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Perthshire / Re: Mungo Haldane of Gleneagles
« on: Today at 07:08 »
Looks like there are lots of wills to go after, there is a Ha*d*n* Will for someone in Cardross in the 1670’s also other nearby parishes, Mungo seems to be a popular name!

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Am I on the right thinking here.
« on: Today at 06:25 »
The light may be dawning!

So to clarify,

A to C 976 cM
A to D 1867 cM
C to D around 200 cM

It’s a bit early in the morning, but I think that would be what you would get if A and C are in fact cousins, not half siblings.
Does this make any sense?
If C has matches to A’s fathers side then that will make life a bit more complicated.
As you say shared matches.

Happy Hunting

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Perthshire / Re: Mungo Haldane of Gleneagles
« on: Today at 01:51 »
Hi, well, I had a thought.

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/roy/#zoom=14.7&lat=56.14906&lon=-4.25961&layers=0

Looks like there was a name change, perhaps when Brucehill was built, so perhaps was a bigger farm / estate, but he was “in” not “of” but that might just mean leased from a major land owner. Haldanes of Gleneagles had been leasing land there 200 years before, so ….

Have you seen Mungou Haldan marriage in 1692 in Gargunnock?

Use wildcard Ha*d*n* on SP

Also Jannet born in 1707 in Kippen.


Also interesting M*g* H*d*n* family in Dun, search baptisms, 40 years before, if they had land they might have moved.

 Lots of searching to be done!

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Perthshire / Re: Mungo Haldane of Gleneagles
« on: Yesterday at 23:14 »
Hi, I think the name is in Dykehead of Cardross, so not the estate, I think this is it here.

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/boundaries/#zoom=16.3&lat=56.15348&lon=-4.26299&b=11&o=100&dates=1880&point=56.1532,-4.3266

See also

https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst891.html

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Technical Help / Re: Spreadsheet/Database Links
« on: Yesterday at 21:59 »
Being silly perhaps here. You are running windows 7 so an older version than mine I guess. But don’t you still have list of individuals report?
You have made me go and look at mine now, and the Data Errors Report, oh dear, some work to do!

PS I understand about apps, I seem to use a mix of FTM and Ancestry, with the pains that that can bring.

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The Common Room / Re: Brick Wall
« on: Yesterday at 13:48 »
Missed that, Findmypast obviously used the new county! Complicated these detached parishes, but I don’t think the distance will have changed!

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Technical Help / Re: Spreadsheet/Database Links
« on: Yesterday at 13:46 »
Malcolm,

   Hi, well I am going to ask the unasked question, what are you trying to achieve. This seems like a backwards step. FTM is a powerful targeted database, rolling your own will be painfull.
   If you want to use something else I would do a Gedcom export, but you will still need probably need to re link any facts etc.

Happy Hunting

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Am I on the right thinking here.
« on: Yesterday at 13:38 »
Esnell,

    Hi, I think you are thinking along the right lines.

    Am I correct in understanding you have the following

    A, B - Sibling
    C - Half Sibling
    D - Child of B.

    What are the relative ages of A,B,C? Is C the eldest, if so the DNA may be correct?
    I would be looking at the shared DNA between C and D, what is that predicted relationship?
    Ignore the known relationship and go with the DNA for the moment, confirming relationships between shared matches of A, B, C and D individually.
    I have not used it myself, but many others have, the WATO tool on the DNA Painter web site may help here.

    Happy Hunting

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Father's occupation
« on: Yesterday at 06:58 »
Hi, you had me intrigued by the reference to 1759, Weddit is not a spelling I would have thought of.
Perhaps the difference between weaver and Weaver, in business for himself having learned the commercial side in Aberdeen?
Interested because of the name obviously, is that them getting married in 1751?

Happy Hunting

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