Scottish Ancestors

I know quite a bit, but the explanations would be too lengthy for this forum. Have you tried googling 'Clan Stewart of Appin' 'Clan Home' etc? You will be inundated with information. I have McFarlane blood in my veins, and, according to the Edinburgh Family Records Office, a couple of others as well! (We go to the EFRO quite often - fantastic place).

While I have done a little research, including a Google search, I'm often frustrated by vague, conflicting, or incomplete information.

It would also seem that what good information I can find has to do more with Earls, Lords and other people of title than anything else.

Hi Historian,

Most of the Scottish records are online at Not sure how far back your family left Scotland, but even old parish records from 1600s & 1700s are available ..... Fasinating and addictive stuff !!

Meridianmoon xx

Thanks. I'm sure this will help a great deal.

Hi Historian

Did you know that there is also a Clan Stewart Society in America? Here is the link:

You might be able to get some information from there.;)

The Scottish link is:

On a personal note, my hubby is descended from the Macinnes clan in Scotland and on a recent trip to Ballachulish we went searching for ancestors at St John's Church. While the church stands on Stewart land, The MacInnes surname predominated on the area, hence the prevalence of macInnes graves at the church. It is for this reason, that Friends of St John's hope to invire Clan MacInnes on 19th July 2009 during the Highland Homecoming celebrations to a Gaelic Service & Historical Talk.

Appin is very close to Ballachulish - it lies between Loch Crerran and Ballachulish on the A828 Connel Bridge to Ballachulish road. The Stewarts fought for Prince Charles Edward Stuart at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 - 96 clansmen were killed/wounded out of a total of 300. We were going to go to Culloden this year but ran out of time. Maybe next year ..........

HTH
Moonfairy
x

Very interesting. Thanks! 🙂

While I have done a little research, including a Google search, I'm often frustrated by vague, conflicting, or incomplete information.

It would also seem that what good information I can find has to do more with Earls, Lords and other people of title than anything else.

Well, there's a very good reason for that, and that is that if you are a member of the "peerage" (i.e. lord or lady), you have a lineage which is easily traceable to the first person to hold that title. If you can establish a link into the peerage then the rest of your ancestral research for that line is easy. For example, one of my forefathers married the 4th daughter of the Earl Hastings, whose direct ancestor came across with William the Conqueror. The hard part was proving the connection between me and the 4th daughter - a mere 5 generations!

Having said all that, I wonder whether you make use of things like the Rootsweb mailing lists? I'm sure they are much more appropriate places to post about genealogy than here!