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Tuesday 6 October 2009

Genealogy Tours of Barrhead Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Barrhead is located eight miles southwest of Glasgow on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. Historically, most of what is now Barrhead lay within the parish of Neilston, in the county of Renfrew. The name Barrhead derives from the agricultural term Barr meaning long ploughed furrows for cultivation of crops. The original homestead or hamlet was literally situated at the head of barrs and became known as Barrhead.


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Friday 14 August 2009

Genealogy Tours Of High Street Brechin Scotland


Genealogy Tours Of High Street, Brechin, Scotland.

Monday 27 July 2009

Genealogy Tours Of Tynribbie Scotland


Genealogy Tours Of Tynribbie, Argyll, Scotland.

Friday 24 July 2009

Genealogy Tours Of Bonhill Scotland


Genealogy Tours Of Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Thursday 23 July 2009

Tuesday 21 July 2009

Genealogy Tours Of Davidson's Mains Edinburgh Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Davidson's Mains, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Genealogy Tours Of Abercorn Parish Church Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Abercorn Parish Church, West Lothian, Scotland.

Thursday 16 July 2009

Genealogy Tours of Larkhall Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Larkhall, Scotland.

Tuesday 14 July 2009

Genealogy Tours of Langbank Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Langbank, Scotland. A Scottish a village on the south bank of the River Clyde in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The name is thought to come from long bank, the first part being lang in Scots. It is northwest from Paisley east from Port Glasgow.

Monday 13 July 2009

Genealogy Tours of Tillicoultry Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.

Sunday 12 July 2009

Genealogy Tours of Lesmahagow Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Lesmahagow, Scotland. A small Scottish town on the edge of moorland, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland, and is also known as Abbey Green. Lesmahagow was a site of the ancient Celtic Church of Scotland. The monks of the Priory were nearly all excommunicated for practicing the 'Celtic Rite' which was seen as heresy. The town has two Christian congregations in the Church of Scotland, namely Lesmahagow Old Parish Church and Abbeygreen Church, plus churches of other denominations. Lesmahagow Priory, founded by Benedictine monks in 1144, no longer stands but its foundations were excavated in 1978 and can be seen next to the Old Parish Church off Church Square.

Friday 10 July 2009

Genealogy Tours of Buchanan Street Glasgow Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Scotland.

Thursday 9 July 2009

Genealogy Tours of Parish Church Strathpeffer Scotland


Genealogy Tours of the Parish Church, Strathpeffer, Scotland.

Wednesday 8 July 2009

Genealogy Tours of Provand's Lordship Glasgow Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Provand's Lordship, Glasgow, Scotland. Provand's Lordship and the nearby Glasgow Cathedral, are some of the very few buildings from Glasgow's medieval period. Provand's Lordship is the oldest remaining house in Glasgow, the cathedral is the oldest building. Provand's Lordship was built in 1471 as part of St Nicholas's Hospital by Andrew Muirhead, Bishop of Glasgow, the Muirhead coat of arms is still visible on the side of the building. Provand's Lordship was likely to have been used to house clergy and other support staff for the Cathedral, providing temporary housing. The house later became occupied by Lord of the Prebend of Barlanark and perhaps was shared with the priest of St. Nicholas Hospital and Chapel and became known as Lord of Provan and then Provand’s Lordship.

Monday 6 July 2009

Genealogy Tours of Crinan Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Crinan, Scotland. A small village located on the west coast of Scotland in the region known as Knapdale, which is part of Argyll. The Crinan Canal starts at Ardrishaig on Loch Fyne, and ends nine miles away at Crinan on the Sound of Jura. It was designed to provide a quick link between the west coast and islands at one end and the Clyde Estuary at the other, and so avoid the long voyage around the south end of the Kintyre Peninsula.

Thursday 2 July 2009

Genealogy Tours of Kilmodan Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Kilmodan, Scotland. The parish of Kilmodan is situated in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It includes the valley of Glendaruel and surrounding areas, with Kilmodan Church located in the Clachan of Glendaruel.

Wednesday 1 July 2009

Genealogy Tours of Pencaitland Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Pencaitland, Scotland. A Scottish village in East Lothian, Scotland, about twelve miles south-east of Edinburgh. The land where the village lies is said to have been granted by William the Lion to Everard de Pencaithlan, who gave the church, with the tithes and other property belonging to it, to the monks of Kelso, in whose possession it remained till a short time prior to the accession of Robert Bruce. The land subsequently became the property of a younger branch of the Maxwell family, who granted the advowson and tithes to the monks of Dryburgh, who held them until the Reformation. The River Tyne divides the village into Easter Pencaitland and Wester Pencaitland, crossed by a three-arched bridge dating from the 16th Century. An ancient cross in Wester Pencaitland indicates that there would probably have been a market there.

Monday 29 June 2009

Genealogy Tours of Stewarton Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

Saturday 27 June 2009

Genealogy Tours of Station Street Kelty Fife Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Station Street, Kelty, Fife, Scotland.

Friday 26 June 2009

Genealogy Tours of Killin Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Killin, Scotland. A village situated at the western head of Loch Tay in Stirlingshire, Scotland.

Thursday 25 June 2009

Genealogy Tours of Gardenstown Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Gardenstown, Scotland. Gardenstown is a small village near Banff in Aberdeenshire, Northeast Scotland. It is known locally as Gamrie, from the name of the parish in which it stands. Gardenstown was founded in 1720 by Alexander Garden as a coastal fishing village.

Monday 22 June 2009

Genealogy Tours of Brownhill Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Brownhill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Sunday 21 June 2009

Genealogy Tours of Waterbeck Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Waterbeck, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Saturday 20 June 2009

Genealogy Tours of Braemar Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Friday 19 June 2009

Genealogy Tours of Balloch Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Balloch, Loch Lomond, Scotland.

Thursday 18 June 2009

Genealogy Tours of Aberfoyle Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Aberfoyle, Scotland.

Wednesday 17 June 2009

Genealogy Tours of Cumnock Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Tuesday 16 June 2009

Genealogy Tours of Campbeltown Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Campbeltown, Scotland.

Monday 15 June 2009

Genealogy Tours of Avoch Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Avoch, Scotland.

Saturday 13 June 2009

Genealogy Tours Broad Street Stirling Scotland


Genealogy tours of Broad Street, Stirling, Scotland.

Thursday 4 June 2009

Genealogy Tours of Waverly Gardens Paisley Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Waverly Gardens, Paisley, Scotland.

Monday 27 April 2009

Genealogy Tours of Kyleakin Scotland


Genealogy Tours of Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Scotland. This village, Scottish Gaelic: Caol Acain, is situated on the east coast of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides, opposite the northwest Scottish mainland town of Kyle of Lochalsh. Its name derives from 'Strait of Haakon' named after the King Haakon IV of Norway whose fleet moored there prior to the Battle of Largs that saw the end of Norwegian rule of the island.

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