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sancti · « **Reply #9 on:** Friday 11 November 11 09:12 GMT (UK) »

Iain you really need to verify the information on Neil as you can see from the other thread how easy it is to follow the wrong line.

Where did the info on his birthplace come fom? His death record should provide his parent's names which will hopefully lead to his BAPTISM being recorded in the OPR's

Iain...

Quote from: sancti on Friday 11 November 11 09:12 GMT (UK)

Iain you really need to verify the information on Neil as you can see from the other thread how easy it is to follow the wrong line.

Where did the info on his birthplace come fom? His death record should provide his parent's names which will hopefully lead to his BAPTISM being recorded in the OPR's

Hi Sancti. In fact it was Monica, (once again) who managed to put me in contact with a near-professional genealogist..., and this person has not only become a friend, but by pure chance, her husband is also a long-lost McArthur cousin of mine..., her son and myself have Neil as a 3xGr Grandfather I believe. She’s also an expert in Tiree/Tyree genealogy and the above details of Neil’s parents, grandparents and paternal gr-grandparents were provided by her.
I suppose I could have asked her for the information, but like Monica, I didn’t want bother her..., she has a lot of work on her hands mucking about in graveyards I believe.

In reality, my problem is the fact that my past relatives are a positively boring lot ! I don’t even have someone in prison !

As such, what I’m doing is trying to build a tree with some colour..., by finding how they all lived, the clothes they wore and what they ate, etc. Much of this can be found through surfing or eventually via newspaper clippings. In other sites, I’ve even tried stimulating people to photograph old newspapers found in the attics..., veritable treasure troves, but nobody seems very interested !

Some examples of publicity at the time: