This post is in response to Jill Ball’s invitation to take part in this activity. As it is one of my goals for 2020 to report on my family history on a more regular basis, I decided to take part. As instructed by Jill, I have completed only as many statements as I wish or … Read more Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2019
It is quite easy to use Google Maps to track the lives of our ancestors. I used this blog post: Google and Maps for Genealogists: Tracking Where You’ve Been to find out how to do it. The map below shows the journey of my gggrandparents, Angus McKenzie and Margaret MacDonald, who both were born near … Read more Tracking Where People Went
I must admit I wasn’t originally convinced that DNA testing could enrich my family history research. As such I didn’t take a DNA test until late 2017. By then there were established testing companies and the price was quite reasonable. It must have been reading Peter Calver’s newsletter at LostCousins (https://www.lostcousins.com/) that managed to persuade … Read more The Value of DNA Testing
Scottish children were often named according to a specific naming pattern or convention. There are many examples of this in my family tree. Children were named by following a simple set of rules: 1st son named after father’s father 2nd son named after mother’s father 3rd son named after father 1st daughter named after mother’s … Read more Scottish Naming Patterns/Conventions