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Inverness / Re: McPhee family from Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
« on: Friday 23 May 25 03:10 BST (UK)  »
Hi Wendy,

Can you please provide approx. birth yrs for all?

Do you have their emigration records & do you know if it was Barra they came from or one of the surrounding islands?

Anne

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Canada Lookup Request / Re: Death - MacKinnon/Cullen/McCluskey (Toronto)
« on: Friday 23 May 25 02:41 BST (UK)  »
Hi J.J. - Thanks for your PM, much appreciated indeed!

Quote from: MacEachenJT on Saturday 22 February 25 15:54 GMT (UK)
Anne,I knew Fr Neil MacKinnon, loved him, great man

Hi JT, welcome to RC & thanks for your message!

Sorry for the delay but I haven't really been on RC much in the last few yrs.

I'd love to know about Neil as everyone had good words to say about him & it's such a great pity he died so young in not very good circumstances.

Do you happen to have any pics of him?
I do have a few & a large one of him when he was ordained.

While I'm here, I have MacEachen in my family tree, do you know if you have any connections to South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland also known as the Outer Hebrides &/or Long Island?

Hopefully you will receive this message.

Anne

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Aberdeen - Adams - Birth record look up
« on: Tuesday 12 December 23 02:22 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: MrAdz on Monday 11 December 23 19:38 GMT (UK)
I have looked at all this stuff but can't find anything to do with his parents...
You need to download the birth certificate, however, there's a minimum, minimal cost via purchase of credits.

The BC will give you the address James Walker Adams was born, names of both parents including mother's maiden surname (possibly Walker) & the date/place they were married.

All this info. for £7.50 leaving you credits for the next stage...the MC of his parents & still some credits left!

Annie

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Finding the mother of an "illegitimate" birth in Scotland 1916
« on: Tuesday 21 November 23 16:35 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: pocketslint on Saturday 09 September 23 11:09 BST (UK)
The baby was 'fostered' at birth, therefore I presume that the new parents would have christened her as was their want, ie Grace. The "Mac" is most likely a shortened form of her first married name of Macadam.
I would tend to disagree on foster parents having any legal or any other right to have a foster child in their care which they "would have christened her as was their want, ie Grace"?

Annie

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Don't know any of my DNA matches!!
« on: Sunday 01 October 23 22:55 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: jc26red on Friday 22 September 23 21:02 BST (UK)
Quote from: Kloumann on Friday 22 September 23 20:11 BST (UK)
Watched the BBC3 programme on iplayer. Very touching!

Yes it was, and a very similar search looking for a Portuguese/Guinea  Bissau heritage.

Quite emotional all round with a fantastic outcome.

A great lesson on how DNA works & what info. can be gleaned from very little & where it can lead.

Not to mention the various races involved.

The families were lovely & Carlos was such a lovely man.

DNA helped both men find their origins.

Annie

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South Africa / Re: Christina McCallum Blair
« on: Sunday 17 September 23 22:56 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Dooker on Sunday 17 September 23 20:10 BST (UK)
Christina McCallum Blair (Twin with brother John) born 21 02 1899 in Barrhead, Glasgow, Scotland. Parents Margaret McAllister and Alexander Martin Blair. Not having any success finding a marriage or death for her in South Africa. Most of the family lived in Grahamstown, Cape Province.

On Sept 10th 2023 you provided a Death and Probate information for her aunt Euphema McAllister  and signature on one of Euphemia's Documents. was C.Blair. dated 1968
Just posting the link re Euphemia for others who may have an interest/info. on the family...

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=876365.0

Annie

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Mother adopted - how to find where she came from
« on: Sunday 17 September 23 19:26 BST (UK)  »
What are you & your brother's 5 highest matches in cMs on your maternal line (do not post names)?

Do they all match each other?

Annie

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Mother adopted - how to find where she came from
« on: Sunday 17 September 23 18:57 BST (UK)  »
It's great you & your brother have both taken a DNA test as it will help to work out matches on your maternal line.

You need to look for recurring surnames in matches' trees & you may not match all the same people as your brother as DNA is randomly passed down.

Where did you both test & what country were you born in?

Annie

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Finding the mother of an "illegitimate" birth in Scotland 1916
« on: Sunday 17 September 23 18:44 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: pocketslint on Wednesday 06 September 23 15:14 BST (UK)
I suspect that the address at 135 was a 'mothering' address. There are rumours that her mother got pregnant by the son of the family she was in service with, and talk of him not surviving the War.
It would be an idea to list all surnames at 135 Paisley Road West from the VRs in 1915, have a look at maternal matches, their trees, shared matches & their trees to see if any of those surnames from the VRs features a lot?

Surnames on the 1915 VRs...

Brown - Clark - MacKenzie - MacLeod - MacTeague - Montgomerie - Neave

The Proprietor was John Mair

It may also be worth looking closer to home to find out whether the family who fostered Agnes were related in any way?

What occupation did the foster father have & how far from Govan where Agnes was born did the foster parents live?

It's worth keeping in mind, although a lot of work has been done so far to trace Agnes' roots, it's all speculation as there's no solid proof of anything beyond the BC unfortunately.

That's where using DNA matching can help.


Annie

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