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A Family in Stitches: Genealogical Information From a Scottish Embroidery Sampler

julio 17, 2020 by Maggie - Legacy Tree Genealogists Project Manager 2 Comments

scottish embroidery sampler

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...]

Filed Under: British Isles, Genealogy Records and Resources Tagged With: Crailing school, embroidery sampler, family history, genealogy, Historical Context, Scotland, Scottish, social context

Charles Booth’s London Poverty Maps: A Glimpse Into the Lives of Your Ancestors

marzo 5, 2020 by Maggie - Legacy Tree Genealogists Project Manager 4 Comments

Booth poverty booths

If your ancestors lived in London at the end of the 1800s, the digitized Booth poverty maps provide fascinating insight into neighborhoods and standards of living in the city. The maps form part of Charles Booth’s, Inquiry into the Life and Labour of the People in London, a study conducted between 1886 and 1903. Booth was a Victorian philanthropist and a successful businessman. I have several ancestors who lived in London during that time, so I decided to see what could be gleaned about their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: British Isles, Genealogy Records and Resources, Maps Tagged With: Booth poverty maps, England, family history, genealogy, genealogy records, genealogy resources, London, Victorian

What Language Did My Scottish Ancestors Really Speak?

septiembre 3, 2019 by Maggie - Legacy Tree Genealogists Project Manager 2 Comments

Have you ever stopped to think about the language that your Scottish ancestors spoke? Gaelic? English? Something else? The answer is not as straightforward as you may think.  English has been the “official” language of Scotland since the 18th century. Prior to this, Scots Gaelic had already been systematically suppressed by several acts of parliament, starting at the beginning of the 1600s.[1] One of the last Scottish kings to speak Gaelic was James IV who reigned from 1473 to 1513. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: British Isles Tagged With: Gaelic, language, Scotland, Scots, Scottish, Scottish ancestry, Scottish genealogy

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