Family Research - English, Scottish and Irish Genealogy

26/10/2005

Slave Packing


This is how slaves were packed on board a 320 ton ship in the 18th century
(c) Edinburgh University Library

The Murray Family

Flemish adventurer named Freskin was the founder of the family of Murray. Initially a landholder in West Lothian, Freskin was invited by David Ito settle in Moray after the rebellion of the Celtic province in 1130. As the dominant family in the coastal districts on either side of the Moray Firth, his descendants had taken the name of Moray or Murray by tile outset of the 13th century. Click here to continue

The Men of St Kilda c1890

Stornoway Emigrants


(c) The Story of Scotland
This photograph taken in 1924 shows young Stornoway emigrants leaving Lewis

UK ‘ancestral visa’ under threat: report

An overhaul of British immigration rules could end the traditional entry and settlement rights of Australians with British grandparents, a UK newspaper says.

The Times said that Britain’s new points-based immigration system could end a scheme whereby Commonwealth citizens with a British grandparent are allowed to enter and settle in Britain. for more click here

25/10/2005

A world-class ancestor hunt

Some people approach writing a family genealogy as if they were taking a roll call of the dead.

Great-great Uncle Herbert? Here. Great-great-great Aunt Grace? Present. And on and on, like an ever-lengthening strand of DNA with names clinging to it.for more click here

Civil War buffs want to honor vet with military grave marker

SALEM, W.Va. — A group of Civil War buffs is looking for the descendants of a Medal of Honor winner so that it can honor him with a military marker at his grave. for more click here

24/10/2005

The Piper of the Alamo

I T WAS a solemn, ceremonial occasion.
The date was March 6th last year. The place was the gardens of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. It was the 156th anniversary of the famous siege’s last fatal day which also marked the birth of the Lone Star state all those years ago.
A solitary bagpiper in full Highland dress led a solemn procession in which was represented the United States South West Chapter of the Clan Gregory Society and their colleagues from the Ohio and Great Lakes Chapters as well as Texan and Gulf Coast Commissioners and other local dignitaries. Click here to continue

The man who would be Jack the Ripper

DR THOMAS Neil Cream was hanged for the murder of four London prostitutes in November 1892. His final words, “I am Jack” uttered before dancing the Tyburn jig, were ominous.

Ever since, Ripperologists have debated whether this was the “deathbed” confession of Jack the Ripper - who killed at least five prostitutes in Victorian London - or the ramblings of a raving egomaniac. for more click here

23/10/2005

The forgotten fears that sent a young man off to sea

THE nation’s pride — and those officials who organise symbolic funerals — would have been satisfied if the last of our World War I warriors had once served at Gallipoli or on the Western Front. Instead the final veteran of active service, Evan Allan, who died last week at the age of 106, was a sailor.

Nobody called him Digger. He did not see the inside of a frontline trench or hear the noise of a German howitzer.for more click here

 
 

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