Schaw House and the Schaw Family History
One of the most recognisable landmarks in my part of Glasgow is Schaw House, a former tuberculosis hospital which is now apartments....
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Oct 11, 20233 min read
Genealogy - Finding a Foundling
If like me you follow genealogy content on social media, you probably saw this post pop up from National Records of Scotland, the...
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Aug 31, 20232 min read
House History - Is My House Old Enough?
The BBC show "A House Through Time" has sparked interest in researching the life of a property alongside traditional family history...
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1moragpeers
Jul 29, 20232 min read
Can I Do All My Genealogy Online?
There's no getting away from the fact that the internet has transformed the way we live our everyday lives and in many cases, has made...
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Jul 22, 20232 min read
Ancestral Tourism - client testimonial
A few months ago, I worked with a lovely lady from Ohio in the United States. Her grandmother had grown up in Dunbartonshire in the early...
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1moragpeers
Jul 18, 20232 min read
What is a Genealogy Brick Wall?
Although genealogy is mostly fun, interesting and engaging, there are frustrations involved with researching family history too. You'll...
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Jun 20, 20233 min read
Tracing Ancestors Using Shipping Records
The easy part of genealogy is tracing the basics of birth, marriage and death, and looking for people on census returns. This gives you...
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1moragpeers
Jun 11, 20232 min read
Passports, travel and genealogy
This year has involved me working hard on my Master's dissertation, which has now been submitted and is awaiting grading. Fingers...
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1moragpeers
Oct 3, 20227 min read
Glasgow Emigrants
One of the cool things about being a Glasgow-based researcher is that you come across all sorts of stories about people who used Glasgow...
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1moragpeers
Aug 26, 20224 min read
Was Your Ancestor in a Reformatory School?
Our ancestors had a very different attitude to juvenile crime. In Scotland, until 1932 the age of criminal responsibility was just 7. In...
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1moragpeers
Sep 5, 20213 min read
Family History Through Addresses
Sometimes when we're researching a family it's easy to get bogged down in names and dates, and forget other ways to add context into a...
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1moragpeers
Aug 29, 20212 min read
Charity Shop Postcard Find
I've been volunteering in my local Oxfam shop for about 5 years, and enjoy it very much. Part of the joy of sorting donations is finding...
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1moragpeers
Aug 15, 20212 min read
Can family photos help with genealogy?
A picture tells a thousand words, so the old saying goes. That's certainly true with old photographs which you might have in the family....
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