My A2Z 2016 theme is how to pursue an interest in family history/genealogy – I’d love you to join me on the journey. K is for KIRK SESSIONS One of the great things about the Church of Scotland is their obsession with right living, sin, and public confession. They had a great skill of getting … More K is for Kirk Sessions and Kiva
It seems to me that poverty was much more harshly judged in the United Kingdom than it was in Australia where it took little for a poor season (those droughts or flooding rains) or lack of family support for people to find themselves in desperate situations. I thought it was one of the great strengths … More Beyond the Internet Week 19: The poor are always with us
This is Week 10 in my Beyond the Internet series of topics in which I explore the sources of information beyond our computer screens. I’d love it if you wanted to join in with your own posts on this week’s topic which is Church Records. Please join in with your blog posts on this topic, … More Beyond the Internet Week 10: Church records – the life and times of a parish and its parishioners
I’ve recently been transcribing the copies of some pages I got on the Inishail Kirk Session records when I was in Scotland late last year. My focus was on trying to dig out a little more on my earliest ancestor in that area, Duncan McCorquodale. I had searched the fencible lists in the Argyll Archives … More Inishail Kirk Sessions -Scandal & Delinquency
Family history across the seas 