Clan Stewart/Stuart?

[SherbrookeJacobite]

Originally posted by granddaughter3

SherbrookeJacobite,

If there is anything you can help me with please do so. But you both need to realize that I am up for work before the sun is up here in the United States and I my not be able to get back to you right away.

I will help in any way I can. I am certainly no authority - but a lifelong love (some say obsession) with Scottish history and culture, and much reading have given me a bit of knowledge.

Virtually all of us have some mixture of ethnicities in our background. Most of my ancestry is Scots, but my mothers family (Melvins from Fife) came to Massachusetts in the 1600's, and subsequent marriages were not always to Scots. There is some Welsh blood, and (shudder) even some English. On my fathers side it is virtually all Scots. Camerons, Irwins (from near Aberdeen - out of the Highlands, but close), Dechmans (Edinburgh), Frasers, MacKays, MacDiarmids, and Stewarts.

As for getting back to us - no problem. I too get up before the sun, one of the downsides of living so far from the equator - nice in the summer, but depressing in the winter.

I would encourage you to read up on Scottish history. A fun way to learn a bit is to read novels. If you were to read Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped", it would help you understand the context of where Polwarth is coming from. Much of it is, of course, fancy - but it is a very good book, and insightful into the nature of Scots. John Prebble is another author I highly recommend. His historical novels are very well researched. John MacLeod's "Highlanders, A History of the Gael" is a good history book - and if you want a comprehensive history, Magnus Magnusson's "Scotland A History of a Nation" is very well done. (I am just quoting the title's from memory, so please excuse me if they are not exactly correct).

Slainte

[granddaughter3]

SherbrookeJacobrte,

I thank you for the information. I will try to find these books here in the States and read them as quickly as possible. I have some books that deal with the Scottish noblity and how they relate to the former kings and queens of Scotland. I have one set that tells of how clan Stewart is related to clans Leslie, and Gordon. But it also tells of how both of these clans are relate to some of the Irish lords.

I only hope that I can understand what I am reading and that it can point me in the direction that I want to go in to not only find my Irish family, but my Scots family too.

[Mamie]

If you would give us more information on your family we might be able to help more. Especially in the 1855 - 1900 years as Scottish records have a good bit of information on them for this time period. Ask you parents and grandparents if still alive what they know for facts.

It is much harder to trace relatives later than that due to privacy issues. Also to be fair most of us are not related to royalty or the nobility in fact.

Genealogy is a very time consuming hobby though.

The more information you can give means its more likely we can make good suggestions on how to trace your family.

[Raingeanach]

Originally posted by hayleyjstewart
Hi, I'm a Stewart, Hayley Stewart.
My family belong to the Stewart's of Appin.
Most of my family live in a small town near Inverness called Dingwall.
Any Stewart's please feel free to contact me at any time, post your comments here and I'll get back to you with my e-mail address.
Thanks
Hayley x x x

"Culloden and the Last Clansman" by James Hunter contains much well researched detail about the clan Stewart country.
http://www.electricscotland.com/fami...2/culloden.htm