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Ian Mc
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Okay where to begin. I would like to trace my family history back to Scotland if indeed that is where we originate. I can find a lot of general info like what clan my family name belongs to and trace the McGregor clan back for centuries. I am hoping to get some info on more recent events but I have no idea where to start. I moved to Oz a few years ago and as the relies are passing away it seems more important to pass this information down to my sons so they have some idea of where they came from. My family name is McNee which is fairly uncommon, My father (Thomas) was born in Liverpool and lived in Melrose (by Bank Hall station) his Father (another Thomas grew up in Liverpool but I am not 100% he was born there as his Father (yet another Thomas was a sailor in the merchant navy). Actually from what I can tell every male in my family is called Thomas, both my aunty and my sister married a Thomas. Apparently there is some connection with the USA (bizarrely involving Fay Wray although that could be a family Myth) Can someone point me in the right direction of where to start trying to unravel this mystery.
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hill14summer
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Posted - 02/09/2011 : 11:08
Wow thanks - I was able to find a marriage of Grace Muir to Donald McNee in 1836 Glasgow - and cannot for the life of me find it anywhere !
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Sue
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Posted - 02/09/2011 : 19:44
No problem , hope it helps
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Stanley
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Posted - 03/09/2011 : 07:19
I just love seeing you lot helping each other. Gives me a warm glow. God knows we need more of this these days. Thanks for raising my spirits.
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hill14summer
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Posted - 08/09/2011 : 17:49
quote: Ian Mc wrote:
Okay where to begin. I would like to trace my family history back to Scotland if indeed that is where we originate. I can find a lot of general info like what clan my family name belongs to and trace the McGregor clan back for centuries. I am hoping to get some info on more recent events but I have no idea where to start. I moved to Oz a few years ago and as the relies are passing away it seems more important to pass this information down to my sons so they have some idea of where they came from. My family name is McNee which is fairly uncommon, My father (Thomas) was born in Liverpool and lived in Melrose (by Bank Hall station) his Father (another Thomas grew up in Liverpool but I am not 100% he was born there as his Father (yet another Thomas was a sailor in the merchant navy). Actually from what I can tell every male in my family is called Thomas, both my aunty and my sister married a Thomas. Apparently there is some connection with the USA (bizarrely involving Fay Wray although that could be a family Myth) Can someone point me in the right direction of where to start trying to unravel this mystery.
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Julie in Norfolk
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Posted - 14/09/2011 : 04:39
I am including a link to a website: www.lan-opc.org.uk which will send you to a wonderful website that covers Lancashire (and therefore Liverpool). Once on the website, go to search and enter your surname in and you will get a list of baptisms etc all of probably your surname although some will have been spelled differently. There are other sites such as the mormon family search that will head you off to a start. Also for earlier detail, Ancestry.co.uk is a good start. What sort of year would your grandfather be born?
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belle
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Posted - 14/09/2011 : 23:38
Just been looking at your tree Julie, somewhere we are related I will swear it, just don't know where yet!
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Julie in Norfolk
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Posted - 15/09/2011 : 20:03
Lets get our heads together Belle. Firstly what makes you feel we are related?
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belle
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Posted - 16/09/2011 : 00:27
Nutters, Spencers, Browns...there may be more.
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Julie in Norfolk
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Posted - 16/09/2011 : 07:16
I just remembered the Nutters. Right ho, we have a challenge (sorry Stanley). Certainly the Nutters must all come from a root person but if we could ever prove that through genealogy I don''t know. The definitive proof would be to get several male Nutters from differing family trees and have a look at their Y chromosone. I had forgotten about the Spencers. Drew quite a blank there and got distracted elsewhere.
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