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Forbes of Brechin 01
“The early modern period (c. 1500-1800) witnessed profound political, religious and social change in Scotland. What began as an independent Catholic kingdom closely aligned with France ended as a stateless Protestant nation formally united with England.”
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1753: The Remeli’s
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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