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DysartPete
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Early Christmas Present!

Post by DysartPete » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:31 am

:D
What a lovely message to wake up to!! I logged on to Genes Reunited and got this.... talk about 'gobsmacked'....
From : ********
Subject : Re - Charlotte Shand

Hi Peter,

My grandad - Archibald Shand b.1906- was your grandad's brother. Your grandad would be Peter Shand married to Euphemia Reid.

My father - ***** Whyte - has been investigating the family tree for many years now and has 2578 names spanning 10 generations going back to Alexander Shand and Christian Rintoul married 1st December 1759 in Auchtertool Fife.
If you contact him you could help him with some blanks and he could pass on some of his records to you.

His phone number is ************

Best regards
******* Mackie
I'm like wee boy a Christmas!!.... :lol: :) :lol: :D
Pete
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Rab
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Post by Rab » Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:36 am

Fantastic stuff! That should give you alot of good reading over christmas. :)
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DavidWW
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Post by DavidWW » Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:53 pm

Just goes to show the potential value of a "guid Google" to see if anyone else is researching the same lines :!: \:D/

Sometimes, as in this case, you may strike an absolute seam of gold, - other times, as happened to me a couple of years back, you might re-establish contact with a first cousin whom you hadn't spoken to for over 30 years !!

David
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DysartPete
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Post by DysartPete » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:57 am

Was going to phone yesterday but didn't....for some reason I got 'scared' lol.... but I will today! Have lot's of 'what ifs' in my head.... dreading him having lots of conflicting info with my tree!!
Pete
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LesleyB
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Location: Scotland

Post by LesleyB » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:13 am

Hi Pete
Ach, just go for it!!
I'm sure it will be fascinating - and if its a disaster (which I'm sure it won't be), then you just need to think of it as a "learning experience"! :lol:

Best wishes
Lesley
Researching:
Midlothian & Fife - Goalen, Lawrie, Ewart, Nimmo, Jamieson, Dick, Ballingall.
Dunbartonshire- Mcnicol, Davy, Guy, McCunn, McKenzie.
Ayrshire- Lyon, Parker, Mitchell, Fraser.
Easter Ross- McCulloch, Smith, Ross, Duff, Rose.
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ASGROOMBRIDGE
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Location: Frome, Somerset, UK

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Post by ASGROOMBRIDGE » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:59 am

Hi Pete,

Congratulations, I am so pleased for you, go for it, you now have a bigger family. What a fantasic find.

Audrey :D :D :D
Looking for McGowan Anderson Fleming Sommerville Waddell in Lanarkshire. Semple Murray Baird Thompson Hutchinson in Annan Dumfriesshire Baird and Hutchinson also in Kirkinner Wigtonshire and Semple family of Annan Glasgow and Edinburgh
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DysartPete
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Post by DysartPete » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:41 pm

Thank you Audrey!
Omg Omg....I plucked up the courage....called today!
This man hasn't touched the internet for his research...his hobby is goin to Edinburgh every week!!!!!
The info he has is amazing....rather than make my tree wrong ...he backed it up ...and then some!!!
Was on the phone for over 2 hours! I'm sitting here with a smile I can't get rid of!! :D ...When he started talking bout my Gran I was nearly in tears..reeling off what she did...where n when etc....she was very important to me as a kid ...and he also is in touch with an Auntie I lost touch with!.... I had the hump this morning for wasting £18 on scotlands people...Lol ....means nothing!
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JustJean
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Location: Maine USA

Post by JustJean » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:48 pm

Hi Pete

WOW! Congratulations =D> ....and thanks for sharing that with all of us. Wish it was TalkingScot that could take the credit... :roll: .....but at least we get to help spread the good news :lol:

Best wishes
Jean
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CatrionaL
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Location: Scottish Borders

Post by CatrionaL » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:34 pm

Hi Pete

Thanks for sharing your great news with us. Fantastic! No wonder you have that huge grin on your face! :D

No need to ask whether or not you will be continuing with your research? :roll: :D

All the best

Catriona
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LesleyB
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Location: Scotland

Post by LesleyB » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:37 pm

Hi Pete
Brilliant! Thats just wonderful. \:D/
Thanks for sharing it with us.

Best wishes
Lesley
Researching:
Midlothian & Fife - Goalen, Lawrie, Ewart, Nimmo, Jamieson, Dick, Ballingall.
Dunbartonshire- Mcnicol, Davy, Guy, McCunn, McKenzie.
Ayrshire- Lyon, Parker, Mitchell, Fraser.
Easter Ross- McCulloch, Smith, Ross, Duff, Rose.
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