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Comment on Mysterious family connection to Norma Shearer, 2012 by gilliandr

gilliandr — Wed, 01 May 2013 02:03:57 +0000

That is a lot of greats- maybe a few too many? She was born in the 1890s.

Comment on Mysterious family connection to Norma Shearer, 2012 by Tiffany Shearer

Tiffany Shearer — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:53:34 +0000

Hi but i am not lying at all but i am her Great great great graet great great…. Nicene on my dads side my name is Tiffany Layne Shearer

Comment on Why you need a professional historian! by Doréus

Doréus — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 06:52:29 +0000

Well said. History can indeed be a hobby or done for free… but only if you have oodles of time and some independent income.

Comment on The Cutler genealogical oddysey….. by family portraits Westminster

family portraits Westminster — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:31:09 +0000

I do not even know how I ended up here, but I thought this
post was good. I don’t know who you are but certainly you’re going to a famous blogger if you are not already Cheers!

Comment on My Family and Religion by gilliandr

gilliandr — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:50:09 +0000

Sure contact me at gilliandoctor@gmail.com.

Comment on My Family and Religion by j. young

j. young — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:33:34 +0000

Hi . I am related to this Cashion Family through the Christy Young and John Cashion connection . Care to chat ? J.

Comment on Scots Dance Again- St Andrew’s Ball, Montreal, 1957 by akismet-6e7e69e15e30673370f75ecaaea87f40

akismet-6e7e69e15e30673370f75ecaaea87f40 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:25:44 +0000

What lovely images. I enjoyed picturing my namesake as a debutante in ivory tulle in Montreal where my husband’s family is from.

Comment on Archibald Copeland, Saanich, BC & Cloverdale, California, 1885 by gilliandr

gilliandr — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:26:07 +0000

Thank you! I was in the Dumfries museum and consulted the Walter Newall Archives, what a treasure trove of information. I am utterly fascinated by this branch of my family. Marvelous that you donated it there. It is a great part of Dumfries history!

Comment on Archibald Copeland, Saanich, BC & Cloverdale, California, 1885 by Stuart Stark

Stuart Stark — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:04:28 +0000

Hello Gillian
I have been interested to follow a couple of articles on your blog about Walter Newall-Copeland. We had purchased (his uncle) Walter Newall’s oil portrait and a folio of his architectural drawings (via antique dealers) from the family estate in North Saanich around 1990. We have just completed their return to the Dumfries Museum (which he designed c1840) so they have ‘gone home’ where we feel they belong. Thanks for the extra family history which I have forwarded (with credit) to the Dumfries Museum – along with research I have supplied – for their artifact information.
Stuart Stark

Comment on Uncle Clair’s War Service- Or My Historical Blind Spot by AJ Gulyas (@firkon)

AJ Gulyas (@firkon) — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:04:38 +0000

This is a good point–we know a lot about what armies/divisions/battalions did but rarely the routine acts of individual soldiers. Official records record individuals in extraordinary cases, but unless a soldier kept a record, wrote a memoir, etc. there’s not much to go on. This leads to the sort or blind spot you had with your uncle’s service. Great post!