Scotland Archives - Geneageek https://geneageek.com/tag/scotland/ Genealogy, genealogy, genealogy. Sat, 03 Sep 2022 15:06:35 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://geneageek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-geneageekicon-150x150.png Scotland Archives - Geneageek https://geneageek.com/tag/scotland/ 32 32 Adopting a New Approach https://geneageek.com/adopting-a-new-approach/ https://geneageek.com/adopting-a-new-approach/#respond Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:26:00 +0000 https://geneageek.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/adopting-a-new-approach/ The 1881 census first told me that my second great grandfather, Alexander Gibson REID (also featured in my post, Dating Photographs) was adopted. I found it very interesting but soon…

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]]> https://geneageek.com/adopting-a-new-approach/feed/ 0 The One That Stayed Behind https://geneageek.com/the-one-that-stayed-behind/ https://geneageek.com/the-one-that-stayed-behind/#respond Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:09:00 +0000 https://geneageek.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-one-that-stayed-behind/ I had mentioned in ‘Desperately Seeking John’ that there was one BUCHAN who didn’t emigrate to New Zealand on the Rimutaka with the rest of the family.  In Roy Buchan’s book ‘From Peterhead…

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]]> https://geneageek.com/the-one-that-stayed-behind/feed/ 0 Desperately Seeking John – A Sad Conclusion https://geneageek.com/desperately-seeking-john-a-sad-conclusion/ https://geneageek.com/desperately-seeking-john-a-sad-conclusion/#respond Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:15:00 +0000 https://geneageek.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/desperately-seeking-john-a-sad-conclusion/ (continued from previous post) In case brother John DID refer to brother-in-law John, I decided to check for deaths before embarking on a costly census trawl.  There were a few…

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]]> https://geneageek.com/desperately-seeking-john-a-sad-conclusion/feed/ 0 Will or Testament? https://geneageek.com/will-or-testament/ https://geneageek.com/will-or-testament/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:27:00 +0000 https://geneageek.wordpress.com/2010/09/23/will-or-testament/ I noticed this morning that the Scotlands People website has changed a bit (at least cosmetically) which in turn led me to notice the free wills and testaments search in the…

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]]> https://geneageek.com/will-or-testament/feed/ 2 Twins https://geneageek.com/twins/ https://geneageek.com/twins/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:03:00 +0000 https://geneageek.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/twins/ At the end of my last post, I mentioned that I had no idea that Alexander Ritchie BUCHAN had a brother called John. I did a ‘parent search’ on familysearch.org for…

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]]> https://geneageek.com/twins/feed/ 1 Lunatic in the Family – Death of a Daughter https://geneageek.com/lunatic-in-the-family-death-of-a-daughter/ https://geneageek.com/lunatic-in-the-family-death-of-a-daughter/#respond Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:41:00 +0000 https://geneageek.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/lunatic-in-the-family-death-of-a-daughter/ Photo by w11buch via flickr I had a bit of a hunch and it seems I was correct. As Jane seemed to be the one looking after Agnes, I wondered…

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]]> https://geneageek.com/lunatic-in-the-family-death-of-a-daughter/feed/ 0 A Lunatic in the Family https://geneageek.com/a-lunatic-in-the-family/ https://geneageek.com/a-lunatic-in-the-family/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:20:00 +0000 https://geneageek.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/a-lunatic-in-the-family/ A lot of us joke about having families full of them but occasionally you come across things that remind you how serious it can be. For a while now I’ve…

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]]> https://geneageek.com/a-lunatic-in-the-family/feed/ 1 Emigrating to New Zealand https://geneageek.com/emigrating-to-new-zealand/ https://geneageek.com/emigrating-to-new-zealand/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:40:00 +0000 https://geneageek.wordpress.com/2009/08/06/emigrating-to-new-zealand/ Going through the cemetery records yesterday inspired me to look further into my family’s immigration. The Dunedin Cemetery Records often include the (original) nationality of the deceased as well as…

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