Bruce clan contact help

[Riverkilt]

www.familyofbruce.org advertises in the current issue of The Highlander Magazine under the Scottish Societies section and indicates they are "the only such organization recognized by the hereditary chief."

[skauwt]

I would try to get a hold of English Bloke, I know he has Bruce in his family tree and might know how to contact someone in the know so to speak.

thanks for that bit of info ,anythings worth a go at this point

www.familyofbruce.org advertises in the current issue of The Highlander Magazine under the Scottish Societies section and indicates they are "the only such organization recognized by the hereditary chief."

thats the actual site i was looking in for data about Bruce genealogy, i noticed it had my great (x7) grand parents names and marriage on the site which its a match for the records i have ,i tried contacting them with no luck ,
thanks for that though its interesting to see its the only one recognized by the hereditary chief which in ideal for any future verification ,if he has given his authority to the site it'll mean the data found should be verifiable to a extent


thanks lads

[AcuteEnigma]

Look deeper...
http://www.familyofbruce.org/gene.htm#web
Also you could email ---> thomasbruce@brucefamily.com


The DNA pages have some trees going back to Robert the Bruce. I have managed to find the link for my family. We go back to Thomas Bruce of Clackmannan, who, if I read it right, was Robert the Bruce's ::cough cough::
ahem...."nephew".

I'll see if I can find the latest Family of Bruce newsletter and look for more contacts. You could always join and get your own newsletter!

[skauwt]

Look deeper...
http://www.familyofbruce.org/gene.htm#web
Also you could email ---> thomasbruce@brucefamily.com


The DNA pages have some trees going back to Robert the Bruce. I have managed to find the link for my family. We go back to Thomas Bruce of Clackmannan, who, if I read it right, was Robert the Bruce's ::cough cough::
ahem...."nephew".

I'll see if I can find the latest Family of Bruce newsletter and look for more contacts. You could always join and get your own newsletter!

i looked in depth thankyou
another site i already tried plus the email was the very one ive tried a few times before and no luck thanks though
apparently George Bruce my times 9 great granddad is linked to Thomas according to the Bruce site so i guess that makes us extremely long distance relations

[English Bloke]

Hi Skauwt.

Haven't responded sooner as I have no info to share.

The Bruce connections in my tree, although not recently discovered are only recently explored and all the digging I've done so far have drawn similar blanks to you. I too am loth to join some DNA adventure or to be frank, part with hard cash to be privvy to some other blokes speculations. I'd rather do the exploring myself then at least I'll know it's right.

Trouble is, I'm rather busy most of the time so I'm kinda content for now to only go back as far as GG Grandfather. I will get around to further research but I plan to drop down to London one of these long weekends and access the National Archives meeself.

Can't help with any new web based info you haven't already got... Sorry.

[skauwt]

Hi Skauwt.

Haven't responded sooner as I have no info to share.

The Bruce connections in my tree, although not recently discovered are only recently explored and all the digging I've done so far have drawn similar blanks to you. I too am loth to join some DNA adventure or to be frank, part with hard cash to be privvy to some other blokes speculations. I'd rather do the exploring myself then at least I'll know it's right.

Trouble is, I'm rather busy most of the time so I'm kinda content for now to only go back as far as GG Grandfather. I will get around to further research but I plan to drop down to London one of these long weekends and access the National Archives meeself.

Can't help with any new web based info you haven't already got... Sorry.

apologies for the delay in replying to this post id actually forgot about it
at first i was happy to find out my GGG grandparents names but the way the Scottish records are kept most surnames can be traced back to about the 1550s so with most surnames in my tree i just kept going till i head a dead end
the Bruce surname was the only one i had bother with to be honest with them moving about so much ,
the dna option isn't one i can do as my great grandad only had three daughters so any dna would only trace my maternal side which ive traced to ireland
ive been wondering if the guy who did the Bruce tree on that site just pulled names out of hat so to speak as ive searched most places that contain any records and the trail stops at George and Anna Bruce and they dont source any data they used so it makes me wonder
perhaps the person has something to hide hence the lack of replying because if the Scotlands people don't have the records chances are they didn't exist or had been destroyed at some point
maye one day i shall get to the bottom of this but either way its a challenge i look forward to