Ancestor Spotlight, Biography, Foremothers, Gardiner family history, MacLagan family history, Scottish ancestry, Sutherland family history

Ancestor Spotlight: Mary Gardiner

Our first inkling that our ancestress Mary was a woman with stories to tell, was the moment we were puzzling over the fuzzy image of her daughter's entry in the marriage register, and the words "reputed father" finally came into focus...

Ancestor Spotlight, Biography, Foremothers, Scottish ancestry

Ancestor Spotlight: Margaret Smith

Margaret Smith lived a life which is remarkable in its highlights of boldness and adventure, as well as striking in its sorrows. At just 18 years of age, she was newly married and expecting her first child when she boarded the good ship Duke of Wellington, and embarked upon the arduous sea voyage from her native Edinburgh, Scotland to the distant shores of Madras, India...