It was during the recent passing of my Husbands Grandmother that we decided to have a look through some of their old family photographs I am sure that lots of us have piles of old family photos in our possession with many that are unmarked with details of who is in the photograph or when and where it was taken. As the Family Historian many sets of photographs have fallen into my possession and when I do receive them I try to ask what family I can if they know any of the peopl

For centuries the Scots have followed a rather simple process of allocating given names to successive children and whilst this was not followed by all families it was widespread enough that a basic understanding of this process can help genealogists when hunting down Scottish ancestors. Becoming familiar with these patterns will assist in identifying potential avenues of research, missing children and can reveal all sorts of clues about ancestors’ lives. By the late 19th Cent