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Hi Gerry and ngairedith Thank you both for your information. Some of it I have I'm still trying to figger out Margaret as well. I will keep looking, thank you both again for your help....

Fantastic effort - great to see others recording cemeteries/headstones. You will find a few more Smiths to add on my Canterbury cemetery recording project. Search out the ones you want and I...

Find a photograph restorer fast. That cherished photo needs care. Until then keep it away from light. I presume you live in NZ or Australia and such conservators are certainly in the big cities....

There has always been a lot of toing and froing from those countries .Both by accident and design, the Irish Sea especially in the north have some very wild storms by all accounts and its easy to...

First of all you start from your self, then work to your grandparents, greatgrandparents, etc. this way you stay connected to the right family.Look and see what information you have already, ask...

How right you are! I'm still trying to sort all this out.It's given me a lot to think about. Man! This is great stuff! Never too old to learn something new, eh? lol

I am researching the McQueen line from Scotland to North and South Carolina. My 2nd gr grandmother was Jennnette McQueen who married Alexander McDuffie. My Gr Grandfather from their marriage was...

Welcome to the board ... Always good to see a fellow Canadian ....

I also have an Irish and scottish connection in my tree ... I have found ancestors who have a clearly scottish surname and were born in Scotland yet they always identified themselves as being...

Thank you, Boru. That helps somewhat. And it makes sense. I've often wondered why the skirl of Scottish bagpipes gave me the most pleasant goose bumps every time I've heard them in parades and...

I've read a number of articles written by different Geneticists that state the people from Ireland and Scotland are genetically the same people ...

I'm stunned! I am 67 yrs. old and all my life I've only heard about the Irish connection to my family name. I had absolutely no idea that there was a Scottish connection also. So now, I don't know...

have you tried familysearch.org its a free website

Yes...He was my grandfather ...It seems you have some info in that line that I would love to know about & maybe I have a little to also offer. My private email is lynnebsoz@yahoo.com

Hi It's me Debbie . I wanted to tell you that I found out Fortunatus casberry Good . Parents were Millissa and Joseph H Good He Was Born in Kentucky about 1807 This is as Far as I got .I...

Hi It's me Debbie . I wanted to tell you that I found out Fortunatus casberry Good . Parents were Millissa and Joseph H Good He Was Born in Kentucky about 1807 This is as Far as I got .I...

Hi Lavinia I'm afraid they are not the same family as mine. Mine started back in Llangunllo, and moved to Monmouthshire to work the coal mines around Newport before coming to Canada. Good luck...

Hello Laurel, You don't say exactly where in Monmouthshire your Edwards family came from. My mother was an Edwards and her Edwards family were from Caerleon,Monmouthsire. My gr,gr,grandparents...

After Britain declared war on Germany and Australia became involved the feeling against Germans was most bitter. In 1917 South Australia prohibited the teaching of German in primary schools and...