Category: FAMILY HISTORY
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Forbes of Brechin 02
It’s the mid 1700s; Brechin served as the market town for much of the district, the 30 mile radius in which our ancestors lived. It’s an urban center for the region with people living in houses, apartments, rooms, and institutions. Farmers work and cultivate all around the city. There were also a number of “great houses” that required staff.
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The Remeli/Remaley family arrives in 1753
They were refugees escaping brutal Catholic persecution of Protestants in Germany and relying on the decades’ old promise from William Penn of safety and prosperity in “The New World”. This had been a predominantly Protestant area since the Reformation took hold there in 1556. Read the whole story
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OFF THE RAILS; a short detour
Discovering family stories: A shipwreck and drowning off Port of Aberdeen Scotland in 1853 and 1880.
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FINDING YOUR WAY; Narrowing the focus of ancestry research
It’s easy to get lost in the maze of your ancestry tree. Try these tips to narrow your family history research to direct blood relatives.
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MAPPING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY: Part One
One of the best ways to understand our ancestors’ world is to get a bird’s eye view of it using maps. In this way we can feel directly connected to our personal history as well as the history of our place on the planet.
aletheus; a compendium 