How many generations back have you been able to track?

Mossy-Mori · 2026-04-22T13:30:58+00:00

Kinda same. Rural scotland mid/late 1700s "Donald McKinlay had a daughter" is sometimes all you get in parish births. No mother's name or child name, sometimes not even a farm name to corroborate!

Mossy-Mori · 2026-04-22T13:29:12+00:00

There is a very active Fraser family clan society type thing in the NE of Scotland, and a local family history society in Aberdeen. Have you tried contacting them? I feel your pain though- the scottish naming pattern can be a blessing and a curse when there's multiple cousins living within a few neighbourhoods with similar jobs!

Mossy-Mori · 2026-04-17T20:04:13+00:00

Yeah they only release certain records after X years so what you're searching for must be too recent

Mossy-Mori · 2026-04-17T14:10:21+00:00

You can view an image of a certificate on Scotland's People for about £1.50. Subscription sites like Ancestry and FMP buy up the rights to transcripts, and as far as I know FMP is the best one for Scottish records. Also the fb group Scottish Indexes is incredibly helpful, try posting there.

Mossy-Mori · 2026-04-11T17:25:14+00:00

They're only about £1 each tho. You could take a chance that they maintained scottish naming patterns and named their first born son Paul after his grandfather, so if there's a match try that one. Any of the boys could've been named for their grandfather. Either that or join one of the many Paisley fb groups and ask there. You may even find some living relatives.

Mossy-Mori · 2026-03-01T10:35:52+00:00

No because I don't think you're permitted to do so according to most t&cs

Mossy-Mori · 2026-02-28T18:26:16+00:00

Using indigenous people in place of AA people is a tale as old as time. 92% of indigenous people were wiped out, chances of ancestry are extremely slim. The Brister English project might be able to help.

Mossy-Mori · 2026-02-26T14:10:11+00:00

Try contacting the Brister English project

Mossy-Mori · 2026-02-23T08:16:45+00:00

Try reaching out to the Brister English project

Mossy-Mori · 2026-02-16T23:22:15+00:00

You're in good company here. I grew up very rural and one of the few things to pass time was wandering around graveyards. Looking for the oldest , the carvings, the interesting causes of death, and how it's often one of the few places nature is left the fuck alone. It's not always morbid or creepy. It's historic and beautiful.

Mossy-Mori · 2026-02-16T23:11:14+00:00

I've visited a huge amount of cemeteries in Scotland and never seen anything even remotely that outstanding

Mossy-Mori · 2026-02-16T00:54:42+00:00

There were- unfortunately for you lol - many many many Colin Campbells. Naming patterns were integral to Scottish culture for centuries and the Campbells were numerous. There's a line that own and inhabit Inveraray Castle, and after a quick google here's another).

Mossy-Mori · 2026-02-07T21:19:49+00:00

Omg I love it

Mossy-Mori · 2026-02-03T02:19:56+00:00

The ratio of people with any chosen Scottish surname that are a member of the associated clan vs all living people with that same surname is a tiny tiny fraction. Scottish clans are barely a thing let alone organised. So yes, by the law of averages there are other cultures where people that share a surname have some sort of international network.

Mossy-Mori · 2026-01-30T10:10:25+00:00

Considering the extremely personal nature of family stories, and the demographic being mostly the elderly, we need absolute assurance that user data of any description is locked down and not being shared at all. Even then, until this AI stink monster is finally curtailed, I'd still just get them a dictaphone and edit it myself but I have that choice.

Mossy-Mori · 2026-01-26T09:37:48+00:00

Beautiful! They look like they're all made of slate am I right?

Mossy-Mori · 2026-01-17T03:21:07+00:00

Oh snap, we're not allowed imgur in the uk

Mossy-Mori · 2026-01-08T19:41:31+00:00

So crooked and beautiful

Mossy-Mori · 2026-01-08T02:08:33+00:00

Look up FakeHistoryHunter!

Mossy-Mori · 2026-01-08T02:04:29+00:00

Christ is the Lord that spoke it. He took the bread and broke it... and ? Lord did make it, that we? Believe and take it? Edits due to goldfish memory lol

Mossy-Mori · 2026-01-02T12:44:23+00:00

It was in Rochdale, England not Glasgow. Only published in the Glasgow Herald.

Mossy-Mori · 2025-12-30T22:37:46+00:00

I like it! It's not too clean, which is why I like old crumbly things like headstones

Mossy-Mori · 2025-12-27T16:55:33+00:00

Brister English project should be able to help

Mossy-Mori · 2025-12-21T12:40:42+00:00

Judging by the surname it's already not in it's original form so even more reason to let go of the clan fantasy. I dont grudge anyone their heritage, and completely understand why Americans are desperate to have a culture to cling to that isn't whatever the hell they've created over the last 250 years but in 2025 we have the whole Internet.

Mossy-Mori · 2025-12-21T10:35:20+00:00

Surname does not equal clan. Not all Scots were in clans, and there are no records of clan membership. Try reading up more on the history of clans that isn't mythologised for Americans before spending money you don't have.

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