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Hi Hannah

Been off the case for a while but intend getting back into it all again soon.

Interesting what you say about the newspaper indices in the library.  I was (partially) responsible for the Stirling Observer ones as I was supervisor on the project in the early-mid 80s that created those indices in the first place!  Good to see they are still around.

I'll check out the Airth Parish burials now that I know they are there.

Hi Bill - interested to talk to you about some of this stuff too perhaps if you're local.  I found it relatively easy to get back to the Airth Clubbs (Alexander and Margaret MacLaren) but difficult to get any further back than that.  I was at Aberdeen University as a student many years ago - I'm from Stirling originally - and I couldn't believe how many Clubbs were in the Aberdeen telephone directory.  So I guessed there was some kind of connection but have never been able to find it.  what source do you have for alexander being originally from Pitsligo?  also - I seem to remember someone saying many years ago that the Clubb name came from Danish fishermen arriving in the NE of Scotland but obviously I've never been able to make much out of that either.

Also trying to establish where John Club of Club's Tomb 'fame' fits into the picture.

Anne,

Thanks very much.  I really appreciate you taking the time to do this for me.

I do stay locally so will be heading out to Airth when I get the time for a wee look.

I emailed both Stirling and Falkirk archives this afternoon and will go out to see them when I get a chance.  I also want to go and see Club(b)'s Tomb but I need to check a few things with Falkirk first.

I thought that researching a name like Clubb would be relatively straightforward and found it quite easy I suppose to get back to the marriage of Alexander ad Margaret McLarin in 1781.  But before that it is all a bit of a blank just now.

From what I can gather there was, within Scotland, only really  a branch of the Clubbs in Airth and another in Aberdeenshire.  The Aberdeenshire lot seems to be better documented - perhaps the Aberdonian churchmen were a bit more resolute in record keeping - but I have yet to make the connection between the two branches.  ultimately, of course, I would like to know where the family originates from but that is much further down the line.

In the 80s I worked on a project in Stirling to index the local paper (Stirling Observer).  This involved reading through every single issue and recording salient local facts in a card index.  I remember indexing the marriage of Archibald Clubs in 1863 (I know more about life in Stirling in 1863 than is probably healthy).  It was only last week that I found out that he was my great-great-grandfather.   Obviously, one of the reasons for contacting Stirling archives is to see if they kept that index - I'm fairly sure it was handed over to them when our project folded due to lack of money - and hopefully I can ascertain that next week some time.

Thanks again for your help.

Hi,

Looking for any information about the CLUBBs from Airth.   Managed to get back as far as Alexander CLUBB who married Margaret McLARIN on 02/02/1781.  Am now well and truly stuck.  I think Alexander might be the son/nephew/grandson of the James Club of Westfield who built Club's Tomb (the spelling of the Clubb name differs greatly with Club, Clubs, Clubbs, Clube, Clubb all variants).  Can't establish that as a fact, though.  Also can't find any more information from anywhere and am looking for some ideas.  Can anyone suggest an alternative route for me to explore?

Apart from the Alexander mentioned above, there's another one around the same time - possibly slightly earlier - in Airth who married Janet NEILSON or NILLSON.  As far as I can see, he they had 4 children (that I've been able to find) - john b1751, James b1745, Janet b1761 and Elizabeth b1748.  Again, I have no info on birth/marriage/death but I suspect it's a branch of the same family given the surname and location.

Any help greatly appreciated.