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HIGHLAND ROOTS » Seeking The Past
Published:  13 May, 2010

WHILST researching my family history I have been told that my great-grandfather, William Cumming (1877-1953) and 5 of his brothers (Donald, Alexander John, James, Colin and Charles) all fought in WW1 – and all survived.

Published:  21 January, 2010

I AM enquiring whether there are any descendants of Evan, William and John MacDonald still living in the Nairn area.

Published:  26 November, 2009

I AM seeking the relatives of Angus Maclean of Market Hill, Fort Augustus. Angus was born on the 26th of June, 1892 and died on the 3rd of March, 1976.

Published:  26 October, 2009

I AM trying to locate a family member, Alexander David Mackay, originally from Nairn.

Published:  06 August, 2009

I AM researching and writing a book about the Battle of Bullecourt which took place near Arras in France during May 1917. The 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders played a significant role in the battle.

Published:  16 June, 2009

I AM trying to trace relatives or anyone who knew Mary Eliza MacColl who lived in the Strathglass area around the early 1950's.

Published:  11 May, 2009

I AM wondering if there are any nurses out there who trained with me at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness from 1956-1959.

Published:  16 February, 2009

I AM looking for ancestors of my mother, Diane Leslie Macleod, who was born around 1906. She married my father, Herbert Roy, in 1929 and died in Dorset in 1952, age 46.

Published:  13 January, 2009

I AM doing a genealogy search of my grandfather's family and wondered if there is still family in the area.

Published:  06 January, 2009

I AM looking for any information on William Robertson, son of Donald Robertson who was a factor on the Chisholm Estate. He was born about 1825 in Kilmorack.

Published:  13 November, 2008

I AM urgently seeking information on The Dunlop Rubber Company, Inverness, who operated from 20 Millburn Road, possibly as long ago as 1888/9.

Published:  24 July, 2008

I DISCOVERED an article about a John Fraser among my late mother's papers with a note explaining that he was her great-grandfather and therefore my great-great-grandfather.

Published:  17 April, 2008

I AM trying to trace the birthplace of my great-grandfather Robert Gregg, born somewhere in Scotland.

Published:  26 February, 2008

I HAVE been searching for some time now for my half sister I've never met and wondered if anyone might know Laura Byrne? I think she was born in Inverness in either 1981 or 1982.

Published:  21 January, 2008

FOR the past year I have been searching every possible information source looking for my great, great grandfather's family and any relatives that may still be living in the Scottish Highlands.

Published:  22 November, 2007

I AM a descendant of Donald Fraser (1793-1868) and Mary Gray (1790-1876) who were married in Glenshiel in 1818.

Published:  09 June, 2007

OVER the years I have been trying to trace my ancestors, who I was told by my maternal grandparents had links with the Isle of Skye.

Published:  31 May, 2007

I AM looking for anyone who may have known a Marion Morrison (has a middle name as well) who was brought up in Drumnadrochit.

Published:  08 March, 2007

ONE of my library users is visiting Inverness in a few months’ time and is very keen to contact his long-lost cousin.

Published:  01 March, 2007

MY daughter and I will be in Scotland for the first time in June. My grandmother, Mary Ann MacDonald, was born in Inverness on April 30, 1895, to James Henry MacDonald, born 1847, and Mary Ann McRae, 185l.

Published:  01 February, 2007

I HOPE readers may be able to help me regarding Ronald Duncan Fraser, once of Tain.

Published:  22 January, 2007

I AM seeking relatives of Simon Michael 1791 and Elizabeth (Betsy) McLean 1792.

Published:  05 December, 2006

BETWEEN 1958 and 1960 I served a period of National Service in the RAPC and was friendly with a lovely fellow called Ian Mcleod who hailed from Inverness.

Published:  19 October, 2006

MY paternal grandfather came from Scotland. He married my grandmother Emily Francis Ann Wills in the state of Virginia, Amherst County, probably around 1890, and they were subsequently divorced.

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