Family Research – English, Scottish and Irish Genealogy

CH2/621/58 Writs: Precept by John Logane, laird of Restalrig, charging Simon Logane, bailie of Leith, to infeft Isabella and Jonet Lindissay, sisters and heirs of deceased Elizabeth Lindissay, spouse of Fergus Mekle, indweller in Leith, in four lands in town of Leith, on south side thereof, in barony of Restalrig, sheriffdom of Edinburgh, between land of deceased Patrick Logane of Cotefield on north, of deceased John Culross on south, David Broune on west and Margaret Lindissay on east Open

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This is a 18th century print showing Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket

Directory website 192.com has launched a new genealogy service.

Due to go live this sfternoon, the site offers searchable records of the more than 300 million registered births, marriages and deaths since 1837. for more click here

An act of teenage rebellion propelled Clare Laking to the front lines just after the Battle of Vimy Ridge where, between seeing fellow soldiers die and several near-misses with German shrapnel, he grew up fast.

The First World War veteran died early Saturday evening at Toronto’s Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, in the veterans’ wing where he’s lived for two years. He was 106, three months shy of his 107th birthday. for more click here

Dr. Alan J. Clark has been decoding the mysteries of history for years. Through an exhaustive study of Aaron Burr’s coded letters written during the time of the American Revolution, the historian has uncovered evidence that may clarify our understanding of US history, while it simultaneously reveals some fascinating and startling facts about our political origins.for more click here

SANA’A – Saeed Bin Saeed Al-Humri tells a tale unique in Yemeni history. Unique, indeed, because the story of his life is Yemeni history. The great-great great grandfather, almost certainly Yemen’s oldest man if his claims to be around 130-years-old are true, has lived through the country’s most important events. Al-Humri’s lifetime reads like a history book, spreading across the three main periods of changing rule and regimes in Yemen. for more click here

Craft guilds or incorporations were formed in the Middle Ages and were an important part of burgh life then and in later centuries. Each craft jealously guarded its own monopolies and standards of workmanship, acquired property to raise funds, provided for its own poor, shared the patronage of an altar to its patron saint in pre-Reformation times and a seat in the parish church after the Reformation. Where records survive they are likely to include lists of members, accounts and minutes dealing with regulations, donations to poor members, apprenticeships and elections of officeholders and actions against outsiders trying to trade in the burgh. The Scottish Association of Family History Societies has published a useful selective bibliography of ‘Scottish Trades and Professions’, compiled by D R Torrance (1991). for more click here

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