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Forfar
Family News - Easter 2001
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Hi Folks,
Forfar Family News is in a new
format
as a way to update you on the ongoing family history research of the
Scott-Dalgity
descendants that trace their connection to Forfar Scotland. There
are now many family names among descendants, and all share a connection
to Scotland through Forfar - thus the name.
Welcome and all
best wishes this Easter.
Success continues to be made with
the
discovery that a 10th generation now lives in North America - with
relatives
in 24 states and several provinces. The youngest was born on Feb
18th this year and the oldest is 91.
The discovery in March of 300
photographs
dating from 1840's to 1940's in a hidden drawer has been a major find -
and show us images of relatives who had only been names before.
Included are a daguerreotype that
was
taken between 1842 and 1845, the earliest photograph yet found in the
family.
Most images are identified - an
example
of the type of material is an album telling of the village life in
Novato,
CA in 1906 from the family of Alexander Dill Scott. Gradually the
images are being scanned and added. Initial pages from the secret
drawer
collection are located on the following pages:
This Easter marks the first
anniversary of a new connection.
Easter
2000 was a special occasion, when a tentative connection between the
two
founding branches of the family was confirmed. The story of
that connection on Easter morning has been told before - yet it may be
new.
Finding
lost connections: Thomas F. Scott
The effort made between the
two branches (sons of the Scott-Dalgity
marriage living in Boston & Pittsburgh) to stay in touch during the
1800's faced great difficulty before the start of reliable postal
service.
Relatives continued over a lifetime to search for each other and
eventually
through a chance sighting of an item in a newspaper, the reunification
of the two brothers took place in their old age - around 1870.
The
story of their connection remains an inspiration as I learn of their
lives
and that of their descendants. It continues to be a great pleasure to
meet
relatives from both branches and to share an interest in our common
history.
Recently more biographies have been
added, as have many images and letters. These are listed through the
following
index pages:
Index
of Biographies and Obituaries
Correspondence
Index
Pictorial
Index
Last week family friends in
Edinburgh,
Scotland
who have remained in touch with us since my parents lived in Scotland
in
1948, hearing of our ancestral connection to Forfar e-mailed to tell of
their own connection through a brother-in-law who is a native Forfarite.
We love to hear from you.
Sincerely, Ian Scott
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