Topic: Language. My Scottish ancestors came from the Scottish Borders where in the 1700s to at least early 1800s the Lowland Scots language used was Lalans – both Robert Burns and Robert Louis Stevenson used it. From https://nativetribe.info/lallans-indigenous-heritage-scottish-lowland-traditional-language-cultural-practices/: Lallans, also Read more

Topic: Brick Wall. Was the Rev. John Johnston married twice? My GG Uncle John Johnston (1831-1909) married Benjamina “Jessie” Leckie (1833 – ?) in Glasgow when he was 24 and she was 22, according to the forms of the United Read more

Themes: Family Secret and Siblings. I am behind with this series of 52 Ancestors but conveniently can combine two weeks’ stories into one! I nearly missed recording the birth and death of my GGGrandparents’ fourth child, a little girl called Read more

Theme: Migration. My Great Grandmother was Adela Campbell Scott Macloskey (1848-1874), the 13th child of merchant tailor John Macloskey (1789-1854) and Mary Ann Brooks/ Brookes (1805-1886). Her father is thought to have come from Rostrevor, County Antrim in what is Read more

Theme: Letters and Diaries My Great Grandfather Alexander Johnston (1829-1906) came from a family of seven, and from all accounts they were a loving, tight-knit family. Only one sibling emigrated from their home town of Glasgow, and that was Alexander, Read more

Theme: Surprise I am reposting this blog due to the amazing number of typos and other errors … I plead being under the influence of a strong painkiller at the time I wrote it … but that is no real Read more