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Scottish clan histories, Highland clearances, and emigration records. Explore the genealogy of Scotland from ancient clans to modern families.

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The Johnstones of Annandale Scotland

By edmondsallan August 16, 2011 1,410 views

The Johnstones of Annandale THE Johnstones were at one time among the most powerful, as they are one of the most ancient, of the Border septs. The ‘rough-footed clan,’ as they were termed, with the...

Looking for Williams of Glasgow UK

By LORRAINEWILLIAMS June 26, 2010 1,400 views

I want to find out who my grandparents were in Scotland. The only information I have is my fathers name George Williams born in Glasgow around about 1909. He left with a friend of the family when ...

Henry Derepas Inverness Scotland

By Mac49 June 2, 2013 1,398 views

My name is Fiona Duigan-Mckay and I have just come back from a trip to Inverness Scotland where I had the family tree drawn up In it there is a Margaret Macdonald who married Henry Derepas in the earl...

Connection to the Scottish Hotson S

By waldram July 3, 2009 1,389 views

My name is Robert Brian HOTSON, I grew up in Australia and my ancestors are mostly from the HAVANT region of Hampshire in England, I traced my forefathers back to a Henry Hotson born in the early 1800...

Looking for Robert Robinson B 1860 Scotland

By neilgd June 1, 2010 1,385 views

I am looking for Robert Robinson B, 1860 Scotland d. 1933 came to Australia as a cabin boy aged 12 Married Ellen Newman b. 1862 d. 1943 Child Ellen Isabel Robinson b. jindivik 19/9/1899

Looking for Simon Whitehead of Torryburn Scotland

By Margrose February 9, 2011 1,382 views

I am a decendant Thomas and Agnes WHITEHEAD who arrived in Australia from Scotland in 1838. In Scotland, Thomas's parents were Simon WHITEHEAD and Margaret DANSKIN. I think they had about 8 children. ...

The Presnilla Clan

By mfpresnilla January 19, 2010 1,378 views

I am looking for the other Presnilla clan from Bicol, Camarines, Naga City, Manila, Canada, other places. This morning i just talk to Lerma Mejares Presnilla. She said that the original presnilla were...

Mclean from Scotland to New Zealand

By amdunnage August 26, 2015 1,375 views

I am researching my McLean family tree and have hit a wall. I am looking for information on John McLean born 1811 in Scotland. He married Julia McPherson in 1835. I have a list of their children bu...

James Ross Elizabeth Peterson Scotland

By poorone June 27, 2011 1,370 views

looking for further information on JAMES ROSS Married Elizabeth Peterson..................... ELIZABETH PETERSON. Married 31 Dec.1891, Scotland. children: James Ross, born 1 May 1892 ...

Looking for Lawson Tait Scotland

By dorothyl May 22, 2006 1,365 views

Looking for Robert Lawson Tait,known as Lawson he was the elder brother of Betty and Beryl, grew up in Anstruther, Fife Scotland. Son of William Tait (Thurso) and Jessie Grant (Edinburgh). Born circa...

Looking for Henry John Jenkins of Scotland

By amon007 October 21, 2009 1,364 views

I am looking for information regarding my grandfather (Henry) John Jenkins who came to South Africa presumably from Scotland in the 1920's and who married my grandmother Johanna Tolken here in the lat...

Welby Nee Mclellan Margaret Scotland

By andrewndiana July 11, 2011 1,361 views

I am looking to trace my husband's grandmother Margaret Welby (Nee MCLelland) Born 1880? Died in 1926 in Scotland. She was married to Robert Welby - Clackmannanshire??

Livingston Family Scotland to USA

By martillind February 3, 2012 1,350 views

My LIVINGSTON Family line from Lanarkshire, Scotland is ANDREW; to CHRISTIAN born in Frederick Co., Maryland and died in Somerset Co., PA; to DAVID born Washington Co., MD and died in Soaphollow, PA; ...

Ireland Scotland

By TrudyDrumm February 9, 2014 1,349 views

Wondering if any1 knows of a place called Joneskillow or if it has changed from the 1840's onwards.

Looking for Cowper Born Scotland 1820

By marytowns October 21, 2010 1,344 views

David Cowper was born around 1820, Tannandice, Scotland he married Catherine Beattie in 1845 in Glasgow and had 2 sons David and James, he moved to Hull then back to Scotland. His sons moved to Tynesi...

Scottish Birth Certificates 1879

By sued7981 March 17, 2018 1,342 views

Can someone recommend how I find a birth certificate for my GGF, born in Scotland 1879. I cannot find it on any of the typical sites, and see I can order one but there is a cost for that. I just wan...