Genealogical information is often found in unlikely places. Check out the familial details included in this Scottish embroidery sampler!In 1885 my great-grandmother, Isabella Fairbairn, was 10 years old. She lived in a rural area of the Scottish borders, and like most Scottish children between the ages of 5 and 13, schooling was compulsory for her. Isabella attended school at Crailing, about 5 miles outside the market town of Jedburgh.We might never have known this, had she not … [Read more...]