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Scotland

2011-11-02T22:01:00.000-05:00

Scotland

An early photograph showing Rosslyn Castle in the foreground, and Rosslyn Chapel on College Hill behind. Unfortunately, tree cover no longer allows us to see such a spectacular view. It is thought that the Chapel was built on the site of the original castle. Copyright courtesy of RCAHMS (Photographer: John Patrick). Licensor www.rcahms.gov.uk.

The history of the Sinclair family in Scotland is a subject of intense interest, especially after the publication of The Da Vinci Code. Sadly, this has continued a myth-making process that was started long ago by the Victorians.

For sure, the Sinclairs made their mark on Scotland, but they are not a Highland clan with a prehistory stretching back to early times. The first Sinclair was supposed to have arrived in Scotland from England around 1067, a consequence of the uneasy rivalry between the Scottish king Malcolm and William, the Norman conqueror of England. This was the story told by van Bassan and repeated by Father Hay in his genealogy of the Roslin St. Clairs. However, it is just as likely that, according to a contemporary chronicler, the St. Clairs accompanied king William the Lion on his return to Scotland in 1174 after imprisonment in Normandy.

Alan de Sinclair and Henry de Sinclair both received land from William de Moreville prior to his death in 1196. William was Constable of Scotland and a strong argument has been made by historians that the appearance of St. Clairs in Scotland had much to do with the de Moreville family, who would have known the St. Clairs in England and Normandy.

Alan was a witness to a charter by Hugh (II) de Moreville, William's grandfather, and previously Constable of Scotland, and the land he and Henry received later became part of Herdmanston. What has yet to be shown is whether one of the St. Clairs received land at Roslin at the same time. If that was the case, it would increase the likelihood that the founders of Herdmanston and Roslin were from the same family. Roslin, after all, was only a short distance from Herdmanston.

There were several early charters witnessed by men with the title of de Roslin, but the first mention of a St. Clair in connection with Roslin was when Henry de Roslin passed his lands to William de Sinclair. Father Hay could not be sure whether this charter was issued during the reign of king Alexander II or III, so the date could have been either 1245 or 1280. But William de St. Clair was Sheriff of Edinburghshire (Edinburgh, Linglithgow and Haddington) in 1264 and Sir William Sinclair of Roslin was appointed Sheriff of Edinburgh for life in 1271. This predates Roslin being passed to William during Alexander III's reign, so the first Sinclair to hold Roslin must have been the William who received it from Henry de Roslin in 1245. Henry de Roslin might have been the same Henry de St. Clair who held Herdmanston, and arranged to pass Roslin to William, one of his sons, and Herdmanston to another son.

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$200,000 micromosaic of Rome by Cesare Roccheggiani stars in antiques auction

2011-08-24T01:34:00.001-05:00

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$200,000 micromosaic of Rome by Cesare Roccheggiani stars in antiques auction

Myers Fine Art will also offer Arabic-styled antique jewellery and a traditional Scottish dirk

Myers Fine Art auctioneers are holding a remarkable auction of European and Asian Antiques at the end of this month, with nearly 500 lots going under the hammer with a wide range likely to attract collectors of all kinds of items.

A Scottish leather, sterling silver and carved ebony dirk will certainly interest collectors of antiques and militaria. With embossed silver caps and sheath.

It has suffered a miniscule bend to the very tip, but otherwise the blade is in good condition. It is hallmarked in all 4 portions of the silver with the maker "RA" in an oval. There is a date stamp of a "C" in a clover. The sheath is also in good condition.

The dirk may be expected to make a four-figure sum (though the auctioneer has listed it just short of this).

Antique jewellery collectors will be impressed by a striking and substantial 18 karat gold enamelled bracelet marked as being from the workshop of Emmanuel Pioté dating to the early 1820s.

The piece was probably made by Jakob Heinrich Köchert, with this and the date being suggested by the Arabic writing on the piece, which was a speciality of Köchert's. He joined the workshop in 1819 and became equal partner in charge of the workshop in 1825.

The Arabic inscription on the green stone begins, "There is no God but Allah," with some additional terms of praise on the lines that follow. It is expected to attract bids of $4,000 - $6,000.

There is one piece, however, which is a runaway favourite for the top spot in the auction: an Italian 32" x 59" Micromosaic attributed to Cesare Roccheggiani

The large 19th century Italian micromosaic picture depicts a panoramic view of the Roman forum.

The remarkable Italian micromosaic was composed from tens of thousands of minute pieces of opaque glass by the master-mosaicist Ceasare Roccheggiani, who was active at the Vatican workshops from 1856 to 1864.

Producing such a luminous painterly composition, required skillfully selecting the tiny individual tesserae from a vast palette of colours, then painstakingly setting the minute tessarae in place within the micro detailed scene.

weighs over 100 lbs and is supported on a iron strapped frame foundation. For nearly 90 years the important micromosaic rested undisturbed above the mantel in an old Tampa, Florida estate.

In good condition, with no loss or repair, the piece is expected to bring $100,000-200,000 in the sale which takes place in Florida, USA and online on January 30.
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Kate Middleton genealogy Roots

2011-04-22T22:07:00.000-05:00

Kate Middleton Family

Kate with Parents Carol and Michael Middleton Prince William of Wales rocked the western world when he announced that Kate Middleton will be his princess. Who is part of Kate Middleton's family tree? Who are the ancestors that are part of her history that will now link with the British royal family tree one of the premiere famous families in the world. For starters the Kate Middleton's paternal Middleton family has a long history of business owners, while the maternal side finds its roots in the middle class.

The future British royal princess is a breath of fresh air with her critically acclaimed sense of style and congratulated influence in the family business, Party Pieces.

The Middleton family business, Party Pieces, boasts its millions in profits with corporate offices originating from bards and sheds. Now with the royal status, the sky is the limit for the Middleton family business. Now the people with the Middleton last name share one of the most famous surnames in the world.
Catherine Elizabeth Middleton - born January 9, 1982

The Kate Middleton biography is just beginning. As she takes her place in history as a future Queen of England, many expect her to make strides as a beloved public servant much like her mother in law, the late Princess Diana Spencer.

As the soon to be Princess of Wales Kate Middleton, the princess is the first commoner to marry an heir to the British royal thrown for centuries. Although this young lady does have royal blood running through her veins, she was brought up with an education fit for a royal princess. The daughter of self made millionaires, Michael and Carol Middleton, Princess Kate and her two siblings Phillippa and James attended the prestigious boarding school at Marlborough College. This $30K education allowed her to excel in academics and as an athlete on the field hockey field, as well as a runner for the cross country team. Later Kate Middleton attended the Univerisity of St. Andrews to study Art History and where she will meet her prince charming, Prince William.

After graduating from St. Andrews, Kate became a media darling as the fairy tale relationship between Kate and William splashed across the news screens and magazine pages. She worked for the company Jig Saw and later became a huge contributer to the success of her family's online business, Party Pieces. Now she plans the wedding of the century for William and Kate to walk down the isle of Westminster Abby on April 29, 2011 (which also marks the Feast of St. Catherine) and officially join her family tree with the royal family line.Kate Middleton Genealogy and Family Tree

The Kate Middleton genealogy roots join the working class laborers of her mother's family tree with middle class family members of Michael Middleton's line. Kate Middleton's parents met and started their life together working for the airlines, but later became self made millionaires which enabled them to give their eldest child, Kate Middleton an education fit for a princess or future Queen of England.

Kate Middleton's siblings :

Younger Sister - Philippa "Pippa" Charlotte Middleton

Born in 1983, the younger sister to Kate and a graduate of University of Edinbourgh. After college, Pippa Middleton worked for the family business.

Younger Brother - James William

A jovial young fellow who like his sisters acquired his childhood education at Marlborough College. James Middleton is proving to have the same entrepreneurial spirit as his parents.

Kate Middle's Maternal Family Tree

Mother - Carol Elizabeth Goldsmith Middleton

Born January 31, 1955, Carol met her husband as an airline stewardess and he a pilot. They married in 1980 and began their wildly success business in 1987 which rose them above the middle class life as self made millionaires.

Grandmother - Dorothy "Lady Dorothy" Harrison Goldsmith

Born June 26, 1935, Kate Middleton's grandmother, Dorothy, was nicknamed Lady Dorothy due to her desire to be more refined amongst her coal miner family upbringing. In the 1930s, her parents moved their family from North East Hetton to Ealing located in west London. This move opened up Dorothy's opportunity to marry her husband Ronald, a builder.

Great Grandmother - Elizabeth Temple Harrison

Daughter of Thomas Temple and Elizabeth Myers and sister to Esther Temple.

Great Grandfather - Robert Harrison

Started his working life in the coal mines with his father John, but after his father's death, his mother Jane got him a job working as a carpenter's apprentice. He traveled the countryside where he happened upon his future wife who shared his desire to move away from poverty.

Grandfather - Ronald John James Goldsmith

Born in 1931, The maternal grandfather to Kate and a builder by trade and at times a lorry driver.

Great Grandmother - Edith Eliza Chandler Goldsmith

After her husband's early death from emphysema, Edith worked in a Jam factory to support herself and her youngest two children, including Kate Middleton's grandfather, Ronald.

Great Grandfather - Stephen Charles Goldsmith

Believed to be Kate Middleton's connection to the Jewish faith. Stephen Goldsmith fought in WWI and developed emphysema which led to his death.

Kate Middleton's Paternal Family Tree

Father - Michael Middleton

Grandmother - Dorothy Martin Middleton

Grandfather - Peter Middleton

Great Grandmother - Olivia Lupton Middleton

Great Grandfather - Noel Middleton

STRANGE BUT TRUE

2011-04-10T20:31:00.000-05:00

Strange But True Genealogy Stories - On the Lighter Side

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A lady who had attained financial and social status asked an author to help search out her genealogy and assist her in writing a book on her family history. The author began his research. He soon came back to tell her he had discovered that one of her grandfathers had been electrocuted in New York's Sing Sing Prison. She was stunned, and wanted that part left out of the book. But the author insisted that everything, good or bad, should be included. The lady pleaded with him to write words that would hide the truth. The author came up with this:

'One of her grandfathers occupied the chair of applied electricity at one of America's best-known institutions. He was very much attached to his position and literally died in the harness.'

This satisfied her and her book was written for posterity."

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Our family folklore was that someone on my father's side was related to John Wilkes Booth, murderer of Abraham Lincoln. While researching the line that rumor was attached to, I quite accidentally unearthed another related line that was documented clear back to the Mayflower Pilgrims, making John Alden and Priscilla Mullins my direct 11th great grandparents.

So maybe that other guy was related to them, too, or maybe not. I never could find him - still looking.

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2011-03-27T21:11:00.000-05:00

Scots Gather for Largest-Ever Reunion

Janice McDonald
Edinburgh, Scotland July 29, 2009

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It was called "The Gathering" and gather they did. More than 50,000 Scots and would-be Scots from across the globe gathered this past weekend in Scotland for the largest ever reunion of the countries clansmen and their descendants.

Celebrating heritage

Tartans of every color and size. Scotsmen and women of every description and nationality as well.

The fields behind Edinburgh's Holyrood Palace echoed with the sounds of bagpipes over the weekend as Scots and their sometimes far distant cousins gathered.

People of Scottish heritage traveled from more than 40 countries to be a part of this largest-ever assembly of the clans. In all, 140 clans were represented.

Even Britain's Prince Charles celebrated his own Scottish roots by helping open the ceremony. "I was struck by the diversity, backgrounds experience and occupations which marks the modern clan representatives," he said.

Why gather?

The term "clan" in Scotland is derived from the Gaelic word for "children." It refers to the ancient families that settled this area of the British Isles. One of the purposes of the Gathering was helping visitors connect with their roots, either through various stations set up throughout the Gathering's grounds or by visiting clan tents and physically tracing family trees.

By holding the Royal title of Finlagan Pursuivant, Thomas Myers' job is to help people trace their heritage. "The funny thing is that most of the people who come here from all around the world, they are pretty clued up (know about) about their Scottish ancestry and background," Myers said. "They seem to know about it more about it than I do."

Tracing their heritage

Dorothy Claros has taken great pains to trace her heritage. Her grandfather moved to the Philippines from Scotland. She considers herself both Filipino and Scottish. "It's my connection to my ancestors. That Scottish tradition never died with my family. Not when my grandfather died, not when my mother died. In fact here beside me is my cousin from South Africa whom we just discovered two years ago. That's how strong the tradition is," she said.

The first minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, says Scotland embraces its descendants' ability to love their new land and their homeland as well. "They can be loyal Americans and Australians and Filipinos and have that Scottish connection and that's just fine by us," he said.

A native American from the Cherokee tribe, Sandra Muse's grandmother was a Scot. "The more I've learned about it, the prouder I feel. And I feel I have wasted so much of my life not knowing about my Scottish," Muse explains.

Opportunity to reconnect

The Gathering was the idea of Lord Jamie Sempill, who feels making these connections is a crucial aspect of the event.

"It is reconnecting to our heritage and to our culture and showing all the people that may have a rather ambivalent to it that really does have merit and really has meaning to those who are coming here," Sempill said.

Still being Scottish was not a requirement to attend, or for that matter to participate. Those not visiting clan tents had plenty to see and do.

Let the games begin!

At center stage on the main field were the highland athletic games, which included such primitive tests of strength as tug-of-wars, caber or pole tossing, and hammer throws.

Yet for the Maori family of John Mahiti Wilson, their journey from New Zealand was more than just about enjoying the festivities.

Wilson had hoped to attend the Gathering but died before he could do so.

The family, including Wilson's widow Christine and his nephew, a tribal leader, came to Scotland to bring the essence of his spirit home to his ancestral clan of Gunn.

"I am very privileged and honored to bring the spiritual essence of my husband back to his homeland, Scotland," Christine said.

This ceremony is very traditional among the Maori.

But, according to Pouroto Ngaropo, this is the first time in the tribe's 2,000 year history it has been performed in Scotland.

"I'm very firmly grounded in my Maori heritage which makes it also important for me to acknowledge my Scottish heritage so I can be a complete person," he said.

A sentiment made possible by the Gathering.

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BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY

2011-03-15T19:08:00.000-05:00

Ancestry of the British Royal Family

How to Find UK Royal Ancestors in a Family Tree

Mar 4, 2009 Rita Marshall

English Ancestry Means British Royalty - Steve WoodsPeople with English ancestry will have some ancestors in the British Royal family. Here's how to determine which family tree branches lead to royalty.

According to genealogist Andrew Millard, over 99% of English people can trace ancestry back to King Edward III (1312-1377). According to Millard's calculations, the odds of not one of an English person’s thousands of ancestors being descended from Edward III are miniscule. “The number of descendants of Edward III must therefore include nearly all of the population of England,” he writes, “and probably much of the populations of the rest of the UK and Eire, as well as many millions in the USA, former British colonies and Europe.”

Background of British Royalty

Royalty in the United Kingdom involves many different ethnicities, including Scottish, Welsh, Irish, French, Anglo-Saxon and Norman, as well as the different families that have laid claim to the royal thrones in Britain over the past centuries. Furthermore, the intermarrying of Queen Victoria's descendants with almost every royal house in Europe increases the chances of an ordinary person descending from royalty. Documenting the descent is a different matter, however.

Royal Genealogy Resources: Burke's Peerage and Gentry

Burke's Peerage and Baronetage and Burke's Gentry have published genealogies of British royalty and noteworthy persons since 1826. The Burke’s Peerage collection includes English, Scottish and Irish historical families and famous American families as well.

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More Resources for Ancestry of British Royal Families: Debrett’s Peerage and Baronetage

Debrett’s Peerage and Baronetage has been tracing British aristocracy for over two centuries. The 147th edition lists every British duke, marquess, viscount, earl, baron and baronet, together with all the living members of their families in the male line. Debrett’s Peerage and Baronetage is available either as a book or a digitized edition.

Free Online Databases for British Royal Family Genealogy: RoyaList

RoyaList offers information, including family trees, on thousands of individuals with connections to the royal families of England and Scotland over the past 1000 years. The website cautions researchers, however, that the information presented has been gathered from secondary sources, such as royal biographies.

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Frauds and Warnings when Conducting Royal Family History Research

Although someone with English ancestry is virtually guaranteed royal ancestry, accurately tracing it can be difficult. As Pocahontas descendants and would-be descendants know, fraudulent family trees that are unquestioned by subsequent researchers cause confusion and false pedigrees.

While some secondary sources, such as Burke's and Debrett’s, are quite prestigious, a family history researcher serious about re-constructing a royal pedigree will have to be scrupulous about finding primary documents. Relying on family memories or genealogies can be dangerous -- the desire to show a family’s connection to royalty is behind many false genealogies. Gustave Anjou (1863-1942), for example, wrote several fraudulent genealogies for wealthy early American families in the late 19th / early 20th centuries purporting to show royal connections.

Perseverance When Tracing British Royal Ancestry

Although the search may seem overwhelming, there are many online databases of varying quality offering genealogies of British royal families. Researchers can also access online royal genealogy forums for on-going advice on securing and interpreting primary documents, as well as the legitimacy of secondary documents. Remember, it is a virtual certainty if you have English ancestry that a link to the British royal family exists. Proving it is the hard part.

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2011-03-03T13:53:00.000-06:00

Personal Accounts Of Ellis Island Now Online

By: NY1 News

A collection of oral histories from people who passed through Ellis Island will now be available online.

The histories, over 1,500 of them, had only been available to visitors at the immigration

museum on Ellis Island.

Genealogy website Ancestry.com contacted the National Park Service, which did the interviews, and asked to host them on its website.

Over 12 million people passed through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954.

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GENEALOGY NAME

2011-02-25T23:15:00.000-06:00

Are People with the Same Family Name Related?

Family names, also known as surnames, provide an obvious clue to a person’s origin. And yet, as any genealogist can tell you, surnames can be difficult to work with and research into surnames often yields unexpected surprises. In particular, two people with the same surname do not necessarily share a common ancestor.

Surnames in families change more frequently than most people realize. Two people can share a surname and have no biological relationship to each other. Common surnames, such as Smith and Jones, can have multiple independent founders. As well, adoptions, misspellings, name changes (sometimes used to hide a criminal or immigration past) and non-paternities (the husband is not the biological father of the child) all serve to confuse the picture.
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In Britain, surnames have been in existence for only about 700 years, which represents about 20 generations of males, who are the ones that typically carry the surname forward to future generations. So what is the probability that two people having the same surname also share a common ancestor? It turns out that for British men with the same surname, there is a 24% probability of having a recent common ancestor. As reported by United Press International, Turi King, a doctoral researcher at the University of Leicester performed genetic tests on a random sample of 150 pairs of British men who shared the same British surname. King found the probability of having a common ancestor is less than 24% for more common surnames but is greater than 24% for rare surnames, which are more likely to have single founders. The full technical report can be found here.

One interesting outcome of the King study is that it validates genetic testing of people with the same surname to determine if they are related. There is, however, one major caveat. Private genetic testing can help determine if two people with the same surname are related, but most of these tests would require many more markers than are currently used to determine the specific link between two people. In other words, private genetic tests that are popular with some genealogists can be used to determine if two people are related, but they are not accurate enough to determine exactly how two people are related.

Categories: [October 2008] [family trees] [genetic testing] [research methods] [UK]

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FREE SINCLAIR GENEALOGY ADVICE

2011-02-20T22:28:00.000-06:00

Sinclair family history & genealogy search advice

As you probably know, searching a common name like Sinclair on the Internet is often a frustrating experience. This page gives you tips on where to best search for the Sinclair family genealogy on the Internet.

This surname is relatively common. Over 32,000 people share the surname in the United States alone. As a result, searching for the Sinclair family is difficult when using search engines. Since Sinclair is also a first name, using search engines can be even more difficult.

So, the suggestions below are intended to make your search easier.

Get free, specific advice on searching the Sinclair family

This site is designed ask you questions about what you already know about your ancestry and then it will give you free, specific advice on what you might do and where you might look in order to develop your search more fully. This emphasizes online records so that it is easier to perform your research using your computer. All in all, this makes your Internet searching more effective.

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Vikings over 1000 years ago To Iceland

2011-02-15T21:17:00.000-06:00

Vikings Brought Native Americans to Iceland 1000 Years Ago

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Last Updated: November 23rd, 2010 An interesting study has just surfaced that we wanted to share with you.

The first Native American to arrive in Europe was alleged to be brought by the Vikings over 1,000 years ago to Iceland. This person was thought to be a woman. This finding supported the theory that Vikings reached the American continent several centuries before Columbus traveled to the “New World”.

How could this be possible? According to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) which conducted the study, discovered that there are around 80 people from a total of 4 families in Iceland that possessed a type of DNA that is found only in Native Americans or East Asians. “It was thought at first that it came from recently established Asian families in Iceland,” said Carles Lalueza-Fox, a CSIC researcher.

When family genealogy was studied, it was discovered that the 4 families descended from certain ancestors that lived between 1710-1740 in the same region of southern Iceland. The C1e lineage that is found is also mitochondrial, which means that the genes were introduced to Iceland by a woman.

“As the island was virtually isolated from the 10th century, the most likely hypothesis is that these genes corresponded to an Amerindian woman who was brought from America by the Vikings around the year 1000,” said Lalueza-Fox.

As published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 75 to 80 percent of contemporary Icelanders can trace their lineage to Scandinavia and the rest to Scotland and Ireland. However, the C1e lineage is one of a handful that was involved in the settlement of the Americas around 14,000 years ago.

In contrast to the initial assumption, the preliminary genealogical analyses revealed that the C1 lineage was present in the Icelandic mitochondrial DNA pool at least 300 years ago. This raised the intriguing possibility that the Icelandic C1 lineage could be traced to Viking voyages to the Americas, the journal said.

Although there were several issues raised concerning the accuracy of this theory, there are still some scholars who think that Mediterranean people were exchanged with the Mayans from the Central America more than 2000 years ago. Still, credits should be given to the researchers and their use of genealogy studies to help determine this possibility.

The researchers used data from the Rejkjavik-based genomics company deCODE Genetics and this report was also published in the latest edition of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

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Most Recent Genenolgy Records for Scotland

2011-02-12T14:19:00.000-06:00

Most Recent Genealogy Records for Scotland

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Below is a list and discription of the most recent genealogy records for Scotland (see list of most recent records for other countries). Many of these records can be searched using our free Genealogy Search Engine.

2011 January to March

Scotland – This is an advance notice. The Registrar General for Scotland has announced that the 1911 Scottish census will be released to the public on 5 April 2011. It will be placed on the ScotlandsPeople website on that date. The 1911 Scottish census covers more than 4.7 million people. It was also the last Scottish census before World War I, so it is particularly important for anyone tracing soldiers who may have died during the Great War. The 1911 census record includes name, address, age, occupation, birthplace, marital status and details on children. [1911 Scottish Census]

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01/21/2011: Correlated genotypes in friendship networks

2011-02-05T22:13:00.000-06:00

01/21/2011: Correlated genotypes in friendship networks

SCOTTISH GENES

2011-01-29T13:30:00.000-06:00

Scottish GENES (GEnealogy News and EventS)

The top stories & events concerning Scottish ancestral research, with news from around the UK and beyond. If you would like to share details of a new product release, lecture, event, or news of interest to others researching their ancestry, please contact me at enquiry@scotlandsgreateststory.co.uk and I will be only too happy to help - the service is FREE. If you would like to quote from this blog, please do so, but please credit the Scottish GENES blog as the source with a link. Slainte!

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FAMILY TREE DNA ARE YOU A WARRIOR?

2011-01-19T14:17:00.000-06:00

I did a Blog on the topic are you a warrior . Well if you think you are , you can be tested . There is a DNA test kit that you can buy that will tell you if your Genealogy is that gene. You can purchase this kit or other family genealogy kits that can confirm your findings from your Genealogy searches. Who would of thought that Genealogy would have taken us able to buy your own DNA kits wow that's amazing. Check this site out.

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PROJECT SCOTLAND

2011-01-15T17:06:00.000-06:00

I guess without the Romans writings we would not know much, as it is there is so much that is not known.

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WOW!!! SCOTTIST WARRIORS

2011-01-11T00:09:00.000-06:00

" A INTERVIEW WITH A WARRIOR ," and a knowledgeable one to". This

guy is a real viking , as he speaks of the Scots being fearless , maybe

he 's not the KING of Scotland or as well known as KING Leader of
Scotland's war of independence from 1306-1329 Robert The Bruce with a lengthily and productive twenty three year reign. This warrior knows his history watch the video there might be something you don't know ***

http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/famous-medieval-people/

ARE YOU A WARRIOR?

2011-01-07T23:10:00.008-06:00

ARE YOU A WARRIOR ????

Maybe I should have my husband tested!!

Family Tree DNA has the latest technology for your genealogy research . I often wondered how long it would take for this kind of technology to surface . People say its like a sci fi Novel like a race of people. The name of the gene has been identified as Monoamine Oxidase Aor MAOA for short . Florida State University conducted a study that directly linked this gene to people that were more aggressive in behavior . DNA is really advancing and one day I am sure everyone well be doing it.

Read on to the web site

http://www.familytreedna.com/landing/warrior-gene.aspx

FREE WEB SITE SINCLAIR SURNAME SEARCH

2011-01-04T22:17:00.000-06:00

This is a FREE web site to finding the meaning behind the Sinclair name, and related resources for the surname. There are tips & tricks for researching common names, - linked family trees posted for Sinclair surnames I think the name speaks for itself , knowing the history is so indept. It is a never ending story , there is so much to the ancient history of the Scott's we might be reading forever ,but that is a good thing. I hope this helps your search . HAPPY SEARCHING!!! Peggy

go to

http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/s/bl_name-SINCLAIR.htm

ST Clair Research Project

2011-01-01T15:49:00.000-06:00

For us to say we're an ancient Family may seem obvious , but not all family's know their history as thoroughly as we know ours, not everyone has legends, myths and stories. The St Clairs, Sinclairs having such a well documented history allows members of our family a greater sense of their place and time, a feeling of connectedness to our ancestor's.We might feel more ancient than other families whose histories are less well traced. You can get information about Sinclair Genealogy and get a full report to your DNA . My family and I have been interested in the DNA information and searched several different directions this Web Site was impressive.
http://www.stclairresearch.com/ PEGGY

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Scotland

$200,000 micromosaic of Rome by Cesare Roccheggiani stars in antiques auction

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FREE SINCLAIR GENEALOGY ADVICE

Vikings over 1000 years ago To Iceland

Most Recent Genenolgy Records for Scotland

01/21/2011: Correlated genotypes in friendship networks

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WOW!!! SCOTTIST WARRIORS

ARE YOU A WARRIOR?

FREE WEB SITE SINCLAIR SURNAME SEARCH

ST Clair Research Project