27th November 16, 12:46 PM
oh
a black watch kilted group called royal highland emigrants were scots who hiked to canada . they fought at saratoga apparently ....
27th November 16, 12:35 PM
ok ok forgot
highlanders were 1st sent about albany in fr ind war ..as garrisons on watch ..black watch were out by schenecatdy in winter as guard .
in fr ind war many trained under rogers...
27th November 16, 12:30 PM
sorry
lists of the various militias in ny ..like 7th -10th about albany ..list many scottish names ..pro american . and fought at saratoga .
the hudson valley 1650 up albany was dutch and aftr...
27th November 16, 12:15 PM
there were scotch irish up in new hampshire where rogers rangers came from .
new yorks state
1738 Islay scots applied for a colony in argylls ny and stayed tory many were in n jersey, jane macrae...
25th October 15, 10:53 AM
dear folk
I have a flower of scotland genuine wool kilt ..it is now a bit tight can ..altering make a good show or should I pass ti to ..somebody needing it and go form a size correct kilt .
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25th October 15, 10:31 AM
I asked about this long time ago still not clear .
there are 5 or so Morrisons in Scotland .
most are near ..Glasga' .."clan" is in Lewis ..another south in ..Harris/Phabbay ..some in Bognie...
9th September 15, 04:55 PM
there's a sword-smith /artisan up keene ny featured on making a sword form scratch .
20th December 14, 12:30 PM
macnicol,
dear gus check this..
somewhere I think I read that ..a MacLeod (Torquil dugh ??) married a Maicknicle ..or mia d or daughter fo chiedf of Maicknickle ..and the whole ..posterite was...
20th December 14, 12:24 PM
oops
I read a Rob Roy book as well ..the writer wrote a few lines about how ..the sons of "MacIain" (MacDonalds) of Glencoe were at same funeral with Campbell cousins ..for I think Rob's Dad ..
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20th December 14, 12:21 PM
hello
read "glencoe" by john prebble penguin books .
gives/or you get.. a 1000 yr worth of a deep history of Scotland to cover one night's work .
the duped ..Campbell of Glenlyon might...
14th December 14, 11:28 AM
old new monklands ..airdrie ..whifflet
james Morrison b 1840ish m janet douglas about 1860 ..
25th October 14, 10:54 AM
Any info on how they got started or maybe split off buchanans ..and when ?
Th
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19th October 14, 11:40 AM
dear fellow
PBS is having a Kincardine Castle show tonight on PBS .
th
d
Grahams under JOHN Montrose gained lands of Buchanan fyi
th
19th October 14, 11:36 AM
hello Albanians ..
our family was up Cohoes after the war ..Uncles were all soldiers the wives made uniforms bullets etc and Aberdeen got bombed ..the bad way .
usually eth Uncs drank whatever...