entry number: 118
Name: Robin Albright Delany
E-mail: Radha731@aol.com
Location: Muncy, PA
Interest: Family History
Comment: My great grandfather was william Lord and it was told to me often by my grandmother Constance ( Jane) Albright Lord that our family went back to William the ConquerorSo I beleive we may be different branches of the same family. I do know that Israel Shipman Pelton Lord was my great great etc... grandfather.... Do you know anything about him? Thanks for your website...
Friday, April 9th 2010 - 11:08:43 AM Entry number: 117
Name: joanne de courcey- d'entremont
E-mail: penney793@hotmail.com
Location: edmonton alberta
Interest: Family History
Comment: looking for relatives of the late harry blake de courcey born in 1905 passed in 1955
Sunday, March 28th 2010 - 01:02:37 AM Entry number: 115
Name: Garry Neville Paterson
E-mail: garry.paterson@clear.net.nz
Location: New Zealand
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://
Comment: Hello Tom
James Paterson, DOB 05/07/1848, Glasgow
Married 12/12/1873, Glasgow to
Jane Weir, DOB 22/04/1853, Glasgow
James and Jane had a son (only child I know of), Walter Weir Paterson DOB 07/11/1881, Glasgow.
The family emigrated to Australia then on to New Zealand, I don't know date.
Walter is my Paternal Grandfather, James my Great Grandfather.
James died on 1/10/1910 and is buried at Waihi, New Zealand, a small town made famous (in NZ) for gold mining.
Jane went back to Australia and died about 1913, and is buried in Armadale.
Walter married on 22/08/1917 in Auckland, NZ to:
Ivy Pearl Wetherill (DOB 15/03/1896, Auckland, NZ.)
They had two children:
Neville Weir Paterson (DOB 21/06/1922, Auckland, NZ) - my father, and Daphne Pearl Paterson (my Aunty who never married, I don't have her DOB at present).
Walter died on 17/10/1960 at Auckland, NZ
Ivy died on 06/01/1975 at Auckland, NZ
My dad, Neville, married Jean Mirabel Stephen (DOB 10/02/1927, Wanganui, NZ) on 02/03/1946 at Palmerston North, NZ. They had four children.
Janice Elizabeth, DOB 11/12/1946, at Lower Hutt, NZ
Alan Stephen , DOB 28/02/1949 at Lower Hutt, NZ
Myself, Garry Neville, DOB 14/09/1951, at Lower Hutt, NZ
John William, DOB 24/10/1956 at Gisborne, NZ
Mum, Jean, died on 10/04/1996 at Lake Manapouri, Central Otago, NZ (Mum & Dad were on a "Golden Oldies" escorted trip around the South Island of NZ to celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary).
Dad, Neville, died on 25/04/1999 at Tauranga, NZ.
I can fill you in with more details of the NZ connection if you would like.
Regards
Garry Paterson
Tuesday, March 23rd 2010 - 10:19:27 PM Entry number: 114
Name: margaret mcadam
E-mail: mgas44@hotmail.co.uk
Location: glasgow scotland
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://xxx
Comment: looking for margaret mcadam from balfron
Tuesday, March 23rd 2010 - 10:10:22 PM Entry number: 113
Name: margaret mcadam
E-mail: mgas44@hotmail.co.uk
Location: glasgow scotland
Interest: Family History
Comment: looking for margaret mcadam from balfron
Friday, February 26th 2010 - 04:43:02 PM Entry number: 112
Interest: Family History
Wednesday, February 17th 2010 - 10:43:08 PM Entry number: 111
Name: Robert A. Mac Murdo
E-mail: bobmac23@earthlink.net
Location: Minnesota, USA
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://www.Bridges2Learning.org
Comment: Tom,
Your site has certainly been a help. A few days ago my grandson asked about family history for a school project which set off to see if I could find my grandfathers birthplace from what little info I had. I think I may have found him but will still need to verify.
Wednesday, February 17th 2010 - 08:56:59 PM Entry number: 110
Name: meechan
E-mail: rockontommy16@hotmail.co.uk
Location: north somerset
Interest: Family History
Comment: well done tom im looking for any info on my family from glasgow the meechans. gorbals also realations were broadleys.boyles.welsh/ golden .from ireland bruce.thanks tom i do have some history and would send it on to anyone concerned re our family .well done again and take care tom
Monday, February 8th 2010 - 03:47:02 PM Entry number: 109
Name: bob hunter
E-mail: www.bobbyh@hotmail.co.uk
Location: aberdeen scotland
Interest: Things Scottish
Comment: looking for a Bill Massie left aberdeen for perth austraila approx 1980 had 2 daughters when he left abdn Iam serously thinking on moving over to perth in the next couple of years going over to austraila next year on hols. would love to meet bill again we,ve lost touch hoping you can help.
Monday, February 8th 2010 - 03:43:49 PM Entry number: 108
Name: bob hunter
Interest: Things Scottish
Comment: looking for a Bill Massie left aberdeen for perth austraila approx 1980 had 2 daughters when he left abdn Iam serously thinking on moving over to perth in the next couple of years going over to austraila next year on hols. would love to meet bill again we,ve lost touch hoping you can help.
Sunday, February 7th 2010 - 12:10:57 AM Entry number: 107
Name: Patricia M.Broom Nee Evans
E-mail: pat.broom@mac.com
Location: Redhill Surrey UK
Interest: Family History
Comment: I was born on the 10th November 1949, in London. I am looking for my birth mother, Catherine Cowan Rankin (maiden name).
Sunday, February 7th 2010 - 12:07:32 AM Entry number: 106
Name: Patricia M.Broom Nee Evans
E-mail: pat.broom@mac.com
Location: Redhill Surrey UK
Interest: Family History
Comment: I was born on the 10th November 1949, in London. I am looking for my birth mother, Catherine Cowan Rankin (maiden name).
Saturday, February 6th 2010 - 11:02:07 PM Entry number: 105
Name: Sibyl Mills
E-mail: sibylmills@yahoo.com
Location: Bosie, Idaho, USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: Found my grandmother Margaret Sneesby (age 7) on the St.Ninians 1881 census through your website. I feel certain there are other relatives in Stirling. Grandma married William B. Fraser, a soldier at Stirling Castle. Her dad is James Sneesby, and Mother is Margaret Blake. Margaret's parents are Henry Blake and Isabella Baird also of Stirling and Campsie. I wish I could visit Scotland, I know it is beautiful and full of my family's history. Thank you for you great website. My grandparents immigrated to Winnepeg, Canada in 1908 with my mother.And from there to California years later. Sibyl Mills
Sunday, January 31st 2010 - 02:37:39 PM Entry number: 104
Name: JESS LUMSDEN
E-mail: JESSLUMSDEN@aol.com
Location: aberdeenshire
Interest: Family History
Comment: most useful information regarding Falkirk etc. A tremendous amount of research which must have taken a great deal of time. Many thanks.
Tuesday, January 26th 2010 - 02:54:18 PM Entry number: 103
Name: William Brown
E-mail: wbrown10@hotmail.com
Location: Godalming, West of Guildford
Interest: Family History
Comment: Was looking for information on Dalderse Farm (Mill), where I was brought up as a wee lad when my father used to farm it. Been over 22 years since we left and found it intersting one of the comments about the trees being planted there after the house was knocked down. Many a memory brought back.
Monday, January 18th 2010 - 05:15:43 PM Entry number: 102
Name: Aldene Hourihan-Gionet
E-mail: aldenehourihan@rogers.com
Location: I am the gggranddaughter of William Patterson
Interest: Family History
Comment: I am researching the Patterson's of Nova Scotia and any help I can get greatly appreciated.
I am the granddaughter of Aldana Patterson-Hourihan and ggranddaughter of Joseph Patterson.
Aldene
Wednesday, January 13th 2010 - 08:25:07 PM Entry number: 101
Name: Allan Collins
E-mail: allancollins21@yahoo.co.uk
Location: Forfar Scotland
Interest: Local History
Comment:
Congratulations on a really interesting site especially to all those "Bairns" who are scattered across the globe.
Originally from Falkirk {Glenochil} like many Bairns I have travelled the world but always kept an interest in the old home town.
I am particularly interested in the Old Roxy Theatre - Carron Iron Works and my old school Comely Park - your old photographs are particulary interesting - Oh! by the way I am 79 years of age so I do have lots of memories of Old Falkirk.
Keep up the good work - this is a site I will list as a favourite
Cheers! Allan
Wednesday, January 13th 2010 - 02:38:30 AM Entry number: 100
Name: Michael R ATCLIFFE
Location: DECPTION BAY QEENSLAND AUSTRALIA4508
Interest: Family History
Web site: http:/mikana@optusnet.com.au
Comment: i &my 3brothers &sister were brought up in west carron from1937-52 weemigrated in 1954 to townsville in queensland australia.My father william ratcliffe married ruby ballantine who lived in carron inns.Heworked in carron ironworks &boness&grangemouth shipyards.I started my time in grangemouth shipyard 1952.Went to carron &carronshore schools
Tuesday, January 12th 2010 - 01:48:56 AM Entry number: 99
Name: MICHAEL RATCLIFFE
E-mail: MIKANA@OPTUSNET.COM.AU
Location: DECPTION BAY QEENSLAND AUSTRALIA
Interest: Local History
Monday, January 11th 2010 - 01:33:25 PM Entry number: 98
Name: Wayne M Loughrey
E-mail: ozag24@hotmail.com
Location: Australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: I Have found My Great G, G Grandfather on this site. He was Archibald Ewing of St Ninians, Stirling, Scotland.I have been to the family site at St Ninians in 2007 with a cousin who still lives in Stirling.
Sunday, January 10th 2010 - 11:23:57 PM Entry number: 97
Name: amanda tannahill
E-mail: tannahill4971@hotmail.com
Location: john simpson
Interest: Other
Comment: hi im looking for a john simpson from killmarnock he was born in 1945 11th of june he has a sister called cathy and a brother called chuck x x he was married in 1965 to a lady called pat and they went on to have 2 daughters patsy and roz who are now in there 40s x x x all three of us are looking for him as hes our farther x x x please if any one could help me im also on facebook amanda tannahill nottingham thankyou so much x x x i hope some one can help me x x
Monday, January 4th 2010 - 10:00:18 PM Entry number: 96
Name: jim malcolm
E-mail: evieandmalky@blueyonder.co.uk
Location: larbert
Interest: Things Scottish
Comment: Ejoying your site which I found by accident could you be a distant relation? I was born in West Carron in 1946.My father was Alex Malcolm.
Sunday, December 27th 2009 - 06:13:35 AM Entry number: 95
Name: Mark Peters
E-mail: mikenspok@yahoo.com
Location: Buffalo
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://www.freepsychicsight.com
Comment: Wow, I have been researching my family history all this week and I landed on this website. Thanks for sharing.
Wednesday, December 23rd 2009 - 12:47:43 PM Entry number: 94
Name: alexander hannah paterson
E-mail: a14.ahp@btinternet.com
Location: xxx
Interest: Family History
Comment: very interesting will visit more inthe future.
Thursday, November 19th 2009 - 06:22:18 AM Entry number: 93
Name: Patrick.Shearin@gmail.com
E-mail: patrick.shearin@gmail.com
Location: Boulder ,CO
Interest: Other
Web site: http://freshairproductions@blogspot.com
Comment: Have tried for four years (FOUR 4 ) to get someone/anyone in Altoona , PA.. to aid in research locating my Dad's parents or family... Patrick Joseph Shearin
was a coal miner, later went to Chicago (la Salle Street as a broker )..
fathered two children (Norah and me ).. his Mother's name was Laura++ anyone desiring to help..?
Saturday, November 14th 2009 - 10:32:22 AM Entry number: 92
Name: thomas edmondston paterson (tommy)
E-mail: patersonmonica@yahoo.com
Location: melbourne,australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: born 1951 whitburn west lothian.left scotland 58, father thomas(tam),mother janet both dec.any cousins looking at site?
Wednesday, October 28th 2009 - 04:34:51 PM Entry number: 91
Name: asdfadsfasdfdsfaasdf
E-mail: asdfasdf@jkasldfjklsdf.ch
Location: sadfasdfasdf
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://asdfasd.ch
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Sunday, October 25th 2009 - 09:46:14 PM Entry number: 90
Name: George Ritchie Cummings
E-mail: jrbreen@ntlworld.com
Location: Brighton, East Sussex
Interest: Family History
Comment: Looking for any members of my Fathers brothers family who originally came from Skinflats. His name was ROBERT CUMMING and his children were Bessie, Sadie, Evelyn and Jim. I believe Bessy emigrated to Australia.
My father was JOHN CUMMING and lived in Falkirk, Stirlingshire.
Sunday, October 25th 2009 - 09:42:13 PM Entry number: 89
Name: George Ritchie Cummings
E-mail: jrbreen@ntlworld.com
Location: Brighton, East Sussex
Interest: Family History
Comment: Looking for any family members from my my fathers sister. Her name was JEAN BOWIE (nee Cumming) and they were from Springside, Kilmarnock. Her children were Sam, Jim, John. Archie, Netty, Betty and Jean.
My father was John Cumming and lived in Falkirk
Monday, October 19th 2009 - 05:39:20 PM Entry number: 88
Name: Roseann Teasdale
E-mail: roseann.teasdale@blueyonder.co.uk
Location: Edinburgh
Interest: Family History
Comment: Dear Tom
I am looking for an Alexander Horne who married a Margaret Ralston in 1849 in Kilsyth.On his son John's marriage certificate of 1877 he is marked as a Weaver (deceased). However I can find no birth or death certificates and he does not appear in any of the census searches I have made.
Can you help?
Many thanks
Roseann
Sunday, October 18th 2009 - 12:53:14 AM Entry number: 87
Name: alexander john busby
E-mail: newkidd@sbcglobal.net
Location: dixon, california, usa
Interest: Family History
Comment: Dear Tom, PER EARLIER E-MAIL believe name of cottage given to my gg grandma was Tygetshaugh Cottage Denipace. War graves commission site from your link page mentions this in Duncan Busby's death record.. He's buried in France KIA. Wow am really excited about your web info, no doubt it is going to be hours well spent again Thanks Alex Busby
Saturday, October 17th 2009 - 03:58:14 PM Entry number: 86
Name: alexander john busby
E-mail: newkidd@sbcglobal.net
Location: dixon, california, usa
Interest: Other
Comment: Hi Tom,I've been doing some research on the quarter pit mine diaster and came across your great site. My great great grandfather was John Busby who was the foreman killed. As listed he had 5 children at the time of his death. However as noted in articles his wife gave birth to thier 6th child the day or two after the explosion. His name was Duncan Busby and he died in 1917. My grandfather was named Alexander Baxter Busby. He was born in 1888 and died in 1964. He had 3 children a boy, John Busby, ( my father who had no middle name), was born in 1913 and died in 1973. His other son Thomas Scott Busby was born in 1915 and died 2 yrs ago. He had a daughter named Beatrice. John Busby was my father and my name is Alexander John Busby. I have a son named Alexander Thomas Busby. In turn he has a son named Alexander James Busby. Two things I find very interesting is that no one in the family ever knew where the name Baxter was connected with my grandpa. After reading your info I see that the manager of the mine was named Alexander Baxter. Coincidental I do not think. Possibly he was a mentor or best friend, Lodge brother , etc, of my gr. gr. grandpa. as we are all Mason's. My grandpa might be named after him. My grandpa and grandma are buried in the old Denny cemetary. My gr. gr. grandma would not allow her children to work the mines so my grandpa, my dad, his brother and myself all became foundry moulders. The last little bit of info you might find interesting is that after the disaster the mine gave my gr. gr. grandma a small cottgage to live in until her death. It was situated up a hill behind the Denny kirk. Apparently many people walked up the hill after church for recreation. She would leave plates of her homemade bread and jam for the trekkers and became known as the "jelly piece granny up the hill" I would love to discuss this further with you if you so choose. Thank you very much, Alex
Saturday, October 10th 2009 - 08:31:36 PM Entry number: 85
Name: Sheila Spear
E-mail: spearshe@gmail.com
Location: Madison, Wisconsin usa
Interest: Family History
Comment: Thanks for lots of good information. The 1881 census data gave me a lead on a Hamilton forebear. Much appreciated.
Saturday, October 3rd 2009 - 08:44:20 PM Entry number: 84
Name: tom paterson
E-mail: patersonheating@hotmail.co.uk
Location: wolverhampton
Interest: Family History
Comment: hi just saw your site get in touch later tom
Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 03:17:36 AM Entry number: 83
Name: Barbara Southworth Sweeten
E-mail: barbarasweeten@hotmail.com
Location: Tunbridge, Vermont
Interest: Family History
Comment: I haven't found anything helpful yet but I am sure there is information here I can use. Thank you
Friday, September 18th 2009 - 04:40:06 PM Entry number: 82
Name: Gerald ER Quieros
E-mail: dlareg.soreiuq@btinternet.com
Location: Bexleyheath, Kent
Interest: Family History
Comment: most of your findings are right and I am glad that I was given the site from Australia keep up the good work
The genealogy book given to me by my farther does in ways tally with yours
Gerald
Sunday, September 6th 2009 - 04:45:00 AM Entry number: 81
Name: Joseph Duncan Wallace
E-mail: jdwall5246xxx@aol.com
Location: Warren, Michigan USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: My Grandfather, Thomas Wallace, was an official with one of the Polmaise Collieries before emigrating to the States in 1930. An article in the Stirling OBSERVER supports the latter. I'd like to find out when he served, what his tasks were and his job title. If there is any documentation available I'd pay for copies.
Thanks
JDW
Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 02:28:04 AM Entry number: 80
Name: Elizabeth Witmer (Wade)
E-mail: liz_witmer@sympatico.ca
Location: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: I stumbled across your site and was quite surprised to find who I think is my grand dad in the 1881 Census. I have had no luck in finding any info on anyone in my family and was very elated to find something. It would be nice to find births and marriages etc. not only for Denny but for the other areas of Scotland as well on your site. I'm interested in the Simpson family of Denny, the Vallance family of Dunfermline and the Wade and Campbell family of Leith.
Wednesday, August 26th 2009 - 08:26:41 AM Entry number: 79
Name: Joseph D. Wallace
E-mail: jdwall5246@aol.com
Location: Warren, Michigan USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: Interested in finding more about my Grandfather,Thomas Wallace who was an offical at the Polmaise Colliery and lived in Cottages at Milhall, prior to his emigration to the USA in 1930 along with my grandmother and other family members. An article in the Stirling OBSERVER in 1930 notes his departure.
Tuesday, August 25th 2009 - 10:14:44 PM Entry number: 78
Name: maria a garcia
E-mail: miapontigo@sbcgloba.net
Location: dayton ohio
Interest: Family History
Comment: I would like to know where I could get my father birth records ,he was born in Malaga Spain 1894 ,then all his family migrated to Cuba, noone is living ,I would really like to know and I could write to someone.thank-you.
Friday, August 21st 2009 - 08:46:00 PM Entry number: 77
Name: lisa bankston
E-mail: lbankston42@yahoo.com
Location: cleveland tennessee
Interest: Family History
Comment: i am of the lineage of the milen family from scotland my grandfather resided in polk cnty the city of benton tennessee
Sunday, August 16th 2009 - 06:06:38 AM Entry number: 76
Name: Joseph D. Wallace
E-mail: jdwall5246@aol.com
Location: Warren, Michigan USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: Interested to confirm that my Grandfather; Thomas Wallace was an employee or perhaps UnderManager of the Polmaise Colliery Circa 1920-1930. My father; Joseph Wallace, was also an employee there during the same time frame.
Thank you: JDW
Tuesday, August 11th 2009 - 06:49:25 PM Entry number: 75
Name: Jan Robey
E-mail: janrobey@hotmail.com
Location: Spain
Interest: Family History
Comment: Found your site by accident whilst researching Jacobite prisoners of 1745 - the McLeods of Raasay in particular. My family were the MacLeods of Auchenbowie and the MacDonalds of Ardhieavaig on the Isle of Mull.
Your site if very informative and you must have put a tremendous amount of work into it. Thank you.
Jan
Sunday, August 9th 2009 - 07:09:14 PM Entry number: 74
Name: Terry Brown
E-mail: Terrybrown1952@aol.com
Interest: Family History
Comment: I am looking for is the location of old farms,hollowmuir farm for instance! plus any data on the Barrie Scott Waugh shanks and mungal families as these are my Gran-parents,mostly farmers in Slamannan area, plus anything on John Barrie schoolmaster in Slamannan or Limerig around about 1800 I would like to know what one of the schools he taught at as I believe they were a school at Slamannan and Limerig plus the where abouts of the school.
Saturday, August 8th 2009 - 11:35:35 PM Entry number: 73
Name: Patricia Lackey
E-mail: lackeyprl@gmail.com
Location: Ottawa Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi. I am updating a inquiry I made last year as my email address has change. I am researching my Neilson Ancestors who came from Craigcaffie or Corsock Scotland to Urney Ireland, as Presbyterian Ministers.Rev. Joseph and Rev. Robert Neilson. I am also researching Rev. Moses Neilsons wife's family the Rodgers of Edergole TyroneIreland.
Thursday, July 23rd 2009 - 01:44:43 PM Entry number: 72
Name: Georgia Winward
E-mail: greezygranny@sbcglobal.net
Location: Magnolia, TX, USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: Searching for a link between Edward Buchanan (b 1808) and John Buchanan (b 1763).
Sunday, July 19th 2009 - 10:54:47 PM Entry number: 71
Name: Georgette Telfer
Interest: Family History
Comment: George Crooks and Elizabeth Burrel also had a daughter Anne Pringle Crooks (mygrandmother) born September 8, 1881 in Channelkirk died March 1945 in Jedburgh
Sunday, July 19th 2009 - 09:13:55 PM Entry number: 70
Name: Georgette Telfer
E-mail: georgie@kessous.com
Interest: Family History
Comment: Your mothers grandfather Adam Burrel was my g-g-grandmothers
Elizabeth brother
Sunday, July 19th 2009 - 02:52:09 PM Entry number: 69
Name: Cecil Scholar
E-mail: Ceirano@optusnet.com.au
Location: Stirling North South Australia
Interest: Family History
Web site: http:// No website
Comment: My great grandfather Archibald Walker, born 2-9-1821, arrived Victoria in 1839. Rumour says he came from Kirkintilloch. Six of my family plan to visit the area in September and if possible see his home, distant relatives or any connections.
Saturday, July 18th 2009 - 06:20:54 AM Entry number: 68
Name: Julianna
E-mail: julianna@comcast.net
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://uarri.xaper.com/norco/norco-welding.html
Wednesday, July 15th 2009 - 03:32:55 PM Entry number: 67
Name: gaynor waugh
E-mail: gaynortuffley@aol.com
Location: london
Interest: Family History
Comment: looking for sheila mellor in australia she tried to find me way back 2003. I have tried to email but old address it just gets sent back. Sheila contact me
Sunday, July 12th 2009 - 02:26:03 PM Entry number: 66
Name: Fran Gemmell
E-mail: xxxfrangemmell@optusnet.com.au
Location: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: Doing family research on family of John Moodie/Mudie/Muddie/Moody and Agnes Malcolm married in Muiravonside on 26 November 1813, children born in Falkirk
Mary, John, Agnes, Robert, Margaret, James, Thomas
Saturday, July 11th 2009 - 11:32:02 PM Entry number: 65
Name: Sandra Seaton
E-mail: bschairs@clear.net.nz
Location: New Zealand
Interest: Family History
Comment: Sent this site by my cousin. Looking for the parents of Catherine(Catrine) Borrowman. Catherine married Thomas Rankin in 1823. Also looking for her death notice sometime after 1871. Any help appreciated
Saturday, July 4th 2009 - 09:31:54 PM Entry number: 64
Name: john Duffy
E-mail: johnduffy1963@aol.com
Location: living in brighton,england,uk,originally from Edinburgh,scotland
Interest: Family History
Comment: my grandmother was jane lawson ritchie Learmonth,her daughter was my mother hellen,and my uncle was Donald leslie carnall, jane married a jack carnall,who i cant find out anything about,but that is not my question,my grandmothers father was Donald horne Learmonth,he was born in 1881 in tranet,scotland,his father was from stronsy in the orkney islands,donalds wife was my great grandmother helen Baptie,i have a photo of my great grandmother,but not of my great grandfather and im hunting any learmonth connection to see if we are related and if anyone of the learmonth family have a photo of my great grandfather ,and the rest of the Learmonth family...we must be part of the Lawson family and the ritchie family as that is in my grandmothers name and great-grandmothers name..if you can help in anyway..i would be obliged....and it may be that we are related..thank you so much for you time john duffy
Saturday, July 4th 2009 - 05:40:55 AM Entry number: 63
Name: Wendy McLennan
E-mail: wendymcl2@bigpond.com
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: Great Site -Thanks for your input. Have just discovered it. I am looking for
Jean Paterson born about 1773-1775? born in East Kilbride.
Married James Watson who was born 1773? and lived in East
Kilbride. A daughter Jean was born about 1811. Cannot find
any other details . As Watson is one of my Christian names
and believe these are my family connections would be so very happy to have more details. Thanks
Tuesday, June 23rd 2009 - 11:28:38 PM Entry number: 62
Name: Bill
E-mail: hillbill06@btinternet.com
Location: England
Interest: Family History
Comment: Dr. McKenzie at the Falkirk Royal Infirmary from the late 1890's till early 1950's He passed away at his daughters house in St. Ninans outside Stirling in the mid 50's
Would anyone have any information of this gentleman or of Janet Davidson a District Nurse in the late 1890's in the Falkirk area .
Please make contact with Bill
Thank You !!
Friday, June 19th 2009 - 05:53:17 AM Entry number: 61
Name: Marina
E-mail: marina@yahoo.com
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://geo.ya.com/duyos/medroxyprogesterone/index.html
Monday, June 8th 2009 - 08:18:32 PM Entry number: 60
Name: Larry Macneil
E-mail: Larryjandmaureen@shaw.ca
Location: Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: I believe William McNeil and Elizabeth McNeil {Robertson}were my great grandparents.My wife is working on my family tree and is back to 1856. The spelling of the name changed with the birth of my father William in 1912.
We recently visited the isle of Barra and found that there have been several spellings of the name through the years.
Monday, June 1st 2009 - 07:02:29 PM Entry number: 59
Name: Georgette Telfer
E-mail: georgie@kessous.com
Location: Israel
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi,
My g-g-grandmother was Ann Pringle. Our line is through Elizabeth Burrelshe married George Crooks, their daughter Anne Pringle Crooks was my grandmother
Wednesday, May 20th 2009 - 09:10:15 PM Entry number: 58
Interest: Family History
Wednesday, May 20th 2009 - 02:49:15 PM Entry number: 57
Name: David Stephen
E-mail: dstephen1@cogeco.ca
Location: St Catharines ON Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: My grandmother Mary Hogg Wilson nee Dickson was born in Slamannan. Her parents were William Dickson and Agnes Dunsmore. Looking through your census data I could find an Agnes Dunsmore working as a servant for James Waugh. There is a William Dickson farmers son. I was told growing up, my grandfather William Wilson was gassed during WW1 and while convalescing in England his nurse was my grandmother. After the war he wanted to marry her but her mother having lost a husband and elder son in the coal mines would only consent if he brought the family to Canada. I don't know if this is true but they widow and her children did come. It was very interesting to make a connection to the past.
Thank you for your efforts
David Stephen
Wednesday, May 6th 2009 - 08:30:18 PM Entry number: 56
Name: Elaine Duncan
E-mail: elaine_duncan@sky.com
Location: Auchenreoch, just along from Queenzieburn
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi, very interested to stumble across your website and read the census for 1881. I stay at Dyke Farm Cottage and my inlaws are at Cairnbog. Amazed at the number of people living ang working at Cairnbog and neighbouring farms....very changed times!
Regards, Elaine
Tuesday, May 5th 2009 - 02:53:34 AM Entry number: 55
Name: thomas cuthbertson
E-mail: tumblertruckertom@hotmail.com
Location: tumbler ridge bc. canada
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://msn
Comment: i am trying to build my family tree but not having much luck my father william renwick cuthbertson born 14/11 /1898 and his father thomas cuthbertson (mason) born 15 /08 /1859could you help me find any outher family members thank you tom cuthbertson
Thursday, April 30th 2009 - 03:03:59 AM Entry number: 54
Name: Catherine Young
E-mail: younggt@tpg.com.au
Location: Newcastle, Australia.
Interest: Family History
Comment: G'day Tom, Congratulations on a very well laid-out,informative site. Keep up the good work.Cate.
Thursday, April 30th 2009 - 03:03:33 AM Entry number: 53
Name: Catherine Young
E-mail: younggt@tpg.com.au
Location: Newcastle, Australia.
Interest: Family History
Comment: G'day Tom, Congratulations on a very well laid-out,informative site. Keep up the good work.Cate.
Sunday, April 26th 2009 - 06:06:59 PM Entry number: 52
Name: john kenny
E-mail: jkk66@msn.com
Location: hamilton ont canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: just found youre site great, interested in mckennie mckenney kennie kenney kenny & jardine family from the grenngairs, old & new monkland area.
Sunday, April 26th 2009 - 05:44:52 PM Entry number: 51
Name: Helen Lapere
E-mail: h.lapere@sky.com
Location: Bridge of Allan, Scotland
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi Tom, I've just found your site. I am looking for descendants of David and Jenny Paterson who possibly stayed in the Stirling area and emigrated to Victoria sometime after 1929? David had a daughter called Jenny. Davids siblings were William, Jane and Isabella. Isabella is my gran and she was married to William Ramsay. I am trying to find out what happened to them. My mum Jane (80) is Davids niece.
Wednesday, April 8th 2009 - 03:14:28 AM Entry number: 50
Name: Trina
E-mail: trinatanner@rocketmail.com
Location: paisley
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi i'm looking for my Husbands dad. His name is William Quinn and he was born around 1945 give or take a few years, the last we heard he was living in Grangemouth but that was a good few years ago. When my husband David was born in 1972 the family lived in Cumbernauld and David Remembers William drove taxis but the last time he saw his dad he was 4. I know it's a long shot but if anyone can help in any small way i would be very grateful.
Great wee site by the way Trina....
Wednesday, March 18th 2009 - 04:22:03 AM Entry number: 49
Name: Kathleen STRINGER
E-mail: kathleen.stringer@xtra.co.nz
Location: New Zealand
Interest: Family History
Comment: Thanks for including indices on your site, a great help.
Im looking for Thomas NEILSON who married Janet FERGUSON in Bothkennar 1797. They has two children here and then more in neighbouring Labert. A son Thomas married Mary Mercer and ended up in Glasgow.
Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 04:40:44 AM Entry number: 48
Name: lynn filshie
E-mail: lynn_donald@hotmail.co.uk
Location: strathaven scotland
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi
My grandfather lived in Ferniegair Lanarkshire and also worked in the pits - he was Crawford Paterson and came from a large family of Paterson's - Mathew, James, Robert,Jenny, and William - there may have been more. Is this the same family.
Have some photo's
Lynn
Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 04:39:55 AM Entry number: 47
Name: lynn filshie
E-mail: lynn_donald@hotmail.co.uk
Location: strathaven scotland
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi
My grandfather lived in Ferniegair Lanarkshire and also worked in the pits - he was Crawford Paterson and came from a large family of Paterson's - Mathew, James, Robert,Jenny, and William - there may have been more. Is this the same family.
Have some photo's
Lynn
Sunday, March 8th 2009 - 10:09:50 PM Entry number: 46
Name: Nancy Dube
E-mail: hopeseeker2@gmail.com
Location: Too many David Speirs
Interest: Family History
Comment: I am the Nancy Spiers Dube whose father spelled his last name Speirs wrong, and I see I am included on your page. Thank you. I couldn't help noticing that your grandfather was also a David Speirs born in 1840. I am sure they are not the same -- unless he married in Scotland very early in life before he came to Canada and married my grandmother when he was 34. I do not seriously consider that. However, at the request of my family I have spent the last two years researching a completely different family name and have just returned to the Speirs. You and I are victims of the affection the Speirs family feel for the name David. As I seek my David I honestly offer my services to you(free-that's all they're worth. Let me know what you know and I will keep it in mind. I'll be glad to take note of things. I am not an expert at this, I warn you. So do not expect much, but I do myself plan to seriously start investigating. Great page. Nancy
Sunday, March 1st 2009 - 02:56:03 AM Entry number: 45
Name: Mary Close
E-mail: closeadm@aol.com
Location: Bathgate
Interest: Family History
Comment: This is a fab site. My links are to the Roddens and the Welsh primarily with some off shoots here and there. YOur Census is great although I don't see Loch End Rows listed which was where the Roddens were living in 1881. That's no problem as I have it from Scotlands People. It was so good picking up extra names that we hadn't know about. Many thanks for the incredibly hard work this site must have tken and good luck for the future.
Kind regards
Mary Close
Sunday, March 1st 2009 - 12:42:13 AM Entry number: 44
Name: Gwndolyn Mitsui
E-mail: Plantit1228@aol.com
Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey, USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: I'm trying to locate family history or even living relatives Mr great Grandfather's brother, Alexander Wilson once lived in Ambleside in the "Lake District of Scotland and was once a reporter for the "Standard" in Lancaster. I believe he was a writer also. One of his friends was William Martin of Lancaster., who was still living in 1932.
Thursday, February 26th 2009 - 08:27:46 AM Entry number: 43
Name: Jennie Geddes
E-mail: jen.jules@virgin.net
Location: Liverpool
Interest: Family History
Comment: This is a brilliant site-many thanks-I have found my grandfather's name and my family history from here for this part of the family-Thomas Geddes -who married Blanche (Watts) was my grandfather's (Philip)father-and then the O'Grady link-very interesting-thank you
Monday, February 23rd 2009 - 08:51:17 PM Entry number: 42
Name: Janice Brady
E-mail: janice.brady@btinternet.com
Location: Northumberland
Interest: Family History
Comment: A most enjoyable site having spent days researching some Tripneys it was a pleasure to find your helpful informative site. I now know a lot more about the area they originated from
Thank you
Thursday, February 19th 2009 - 07:58:43 PM Entry number: 41
Name: Garry Paterson
E-mail: garry.paterson@yahoo.com.au
Location: New Zealand
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://
Comment: I am looking for information on my late father's side of the family.
Information I know is that my paternal grandfather was Walter Weir Paterson, born 7 November 1881 at noon in Glasgow,immigrated to NZ in 1890, married 22/08/1917 at Auckland NZ, died 17/10/960 at Auckland, NZ his parents were:
James Paterson, DOB 05/07/1848 in Glasgow, married Jane QWeir 12/12/1873 (2nd marriage, died 18/10/1873, buried at Waihi in NZ. James worked at the Railway Workshpos in Springburn, Glasgow
Jane Weir, DOB?/?/1853, place not kown, died ?/?/1913, buried at Armidale, Australia.
There is an address of 2 Wellfield Place, Springburn, Glasgow on the copy of Walter's birth certificate I have.
Are you able to help in any way please?
Regards
Garry Paterson
Flat 6
Antares Flats
6 East Street
Petone
Lower Hutt 5012
New Zealand
email: garry.paterson@yahoo.com.au
Lower Hutt is located on the northern shore of Wellington, the capital city of NZ, and forms part of the Greater Wellington metropolitan area.
Saturday, February 14th 2009 - 05:15:29 PM Entry number: 40
Name: Roxie Martin
E-mail: roxie@rivervalleyinsurance.ca
Location: Alberta, Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: Thank you for your website. It is very interesting for me and my family. My Great Grandad and my grandads eldest brother were both buried in the Redding Pit Disaster. My great uncle was one of the 5 last men to be rescued. It is what brought my family to Canada. After the disaster, I have been told, the family decided to move to Canada.
We are planning a trip to Scotland in 2010 and would like to do some research on our family. Maybe find some family members still around the area. If you have any ideas or information on where to start my research, please let me know.
Saturday, February 14th 2009 - 12:08:48 AM Entry number: 39
Name: Glynn Kane
E-mail: glynnkane@slingshot.co.nz
Location: New Zealand
Interest: Family History
Comment: Thank you. I am after the parents of my great grandmother Ann Chittick who went to Australia in 1886. Her parent were William and Elizabeth (morrison) Chittick. My info in scant in the Family bible - she was baptised in Kilsyth and there is a mention of Quaker, as well as parent names. I found them in your census results. I now would like to find out more info on them. I hope for success. Do these people fit in your family tree? I have the family of Ann in Australia if it is of interest.
Glynn
Tuesday, January 27th 2009 - 07:14:26 PM Entry number: 38
Name: David Baird Ohmann
E-mail: davidoh46@hotmail.com
Location: Marietta, Georgia, USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: Very interesting, informative site! My goal is to locate Craig's Cottage area of Polmost where my great grandfather lived in 1880...died there in 1907 at age 56, a stonemason who also had a son James Sloan Baird, stonemason who immigrated to New York, USA around 1908. Both Freemasons who lived adjacent to one another at Craig's Cottage (flats?) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, David Baird Ohmann, Marietta, Georgia USA
Monday, January 26th 2009 - 12:38:28 PM Entry number: 37
Name: Irene Carney
E-mail: i.e.carney@hotmail.com
Location: Ireland
Interest: Family History
Comment: I have researching my family history,
Dawson & Buchanan, originating in Stirling.
Buchanan side originates in Campsie.
My great-grandfather James Dawson emigrated to Ireland
in 1850s, returning to Glasgow to marry Agnes Buchanan
in 1860. James' father was John and mother Helen (nee Christie). I believe he had a sister Janet and brother John.
I would like to trace some family in Scotland.
Saturday, January 24th 2009 - 07:02:08 PM Entry number: 36
Name: Roger Logan
E-mail: logan55@ntlworld.com
Location: Burwell Cambridgeshire
Interest: Family History
Comment: I have been seeeking my Scottish roots through my grandfather(Thomas Logan, son of Archibald an iron moulder of Thornhill St in 1881)Your site has given me some further idea re Tom's siblings occupations. Many thanks
Friday, January 23rd 2009 - 07:20:12 AM Entry number: 35
Name: janet bauchop paterson storrie
E-mail: janetstorrie@bigpond.com
Location: townsville,qld,australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: stop start family history. my mother,janet devlin was a daughter of thomas devlin and janet bauchop paterson. my family heritage is irish/scots. i'm at our business at the moment, so have no family history here. my mother was born in 1914 july 28.i'm sure they lived in fife nearly all thier lives. will contact you or you contact me at a later date.
Monday, December 29th 2008 - 07:35:13 AM Entry number: 34
Name: Stuart McDougall
E-mail: kapistu@shaw.ca
Location: Vancouver B.C. Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: Researching ancestors Duncan McDougall and Mary McColl, parents of John McDougall born about 1858 apparently in Lismore. Enjoy learning about the region. Hope to visit in 2009. Thank you
Monday, December 29th 2008 - 07:34:31 AM Entry number: 33
Name: Stuart McDougall
E-mail: kapistu@shaw.ca
Location: Vancouver B.C. Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: Researching ancestors Duncan McDougall and Mary McColl, parents of John McDougall born about 1858 apparently in Lismore. Enjoy learning about the region. Hope to visit in 2009. Thank you
Saturday, December 20th 2008 - 06:01:42 PM Entry number: 32
Name: Geoff Eddington
E-mail: geoffeddington@gmail.com
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: I was searching Andrew Leishman & came across your site. My father born & raised in Linlithgow & his g'dad's burial headstone was located in the Palace Church site.
I've scanned your site & impressed with the detail you have at hand & catalogued. I will be taking more time to fully read in coming weeks.
Cheers
Geoff
Sunday, November 23rd 2008 - 02:54:36 AM Entry number: 31
Name: George Paterson
E-mail: rpat1175@bigpond.net.au
Location: Sydney Australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: I left Scotland when I was 11ys old, i lived in Edinburgh at 10 springwell place Dalry, still follow Hearts
Sunday, November 9th 2008 - 06:47:34 AM Entry number: 30
Name: April
E-mail: nv_scottie@yahoo.com
Location: Nevada
Interest: Family History
Comment: I am a direct decendant of the Leckie Clan and I appreciate all of the work you have done and submitted for others to read and share. Thank you for your dedication.
Thursday, October 30th 2008 - 02:16:13 AM Entry number: 29
Name: Molly Bowditch
E-mail: mollybow@xtra.co.nz
Location: Rotorua, New Zealand
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hello Tom, I have searched your census pages and found some McFarlanes that I have been looking for. Thank you!
One of my ancestors married Christina Isabella Kerr born 12 June 1854 daughter of William Kerr and Margaret Paterson and that, in a roundabout way, is how I came upon you website.
Tuesday, October 28th 2008 - 03:38:29 PM Entry number: 28
Name: marilyn anne love
E-mail: fetchdelivers@shaw.ca
Location: calgary, alberta, canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: I'm researching my maternal lines of Buchannan/Butler/Ferrand/Coll circa 1759 Baldernock, Campsie and Torrance.
thanks for access to the information on Baldernock. It was helpful to know what type of industries were there to attract my family to the area from Co. Donegal. It looks like the Buchannans and Butlers may have been from the local area, still trying to join the dots. Any information on any of these family names greatly appreciated.
marilyn L
Monday, October 27th 2008 - 01:39:13 AM Entry number: 27
Name: Lunn
E-mail: len.norasmith@shaw.ca
Location: Ontario,Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: Nice site--lots of info. Looking for any other missing links to the Alexander Paterson of Kilmany,Fife line. I am the gr-gr-gr-grandaughter of the "Missionary Of Kilmany:memoir of Alexander Paterson with notices of Robert Edie".Alexander was an early convert of Thomas Chalmers His life spanned 1790-1851,was married to Elizabeth Horn(e) of Dairsie.One of his sons was David Horn(e) Paterson 1832-1871.David Horn(e) was married to Janet Stillie.One child was named David Hugh Cleghorn Paterson 1868-1940,my great Grandfather.His son was David Roy Paterson.Would love to make contact with any of Patersons from this line
Sunday, October 26th 2008 - 02:30:36 AM Entry number: 26
Name: Lunn
E-mail: len.norasmith@shaw.ca
Location: Ontario,Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: Nice Website,Mr. Paterson.Glad I found it while googling the Paterson name. Am looking for other connections(descendants) to my Paterson name. I'm the gr-gr-gr-grandaughter of "Missionary Of Kilmany:memoir of Alexander Paterson with notices of Robert Edie".(Early convert of Thomas Chalmers.)Alexander,1799-1851.Son David Horne Paterson(medical missionary),1832-1871.Son David Hugh Cleghorn Paterson,1868-1940.My Grandfather,David Roy Paterson,1895-1974.All these des. had siblings--this is just the condensed version.Would love to make contact with other long-lost relatives. Thanks
Friday, October 17th 2008 - 10:14:34 AM Entry number: 25
Name: Ian Bowie
E-mail: ibbowie@bigpond.net.au
Location: Australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: Seeking information about John Bowie of Larbert (age given as about 80 in the 1841 census, may be an incorrect transcription of 60). He was married to Ann Marshall (age about 60 in 1841). I am descended from his son David. Would like to know of records that might establish his birth and his marriage or marriages. His oldest son is said to have been born 1798; the year of son David's birth is unknown but he and two siblings appear to have been born 1798-1816, followed by four siblings 1816-23, which suggests the possibility that Ann Marshall was a second wife (a different possibility is that John was in the army during some or all of 1798-1816 but that, too, I dont know how to establish.
Saturday, October 4th 2008 - 06:42:48 AM Entry number: 24
Name: Chris Goldstraw
E-mail: goldies@westvic.com.au
Location: Australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: Someone from a mmailing list sent me your website. I'm working on my line of Rae from Stirlingshire and it has been most helpful.
It is a wonderful site.
Cheers Chris
Thursday, October 2nd 2008 - 03:35:27 AM Entry number: 23
Name: Patricia Lackey
E-mail: patlackey@rogers.com
Location: Ottawa Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi: I have been doing research on the Neilsons of Craigcaffie Scotland and Urney and Radamen Ireland. Family tradition says that the Neilsons of Ireland were Presbyterian ministers and that they were part of the Ulster Scots plantation. That Joseph Neilson of Urney was sent from Craigcaffie after being finded for his Presbyterianism. Would like to correspond with any Neilson relatives.
Saturday, September 13th 2008 - 12:20:52 PM Entry number: 22
Name: John Moore
E-mail: moore_pld31@yahoo.co.uk
Location: Kirkintilloch
Interest: Local History
Comment: I looked up this site because I have an interest in the local history of the area and the geology, including the diverse wild life. My wife Sylvia and I now have the pleasure of moving to the village, hopefully to settle there for the remainder of our days. Great site. Maybe see you there some day Tom - buy you a drink in the Fintry Inn! We know Kenny & Senga well.
Cheers
John & Sylvia
Thursday, September 11th 2008 - 04:52:06 PM Entry number: 21
Name: Chris Martin Paterson
E-mail: chris.mp@hotmail.co.uk
Location: Hull uk
Interest: Family History
Comment: Was intrested to find out about my Family history, Grandparants George and Louis Paterson Hull(died) Father is Micheal Anthony Paterson and his brothers are David Paterson and Stuart Paterson , I beleive that My grandparents Ancestors are from PaPa westray orkney isles any info would be nice Thanks Chris Paterson age 51
Thursday, September 11th 2008 - 01:46:59 PM Entry number: 20
Name: Hugh Magee
E-mail: mageehugh@hotmail.com
Location: Ireland
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://mageehugh@hotmail.com
Comment: I am a G G Grandson of Thomas Lidwell who was born 1812,married Delia Russell,and seems to have gone to Tasmania.Why?.He did not return and is reported to have died there a few years later.
Was Thomas Lidwell,b 1750,ever really transported to Australia according to sentence? He also seems to have disappeared.
Saturday, August 9th 2008 - 10:29:32 AM Entry number: 19
Name: jean
E-mail: old.jean@gmail.com
Location: Australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi
I also have Maxwell and Patterson in family tree
I was tring to see if there a connection.
Regards jean
Tuesday, August 5th 2008 - 07:23:30 PM Entry number: 18
Name: Hilary Fletcher
E-mail: hilary.fletcher2@btinternet.com
Location: Cleveleys Lancs England
Interest: Family History
Comment: While researching my mothers family I entered Kerse Brock into the search engine (not expecting to find anything!)as my grandparents George Rankine and Susan Rankine (nee McFarlane) worked or lived there at some point around the 1920-24.
My mother Martha Rankine mentioned Kerse Brock frequently when talking "days gone by"
Tuesday, July 22nd 2008 - 07:37:50 AM Entry number: 17
Name: SUE HILL (NEE PENMAN )
E-mail: KNSHILL@BIGPOND.COM
Location: AUSTRALIA
Interest: Local History
Comment: AFTER INFO ON ROBERT PENMAN BORN 1739 AUCHTERRAN FIFE MARIED
IN AIRTH Prish to Jean Muirhead jan 1767
Wednesday, July 16th 2008 - 04:10:12 PM Entry number: 16
Name: anne
E-mail: anneheg@btinternet.com
Location: livingston west lothian scotland
Interest: Family History
Comment: Dear Tom
Came upon your sight by accident but found we have acommon name in ancestors ie Binnie.
My furthest back Binnie is Alexander Binnie born ?? who married Helen Binnie or Bonnie born Wester Kingscavil Linlithgow 12th June 1764. They were married 7th NOV 1756 in Linlithgow and at that time he was a servant at Kingscavil.
I cannot find an accurate birth for Alexander but have come across 2 possibilities one 1730 in Carriden and one in
1728 in Falkirk.
Maybe you could help me with this research
Your sight A1 glad I found it
Anne (nee Binnie )
Wednesday, July 16th 2008 - 03:07:54 AM Entry number: 15
Name: Thomas Paterson (Tom)
E-mail: patersonthomas@msn.com
Location: Adelaide Australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: Dont know of a connection but I was born 8-10-61 in bangour Maternity HospitalBroxburn in the county of Uphall in the district of West Lothian my father is John Paterson (coal miner) and mother is Margaret (nee mcLaughlin)worked in the fish markets
Sunday, July 13th 2008 - 03:53:59 AM Entry number: 14
Name: Cathy Munro Stevens
E-mail: CM.STEV@xtra.co.nz
Location: Dunedin NZ
Interest: Family History
Comment: Have only started looking through your site and I am sure I will keep going back. Great resource! Have family links through Bo'Ness, Reddingmuirhead, Polmont,Muiravonside, Slamannan and Shotts etc. My grandfather was mentioned in the rescue of the 1923 Redding Pit disaster. Would love to get some photos from c1914 - 1950 from around the Redding/Reddingmuirhead area - the time my father grew up and especially if anyone went to school around that area from 1919 - 1929. My father Alexander Hill drove Alexanders' buses around the Falkirk area and also the SMT long distance buses to the borders and to London.
Thanks Tom for a great site.
Saturday, July 12th 2008 - 05:29:20 PM Entry number: 13
Name: Ann
E-mail: ann@lemessurier.ca
Location: Canada
Interest: Things Scottish
Comment: I have only just found your site. It looks very interesting. I hope that I may find some one else on your site who is interested in the same family that I am researching. I am a g.g.grand daughter of John Stevenson, the whiskey distiller of Oban, Scotland. He was born in 1800 in England, died 1869 in Oban.
Friday, July 4th 2008 - 09:05:38 AM Entry number: 12
Name: Robert Seaton
E-mail: rg5023XXX@gmail.com
Location: Australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: Great site. I'm looking, looking... always looking. Trying to find my rellies.
I think my grandmother on my fathers side was Catherine Aitken and Grandfather was Alexander Seaton. My father, Robert Aitken Seaton married my mother, Agnes Cairns McLelland.
I know that there is also an Audrey Graham thrown in there somewhere.
if anyone can help, send me an email or two.
Thanks again for your site. Cheers and all the best.
Rob
Thursday, June 19th 2008 - 10:27:02 PM Entry number: 11
Name: Althea Craig
E-mail: altheavpc@hotmail.com
Location: Auburn, WA
Interest: Family History
Comment: I am looking at everything that has the name SIM and HARROWER for my several times great grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. I donot have a tree on the net yet, however a mother-in-law, Carol Haas, of a DIXON cousin does on Roots web. My gg grandmother is Hannah Harrower m:James Sim, my gg grandfather. Their son Walter m:Elizabeth Dixon, my g grendparents. I am trying to get as much of as many branches as I can.
Thursday, June 19th 2008 - 01:59:26 AM Entry number: 10
Name: catherine lyons
E-mail: dc_lyons@hotmail.com
Location: australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi Wonderful website, I am related to john baird born muiravonside 1766?? -cant find his parents?? married to elizabeth rae. I am i looking for families who have the surnames - hutchison, mcfarlane, baird, buglass.
Hoping someone can help me. Cathy.
Tuesday, June 3rd 2008 - 08:04:42 PM Entry number: 9
Name: Cheryl
E-mail: PuppyKittyMax@aol.com
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Interest: Family History
Comment: I started out searching the various web sites to find out information on my mother's side of family (Mahaffey and Olwell (sometimes spelled Alwell). I was absolutely astonished when I found my dad's surname, Lauth (originally, I believed, spelled Louth) in the Scottish and Irish records.
According to what I've found, my dad's ancestor was beheaded by Oliver Cromwell and the entire family fled to Germany. I can only presume the information about once having been Irish or Scottish was not talked about in Germany out of fear of retaliation from Lord Cromwell. By the time Lord Cromwell had passed away, no one probably remember the history.
Can you help me find out more about my mother's or dad's history in Ireland or Scotland,
Thanks so much for any help you can provide.
Saturday, May 24th 2008 - 10:52:59 PM Entry number: 8
Name: Barbara Tarplee
E-mail: barbara.tarplee@talktalk.net
Location: Birmingham England
Interest: Family History
Comment: this is the first time I have viewed your site and discover that we are linked distantly.My 3xgreatgran was Helen Rae,in my tree is Elizabeth McLuckie who married George Rae.Icame across your web site through an article in Birmingham Evening Mail and was surprised to find a connection when I started viewing the 1881 census,so just had to leave you a message.Best Regards Barbara
Thursday, May 15th 2008 - 10:19:38 PM Entry number: 7
Name: Janet Birt
Comment: Hi Tom, just got into you sight,magic, i grew up in skinflats,i was in the first class to go from the old kirk bothkennar, to the new school skinflats. The first headmaster at the new school was Mr Reid, my name then was Jeanette Davidson.I lived in Zetland place for many years.I have many fond thoughts of Skinflats and my childhood growing up there, the little shop at the back of the hall, the co-op, the two forests where children played safe for hours, the park with its soccer field.The bing.The thoughts of my dear friends i grew up with.Thanks for the memorys Tom. janet birt.
Tuesday, May 13th 2008 - 04:37:15 PM Entry number: 6
Name: marion bowes
E-mail: marion.bowes@btinternet.com
Location: blackburn west lothian
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi Tom,
I was wondering if you can answer a question for me, while researching my family tree I have came across my gggmothers death she was drowned in the canal she stayed in maddison in the year of 1899, would that have been in the local paper at that time and what would that local paper be called, her name was an Elizabeth Wilson and she was 49 years old I think that she was missing for 2 days prior to them finding her body, can you help me please,
Thanking you
Mrs. Marion Bowes
Monday, May 12th 2008 - 09:22:58 PM Entry number: 5
Name: william nelson
E-mail: wllm_neilson@yahoo.com
Location: ms.
Interest: Family History
Comment: Previous post should be EGAN and humphries which seems to be ONEILL and R1B1C7(R1B1B2e niall modal haplotype).There were 3 sons of neill earl of carrick and one,william,had lands in craigo,angus and we dna to angus and fife so he should be our ancestor,and a neilson of craigcaffie.The strabane tyrone homepage has our ancestor,thomas the signer,as a member and ulster and north ireland dna,plus,a dna study at ftdna has a close match with a oneill royal line and this is good proof we are oneills.Close stuart matches and book referncences make them our cousisns,sorenson dna database.The william,above,has land records in the great seal charter so is reliable with the dna matching.The neilsons were said extinct but are not and they were said to be oneill and both seem true.Close matches in renfrew are close to the stuarts of bute neilsons.Matching book data(and stories)with dna can help define families.
Sunday, March 23rd 2008 - 01:30:11 PM Entry number: 4
Name: Dorothy Cruse
E-mail: gewalt@worldonline.co.za
Location: South Africa
Interest: Family History
Comment: Thanks Tom, this site is great. A lot of my relatives lived in the Camelon area. Most of them were nailers living in George Square, Camelon.
On the Cruse side a lot of them lived in Bonnybridge area and worked as ironworks labourers.
Kind regards,
Dorothy
Tuesday, March 11th 2008 - 12:46:24 AM Entry number: 3
Name: john hayes
E-mail: birdnest@speednet.com.au
Location: sydney australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: hi there
i was sent here by a web page i am looking for a john hayes who may or may not have come to south-australia from ireland he had a son names jame hayes who in 1888 married a lady name ann theresa conole they had a number of kids one being james patrick hayes who is my grand father he married a native woman named margaret louisa green but she changed her name on the wedding papers to read louisa margaret speck
dropping the name green and taking on her new step fathers name of speck they are all from south-australia like my seft i would love to hear from any body who knows of this family other names married into this family are goss,bassett,revell,poulton,
Friday, February 29th 2008 - 11:27:50 PM Entry number: 2
Name: lesley young (nee currie)
E-mail: jambojohn1951@yahoo.co.uk
Location: scotland
Interest: Other
Comment: I have been looking for the parents of George Corbet born around 1830 and had been given this site address by a Genes Reunited user. I am not sure if any of the Corbets listed are the ones I am looking for. Can anyone help. Please. This George Corbet married an Annie Armstrong and had as far as I know one daughter called Annie born around 1855 and married a Charles Blackwood who is listed in the Blackwood site they were married in January 1880 in Stirling.
Monday, February 25th 2008 - 01:38:38 AM Entry number: 1
Name: Paul Smith
E-mail: paul12344@embarqmail.com
Location: centrL Virginia, USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: Just a quick look so far. I'm tracking Davidson starting back from Alexander Davidson teacher of the Infant School in Elgin. Currently trying to verify his father Alexander of St Monance. Got to work on that. Enjoy what you have on your site.
Paul Smith
Saturday, February 23rd 2008 - 02:40:51 PM Entry number: 142
Name: William Silcock
Location: Nortnern Ireland
Interest: Family History
Comment: Enjoyed ur web site
Thursday, February 21st 2008 - 07:33:30 PM Entry number: 141
Name: robert
E-mail: ron@zz.pl
Location: bristol
Interest: Other
Web site: http://reikimastery.wordpress.com/
Comment: thanks for really great stories and all your website
Wednesday, February 20th 2008 - 12:05:52 AM Entry number: 140
Name: Edith Johnston
E-mail: edith49_uk@yahoo.co.uk
Location: Lasswade, Midlothian
Interest: Family History
Comment: very helpful site. I found it interesting.
Monday, February 18th 2008 - 04:12:52 AM Entry number: 139
Name: Wesley Laird
E-mail: bamalaw1@yahoo.com
Location: Opp, Alabama
Interest: Family History
Wednesday, January 30th 2008 - 12:47:53 PM Entry number: 138
Name: lisa langford
E-mail: lisalangford72@btinternet.com
Location: oxford
Interest: Family History
Comment: im looking for my father neil massie in peterhead ,area , he had with my mother in oxford,and left to settle in scotland just after i was born ,36 yrs ago
Monday, January 28th 2008 - 04:41:21 AM Entry number: 137
Name: Dolina Barker
E-mail: barker.d@xtra.co.nz
Location: French Farm, Akaroa, N.Z.
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://www.bantrylodge.co.nz
Comment: Mother was Margaret Dunn Gardiner, daughter of Margaret Goodwin, grandaughter of Margaret Geddes,and cousin of Tom Macgregor.
Wednesday, January 23rd 2008 - 09:35:47 PM Entry number: 136
Name: Chris Born
E-mail: gunman2110@gmx.de
Location: germany
Interest: Other
Web site: http://www.zeocom.de
Comment: Hi there! Google sends me to this page :)
A bunch of information you put together on this site!
Greetings from Germany!
Saturday, January 19th 2008 - 04:42:03 AM Entry number: 135
Name: Joe Walker
E-mail: jwalker85@hotmail.com
Location: SAn Antonio Texas
Interest: Local History
Comment: Glad to have found this site, Joe
Sunday, January 13th 2008 - 05:32:48 AM Entry number: 134
Name: Debbie Paterson (nee Pringle)
E-mail: debbiepringle@blueyonder.co.uk
Location: Edinburgh
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi, i was looking up my Hubbies surname, his father was William Paterson married to Eileen Paterson (nee Judge) both of Glasgow. I was very interested to see the link with the surnames Pringle and Paterson. it's a great site well done,
Thursday, January 10th 2008 - 02:21:26 AM Entry number: 133
Name: Richard Hannah
E-mail: rickdkareng@aol.com
Location: Adrian, Michigan
Interest: Family History
Comment: James Hannah, one of the victims, was my father's cousin. My father was also named James Hannah.
Sunday, January 6th 2008 - 04:12:47 PM Entry number: 132
Name: Isabella Taylor
E-mail: isabeltaylor17@yahoo.co.uk
Location: Falkirk
Interest: Family History
Comment: My Grandfather Robert Taylor was born in Threaprigg Farm on the 4th Aug. 1871. I always knew that his Father was Alexander Taylor but I was unaware of my Great Grandmother name(Helen Greenaway)or where she came from(Carron).
I came across this site by accident and I have now been able to find out the names of his brother and sisters. Something that none of the family seemed to know.
I have now been able to find out a lot more about my family as a result of your website.
Thanks a million.
Isabel Taylor
Friday, January 4th 2008 - 08:01:26 PM Entry number: 131
Name: Francisco Bravo
E-mail: sobres07@yahoo.com
Location: Guadalajara ,Mexico
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://www.themostseenwebpage.com
Comment:
Nice Site dude, congratulations!
Thursday, December 27th 2007 - 01:06:11 AM Entry number: 130
Name: billy nelson
E-mail: wllm_neilson@yahoo.com
Location: ms. U.S.A.
Interest: Family History
Comment: R1B1C7 haplotype and elder and humphries dna matching seem to confirm we,nelsons,are neilsons of craigcaffie and strabane tyrone oneills.Various references say the say but the dna is definitive.
Saturday, December 22nd 2007 - 06:21:23 PM Entry number: 129
Name: Avril Hill
E-mail: avrilhill@aol.com
Location: Kent
Interest: Family History
Comment: Great informative web site, I came upon you by accident I was looking for Industrial school Stirling.Ancestors lived in St Ninians. You have given me several new sites to look up. Avril
Thursday, December 6th 2007 - 04:57:32 AM Entry number: 128
Name: Sally Paterson
E-mail: sally.paterson@gmail.com
Location: Australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: I was looking for information on the Paterson Clan. The work is very interesting. Will keep checking into it.
Cheers,
Monday, December 3rd 2007 - 10:07:49 PM Entry number: 127
Name: Lizbeth Freebairn
E-mail: lizbethfreebairn@ihug.co.nz
Location: New Zealand
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi Tom, What a fantastic site. I chanced upon it and found several missing families - McPhee and McIntyre - who I had given up on. It's a real goldmine for anyone doing research in this part of Stirlingshire. I've used it a lot. Thanks
Saturday, November 24th 2007 - 09:02:39 PM Entry number: 126
Name: Ian Macaulay
E-mail: johni.macaulay@btopenworld.com
Location: Wembley, Middlesex
Interest: Local History
Comment: As a Whitecross lad I was interested in the BBC article on the rare orchids found on Almond bing. It refered to Muiravonside Colliery being close at hand. News to me given that I had covered all that area and my grandparents lived at Causewayend insight of the Almond bing. So I started searching for Muiravonside Colliery. I knew the limekilns and old coal working on the Muiravonside Estate, now the Country Park but could not place a name to the coal workings. Anyway the search led me to this site and in conjuction with 6" scale maps I found Muiravonside Colliery. I am amazed at the wealth of knowledge on this site. I have spent hours scanning the site and enjoyed every minute.
Thursday, November 22nd 2007 - 01:24:43 PM Entry number: 125
Name: DANIEL DUNLOP
E-mail: dunlop49@hotmail.co.uk
Location: Bathgate, West Lothian.
Interest: Family History
Comment: I had been researching the Fowlers from Slamannan,My grandmother, Clementina, was born there in 1863, and came upon your site when searching anything to do with that village.Up to that point there seemed little information available. Suddenly I was faced with a massive amount of material on the Fowlers through the census for 1881. I just could not believe my luck. This has resulted in a tremendous improvement to my family tree. Please accept my heartfelt thanks. How easy would research be if there were more people like you out there! Have recommended you to all my correspondents. Keep up the good work.
Wednesday, November 21st 2007 - 08:36:30 PM Entry number: 124
Name: Robert Tulloch
E-mail: bobbytulloch@aol.com
Location: Coatbridge, Lanarkshire
Interest: Family History
Comment: I have traced my GGGG Parents to marriage in 1792 at Muiravonside,namely William Tulloch & Susan Alexander. I have found Susan's Parents but have not been able to confirm John's. I have a hunch he may have come to Polmont area from North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands. Going by the traditional method of naming offspring his Father would be John & his Mother Christian. Using the I.G.I.the only likely
match is "John Tulloch & Christian Tulloch" who had a son William born 1765 in North Ronaldsay. What I am trying to
establish is if there are any records which mention William's place of birth, eg tombstone, church records,farm
records,rent records or other miscellaneous local records.
He was living in Bennetstown at the time of his son John's
baptism at Muiravonside Church. Any help or suggestions will
be appreciated. Bob Tulloch (aged 76)
Tuesday, November 20th 2007 - 04:08:49 AM Entry number: 123
Name: Andrew Graham
E-mail: dragon223@bigpond.com
Location: New South Wales Australia
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://www.dragon223@bigpond.com
Comment: I have relatives who are living or lived in Grangemouth. My cousin Ellen Kane married Billy McEwen and moved to Grangemouth in I think the late 60's their offspring played in the local pipe band and at one time came here to Australia to play, I have not met with them or have I had contact with my cousin, she had a sister called Margaret who married Jim Armitage in Cowie Stirlingshire, she also had two brothers named Jim and Frank Kane, I would like to make contact with all or either My mother and father were Andy and Johan Graham, we lived in Larkhall prior to emigrating to Australia in 1964 Maggie and Bob Kane were
my aunt and uncle as well as the parents of the above family members.
Monday, November 12th 2007 - 01:53:46 PM Entry number: 122
Name: Kelly Shaw
E-mail: kjshaw4682@charter.net
Location: Bicknell , Indiana , USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: I am looking for family information regarding the Shaw's from Slamannan , According to the census records provided on this site they were there in 1881. Any help would be greatly appreciated .
Sunday, November 11th 2007 - 02:38:57 AM Entry number: 121
Name: Dan Meffen
E-mail: dmeff52@aol.com
Location: USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: Looking for my Family History. The Meffen line runs from Fintry to Massachusetts, USA
Sunday, November 4th 2007 - 11:58:12 AM Entry number: 120
Name: john hayes
E-mail: birdnest@speednet.com.au
Location: sydney australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: hi there
i am trying to trace my hayes family tree from ireland with out much luck .
i am looking for a john hayes who came to south-australia australia with his son james there may have been moore family members i dont know nor do i know if john had a wife with him or not.
james hayes was born about 1862 in ireland some time after he came to south-australia australia .
he married anne conole they had about 10 kids my grand-father being jame patrick hayes who married a native female named margaret louisa green in port pirrie south-australia they then had my father james edward hayes .
if any body can help please do i would be so gratefull
thanks
john & marsha hayes
Monday, October 29th 2007 - 04:56:53 AM Entry number: 119
Name: Kevin McGee
E-mail: kmcgee1974@yahoo.com
Location: Chicago
Interest: Family History
Comment: Found your site by entering my grandmother's maided name. Her name was Helen O'Grady, daughter of Waller O'Grady from Cappamore, Co. Limerick. I have a picture in my living room of his father, I believe John or Hugh O'Grady. Waller married Nora Gleason from Pallas Greene in Chicago. Drove through Cappamore in Sept. '06 as my wife went to med school in Dublin. Would like to hear more about the O'Grady's if possible!
Saturday, October 27th 2007 - 06:56:58 PM Entry number: 118
Name: Duncan Sutherland
E-mail: dsutherland@athenique.com
Location: Poulsbo, Washington, USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: Much of my ancestral history in the 1700's and early 1800's centered around Larbert
Thursday, October 25th 2007 - 09:09:55 PM Entry number: 136
Name: Robin Hardie
E-mail: robinhardie105@hotmail.com
Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hello,
My father, Alfred Hardie was born in Kippen in
1906 and had one brother and sister. My grandfather was George Hardie and he married Margret Kenny. My great grandfather was also named alfred and he married June ??
Any futher information or contacts for reseach would be greatfully received. Thank you.
Tuesday, October 23rd 2007 - 04:35:07 PM Entry number: 135
Name: Joanne Neyman Price
E-mail: iteachce@aol.com
Location: Edinburg Pennsylvania USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: Looking for information on my grandmother Margaret T. O'Neill born in Stirlingshire iam CameroScotlandlate 1800's. she eminigrated to the USA at the age of 14 Father Patrick O'neill She had a brother Patrick in the military and a sister mary Ann who married Wlln in 1890
Monday, October 22nd 2007 - 09:07:36 PM Entry number: 134
Name: john dunn
E-mail: scarva94@gmail.com
Location: england
Interest: Family History
Comment: looking for bankiers.edinburgh
Thursday, October 18th 2007 - 09:52:25 AM Entry number: 133
Name: Valerie Torrance
E-mail: valatorrance@hotmail.co.uk
Location: Dartford Kent
Interest: Family History
Comment: Thankyou for a fantastic site. As you can see I am a Torrance by marriage.I have details of the most recent Torrances. One of whom is married to a Paterson.
Good Luck in your research
Val
Saturday, October 13th 2007 - 04:54:05 PM Entry number: 132
Name: MRS MARY CHRISTINE STEAD (nee SMART)
E-mail: marystead@talktalk.net
Location: Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire
Interest: Family History
Comment: My father was John Smart and his father, Francis Smart, this latter Christian name featuring many times back through the years. We have a handwritten history of births, marriages and deaths going back to 1793. Some of this was when the Antiburghers went to America but returned again to Leith, from where Grandad originated.
The Christian Bookshop in Edinburgh have heard of one name in the history, i.e. Rev. Andrew Smart.
Recently retired, it is my intention to go as far back as possible but the above is all I know at present.
Friday, October 12th 2007 - 09:00:29 PM Entry number: 131
Name: Sharon Baker
E-mail: sharonlbaker2003@yahoo.com
Location: Sevierville, Tennessee US
Interest: Family History
Comment: I am a Malcolm and I'm working on my family history. I have several pictures and names of my ancestors. I think the oldest is that of William Malcolm. I'm not sure if it's the same William Malcolm in your family tree, but it was very interesting to read what history you have.
Wednesday, October 10th 2007 - 10:50:57 PM Entry number: 130
Name: Stephen Crown
E-mail: management@infiniteadvice.com
Interest: Local History
Web site: http://www.infiniteadvice.com
Comment: You have a great website.
It is interesting to figure out how psychic ancestry is to be looked into.
Wednesday, October 10th 2007 - 12:35:50 PM Entry number: 129
Name: Helsexer
E-mail: aol@dsueli.de
Location: helsexerli
Interest: Things Scottish
Web site: http://www.sexblatt.de
Comment: Wirklich gute Geschichten hastdu hier besonders die mit den Hobbyhuren gfällt mir gut.
Friday, September 28th 2007 - 08:16:43 AM Entry number: 128
Name: Gerry Keenan
E-mail: gerryceltic@hotmail.com
Location: Maidstone, Kent
Interest: Family History
Comment: Have traced my GR. GR. grandfather back to Bothkennar, David McCulloch who married Jean Rae in 1854. His son William whom had a large family,one of them being Jean who married Michael Keenan, my grandparents.
It is nice to find a informative website for such a small area, and it gives me my next challenge to find out which of the McCullochs of the area were related. Many thanks
Gerry Keenan.
PS.Don,t tell anyone, but I originally came from Blackburn
Wednesday, September 26th 2007 - 12:12:43 AM Entry number: 127
Name: Jim Crawford
E-mail: jimcrawford40@hotmail.com
Location: St. John's, Newfoundland
Interest: Family History
Comment: Very interesting site. The Airth census provides information on my forebears. Hugh Crawford and family lived in Airth during this time. My great-great grandfather, Harry who was also a son, but had probably left home by the time of the census.
I'm thinking of travelling to Airth next year and see the town where my ancestors hailed from.
Are there any Crawfords left in the region today?
Jim Crawford
Thursday, September 20th 2007 - 04:43:22 PM Entry number: 126
Name: Donald Malcolm Shephard
E-mail: shephard@ns.sympatico.ca
Location: Nova Scotia
Interest: Family History
Comment: Interested in Malcolm family from Balfron area
Wednesday, September 19th 2007 - 07:01:31 PM Entry number: 125
Name: Char MacDowell
E-mail: macdowelldussault@sympatico.ca
Location: Montreal,Quebec.Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: My father was born in 1907 in Dundee,Scotland.He came to Canada with his 11 brother's and sisters and parents in 1912. I would like to know if there are any relatives still there.His parents were George and Euphemia (nee Ireland) Some cousins went to Virginia.
Friday, September 14th 2007 - 11:44:44 PM Entry number: 124
Name: Jeannie Tunney
E-mail: jmtunney@xplornet.ca
Location: Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: I found my ggggrand father and ggggrandmother on my mother's side in your Larbert Marriages 1760 to 1875. They are William Cowan and Bethia Steel. I also found my ggg grandfather and gggrandmother there. They are William Cowan and Christina Grierson. My g grandmother and g grandfather were born in Larbert. Their names were David Hardie and Lillias Cowan.My Grandmother, Lillias Cowan Hardie and my Grandfather Alexander Cockburn were both born there. My Mother Jessie Cockburn was born in Camelon, and my father Alexander Kay Ferguson, was born in Hamilton. My brother and Sisters and I were born in Canada. Thanks for the help. Jeannie
Tuesday, September 11th 2007 - 02:10:36 PM Entry number: 123
Name: rodger
E-mail: rodgermcdodger@googlemail.com
Location: uk
Interest: Family History
Comment: thanksfor a wonderfull little read
feel free to email me rodgermcdodger@googlemail.com
Tuesday, August 28th 2007 - 06:53:47 PM Entry number: 122
Name: Thomas Paterson
E-mail: tomxmipatxersxon@hotmail.com
Location: Wolverhampton
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi Most of my family are from Kilmarnock Scotland my grandfather came down to england and married my grandmother Irene small maybe related feel free to give me a email removing the x's of course cheers bye
Tuesday, August 21st 2007 - 10:35:09 PM Entry number: 121
Name: robert jack
E-mail: rfjack@aol.com
Location: maddiston, falkirk
Interest: Family History
Comment: great site, used it for sometime.
Tuesday, August 21st 2007 - 08:55:50 PM Entry number: 120
Name: Grant KEOUGH
E-mail: grantkeo@comcast.net
Location: Grosse Pointe, MI USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: Performing genealogical work on Thomas THORNTON who was enumerated at 18 Raploch Village in Stirling Parish, Stirlingshire in 1861, He immigrated to WI, USA in this same year. Hence to IOWA in 1871. Farmer that produced at least 12 children including a physican.
Monday, August 20th 2007 - 10:42:19 PM Entry number: 119
Name: Sally Thompson
E-mail: salthomp@hotmail.co.uk
Location: Belfast , Northern Ireland
Interest: Family History
Web site: http:// Internet Explorer
Comment: Hi,have read your some of your guest book I am trying to trace my family history of my dad's his name is James Hawthorne Millan I know his Grandfather was a Scots man his name was james Hawthorne my dad's mum was called Sarah she was born about 1901 she married man called James Millan my granda died around 1929 my dad was quite young can't find out anything about my grandparents how did you get started.
Kind Regards
Sally
Sunday, August 19th 2007 - 01:07:04 PM Entry number: 118
Name: Anne Gilfillan McLay Aitchson nee Campbell
E-mail: anneaitchison@yahoo.co.uk
Location: Stenhousemuir Scotland
Interest: Family History
Comment: I came on this web site trying to find one ancester and I've found dozens. Originally from Airth, Stirlingshire, it's well seen that they didn't have television in those days, or transport. I find that I'm related to almost everyone in the village. Great site, keep up the good work.
Saturday, August 18th 2007 - 03:31:16 PM Entry number: 117
Name: Alan Forrester
E-mail: atfrrstr@charter.net
Location: Michigan
Interest: Family History
Comment: Thanks for your work, which interested me because my Forrester great grandfather was born in 1830 in Stirlingshire and moved to Canada in 1872. I've been trying to learn where he was born, so through your kindness I now have some more clues about "the clan."
Best wishes. ATF.
Sunday, August 12th 2007 - 01:26:23 AM Entry number: 116
Name: Lance Paterson
E-mail: lp_flames_fan@yahoo.ca
Location: Alberta Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: Just looking for a family history and any relations i have, I know my family is from Banff and my dad and grandfather are both George Paterson, any information would be great.
Thursday, July 19th 2007 - 09:10:40 PM Entry number: 115
Name: Nelson Dickens
E-mail: bachcha87@hotmail.com
Location: USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: great site awesome graphics
Wednesday, July 11th 2007 - 12:51:56 PM Entry number: 114
Name: julia lord ..Paterson before married
E-mail: martinandjuliauk@aol.com
Location: cumbria
Interest: Family History
Comment: trying to find limks to paterson family can you help
Wednesday, July 4th 2007 - 04:30:48 AM Entry number: 113
Name: Brian James Mitchell
E-mail: bm1tchell@xtra.co.nz
Location: New Zealand
Interest: Family History
Comment: have tracked down relatives to Alexander Mitchell who married jane mackenzie 4.4.1807 and was searching when I found this site
Tuesday, July 3rd 2007 - 01:00:11 PM Entry number: 112
Name: John Jackson
E-mail: ecoei@yahoo.co.uk
Location: In Spian
Interest: Family History
Comment: I am putting together my family tree and found your site. Thank you very much. Your site has helped me find my Grandmother and her family who came from Airth. There name is Pepper. I am unable to find info on my grandfather though. Both lived in Airth as a married couple, but it looks like my Granfather moved to Airth afer the 1881 census. His name was John Jackson and he married Marion Pepper.
Anyway, I can't thank you enough.
Kind Regards,
John Jackson
Friday, June 29th 2007 - 09:06:31 PM Entry number: 111
Name: Jennifer
E-mail: lostinengland2006@yahoo.co.uk
Location: Canada
Interest: Things Scottish
Comment: Welcome to all things Scottish, where our motto is: If it's not Scottish, it's crap! LOL, classic SNL skit for a classic site. Keep up the good work.
Monday, June 25th 2007 - 12:01:11 AM Entry number: 110
Name: Carol Anne McKernan
E-mail: carolmce@btinternet.com
Location: Ballymena
Interest: Family History
Comment: iI would just like to find out more about polemaise mine as my papa and his brother worked in it and also my uncle worked my papa's name was Jim McMurchy and my uncle is Donald McMurchy so if anyone could help me out i would be totally greatful Thankyou
Saturday, June 23rd 2007 - 06:23:48 PM Entry number: 109
Name: Gimel
E-mail: admin@freepsychicnetwork.com
Location: USA
Interest: Other
Web site: http://www.freepsychicnetwork.com/
Comment: This is a very interesting site. have you considered other nationalities family trees? Are Kelts from Scotland. I always wondered if druids, psychics, or other para normal (besides the Loch Ness Monster)phenomonon were attributed to Scotland.
Friday, June 22nd 2007 - 12:18:27 PM Entry number: 108
Name: ALA OWERRI
E-mail: owerri@msn.com
Location: usa
Interest: Other
Web site: http://myspace.com
Comment: this is an intrestig site keep up the good work
Saturday, June 16th 2007 - 11:52:05 PM Entry number: 107
Name: Carol Anne Mckernan nee(mcelroy)
E-mail: carolmce@btinternet.com
Location: Cloughmills Co Antrim Northern Ireland
Interest: Family History
Comment: I was just trying to find out about my ancesters who worked in the polmont pit i know that my pappa jim mcmurchy and my uncle donald worked in it but i think there were more off my relatives worked here to so if anyone could put more lite into my family history i would be very greatful thankyou
Saturday, June 16th 2007 - 10:39:29 AM Entry number: 106
Name: Jennifer McFadden
Location: Motherwell,Scotland
Interest: Family History
Comment: My Grandfathers name is william Ure!
Wednesday, June 13th 2007 - 12:07:56 PM Entry number: 105
Name: David Wedgbrow
E-mail: Dw012f0701@blueyonder.co.uk
Location: Birmingham UK.
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hello Tom you dont know me or perhaps you do?
my name is David Wedgbrow Born 12/07/ 1946 I have a pretty comprehensive Wedgbrow family tree about 266 Wedgbrows then their spouses & siblings amounting to 372
should you need any help with your quest. Iwould be Glad to help PS My wife is a Paterson.
Thursday, June 7th 2007 - 08:55:10 PM Entry number: 104
Name: aytac
E-mail: gregor@egegelisim.org
Location: turkey
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://www.egegelisim.org
Comment: very nice design.
Tuesday, June 5th 2007 - 06:43:19 PM Entry number: 103
Name: Kyle
E-mail: iaoshkyle@gmail.com
Location: USA
Interest: Other
Web site: http://proxytor.net
Comment: Very nice website. Keep up the good work!
Sunday, May 27th 2007 - 04:54:13 PM Entry number: 102
Name: Brian Connor
E-mail: tubatalk03@yahoo.co.uk
Location: Watford UK
Interest: Local History
Comment: Thanks for doing this site, it has brought me a insight to the place where I grew up and a understading of life how it is and how it use to be.
Monday, May 14th 2007 - 02:57:12 PM Entry number: 101
Name: JENNY
E-mail: maquis@maquis.karoo.co.uk
Location: England
Interest: Family History
Comment: A terrific site. I came here looking for HUNTER ancestors. I have a g-g-g-Grandad, Colin Hunter who on his son's marriage certificate at Kikcolm Wigtownshire in 1871 has the occupation of'HAWKER'. His wife was allegedly Margaret Howard but I have no proof they were even married. I have no idea where Colin was born nor where he went (apart from Wigtownshire-he might even be Irish or English) but I have had a lovely time looking through your amazing pages.Maybe someone out there has a 'travelling' ancestor like me and can help. Thank you for all your hard work.
Thursday, May 3rd 2007 - 03:04:36 PM Entry number: 100
Name: Russell Atkinson
E-mail: russell.atkinson@gmail.com
Location: Preston, Lancashire
Interest: Family History
Comment: What a helpful site.
I am researching my Scottish ancestors the Adam family from Campsie/Lennoxtown. They left the area around the mid nineteenth century and moved to central Glasgow.
Your site has helped to provide substance and colour to my researches - thank you.
If anyone can provide any links with the 18th century Adam family in this area I would be very grateful
Tuesday, May 1st 2007 - 04:27:58 PM Entry number: 99
Name: Ron
E-mail: ronhallberg@gmail.com
Location: central Illinois
Interest: Family History
Comment: 1881 East Stirlingshire census very helpful. Found many McLucky and McLuskie family members. Now, if I can just sort out which are related. Thanks.
Tuesday, May 1st 2007 - 08:24:21 AM Entry number: 98
Name: john tripney
E-mail: johntripney@tiscali.co.uk
Location: inverness(caldercruix is home though)
Interest: Family History
Comment: i was curious to find out how to go about sourcing a family history, i've googled the name which eventually got me here.
any advice would be appreciated.
thanks an advance.
Monday, April 30th 2007 - 01:44:15 AM Entry number: 97
Name: malcolm leckie
E-mail: maleckie@optusnet.com.au
Location: australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: have looked at your vg site over the years
so thought I'd say hi
it would be great if your attention moved further west via kippen along the old military rd towards glasgow ;^)
Sunday, April 29th 2007 - 11:37:56 PM Entry number: 96
Name: christine
E-mail: yorkshire123@blueyonder.co.uk
Location: england
Interest: Family History
Comment: The 1881 census is great
well done
found my folks really quickly
Chris
Saturday, April 28th 2007 - 02:57:38 PM Entry number: 95
Name: Ingrid Daley
E-mail: Inkyd@shaw.ca
Location: Canada, Thunder Bay
Interest: Other
Web site: http://same as above
Comment: I am looking for a very special individual, Julian Kelly, He resided at coursey Rd. N , London, England.Could you please try and find this person.
Thankyou, Ingrid daley, Have a great day.
Sunday, April 22nd 2007 - 11:53:57 PM Entry number: 94
Name: Judith bell
E-mail: jdthbll@yahoo.co.uk
Location: Kinross tayside
Interest: Family History
Comment: Looking for any one related to my late grandmother in skinflats bothkennar
Tuesday, April 10th 2007 - 07:55:46 PM Entry number: 93
Name: Steve
E-mail: steve@huddersfield-go-local.co.uk
Location: Huddersfield
Interest: Other
Web site: http://www.huddersfield-go-local.co.uk
Comment: Thought provoking site!
Tuesday, April 10th 2007 - 11:06:15 AM Entry number: 92
Name: Margaret McWatt
E-mail: george.cree@totalise.co.uk
Location: Musselburgh, Scotland
Interest: Family History
Comment: William is in my family tree, his son Robert married my fathers aunty Marion they were cousons and she was Roberts second wife.
Regards Margaret
Monday, April 9th 2007 - 06:39:23 PM Entry number: 91
Name: Denise Paterson
Location: me
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://www.botnik.net
Comment: i did this wonderfull website for our family
just have a look www.botnik.net
Wednesday, April 4th 2007 - 03:38:26 PM Entry number: 90
Name: Mary R. Doherty
E-mail: robgeo@verizon.net
Location: Chatham, New Jersey, USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: Thanks you for your wonderful website.My great, great, great grandfather, Peter Leishman left Falkirk for Nova Scotia and then the USA in 1818 with his two brothers. I am coming to visit Falkirk in May and just happened on your site in my research. You have given me invaluable cluse to their history. Mary Doherty
Monday, April 2nd 2007 - 09:13:04 PM Entry number: 89
Name: Mr. George William Morrison
E-mail: george.morrison4@ntlworld.com
Location: Southampton, England
Interest: Family History
Comment: Useful information. Trying to trace other family members
Monday, April 2nd 2007 - 03:28:17 PM Entry number: 88
Name: Ali Andrews
E-mail: alieandrews@tiscali.co.uk
Location: Oxfordshire UK
Interest: Family History
Comment: Thank you for making this book accessible to family researchers it gives us a great insight into the lives of our ancestors. My ancestors were cotton workers born and married in Balfron and it has been very humbling to read what they were up against.
Monday, April 2nd 2007 - 10:32:16 AM Entry number: 87
Name: bawheids3@optusnet.com.au
Location: adelaide. s. a.
Interest: Family History
Comment: lovely site. grd father john mcdougall born balfron 1857, grt grand mother and his older brother worked in mill,grtgrtgrand father worked on farms in area,name was spelt mcdougald then, lovely to read the history of the place,i was born in stirling m/s gerry. keep up the good work. regards
Monday, April 2nd 2007 - 12:53:18 AM Entry number: 86
Name: janette
E-mail: jinnybrns@yahoo.co.uk
Location: Kings Lynn Norfolk
Interest: Family History
Comment: I take my hat off to you. Your work on this site is brilliant, I'm only sorry I couldnt find any names I was looking for, will be coming back just the same.
Saturday, March 31st 2007 - 12:42:20 AM Entry number: 85
Name: Deborah MacInnis
E-mail: debbie.macinnis@gmail.com
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: looking for my ggrandparent's roots. William McInnis lists Slammanan, Scotland as birthplace on 1909 death record of his first wife, Agnes. looked thru your census records but no luck yet. Great site!
Monday, March 26th 2007 - 02:22:36 PM Entry number: 84
Name: Nathan Cubitt
E-mail: n.cubitt.02@cantabgold.net
Location: uk
Interest: Family History
Comment: My charity has granted new funding for overseas projects.contact:
Nathan Cubitt, Leima, Rowford, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8JY
n.cubitt.02@cantabgold.net
Wednesday, March 21st 2007 - 06:13:21 AM Entry number: 83
Name: Ina Esther Hearns
E-mail: patina@ihug.co.nz
Location: New Zealand
Interest: Family History
Comment: Delightful website and a boon to genealogists. My husband was of the clan McLean and he was in the 3rd Transvaal Scottish in World War 2.
I have sent you an email re the Sinclairs of Stirlingshire.
Keep up the good work.
Best regards
Ina Esther.
Tuesday, March 13th 2007 - 11:01:44 AM Entry number: 82
Name: Barry Guthrie
E-mail: barry@barryguthrie.wanadoo.co.uk
Location: CLACTON-ON-SEA .ESSEX
Interest: Family History
Comment: GREAT SITE,IM LOOKING FOR ANY HISTORY OF DOUGAL McDOUGALL
LIVED AT MACVEY,S LAND STENHOUSEMUIR Scotlandin1909.partner was MARGARET GUTHRIE ,ANY ASSISTANCE A GREAT HELP .
Barry guthrie
Monday, March 12th 2007 - 04:48:19 AM Entry number: 81
Name: Kerri-Lee Paterson
E-mail: kazza_116@yahoo.com
Location: Gympie
Interest: Family History
Thursday, March 8th 2007 - 01:44:12 PM Entry number: 80
Name: Pavle
E-mail: pavle.spoljaric@inet.hr
Location: Croatia
Interest: Local History
Web site: http://www.kuharica.hr
Comment: Nice
place
you
have
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Wednesday, March 7th 2007 - 03:12:24 AM Entry number: 79
Name: Gavin Millar
Location: currently in liverpool
Interest: Things Scottish
Comment: I am a great great grandson of William MacFarlane (mentioned as 47yrs old in the 1881 census for Slamannan).I understand that he was born at Wester Auchine (?) Slamannan, I wonder if you can verify the location of this farm? He married in Airdrie, and his son Thomas, my great grandfather, was born at Carserigg (now known as Crossrig). The family then moved to Brownrigg farm (nr Meadowfield) and at the time of the 1881 census, he was farming at Tods Bughts. My great grandfather married and the first farm he took on was Greenhill. The Watts I think were then in Tods Bughts as one of them was a great pal of my great grandfather and indeed was his best man. Great grandpa then moved to Easter Glentore farm, where my granny was born and finally moved to Glenhove, Luggiebank, where he died of pneumonia in 1925. His father retired and built Brownrigg Cottage in Slamannan, which I have yet to see. He remarried after losing his first wife and died round about 1910.
My grandfather on my mother's side was born and raised at Roughrigg where his father was an engine driver on the Monklands railway. One of grandpa's sisters, Lizzie, lived in Slamannan till her last years and another, Jeanie, continued to live at Bankier Place, Roughrigg (house now restored)until her final days. I have really happy memories of visiting Roughrigg and Slamannan in the 1970s and early 80s, with my mum and brothers - we were fed and fed and fed till we were liken to burst, all the nice things kids get when they visit relatives at weekends. Although none of them had palatial living quarters, they had all the love and warmth which I still feel now and their kindnesses are still remembered by me, I only wish I had the knowledge to ask them things; my grandfather remembered coming home with his father one Friday night to Roughrigg (probably during or just after the great war) and hearing drunken men lying in the fields singing away - quite comical I think he'd have found it!
Memories are things to be cherished and I hope this input has shown how valuable sites such as these are for recording past events.
Sunday, March 4th 2007 - 12:57:30 PM Entry number: 78
Name: clive christopherson
E-mail: aqws43@dsl.pipex.com
Location: Edinburgh
Interest: Family History
Thursday, March 1st 2007 - 07:13:48 PM Entry number: 77
Name: Joyce
E-mail: joheward@yahoo.co.uk
Location: UK South Coast
Interest: Family History
Comment: Thanks for all the work that has gone into the site! All of us obsessed family history nuts know how painstaking it is. (shame about the blatant chinese advertising **** that has sneaked in as a signee in the Guest Book)
My grandmother worked as a nurse in a Larbert Hospital-we have a photo of her in her uniform, probably in her 20's, around 1915??? She was born in Larkhall, but her family, Reid, seem to travel around a bit-her father came from Forfars.
If anyone has any info about the Hospital-we believe was classed as an Asylum, but you weren't necessarily mad, if you get my drift! We would love to know how she ended up there before marrying a sassanach!
Cheers!
Thursday, March 1st 2007 - 12:53:34 AM Entry number: 76
Name: Bob
E-mail: jeremy166@hotmail.com
Location: Mars
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://www.mrbigremovals.com
Comment: Great site, Champ.
Tuesday, February 27th 2007 - 06:58:56 PM Entry number: 75
Name: John N
E-mail: tjay12@aol.com
Location: http://www.Eliteindex.us
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://www.Eliteindex.us
Comment: Awesome site! i spend a lot of free time just tooling around the net looking for interesting sites. this is definetly one of the neatest i've seen. Liked the colour scheme and the resources are quite informative. I am sure the community out here is wonderful. I would recommend it to my friends and i have book marked it myself.Well, all i would say at this moment is great job, keep up the good works.keep up the good work I would appreciate if you visit this site and let me know if it has found you very helpful, infact you can bookmark it. http://www.EliteIndex.us The coolest site for all your search needs! Site Address: http://www.EliteIndex.us
Tuesday, February 27th 2007 - 12:49:34 AM Entry number: 74
Name: Mary Paterson
E-mail: themaryp@ozemail.com.au
Location: Australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hi Just thought you might be related to the Hugh Patersons of Edin, Mid Lothian, or John Paterson (son) Haddington East Lothian, I have only found the Paterson back to Hugh who married Jean Ried on 10/3/1801 in Canongate Edinburgh Midlothian..You have a great site, congratulations..
Mary
Sydney
Sunday, February 25th 2007 - 06:32:05 PM Entry number: 73
Name: BILL DAVIDSON
E-mail: hillbill06@btinternet.com
Location: England
Interest: Family History
Comment: I have been in and out of this site several times to resaerch my family's roots and found it very useful.
I am now putting out an appeal for infomation on a Dr Mathew Grant who had a practice in Comrie in the late 1800's to1950's. - - HE had a Housekeeper called JANET DAVIDSON WHO LEFT IN 1899 to return to Nairn
Another lead is the village of Brightons by Polmont near FALKIRK sTIRLINGSHIRE.The Grant Family from the Waggon Road and the Woods Family[Robert+Mary]
I will be very grateful if anyone can supply information
on ither or both of the names mentioned.
MANY THANKS BILL
Sunday, February 25th 2007 - 05:50:30 AM Entry number: 72
Name: Ed McCall
E-mail: pip_mccall@hotmail.com
Location: Canberra, Australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: I happened to be looking at some history and found your site. It has been many years since I have been back to Airth, but Nanna still lives in Netherby Road. I still remember our holidays; the General Store she and my Poppa ran on Carronshore Rd, the men who came in for their lunches, the delivery of Iron Brew and even before that, spending one of our first Christamses at their home on Grangemouth Road. My brother and I only visted our Grandparents once a year, but what a time we had! Especially when they lived at South Lodge, at the gates of Airth Castle. We had bikes and rode up to the Castle, fished for flounder and what ever else in the birn. We fell in a few times, much to the disgust of my Grandmother!
One of my Poppa's brother and his wife, Uncle John and Aunt Bella lived on the High Street and we rode there often to visit, riding past the Castle or Mr Hunter "The Game Keeper" on the way! I remember one time we decided to climb into the Castle orchard..what a mistake that was! I'm sure Mr Hunter raised his shotgun to shoot, but only when he realised it was us, did he lower it! I hope so anyway!
There was Uncle Begbie and Aunt Ellen, Uncle Aiken and his wife, Aunty Mary, Uncle Francis and Aunty Isobel, all relatives we visited when we went 'home' I also remember the "Chipper" who came around every night. We'd run out and get the Black Pudding suppers for Dad and Poppa and chips for the rest of us!
I think I've said enough! Thank you for the opportunity to relive some good memories!
I'll be back very soon!
Saturday, February 24th 2007 - 08:32:56 PM Entry number: 71
Name: Victor Gradowski
E-mail: v.gradowski@tiscali.co.uk
Location: Bedford England
Interest: Family History
Comment: My mother was born at Grangemouth in Feb 1916 and lived at Cannal St.Her family name was Simm I would be gratful for any information about the Simm family.
Thursday, February 22nd 2007 - 07:13:48 PM Entry number: 70
Name: Collins
E-mail: godwin.anne@thebugle.ca
Location: Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada
Interest: Family History
Comment: Originally from Newfoundland, Canada
Wednesday, February 21st 2007 - 10:16:05 PM Entry number: 69
Name: Chris Skeates
E-mail: chrisskeates@chrisskeates.plus.com
Location: Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Interest: Family History
Comment: I am trying hard to find information on a JOHN ELLIOT born 14th June 1911, on his death certificate it said he was born STOW SCOTTISH BORDERS, also there is mention he was born, BURN HOUSE MAINS STOW.
We have no other information to go on, if anyone knows of an Elliott family born living in Stow around 1911, any information would be very much appreciated - if anyone has info on a John Elliot born 14th June 1911 Stow, this would help to locate his parents.
Apart from the above, we no nothing else about the Elliot family from Stow.
Regards Chris
Saturday, February 17th 2007 - 12:47:08 AM Entry number: 68
Name: Lisa Broadley
E-mail: lisa.babe@zoom.co.uk
Location: Falkirk
Interest: Family History
Comment: Great site, Tom. The census has helped me a lot in tracing my family.
Thanks a lot
Lisa
Friday, February 16th 2007 - 11:09:35 PM Entry number: 67
Name: Dodd Greer
E-mail: doddgreer@hotmail.com
Location: Utah, USA
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://www.siol-alpin.com
Comment: Would like to see more of your research. I'll be checking back.
Tuesday, February 13th 2007 - 02:39:11 PM Entry number: 66
Name: Moira Walker
E-mail: raebank@hotmail.com
Location: Brightons, Falkirk
Interest: Family History
Comment: I am the granddaughter of Andrew Thomson one of the lucky survivors who cam out alive after 9 days from the Redding pit disaster. Found your site very interesting.
Thank you.
Monday, February 12th 2007 - 06:10:47 AM Entry number: 65
Name: Eileen Graham
E-mail: eileensy@bigpond.com
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: Excellant site. Have found a few interesring items on our family tree of Fisher and Weston. Many thanks.
Sunday, February 11th 2007 - 11:51:40 PM Entry number: 64
Name: Kathleen Van Heuit
E-mail: willapa@willapabay.org
Location: Nahcotta, Washington, USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: Marvelous site. Thank you. My family, the Grahams, at one time owned land in the Kilsyth area. They were the "Grahams of Tamrawer and Auchencloich"; and sold the land in 1772 to the Carron Company. This information is from "The Grahams of Tamrawer and Auchencloich..."( I'll spare you the rest of the title), by John St. John Noble Graham. I'm hoping for more history about the area, and also hoping to visit that area in person.
Saturday, February 10th 2007 - 10:31:05 PM Entry number: 63
Name: Bob
E-mail: bob@menshealth-free-shipping.info
Location: usa
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://www.menshealth-free-shipping.info
Comment: excellent site, I would recommend it to my friehds
This wonderful site is worth dropping a line in your guestbook to say thanks! Leaves very pleasant impression My site will be very useful for you www.menshealth-free-shipping.info
Thank you!
Thursday, February 8th 2007 - 04:13:39 PM Entry number: 62
Name: mark
E-mail: mark_g_74@yahoo.com
Location: scotland
Interest: Other
Web site: http://www.qmpeople.com
Comment: you have a relly great site :)
Tuesday, February 6th 2007 - 05:30:44 AM Entry number: 61
Name: Ian Logie
E-mail: i.logie@tiscali.co.uk
Location: Troon South Ayrshire
Interest: Family History
Comment: I believe my grandfather migrated from around that area in the late 1800's early 1900's and went down to work in the shipyards in Govan as a Carpenter
Monday, February 5th 2007 - 08:21:05 PM Entry number: 60
Name: bob
E-mail: crazy@crazybone.tk
Location: usa
Interest: Things Scottish
Web site: http://www.crazybone.tk
Comment: i love your site!!
can we exchange links?
thanks
Sunday, February 4th 2007 - 06:59:09 PM Entry number: 59
Name: Alice Monroe
E-mail: abilbao@aol.com
Location: California
Interest: Family History
Comment: Very well done!
Saturday, February 3rd 2007 - 10:46:12 PM Entry number: 58
Name: Doreen
E-mail: Doreen1818@msn.com
Location: Falkirk
Interest: Family History
Comment: This is a great site Tom..and have used your 1881 census on numerous occasions as I am researching the Reids from Polmont..also Penmans from Polmont/Slamannan/Falkirk and also Barrs.
What I need is some info on an ALLAN BARR who lived in Hallglen and was a Justice of the Peace and also had a street named after him called Allan Barr court.
All the best to you Tom for the future ..your site is one of the best
Doreen
Friday, February 2nd 2007 - 05:27:38 PM Entry number: 57
Name: Thorbjorn Wikstrom
E-mail: tohwik@gmail.com
Location: Lulea, Sweden
Interest: Other
Comment: I was very glad to find a photo of my very good friend David M Stirling that passed away for some time ago.
I really miss him and our daily chats over the internet.
He will always be in my memory.
Best regards
Thorbjorn
Ps/ I hope someone other will take up his work on family history for the stirling area.
Tuesday, January 30th 2007 - 01:48:20 AM Entry number: 56
Name: Dianne Duncanson-Clark
E-mail: duannedc@iinet.net.au
Location: Australia
Interest: Family History
Comment: An informative and very helpful site. I am researching Duncanson / Scoular / Ronertson / Fotheringham / Allison families from this area and found it very helpful. Would welcome contact with connections to these families
Well done Tom,
many thanks,
Dianne
Monday, January 29th 2007 - 01:06:10 AM Entry number: 55
Name: Dave
E-mail: daveysmith@hotmail.com
Location: London
Interest: Family History
Web site: http://www.uncoveredcelebs.com/
Comment: Love this website, one of my favourites.
Saturday, January 27th 2007 - 01:08:46 PM Entry number: 54
Name: Lynn Tulloch
E-mail: barbie.t@falkirkcruise.net
Location: grangemouth
Interest: Family History
Comment: Hopefully I can learn a lot from your site.
Im related to John Baird and Margaret Cuthill of Grangemouth, via Agnes Sneddon.
Can anyone help with some information, stories etc regarding their other 10 children?
Please and Thank you
Sunday, January 21st 2007 - 10:09:07 AM Entry number: 53
Name: Bruno Jansen
E-mail: jansen_bruno@hotmail.com
Location: Belgium
Interest: Local History
Web site: http://www.vacationplace.eu
Comment: Just sign your guestbook. Great site! Keep up the good work;
Yours sincerely,
Bruno
Monday, January 15th 2007 - 01:49:04 PM Entry number: 52
Name: johan gilfillan
E-mail: johangil@bridgeauto.co.za
Location: South Africa
Interest: Family History
Comment: I am trying to recostruct my family tree as far back as possible.
My ancsestors came as 1820 settlers to South Africa from Scotland. I have traced the GILFILLAN name back to about 1660.
If anyone can help please.
Johan Gilfillan.
Saturday, January 13th 2007 - 04:40:41 PM Entry number: 51
Name: James Haddow
E-mail: port3cullis-pigeon@yahoo.co.uk
Location: Suffolk
Interest: Family History
Comment: Trying to find Archibald Haddow born Scotland c1861 and named with his father also Archibald when they enlisted in 'Kitchener's Fighting Horse' 1901 South Africa.
Saturday, January 13th 2007 - 04:51:28 AM Entry number: 50
Name: Bobbi Rogers
E-mail: johnbobbirogers@msn.com
Location: Mesa, AZ USA
Interest: Family History
Comment: My Mother Marie Rockson was raised by her granny in Balfron. Taking a trip to UK in March 2007. Trying to locate the cemetery where my Gmother-Mima Rockson GGmother-Mary Adams GGfather-James Allan, and Great Uncle-Robert Allan are buried. Unable to find location of cemetery in Balfron. I have a picture of the headstone taken by my mother who has since passed away so I don't know the location. Can anyone assist? Please feel free to email me.
Thanks.
Sunday, January 7th 2007 - 11:25:33 PM Entry number: 49
Name: Jim Waddell
E-mail: gogetjim@rogers.com
Interest: Family History
Comment: Researching Waddell marriages in the 1850's Torphichen area