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Electric Scotland News
Electric Scotland Community
The Flag in the Wind and Christina McKelvie
Historical Tales of the Wars of Scotland
Poems of George Alexander Rodger
William and Louisa Anderson
The History of Fettercairn
Memoirs of the Jacobites
R. B. Cunninghame Graham, Fighter for Justice
Songs of John Henderson
Lots of Articles
The Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands
The Antiquity of the Kilt and Clan Tartans
MacKintosh
A List of Works relating to Scotland
Alexander Farquharson of Brouchdearg and his Farquharson Genealogies
The Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons
Origins of the Forty Five
General Robert Melville of Strathkinness
The Site of the New Park in the relation to The Battle of Bannockburn
Scotland and the Spanish Armada
Oor Ain Folk
Stories by Elizabeth Green
Book of the Duffs
A Scot in China of Today
Mary Boykin Miller Chestnut's Diary of the American Civil War
Alastair's Videos
North Halton Celtic Historical Society Newsletter
Electric Scotland News
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I noted last weeks video got some 128 views so not too bad for a new way of giving you news on what's going on at Electric Scotland. I got an email in from one person who said she just worked around the office while listening to it. So a bit like a radio program.
I'm doing another video this week but shorter than last week, around half, which you can view at...
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It's now been agreed that I'll be giving a talk at the Celtic Festival in Quebec on Sunday 11th September around 2pm. And so if any of you can make it feel free to get in touch after the talk.
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I've just been told by Steve that we'll be moving to a new Telco for our web site sometime towards the end of this month. There might be a slight downtime between the switch over but it shouldn't be long. That said this probably means a new IP address for our server so that usually means it can be up to 24 hours for all the DNS's in the world to get out updated details. That's unless Steve knows something I don't which when it comes to things like this is likely! <grin>
I'm told this is a phased process in that not much will change but after 2 months we will get double our current bandwidth and in a further couple of months we'll be at three times our current bandwidth at which point we'd be able to stream video content.
From my point of view this is a good move as it will save me some $700 a month and give us more bandwidth.
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I've found a couple of books that I'd like to put up on the site but they are still in copyright. Right now Ranald in Scotland is helping me find the copyright holder to see if a deal can be struck. While these books can be purchased through second hand book shops I'm not aware of them being sold by the publisher but we're checking. Mind you I've gone through this process many times and it is still rare to get permission so won't be holding my breath but certainly worth an effort.
ABOUT THE STORIES
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Some of the stories in here are just parts of a larger story so do check out the site for the full versions. You can always find the link in our "What's New" section in our site menu and at http://www.electricscotland.com/rss/whatsnew.php
Electric Scotland Community
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You might remember Susan Boyle's amazing performance and how she went on to do other great things. Well this week I saw another video about "Korea's got Talent" which I thought I'd share with you. You can watch this at http://www.electricscotland.org/show...alent#post4776
I might add that I also added the St James Priory Newsletter for June 2011 to their forum. Lots of good reading there and you can learn more about what the Knights Templar get up to. The newsletter is in pdf format which I've attached to the message at
http://www.electricscotland.org/show...-2011#post4776
Also posted a thread on a "Growing Up in Scotland study" with a link to the web resource. You can find this at http://www.electricscotland.org/show...study#post4776
The study follows thousands of children from when they are born and into their teens seeing what we can learn about the challenges that face Scottish children.
Our community can be viewed at http://www.electricscotland.org but of course if you are reading this you're already in it :-)
THE FLAG IN THE WIND
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This weeks issue is now available compiled by Jamie Hepburn and there are some excellent articles in the Synopsis. Mind you where they are talking about Plan B it still seems to me that the Scottish Government has still not grasped the opportunities the online world can play in Scotland's future.
I sent out my video on "Promoting Scotland" to a handful of folk like Alex Salmond, John Swinney and also Christina McKelvie, Linda Fabiani and Fergus Ewing. I also had a couple of business folk looking at it and was rather flattered with their reponse. Both said that the video had made them think hard and had certainly influnced them to think differently about how to use the Internet. If you haven't seen the video it can be viewed at http://www.electricscotland.org/show...tland#post4776
Mind you at time of writing I haven't heard back from any SNP ministers. I wonder if the Flag would like to profile the video or even in the next issue of the SI? <grin>
You can get to the Flag at http://www.scotsindependent.org
Historical Tales of the Wars of Scotland
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And of the Border Raids, Forays and Conflicts by John Parker Lawson (1839). This is a new publication we're starting on which is in 4 volumes. We intend to post up 2 or 3 stories each week until complete.
This week we've added...
Jacobite Officers in France
Lords of the Isles
Massacre of Glencoe
You can read these at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/wars/
Poems of George Alexander Rodger
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Added another two poems, "The Sponsored Walk 1970" and "Kilry Harvest Home Dance" which you can read at http://www.electricscotland.com/poetry/rodger.htm
William and Louisa Anderson
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A record of their Life and Work in Jamaica and Old Calabar by William Markwick (1897)
This week we've added the following chapters...
Chapter 23
The Rebuilding of Henshaw Town—Illness of King Archibong II.— The Blood-men in Duke Town—Interposition of the Court of Equity—Death of Eyo VI.
Chapter 24
Changes in Old Calabar—Death of Mr. Ashworth, 1871—Mr. George Thomson's Sanatorium—Ordination of Ukpabio, 1872 —Arrival of Rev. D. Campbell—Deaths of King Archibong II., etc.—"Young Calabar"
Chapter 25
Abolition of Sabbath Market at Duke Town, 1873
Chapter 26
Labours, 1874-1876—War between Duke Town and Henshaw Town
Chapter 27
Visit as a Deputy to Jamaica, 1876-77, including Visits to Sister in America
Chapter 28
Renewed Labours in Calabar, 1877-81—The Hopkins' Treaty, 1878 — Deaths of Mr. A. S. Morton and King Archibong Ill., 1879 — Mrs. Sutherland on the Effects of the Treaty—Mr. Anderson's Fortieth Annual Report, 1879
In chapter 26 we learn...
WRITING on the 1st of May 1874, Mr. Anderson sent the following extracts from his Journal: —
Thursday, Jan. 1.—No such inbringing of the year here as you had in Edinburgh. ... At ten forenoon I preached in King Archibong's yard to the largest assembly of worshippers I have ever addressed in the town. With one exception, the multitude were deeply attentive. King and queen were both present. Oh for a ripple of the wave of revival by which Edinburgh has been blessed !
Thursday, 22.—Saddened somewhat to-day on receipt of intelligence of departure of a right noble fellow-worker when I was in Jamaica, George Millar, Esq., long Principal of the Academy at Montcgo Bay. Many hearts in Jamaica will be softened when they hear—doubtless they have heard ere now—of his departure. In regard to myself, I have said saddened somewhat, for really I do not feel now as in earlier years when friends are taken away At my time of life I feel the death or funeral of a friend to be something like bidding him good-bye as he embarks on the homeward - bound mail steamer. A steamer or two more, I must pack up and follow.
Thursday, Feb. 5. — Over creek to-day at what I call Henshaw Town North. Have not been there for several weeks. There is a large population in the town. Some of the headmen are—or profess to be—anxious for a school to be opened among them for their children. One or two of the native members go over on Sabbaths and hold meetings in several of the houses, but this scarcely satisfies our friends.
Sabbath, 8.—Attendance to-day very cheering. Cob-ham Town people were present in a body, the first time for years. Queen Archibong, and a great number of ladies in her train, also put in an appearance. An old story, the Sixth Commandment, forenoon ; our Lord's Ascension, afternoon.
In a paper entitled "Retrospect of a Quarter of a Century" [Record, May 1875. in a letter to Mr. Chisholm, Mr. Anderson remarks: "You would wonder to see me represented in the Record as viewing twenty-six years as a quarter Of a century. That paper was written on Feb. 10, 1874, and began with a reference to ' twenty-five years ago.' Dr. MacGill, however, just kept it idle for a whole twelvemonth—and then changed twenty-five into twenty-six. Had it been written in Feb. last, the numbers of members, ete. and several allusions would have been rather different."] Mr. Anderson reviewed in a characteristic way the changes that had taken place in Duke Town during the twenty-five years he and Mrs. Anderson had laboured there:—
You can read the rest of this chapter at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...derson3-26.htm
You can read all the chapters at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...rson/index.htm
The History of Fettercairn
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A Parish in the County of Kincardine by Archd. Cowie Cameron (1899)
Added more chapters this week...
Completed Part fifth—Church and School and now onto Part Sixth—Noteworthy Families and Persons - Miscellaneous which is the final part and should be concluded next week.
You can read all the other chapters at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...airn/index.htm
Memoirs of the Jacobites
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Of 1715 and 1745 by Mrs Thomson (1845) in 3 volumes. We intend to add a chapter a week until complete.
I've now added "The Master of Sinclair".
The account starts...
John Sinclair, called, in compliance with the custom of Scotland in regard to the eldest sons of Barons, the Master of Sinclair, was descended from the ancient family of Saint Clare, in France, on whom lands were bestowed by Alexander the Third of Scotland. In early times, the titles of Earls of Orkney and Caithness had been given to the first settlers of the Saint Clares; and the possession of the islands of Orkney and Shetland had been added to certain royal donations, by a marriage with an heiress of the surname of Speire. One of the Sinclairs had even borne the dignity of Prince of Orkney; but this distinction was lost by an improvident member of the house of Sinclair, called William the Waster ; and the prosperity of his descendants was due only to the favour of James the Sixth, who created Henry Sinclair, of Dysart in Fife, a Baron.
The family continued in honour and estimation until the subject of this memoir, John, brought upon it disgrace, and incurred to himself lasting self-reproach.
You can read the rest of this very long story at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist.../chapter04.htm
You can read the other chapters as we get them up at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/jacobites
R. B. Cunninghame Graham, Fighter for Justice
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An Appreciation of his Social and Religious Outlook by Ian M. Fraser (2002).
Added two more chapters to this account, "The Aristocrat Democrat"and "An Industrialised Society".
You can get to this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/graham/
songs of John Henderson
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John has sent us in several of his songs this week...
The Biter Bit
Fit Cud Be Better Nor A Craft?
Bide Ye Bauld!
The Clachan Baal
WHich you can read at the foot of his page at http://www.electricscotland.com/poetry/doggerels.htm
Lots of Articles
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I've continued my work on going through the old Scottish Review and the Scottish Historical Review and so have added a number of articles this week...
-- The Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands
Extracted from the Highland Newspaper of 1881.
As this is a very old newspaper we've done our best to tidy it up to make it more readable. It is certainly an interesting account. We've compiled this into a pdf file. You can read this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...s/language.htm
-- The Antiquity of the Kilt and Clan Tartans
Extracted from the Highlander Newspaper of 1881.
This is a two page aricle which we've just scanned in as images. You can find this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...icles/kilt.htm
-- MacKintosh
Found a book review which talks about 2 books to do with MacKIntosh neither of which I can find but thought the review interesting and thought it would be useful to make it available for researchers. We've added this to our MacKintosh page at http://www.electricscotland.com/webc.../mackint4.html
-- A List of Works relating to Scotland
Compiled by George F Black of the New York Library
I would suppose that this is really a book for researchers rather than just a read. That said the Introduction is very interesting and worth a read. We've also provided a link to download the book in pdf format. George Black is of course famous for his book "Surnames of Scotland". You can read this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...icles/list.htm
-- Alexander Farquharson of Brouchdearg and his Farquharson Genealogies
Found an interesting article on this subject and have created a pdf file of it which you can get to at http://www.electricscotland.com/webc...g/farquha.html
-- The Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons
AMONGST a number of papers which lately came into the possession of Colonel F. J. Agnew Wallace, late of the Scots Greys, a collection of letters written in the years immediately before the Union by Lord John Hay, Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons (now the Scots Greys), came to light, and I am indebted to Colonel Wallace for permission to publish a selection of extracts from them. Colonel Wallace is a descendant of the Major Agnew to whom they were written, and it is curious that after so many years the documents should be in the hands of one who had himself commanded the regiment to which they refer. The letters are principally concerned with regimental matters, but Lord John Hay and Major Agnew were personal friends, and after the military affairs are discussed, Lord John fills the paper with social and political news, and as his birth and army rank gave him the intimacy of the prominent men of the time, and as he was writing quite frankly to a trusted correspondent, the letters are often interesting.
You can read this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...s_dragoons.htm
-- Origins of the Forty Five
And other papers relating to that rising. By Walter Biggar Blakie.
THESE papers are interesting and important, and the Editor's introduction is not less interesting and important. No one else knows so much about the Forty-Five as Mr. Blaikie, and no one else can write about it so well. He has unearthed some valuable material, and he has explained its significance both in his masterly introduction and in a series of useful notes, which supply an answer to every reasonable question.
As you'll know the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 was a most significant period in Scottish history and led to the break up of the clans and was also the last battle on British soil. This thus makes a very interesting read and you can get to this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist.../fortyfive.htm
-- General Robert Melville of Strathkinness
GENERAL ROBERT MELVILLE was descended from the Melvilles of Carnbee, in the county of Fife, in Scotland, a branch of the ancient and noble family of the same name, of which the chief is the Earl of Leven and Melville. The ancestor of the family is held to have been the first Norman who passed into Scotland. He was a person of distinction of Normandy, named De Malville or De Melville, who accompanied William the Conqueror into England, in the autumn of 1066.
Meeting, however, with some cause of disgust from William, he, before the close of that year, secretly withdrew to the court of Malcolm Canmore, King of Scotland. By Malcolm he was courteously received and early put in possession of lands, thence constituting the barony of Melville Castle in Mid-Lothian.
The General did sterling work in the West Indies and his story is a most interesting one and this can be read at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...l_melville.htm
-- The Site of the New Park in the relation to The Battle of Bannockburn
This is an attempt to make an accurate assessment of the Battle of Bannockburn and how it was fought. You can read this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...es/newpark.htm
-- Scotland and the Spanish Armada
Intrigue and all kind of interesting plots and counter plots. You can read this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...nisharmada.htm
Oor Ain Folk
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Being memories of Manse Life in the Mearns and a Crack aboot old times by James Inglis (1894)
Here are the chapters we no whave up...
Chapter I
Our Glen: its physical Features—My Grandfather as described in The Land of the Lindsays—My Grandmother—Private Stills—Geordie White and the Gauger—Donal and the Bees— Sandie Christison and the Bapteezin' o' the Bairn.
Chapter II
The Glen Folk: their Characteristics—The Clachan of Tarfside —Primitive Farming—A Fine Peasantry—The Eviction Policy denounced—The Expatriation of the People—Drinking Habits —Excellence of the Whisky—Sandie's Eulogium on his Dram —Turning the Tables on the Minister—'The Beam in the Eye'.
Chapter III
Royal Visitors to 'The Glen'—Jeems Mitchell and the Queen's 'Powney'—The Queen and the Herd Laddie—Jeems and the Duke of Edinburgh—Craig-ma-skeldie—The Loch and its Surroundings—Peat-reek—Char-fishing—The Falls of Unich —Dr. Guthrie and Auld Jannie—A Shepherd's Biblical Criticism—An Anecdote of Dr. Guthrie's.
Chapter IV
The Glen School—The Prevalent Kindly Spirit—Farmhouse Life-Character gauged from a Gastronomic Standpoint—A Stingy Mistress—Jock an' the Cheese—Two Parritch Stories—Outspokenness: Instances—An Interrupted Grace—Jeems Wricht pronounces Doom on Buonaparte—The Minister truly a Representative of the People—Value of Education—A Succession of Clerics—My Father and Uncle: their Boyhood and College Days—Parental Self-Denial—A College Challenge—A Fight and a Duel—A Brawl at Ballater—The Character of the old Manse and Old Minister—An Instance of his Quaint Humour —His Death.
Chapter V
The Disruption of 1843—My Father's Disposition—His Share in the Fight—His Memorials of the Disruption—His Translation to Edzell in 1841—Great Increase of Congregation—Progress of the Controversy—Lord Panmure and Fox Maule—My Father's Estimate of Panmure's Character—'Persecutions for Conscience' Sake'—A Sore Bereavement—His Last Sermon in the Parish Kirk—A Noble Record 'for Conscience Sake'—Old Dr. Grant's Story of 'the Flesh Pots'—The first Free Church Sermon— The Tent in the Wilderness—Increasing Hardships and Difficulties—Fidelity of the Flock—Humour under Privations— Preaching under Difficulties—Hostile Attitude of Opponents — Progress of the Struggle—Once more in a house of his.
Chapter VI
Boyish Recollections of the Disruption Sufferings—Our Village— Willie Carr—The 'Feeing* or 'Term* Market: its Sights and Sounds; its Evil Features—The Minister and the Drover — A Forced Declaration — Encounter with 'Dubrach' at Ballater Fair — My Father's Athletic Prowess — Dared by Geordie to 'Haud the Ploo'—The Result—How he cowed the Captain — Instances of his Strength — His Emotional Nature—An Honest Man!
Chapter VII
Our Village School—The Old - time Dominie—Anecdotes—Our Village Dominies—'Peter Pundwecht'—'Creeshie Pow'— Home Discipline of the old Regime—The Meagre Mental Equipment of our Dominie—Contrast between the Old System and the New—Our School Games and Boyish Toys: 'Bools and Peeries'; Hockey—Curling—'Gowf'—The Teetotum— Jeems Dunn's Letter—Lassies' Games—Quaint Old Rhymes and Customs—The Annual Blanket-washing—A Contrast— Hogmanay—The Shorter Carritches—School-book Rhymes— 'Het Rows an' Butter Baiks'—' Nifferin''—Nursery Rhymes —A Schoolboy Conspiracy and how it ended.
Chapter VIII
Our Village Characters: their Mental Attitude—Village Poet— Specimens of his Muse—Rob Qsall the Flesher—Daft Jamie— Willie Burness—Willie Hood—'Sneeshin' on the Cheap'— Robbie Welsh—Peter McKenzie—Anecdotes.
In Chapter IV we learn...
In the farmhouses in our glen the very kindliest relations existed, as a rule, between master and man and mistress and maid. My uncle David was for many years, almost a long lifetime in fact, tenant of one of the largest sheep farms at that time in the Grampians. The farm went by the name of 'The Baillies' (locally 'da Bylies'), and he also rented the extensive pastures of Gleneffock, Glencatt, Glenmark, and other glens. He was possessed of quite an uncommon fund of energy and great public spirit. After the Disruption he started, at his own expense, a school for the use of his own large family, and I well remember when, as a young divinity student, the Rev. George Grimm, M.A., had charge of the little heather - theekit building. Mr. Grimm is now one of the most scholarly ministers of the Presbyterian Church in New South Wales, was lately Moderator to the General Assembly of that great colony, and he is an author of no mean repute. His sphere of labour then, however, was homely enough in all conscience. It was simply a rough whinstane cot, thatched, as I have said, with heather—altogether most unpretentious; but good, solid, educative work was done there. During the winter months great hulking young shepherds often came to acquire the rudiments of a plain education, though rather late in life for most of them.
Quite a kindly communal spirit reigned in the Glen. Very rarely, in ordinary farmhouses, was any difference made between the kitchen and the parlour, so far as diet was concerned. The children of the household most frequently supped their parritch from the same parritch-pot as the shepherd loons and servant lassies. The fare, though rough and homely, was plentiful, and in the long winter forenichts the spacious kitchen with its flagged floor and wide hearth, in which a glowing peat fire brightly burned, was the scene of much kindly social life and rural domestic industry. The rafters, fast turning black with peat-reek, were hung with hams, sides of bacon, onions, fishing-rods, guns, salmon-spears, and all the nondescript implements of industry or sport. Here on the shelves might be seen a goodly row of cheeses; in one corner potatoes lay heaped up; in another a stack of peats which reached nearly to the ceiling. One end of the apartment was occupied with box-beds for the lassies, which during the day were shut off, like cabins in a .ship, with their sliding wooden doors. The steam from countless homespun garments, wet with snow, mingled with the peat-reek, and filled the kitchen with a misty atmosphere, in which the dim diffused light from homemade tallow candle or pendent on 'crusie' glimmered faintly and fitfully, like a Will-o'-the-wisp in the marshes and bogs outside. The dogs lay extended in every attitude on the uneven floor, and the hum of animated conversation mingled with the ceaseless whirr of the spinning-wheel. Sometimes the drone and skirl of bagpipe and chanter, or occasionally the merry strain raised by some wandering fiddler, set lads and lassies dancing strathspey and reel, till the whole house would shake, as if sharing in the unrestrained merriment of the hearty, kindly, unsophisticated inmates.
You can read the rest of this chapter at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist.../chapter04.htm
You can get to this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/ainfolk/
Stories by Elizabeth Green
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Liz has sent us in a children's story, The Long and the Short of it, and hopefully we'll get a few more in from her. You can read this at http://www.electricscotland.com/kids/green01.htm
We also got in a children's story from Elham Khatibi which you can read at http://www.electricscotland.com/kids/khatibindx.htm
Book of the Duffs
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I came across a reference to this publication in 2 volumes and found a pdf version of it which I've added to the site on our MacDuff page at http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/macduff.html
It says... The Book of the Duffs. Compiled by Alistair and Henrietta Taylor. 2 vols. With numerous Illustrations and Genealogical Tables.
A Scot in China of Today
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By Ron Dow
This is going to be a series of stories about China. Ron used to run the pub across from my home in Grangemouth and he was always buying and selling. Well now he spends some 6 months in China each year doing importing and exporting.
As China is making great strides forward I thought it would be interesting to get a view of the country and especially from a local Scot's point of view. So Ron has agreed to do weekly stories for us which will be both his own view of the country but hopefully he'll be able to get some of his Chinese staff and friends to contribute as well.
Right now we have two articles up from him and he's sending in loads of pictures to go with them. He's sending in hi-res pictures and as in many of them there is quite a bit of detail I've kept them at the origional resolution and just thumbnailed them to fit the page. That means all the pictures are clickable to a larger version.
Ron is currently back in Scotland so he is using material he had at home but when he gets back to China he's going to organise special articles now he knows he has an audience.
Hopefully you'll enjoy this series which you can view at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist.../dow/index.htm
Mary Boykin Miller Chestnut's Diary of the American Civil War
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We have an introduction up and if that tweaks your interest we also provide a link to download her diary in pdf format.
It was actually Kelly in our Community who mentioned this book and mentioned that the lady is of Scots descent and so thought it would be interesting to explore it. It's also part of some of my own research into slavery. You can view this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...es/chesnut.htm
Alastair's Videos
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Clans and Families
I did a video about Clans and Families hoping to spur more research into the minor lines and clan life in general. You can view this at http://www.electricscotland.org/show...ilies#post4776
Slavery
I did a wee video about slavery as I wanted to try and compare how a Scottish slave owner in America might have treated his slaves against how the people were treated in Scotland. You can view this at http://www.electricscotland.org/show...avery#post4776
North Halton Celtic Historical Society Newsletter
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Got in the June update which you can read at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...allbrook58.htm
I might add that this week I was sent in several sheets from an old magazine about one of the settlers in the area. This was in fact two articles one on the husband who spent some years in Africa which is one of the articles. The other is about his wife who had an article written about her ways of using local produce. Both are actually very interesting and you can get to them at the foot of the page where you'll see the link to the United Church Observer at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...allbrook57.htm
And finally...
Spot-On
A 70 year old golfer goes home after a disastrous day on the course and informs his wife he is giving up, as his sight has become so bad he can no longer see the ball.
She says “Why not take my brother with you. Although he is 90 he still has 20/20 vision”.
So the golfer decides to give it a try, takes the elderly gentleman on to the course, tees off and hits a powerful drive. He then turns to his brother-in-law and asks,
“Did you see where the ball landed”?
“Yes of course I did ....but I’ve forgotten where”!
And that's it for now and hope you all have a good weekend.
Alastair
http://www.electricscotland.com
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Electric Scotland News
Electric Scotland Community
The Flag in the Wind and Christina McKelvie
Historical Tales of the Wars of Scotland
Poems of George Alexander Rodger
William and Louisa Anderson
The History of Fettercairn
Memoirs of the Jacobites
R. B. Cunninghame Graham, Fighter for Justice
Songs of John Henderson
Lots of Articles
The Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands
The Antiquity of the Kilt and Clan Tartans
MacKintosh
A List of Works relating to Scotland
Alexander Farquharson of Brouchdearg and his Farquharson Genealogies
The Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons
Origins of the Forty Five
General Robert Melville of Strathkinness
The Site of the New Park in the relation to The Battle of Bannockburn
Scotland and the Spanish Armada
Oor Ain Folk
Stories by Elizabeth Green
Book of the Duffs
A Scot in China of Today
Mary Boykin Miller Chestnut's Diary of the American Civil War
Alastair's Videos
North Halton Celtic Historical Society Newsletter
Electric Scotland News
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I noted last weeks video got some 128 views so not too bad for a new way of giving you news on what's going on at Electric Scotland. I got an email in from one person who said she just worked around the office while listening to it. So a bit like a radio program.
I'm doing another video this week but shorter than last week, around half, which you can view at...
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It's now been agreed that I'll be giving a talk at the Celtic Festival in Quebec on Sunday 11th September around 2pm. And so if any of you can make it feel free to get in touch after the talk.
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I've just been told by Steve that we'll be moving to a new Telco for our web site sometime towards the end of this month. There might be a slight downtime between the switch over but it shouldn't be long. That said this probably means a new IP address for our server so that usually means it can be up to 24 hours for all the DNS's in the world to get out updated details. That's unless Steve knows something I don't which when it comes to things like this is likely! <grin>
I'm told this is a phased process in that not much will change but after 2 months we will get double our current bandwidth and in a further couple of months we'll be at three times our current bandwidth at which point we'd be able to stream video content.
From my point of view this is a good move as it will save me some $700 a month and give us more bandwidth.
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I've found a couple of books that I'd like to put up on the site but they are still in copyright. Right now Ranald in Scotland is helping me find the copyright holder to see if a deal can be struck. While these books can be purchased through second hand book shops I'm not aware of them being sold by the publisher but we're checking. Mind you I've gone through this process many times and it is still rare to get permission so won't be holding my breath but certainly worth an effort.
ABOUT THE STORIES
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Electric Scotland Community
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You might remember Susan Boyle's amazing performance and how she went on to do other great things. Well this week I saw another video about "Korea's got Talent" which I thought I'd share with you. You can watch this at http://www.electricscotland.org/show...alent#post4776
I might add that I also added the St James Priory Newsletter for June 2011 to their forum. Lots of good reading there and you can learn more about what the Knights Templar get up to. The newsletter is in pdf format which I've attached to the message at
http://www.electricscotland.org/show...-2011#post4776
Also posted a thread on a "Growing Up in Scotland study" with a link to the web resource. You can find this at http://www.electricscotland.org/show...study#post4776
The study follows thousands of children from when they are born and into their teens seeing what we can learn about the challenges that face Scottish children.
Our community can be viewed at http://www.electricscotland.org but of course if you are reading this you're already in it :-)
THE FLAG IN THE WIND
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This weeks issue is now available compiled by Jamie Hepburn and there are some excellent articles in the Synopsis. Mind you where they are talking about Plan B it still seems to me that the Scottish Government has still not grasped the opportunities the online world can play in Scotland's future.
I sent out my video on "Promoting Scotland" to a handful of folk like Alex Salmond, John Swinney and also Christina McKelvie, Linda Fabiani and Fergus Ewing. I also had a couple of business folk looking at it and was rather flattered with their reponse. Both said that the video had made them think hard and had certainly influnced them to think differently about how to use the Internet. If you haven't seen the video it can be viewed at http://www.electricscotland.org/show...tland#post4776
Mind you at time of writing I haven't heard back from any SNP ministers. I wonder if the Flag would like to profile the video or even in the next issue of the SI? <grin>
You can get to the Flag at http://www.scotsindependent.org
Historical Tales of the Wars of Scotland
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And of the Border Raids, Forays and Conflicts by John Parker Lawson (1839). This is a new publication we're starting on which is in 4 volumes. We intend to post up 2 or 3 stories each week until complete.
This week we've added...
Jacobite Officers in France
Lords of the Isles
Massacre of Glencoe
You can read these at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/wars/
Poems of George Alexander Rodger
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Added another two poems, "The Sponsored Walk 1970" and "Kilry Harvest Home Dance" which you can read at http://www.electricscotland.com/poetry/rodger.htm
William and Louisa Anderson
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A record of their Life and Work in Jamaica and Old Calabar by William Markwick (1897)
This week we've added the following chapters...
Chapter 23
The Rebuilding of Henshaw Town—Illness of King Archibong II.— The Blood-men in Duke Town—Interposition of the Court of Equity—Death of Eyo VI.
Chapter 24
Changes in Old Calabar—Death of Mr. Ashworth, 1871—Mr. George Thomson's Sanatorium—Ordination of Ukpabio, 1872 —Arrival of Rev. D. Campbell—Deaths of King Archibong II., etc.—"Young Calabar"
Chapter 25
Abolition of Sabbath Market at Duke Town, 1873
Chapter 26
Labours, 1874-1876—War between Duke Town and Henshaw Town
Chapter 27
Visit as a Deputy to Jamaica, 1876-77, including Visits to Sister in America
Chapter 28
Renewed Labours in Calabar, 1877-81—The Hopkins' Treaty, 1878 — Deaths of Mr. A. S. Morton and King Archibong Ill., 1879 — Mrs. Sutherland on the Effects of the Treaty—Mr. Anderson's Fortieth Annual Report, 1879
In chapter 26 we learn...
WRITING on the 1st of May 1874, Mr. Anderson sent the following extracts from his Journal: —
Thursday, Jan. 1.—No such inbringing of the year here as you had in Edinburgh. ... At ten forenoon I preached in King Archibong's yard to the largest assembly of worshippers I have ever addressed in the town. With one exception, the multitude were deeply attentive. King and queen were both present. Oh for a ripple of the wave of revival by which Edinburgh has been blessed !
Thursday, 22.—Saddened somewhat to-day on receipt of intelligence of departure of a right noble fellow-worker when I was in Jamaica, George Millar, Esq., long Principal of the Academy at Montcgo Bay. Many hearts in Jamaica will be softened when they hear—doubtless they have heard ere now—of his departure. In regard to myself, I have said saddened somewhat, for really I do not feel now as in earlier years when friends are taken away At my time of life I feel the death or funeral of a friend to be something like bidding him good-bye as he embarks on the homeward - bound mail steamer. A steamer or two more, I must pack up and follow.
Thursday, Feb. 5. — Over creek to-day at what I call Henshaw Town North. Have not been there for several weeks. There is a large population in the town. Some of the headmen are—or profess to be—anxious for a school to be opened among them for their children. One or two of the native members go over on Sabbaths and hold meetings in several of the houses, but this scarcely satisfies our friends.
Sabbath, 8.—Attendance to-day very cheering. Cob-ham Town people were present in a body, the first time for years. Queen Archibong, and a great number of ladies in her train, also put in an appearance. An old story, the Sixth Commandment, forenoon ; our Lord's Ascension, afternoon.
In a paper entitled "Retrospect of a Quarter of a Century" [Record, May 1875. in a letter to Mr. Chisholm, Mr. Anderson remarks: "You would wonder to see me represented in the Record as viewing twenty-six years as a quarter Of a century. That paper was written on Feb. 10, 1874, and began with a reference to ' twenty-five years ago.' Dr. MacGill, however, just kept it idle for a whole twelvemonth—and then changed twenty-five into twenty-six. Had it been written in Feb. last, the numbers of members, ete. and several allusions would have been rather different."] Mr. Anderson reviewed in a characteristic way the changes that had taken place in Duke Town during the twenty-five years he and Mrs. Anderson had laboured there:—
You can read the rest of this chapter at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...derson3-26.htm
You can read all the chapters at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...rson/index.htm
The History of Fettercairn
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A Parish in the County of Kincardine by Archd. Cowie Cameron (1899)
Added more chapters this week...
Completed Part fifth—Church and School and now onto Part Sixth—Noteworthy Families and Persons - Miscellaneous which is the final part and should be concluded next week.
You can read all the other chapters at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...airn/index.htm
Memoirs of the Jacobites
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Of 1715 and 1745 by Mrs Thomson (1845) in 3 volumes. We intend to add a chapter a week until complete.
I've now added "The Master of Sinclair".
The account starts...
John Sinclair, called, in compliance with the custom of Scotland in regard to the eldest sons of Barons, the Master of Sinclair, was descended from the ancient family of Saint Clare, in France, on whom lands were bestowed by Alexander the Third of Scotland. In early times, the titles of Earls of Orkney and Caithness had been given to the first settlers of the Saint Clares; and the possession of the islands of Orkney and Shetland had been added to certain royal donations, by a marriage with an heiress of the surname of Speire. One of the Sinclairs had even borne the dignity of Prince of Orkney; but this distinction was lost by an improvident member of the house of Sinclair, called William the Waster ; and the prosperity of his descendants was due only to the favour of James the Sixth, who created Henry Sinclair, of Dysart in Fife, a Baron.
The family continued in honour and estimation until the subject of this memoir, John, brought upon it disgrace, and incurred to himself lasting self-reproach.
You can read the rest of this very long story at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist.../chapter04.htm
You can read the other chapters as we get them up at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/jacobites
R. B. Cunninghame Graham, Fighter for Justice
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An Appreciation of his Social and Religious Outlook by Ian M. Fraser (2002).
Added two more chapters to this account, "The Aristocrat Democrat"and "An Industrialised Society".
You can get to this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/graham/
songs of John Henderson
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John has sent us in several of his songs this week...
The Biter Bit
Fit Cud Be Better Nor A Craft?
Bide Ye Bauld!
The Clachan Baal
WHich you can read at the foot of his page at http://www.electricscotland.com/poetry/doggerels.htm
Lots of Articles
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I've continued my work on going through the old Scottish Review and the Scottish Historical Review and so have added a number of articles this week...
-- The Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands
Extracted from the Highland Newspaper of 1881.
As this is a very old newspaper we've done our best to tidy it up to make it more readable. It is certainly an interesting account. We've compiled this into a pdf file. You can read this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...s/language.htm
-- The Antiquity of the Kilt and Clan Tartans
Extracted from the Highlander Newspaper of 1881.
This is a two page aricle which we've just scanned in as images. You can find this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...icles/kilt.htm
-- MacKintosh
Found a book review which talks about 2 books to do with MacKIntosh neither of which I can find but thought the review interesting and thought it would be useful to make it available for researchers. We've added this to our MacKintosh page at http://www.electricscotland.com/webc.../mackint4.html
-- A List of Works relating to Scotland
Compiled by George F Black of the New York Library
I would suppose that this is really a book for researchers rather than just a read. That said the Introduction is very interesting and worth a read. We've also provided a link to download the book in pdf format. George Black is of course famous for his book "Surnames of Scotland". You can read this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...icles/list.htm
-- Alexander Farquharson of Brouchdearg and his Farquharson Genealogies
Found an interesting article on this subject and have created a pdf file of it which you can get to at http://www.electricscotland.com/webc...g/farquha.html
-- The Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons
AMONGST a number of papers which lately came into the possession of Colonel F. J. Agnew Wallace, late of the Scots Greys, a collection of letters written in the years immediately before the Union by Lord John Hay, Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons (now the Scots Greys), came to light, and I am indebted to Colonel Wallace for permission to publish a selection of extracts from them. Colonel Wallace is a descendant of the Major Agnew to whom they were written, and it is curious that after so many years the documents should be in the hands of one who had himself commanded the regiment to which they refer. The letters are principally concerned with regimental matters, but Lord John Hay and Major Agnew were personal friends, and after the military affairs are discussed, Lord John fills the paper with social and political news, and as his birth and army rank gave him the intimacy of the prominent men of the time, and as he was writing quite frankly to a trusted correspondent, the letters are often interesting.
You can read this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...s_dragoons.htm
-- Origins of the Forty Five
And other papers relating to that rising. By Walter Biggar Blakie.
THESE papers are interesting and important, and the Editor's introduction is not less interesting and important. No one else knows so much about the Forty-Five as Mr. Blaikie, and no one else can write about it so well. He has unearthed some valuable material, and he has explained its significance both in his masterly introduction and in a series of useful notes, which supply an answer to every reasonable question.
As you'll know the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 was a most significant period in Scottish history and led to the break up of the clans and was also the last battle on British soil. This thus makes a very interesting read and you can get to this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist.../fortyfive.htm
-- General Robert Melville of Strathkinness
GENERAL ROBERT MELVILLE was descended from the Melvilles of Carnbee, in the county of Fife, in Scotland, a branch of the ancient and noble family of the same name, of which the chief is the Earl of Leven and Melville. The ancestor of the family is held to have been the first Norman who passed into Scotland. He was a person of distinction of Normandy, named De Malville or De Melville, who accompanied William the Conqueror into England, in the autumn of 1066.
Meeting, however, with some cause of disgust from William, he, before the close of that year, secretly withdrew to the court of Malcolm Canmore, King of Scotland. By Malcolm he was courteously received and early put in possession of lands, thence constituting the barony of Melville Castle in Mid-Lothian.
The General did sterling work in the West Indies and his story is a most interesting one and this can be read at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...l_melville.htm
-- The Site of the New Park in the relation to The Battle of Bannockburn
This is an attempt to make an accurate assessment of the Battle of Bannockburn and how it was fought. You can read this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...es/newpark.htm
-- Scotland and the Spanish Armada
Intrigue and all kind of interesting plots and counter plots. You can read this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...nisharmada.htm
Oor Ain Folk
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Being memories of Manse Life in the Mearns and a Crack aboot old times by James Inglis (1894)
Here are the chapters we no whave up...
Chapter I
Our Glen: its physical Features—My Grandfather as described in The Land of the Lindsays—My Grandmother—Private Stills—Geordie White and the Gauger—Donal and the Bees— Sandie Christison and the Bapteezin' o' the Bairn.
Chapter II
The Glen Folk: their Characteristics—The Clachan of Tarfside —Primitive Farming—A Fine Peasantry—The Eviction Policy denounced—The Expatriation of the People—Drinking Habits —Excellence of the Whisky—Sandie's Eulogium on his Dram —Turning the Tables on the Minister—'The Beam in the Eye'.
Chapter III
Royal Visitors to 'The Glen'—Jeems Mitchell and the Queen's 'Powney'—The Queen and the Herd Laddie—Jeems and the Duke of Edinburgh—Craig-ma-skeldie—The Loch and its Surroundings—Peat-reek—Char-fishing—The Falls of Unich —Dr. Guthrie and Auld Jannie—A Shepherd's Biblical Criticism—An Anecdote of Dr. Guthrie's.
Chapter IV
The Glen School—The Prevalent Kindly Spirit—Farmhouse Life-Character gauged from a Gastronomic Standpoint—A Stingy Mistress—Jock an' the Cheese—Two Parritch Stories—Outspokenness: Instances—An Interrupted Grace—Jeems Wricht pronounces Doom on Buonaparte—The Minister truly a Representative of the People—Value of Education—A Succession of Clerics—My Father and Uncle: their Boyhood and College Days—Parental Self-Denial—A College Challenge—A Fight and a Duel—A Brawl at Ballater—The Character of the old Manse and Old Minister—An Instance of his Quaint Humour —His Death.
Chapter V
The Disruption of 1843—My Father's Disposition—His Share in the Fight—His Memorials of the Disruption—His Translation to Edzell in 1841—Great Increase of Congregation—Progress of the Controversy—Lord Panmure and Fox Maule—My Father's Estimate of Panmure's Character—'Persecutions for Conscience' Sake'—A Sore Bereavement—His Last Sermon in the Parish Kirk—A Noble Record 'for Conscience Sake'—Old Dr. Grant's Story of 'the Flesh Pots'—The first Free Church Sermon— The Tent in the Wilderness—Increasing Hardships and Difficulties—Fidelity of the Flock—Humour under Privations— Preaching under Difficulties—Hostile Attitude of Opponents — Progress of the Struggle—Once more in a house of his.
Chapter VI
Boyish Recollections of the Disruption Sufferings—Our Village— Willie Carr—The 'Feeing* or 'Term* Market: its Sights and Sounds; its Evil Features—The Minister and the Drover — A Forced Declaration — Encounter with 'Dubrach' at Ballater Fair — My Father's Athletic Prowess — Dared by Geordie to 'Haud the Ploo'—The Result—How he cowed the Captain — Instances of his Strength — His Emotional Nature—An Honest Man!
Chapter VII
Our Village School—The Old - time Dominie—Anecdotes—Our Village Dominies—'Peter Pundwecht'—'Creeshie Pow'— Home Discipline of the old Regime—The Meagre Mental Equipment of our Dominie—Contrast between the Old System and the New—Our School Games and Boyish Toys: 'Bools and Peeries'; Hockey—Curling—'Gowf'—The Teetotum— Jeems Dunn's Letter—Lassies' Games—Quaint Old Rhymes and Customs—The Annual Blanket-washing—A Contrast— Hogmanay—The Shorter Carritches—School-book Rhymes— 'Het Rows an' Butter Baiks'—' Nifferin''—Nursery Rhymes —A Schoolboy Conspiracy and how it ended.
Chapter VIII
Our Village Characters: their Mental Attitude—Village Poet— Specimens of his Muse—Rob Qsall the Flesher—Daft Jamie— Willie Burness—Willie Hood—'Sneeshin' on the Cheap'— Robbie Welsh—Peter McKenzie—Anecdotes.
In Chapter IV we learn...
In the farmhouses in our glen the very kindliest relations existed, as a rule, between master and man and mistress and maid. My uncle David was for many years, almost a long lifetime in fact, tenant of one of the largest sheep farms at that time in the Grampians. The farm went by the name of 'The Baillies' (locally 'da Bylies'), and he also rented the extensive pastures of Gleneffock, Glencatt, Glenmark, and other glens. He was possessed of quite an uncommon fund of energy and great public spirit. After the Disruption he started, at his own expense, a school for the use of his own large family, and I well remember when, as a young divinity student, the Rev. George Grimm, M.A., had charge of the little heather - theekit building. Mr. Grimm is now one of the most scholarly ministers of the Presbyterian Church in New South Wales, was lately Moderator to the General Assembly of that great colony, and he is an author of no mean repute. His sphere of labour then, however, was homely enough in all conscience. It was simply a rough whinstane cot, thatched, as I have said, with heather—altogether most unpretentious; but good, solid, educative work was done there. During the winter months great hulking young shepherds often came to acquire the rudiments of a plain education, though rather late in life for most of them.
Quite a kindly communal spirit reigned in the Glen. Very rarely, in ordinary farmhouses, was any difference made between the kitchen and the parlour, so far as diet was concerned. The children of the household most frequently supped their parritch from the same parritch-pot as the shepherd loons and servant lassies. The fare, though rough and homely, was plentiful, and in the long winter forenichts the spacious kitchen with its flagged floor and wide hearth, in which a glowing peat fire brightly burned, was the scene of much kindly social life and rural domestic industry. The rafters, fast turning black with peat-reek, were hung with hams, sides of bacon, onions, fishing-rods, guns, salmon-spears, and all the nondescript implements of industry or sport. Here on the shelves might be seen a goodly row of cheeses; in one corner potatoes lay heaped up; in another a stack of peats which reached nearly to the ceiling. One end of the apartment was occupied with box-beds for the lassies, which during the day were shut off, like cabins in a .ship, with their sliding wooden doors. The steam from countless homespun garments, wet with snow, mingled with the peat-reek, and filled the kitchen with a misty atmosphere, in which the dim diffused light from homemade tallow candle or pendent on 'crusie' glimmered faintly and fitfully, like a Will-o'-the-wisp in the marshes and bogs outside. The dogs lay extended in every attitude on the uneven floor, and the hum of animated conversation mingled with the ceaseless whirr of the spinning-wheel. Sometimes the drone and skirl of bagpipe and chanter, or occasionally the merry strain raised by some wandering fiddler, set lads and lassies dancing strathspey and reel, till the whole house would shake, as if sharing in the unrestrained merriment of the hearty, kindly, unsophisticated inmates.
You can read the rest of this chapter at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist.../chapter04.htm
You can get to this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/ainfolk/
Stories by Elizabeth Green
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Liz has sent us in a children's story, The Long and the Short of it, and hopefully we'll get a few more in from her. You can read this at http://www.electricscotland.com/kids/green01.htm
We also got in a children's story from Elham Khatibi which you can read at http://www.electricscotland.com/kids/khatibindx.htm
Book of the Duffs
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I came across a reference to this publication in 2 volumes and found a pdf version of it which I've added to the site on our MacDuff page at http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/macduff.html
It says... The Book of the Duffs. Compiled by Alistair and Henrietta Taylor. 2 vols. With numerous Illustrations and Genealogical Tables.
A Scot in China of Today
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By Ron Dow
This is going to be a series of stories about China. Ron used to run the pub across from my home in Grangemouth and he was always buying and selling. Well now he spends some 6 months in China each year doing importing and exporting.
As China is making great strides forward I thought it would be interesting to get a view of the country and especially from a local Scot's point of view. So Ron has agreed to do weekly stories for us which will be both his own view of the country but hopefully he'll be able to get some of his Chinese staff and friends to contribute as well.
Right now we have two articles up from him and he's sending in loads of pictures to go with them. He's sending in hi-res pictures and as in many of them there is quite a bit of detail I've kept them at the origional resolution and just thumbnailed them to fit the page. That means all the pictures are clickable to a larger version.
Ron is currently back in Scotland so he is using material he had at home but when he gets back to China he's going to organise special articles now he knows he has an audience.
Hopefully you'll enjoy this series which you can view at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist.../dow/index.htm
Mary Boykin Miller Chestnut's Diary of the American Civil War
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We have an introduction up and if that tweaks your interest we also provide a link to download her diary in pdf format.
It was actually Kelly in our Community who mentioned this book and mentioned that the lady is of Scots descent and so thought it would be interesting to explore it. It's also part of some of my own research into slavery. You can view this at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...es/chesnut.htm
Alastair's Videos
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Clans and Families
I did a video about Clans and Families hoping to spur more research into the minor lines and clan life in general. You can view this at http://www.electricscotland.org/show...ilies#post4776
Slavery
I did a wee video about slavery as I wanted to try and compare how a Scottish slave owner in America might have treated his slaves against how the people were treated in Scotland. You can view this at http://www.electricscotland.org/show...avery#post4776
North Halton Celtic Historical Society Newsletter
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Got in the June update which you can read at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...allbrook58.htm
I might add that this week I was sent in several sheets from an old magazine about one of the settlers in the area. This was in fact two articles one on the husband who spent some years in Africa which is one of the articles. The other is about his wife who had an article written about her ways of using local produce. Both are actually very interesting and you can get to them at the foot of the page where you'll see the link to the United Church Observer at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...allbrook57.htm
And finally...
Spot-On
A 70 year old golfer goes home after a disastrous day on the course and informs his wife he is giving up, as his sight has become so bad he can no longer see the ball.
She says “Why not take my brother with you. Although he is 90 he still has 20/20 vision”.
So the golfer decides to give it a try, takes the elderly gentleman on to the course, tees off and hits a powerful drive. He then turns to his brother-in-law and asks,
“Did you see where the ball landed”?
“Yes of course I did ....but I’ve forgotten where”!
And that's it for now and hope you all have a good weekend.
Alastair
http://www.electricscotland.com
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