Never give up!
There’s always someone in your family tree that intrigues you. Mine has been my three times great uncle, Edward Walker. Edward was born on 7th May 1832, the fourth son and fifth child of eleven children born to William Walker of Broomhills Farm in Applegarth Parish, Dumfriesshire and his wife Euphemia McNaught. Apart from his birth being recorded [...]
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Ultimate Scottish Ancestral Heritage Experience
If you are one of Borders Journeys’ international followers and considering visiting Scotland to research your Scottish ancestral heritage, I can thoroughly recommend Christine Woodcock’s Genealogy Tours of Scotland. Canadian based Genealogy Tours of Scotland and Scottish based Borders Journeys have worked together for six years to provide researchers with the ultimate Scottish ancestral experience that you will always remember. [...]
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Headstone mystery is solved
A family photograph that belonged to my grandmother of a headstone following a funeral in memory of four children, led me to research their story. Searching ScotlandsPeople Death Index, I found Christina Cunningham dying aged 8 months, she died of bronchitis and pneumonia on 20th February 1895 at 31 James Street, Pilrig in Edinburgh. Searching the Birth Records, [...]
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Laurel’s Ancestral Tour of Scotland & Northumberland
Laurel & Jim from the USA recently spent two days with Borders Journeys discovering Laurel’s Scottish & Northumbrian ancestral roots. Laurel first made contact with me nearly a year ago requesting assistance researching her Gilfillan / Gilphillan ancestors from Airth in Stirlingshire. Through information Laurel sent to me, I established her family line back to [...]
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Castle Howard
Castle Howard Castle Howard is located in North Yorkshire, 15 miles north of York. The design of the castle began in 1699 for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle by John Vanburgh. Construction started in 1701 and took over a hundred years to complete. Generations of the Earls divided their time between Castle Howard and their [...]
Jul 26, 2016 | Categories: Ancestral tour of Yorkshire, Ancestral tours of Yorkshire, Ancestry tour of Yorkshire, Ancestry tours of Yorkshire, Bespoke tours, Borders Journeys, Brideshead Revisited, Castle Howard, Castle tours, Castles, Evelyn Waugh, Facebook, Family History tour of Yorkshire, Family History tours of Yorkshire, Garden Tour, Garden Tours, Genealogical tour of Yorkshire, Genealogical tours of Yorkshire, Genealogy tour of Yorkshire, Genealogy tours of Yorkshire, Group Tours, Guided sightseeing tours of Yorkshire, Guided Tours, Guided tours of Yorkshire, Historic Houses, Historic Houses Tours, History & Culture, Ian Walker, Individual Tours, Organised Tours, Private guided sightseeing tour of Yorkshire, Private guided sightseeing tours of Yorkshire, Private guided tour of Yorkshire, Private guided tours of Yorkshire, Private sightseeing tour of Yorkshire, Private sightseeing tours of Yorkshire, Private Tours, Sightseeing Tour, Sightseeing tour of Yorkshire, Sightseeing Tours, Sightseeing tours of Yorkshire, Tours, Twitter, Yorkshire | Comments Off
Druid Temple & Brimham Rocks
Druids Temple The Druids Temple is near Ilton in North Yorkshire. The temple is a folly created by William Danby of nearby Swinton Hall in 1820. Danby created the temple to generate work for the local population who were paid 1 shilling a day. A salary was offered for someone to live at the Temple [...]
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