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The Common Room / Re: There are people I don't know buried in one of our family graves
« on: Sunday 26 May 24 12:23 BST (UK)  »
Several of my ancestors are buried in a family plot in the Ramshorn Kirk in Glasgow . However there is one burial, interred while the plot was still in active use by the family, of someone who seems to be entirely unconnected with my family. I say “unconnected” but bizarrely there is now a connection as this mysterious lady is my wife's greatx3 grandmother!

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The Common Room / Re: Why do my offers of help seem to be rejected?
« on: Wednesday 15 May 24 08:05 BST (UK)  »
One of my wife's ancestors was a photographer and a collection of his glass plates is held by a museum. However this museum has attributed them to a much younger person. We have given the museum details of our research but they refuse to engage with us. The head of the museum did produce a book of these mis-attributed photos and we strongly suspect that misplaced professional pride (arrogance?) is part of the problem.

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Newspaper Report
« on: Wednesday 17 April 24 12:44 BST (UK)  »
Interesting. They claimed that their vaccine is 95% effective in preventing Covid and 94% effective in people over 65 years old. They also failed to refer to any adverse events and gave no safety information.

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The Lighter Side / Re: I am related to The King.
« on: Sunday 03 March 24 23:16 GMT (UK)  »
Not sure what to make of this as I also got an email from Family search today saying that Elvis is my 13th cousin (without the once removed bit) so I must be related to you also Biggles50! Connection is through my Hunter ancestors on my mother's side.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Myths debunked when doing family histroy.
« on: Saturday 02 March 24 16:23 GMT (UK)  »
My wife's family lived in Newington a few generations back, but this was in the south of Edinburgh. It must be quite a common place name.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Myths debunked when doing family histroy.
« on: Sunday 25 February 24 23:15 GMT (UK)  »
Oddly many members of my wife's family claim that their ancestor was Mary Seton, one of the four Mary's of Mary Queen of Scots fame.However the reality is that she died as a nun in France never having married. Our research has traced my wife's Seton line back to Fife with no connections to the nobility. Also Queen Mary wasn't exactly the most popular of monarchs so why even claim such a connection?

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Death in Closeburn, Dumfries-shire 1952
« on: Thursday 18 January 24 17:17 GMT (UK)  »
The Dunscore reference is to Dalgarnock. Not a lot there now but several of my ancestors are buried in the small graveyard at Dalgarno(ck) churchyard.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Dating photo - Scotland - Isabella and Amelia Stobie
« on: Tuesday 15 August 23 14:41 BST (UK)  »
They were also at the Princes Street address from 1902 to 1906.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Dating photo - Scotland - Isabella and Amelia Stobie
« on: Tuesday 15 August 23 14:30 BST (UK)  »
Harper & Smellie were at 163 Leith Walk from 1899 to 1904 and then at 131-135 Leith Walk from 1905 to 1908.

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