350 graves to be exhumed

[MonicaL]

Oh, Maggie. What a fantastic story you have detailed there. With so much colour and description, I feel I have been walking there alongside you!

You are right - none of us here will think it odd that you went to a funeral that then set you off on your experiences and andvertures that you have had 

How lucky were you that you walked straight into the helpful hands of the Local History section of Aidrie Library and its historian!

Monica

[Ringoroses]

I was in there the other day too, Maggie. Aren't they fabulous. I got nowhere either, sadly, but it wasn't for the want of trying! I think it was Alan too who helped me. They've done a wonderful job with it (it wasn't quite finished while I was there, but that didn't seem to deter anyone)! Had thought of standing up in the archive and shouting 'any rootschatters about' but didn't have the guts!  Had a wander round Glenmavis church yard too, in the pouring rain, for other leads, but that was useless as well.  

So kind of at the same brick wall with mine (my main line, 3x g grandfather) so I know how that feels. But hey ho, haven't lost hope that he'll turn up in some obscure document one day and give me enough info to let me carry on to his forefathers!
Ann
And no, spending part of the day at a funeral, and the other part looking for dead people sounds perfectly sane to me - but I'm probably not the right person to judge these things!  

[Maggie1895]

Monica, Ann, yes you're right - thank goodness for the infinite patience and knowledge of people like Alan at Aidrie Library, but thank goodness also for people like you who understand how it feels!

[apanderson]

Without doubt 'three-cheers' for Alan!

I was there the other day too - not for my own lot, but on behalf of someone else but came away with loads of bits and pieces I hadn't thought about.

We should have had a girls day out! 

Anne 

[Ringoroses]

Now I wish I'd shouted out! 

[Maggie1895]

I had the place to myself and Alan's undivided attention... whilst that was brilliant for the help he gave, I wish I'd known you two were going!

[apanderson]

You and me both Maggie - the place was deserted.

Alan was whizzing through stuff on one computer and I was 'snailing' through OPR's on microfilm and like you, I was amazed when he produced maps of exactly the wee place I was looking for (and had never previously heard of) called 'Horeslets' in the Tollcross/Carmyle area.

I had forgotten that Old Monkland stretched that far in toward Glasgow and it's great when someone's able to narrow things down so much and can show you on a map.

If any of us are planning a return visit, we should make an 'announcement' so anyone else can join in if they feel like it. I'm only about half an hour from Airdrie, so it's not a big deal just to pop over and say hello.

Anne

[sakashareh]

You wanted to know about the Callow family IOM. My grandfather was Haydn Wilberforce Callow passed away a few years ago. He was from the IOM, his ansestors used to own the laxie wheel and invented the callow bacon slicer. My uncle another Haydn Wilberforce Callow is in Somerset. There are connection with Scotland, I think my mothers great uncle was the bishop of Iona ( the females of the family have Iona as their middle name me included,  glad it wasn't IOM).There is not many Callow's left in my family.

i think we may have the same ancesters, how can i speak to you? im new to this :/ my great uncle john callow, was a baker and a some sort of church leader, he invented the bread machine, my great grandfather paul callow was born in the street at the lexie wheel . hopefully we can swap details

[Poppy62]

Hello Lodger

Would there be any Weirs on your list

Rosina