Comments for Folk Are The Thing

Comment on Linlithgow burgesses by Rueben

Rueben — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:59:41 +0000

Take nothing but ancestors, leave nothing but records.

Comment on Preserving & centralising our family records by Kirsty F Wilkinson

Kirsty F Wilkinson — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:59:46 +0000

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Comment on Preserving & centralising our family records by Tina Micheal Ruse

Tina Micheal Ruse — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:54:40 +0000

This sort of thing is rampant here in the states as well.What good is a book that no one can hold or even take a picture of?What is the value of information if it is “preserved”but can not be accessed?Or only accessed by “scholars”?It’s MY history and MY tax money often that is doing the preserving but I can’t have the info.,take a pic. or touch it.Not the way to teach caring about historical items.Thank you for voicing on this topic.

Comment on Can ye direct me tae Willie Law’s tannery? by Wade Pennell

Wade Pennell — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:07:36 +0000

Hello. I wanted to send you a quick note regarding your story of William Law’s tannery. I am an ancestor of William Law & Elisabeth Stanners. William and Elisabeth had a daughter named Helen who married William Cockburn, a shoemaker of Linlithgow. I’m sure you’ve seen it already, but William Law (married to Elisabeth Stanners) had a will that I found to be an intersting read.

I would be very intersted to hear from you and to possibly exchange some information if you are interested.

Take care,

Wade Pennell.

Comment on Tell me it’s not true by Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:52:43 +0000

Alex – thanks for that LOL Both Williams are recorded as children of James Cowan & Margaret Henderson & I haven’t found another couple with exactly the same names in the village. The family is poorly recorded almost without exception, but I shall keep going. Thanks for your thought-provoking comment.

Comment on Tell me it’s not true by Alex

Alex — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:07:37 +0000

At the risk of making things worse – could another (probably remote) possibility be that there were TWO sets of James and Margaret Cowans in Airth at the same time? Or that James had two consecutive wives named Margaret who both insisted on their son being called William? Neither of these would help you pinpoint which William is yours though :(

Comment on Is in-law the best we can do? by ann mcgee

ann mcgee — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:22:23 +0000

belle mere has my vote, and if my son ever does marry, that’ll be me!

Comment on Is in-law the best we can do? by Beckett

Beckett — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:12:07 +0000

My mother made an elaborate cross-stitch piece that she called the Mother Tree. It was, of course, a lovely tree which had the names of the mothers in our family going back about 10 generations. Her mother had done all the research. I’m not even sure how you’d decide which tree branches to follow in such an endeavor; the further back you go, of course, the more relatives you run into. I’ll have to see if I can dig up that cross-stitch…

Comment on Is in-law the best we can do? by footnoteMaven

footnoteMaven — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:54:22 +0000

This is so true. And it is often the “wife of” “or husband of” that I wish was a blood relative and are very often my favorite.

-fM

Comment on The wee shop on Waverley Street by Beckett

Beckett — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:56:43 +0000

Lovely to see you posting again! I really like this entry about Martha. She sounds kind, clever and very resourceful. Wish I could get some pointers from her on how to get by with no source of income and small children!