THOUGHTS ON...
Reasons to CELEBRATE
A VERY GOOD YEAR* (GENEALOGICALLY SPEAKING)
Amidst the tumultuous nature of 2020, Diane Linsday has managed to enjoy a rather good year of genealogy – in fact maybe even her best year yet!
It’s been a funny old year. Dour and dreich* in many ways, but genealogically speaking, it’s probably been my best year yet, with brick walls tumbling, missing links discovered and dainty little finishing touches of the kind that bring joy to all family historians added to our joint Lindsay/Veasey family tree.
I’ve discovered a new 2x greatgranddad and a lost 2x great-grandma and a photograph of my husband’s great aunt Lizzie McKinstry. She emigrated from Kilwinning in Ayreshire to Pennsylvania in 1903, and it neatly confirms a family tale that when my mum-in-law was a little girl in Scotland, during WW1, parcels arrived regularly from relatives in America, although she couldn’t remember who they were.