One of the rewards Sharon & I get from our blog

I was asked by a Bruce Baker if i could find my aunts address, for his mother as they were friends years ago,and she wanted to be reunited with her. So I have enclosed a copy if  e mails.

Bruce, i am trying to find an answer for you,I have found out there is a carer looking after my Aunt Eleanor called Betty Rau and she is on ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,    if you would like to e mail her. and i am Eleanor's nephew. I don't know any more than that, sorry i can't be more help.Stewart McCaw ( UK

 

The reunion

 

Well, today and it's marvelous weather included the first visit between Lois (nee Meadowcroft) Baker and "Aunt" Eleanor in as long as anyone could remember! However, they can remember the "good old days" and going on the train together to school. Eleanor made a point of the fact that she boarded the train before my mother and thusly "saved her a seat."

It turned out that while my mother attended Friends Select School in Philadelphia from the first grade on, Eleanor began her time there in 7th grade (probably age 13). The overall repartee was better than expected and nearly as good as could be hoped for........even though they have 'ONLY' known each other for just shy of 80 years!

Eleanor said she was born in 1918, as was my mother, but my mother disputed (in a friendly way) Eleanor's claim to that statement (as a friendly aside), likely due to wanting to be older instead of younger than Eleanor (Lois' birthday is December 30th).

They spoke of their parents, travel and a good bit more until my mother decided she needed to leave and save more for later, as Eleanor wouldn't eat while my mother was there. The visit lasted under an hour. Good banter, laughs, brief stories and Eleanor's unique brand of humor shone through. (Frankly, I may have enjoyed the visit more than my Mom!) It was a pleasure to meet Eleanor's caregiver Irene, as well.

Both friends seemed to me to elevate each others faculties above what must be boringly common in their typical day-to-day existences, so a return visit will be made as soon as possible and with my wife along to meet Eleanor for the first time. As one would expect, there is little resemblance now to the pictures of both ladies at my parents wedding in 1945, but the delight at the reconnection today was clearly evident......

I wish to thank you all for the help in this reuniting. I feel it was a success and well worth repeating as long as they are both willing and able.

Best regards,

Bruce

 

My Reply

Bruce, Thank you for your e mail, i was please we could be of assistance to you. and it sounds like the reunion went well. and will flourish once more. I am sure i am able to speak for Sharon and Hilda, we are all very pleased with the out come of your family interests. We were also all pleased to be part of it. kind regards stewart

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Has it been almost a month since I last posted?  Genealogy work has been crazy!!!  Hardly have time to read my magazines:  Internet Genealogy, Family Chronicle, and Family Tree.  Doing my own family history, both adoptive and birth families, and working to help others.  Plus, http://www.familysearch.org/ has put up so many more records in the last month, it is keeping those of us working in Historical Records very busy. 
Articles in Internet Genealogy have been put on the back burner until Feb/March issue, so the editor says, but meantime Stewart's book, Galloping to Space is doing well in Great Britain and online at places such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  I'm sorry I don't have any more exciting news for you.  I've met a lot of new family and gotten in touch with others via phone or internet.  Also was able to find more ancestors for my adoptive family and made them very happy to know their roots, as I am finding out mine.  Theirs are English and mine are Irish and Scottish. 

As Christmas is a time for family, I wish all of you to be in touch with your families, past and present, and happy hunting in the new year.

BBC Pre interview from Grimsby library

Famine, royals and Canadian link - all in my family history

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Grimsby Telegraph

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A MAN whose ancestors include four generations of Scottish royalty has recorded his family history in a book of memoirs.
Stewart McCaw, 63, who grew up in Cleethorpes but now lives in Brigg, published a letter from his great-great-great-grandfather Duncan MaCaw to try to trace distant relatives during the summer of last year.
Originally from Ballintoy, Duncan had written a letter to his daughter in Canada in 1857. Stewart hoped that in printing the correspondence, it might generate some replies – which it did.
Through ancestry websites, Stewart traced a cousin in Canada and the pair later decided to create an online blog with stories of their family history.
Now, Stewart – who has also lived in North Somercotes and Grainthorpe and had numerous jobs around Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Immingham and Keelby – has compiled the family tales and produced a book entitled Galloping To Space – a detailed history of the McCaw ancestry, which is due to hit the shelves in coming days.
Stewart said: "It gave me a lot of pleasure reading short stories about my ancestors in the original tree my father gave me, about when they first set foot on Canadian soil and how some of them fought to keep their roots and traditions."
His discoveries cover the potato famines in both Scotland and Ireland, evidence of ancestors crossing the Atlantic on a passenger ship, links to four generations of Scottish royalty and even the king responsible for the English version of the Bible.
He has also been able to prove his ancestors were landowners at the time of Alfred the Great and the Domesday Book.
Stewart said: "The stories gave me the inspiration to give up my time and make it possible so we can all share these stories and be proud of our ancestry.
"If it had not been for them we would not be sitting here sharing these true stories about something we are all part of."
The book, called Galloping To Space, will soon be available to buy at Amazon, Waterstones and Priceminister, and also at local book stores and in the eBook format.
See your Grimsby Telegraph for extracts from Stewart's book and details about a forthcoming book signing.

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Galloping TO Space memoir

Galloping to Space

This is not my autobiography, .it is a memoir of my life, and my direct descendants, and their is a family history in it in chapter 12. With regard to the Blog site, and this way Sharon and I derived at the outcome of my book.

I sent my story to the local news paper, so I could get some publicity, for my book, as I would like to sell it, but I am in the unfortunate positions where they do not let you proof read there work. So to clarify any misunderstanding the book is about me, and my life only.

If you want ancestry go on there site, but the way  Sharon and I wrote this blog was intended to compile information, and save you having to do all the hard work, and  to save you looking through everything, and we have done our best to do that for you,and or Blog

STEWART'S BOOK

Stewart's book is about his own memoirs, and not the McCaw history, as was published in the newspaper article.  Stewart didn't get to proof before it went to print.    However, searching for his ancestors and finding stories about them gave him the idea to write his memoirs for future generations.  It is still a wonderful book about life growing up in humble circumstances in post-war England and self-sufficiency during those times, as well as his adventures later in life.

Local Paper

 

Stewart with his newly-published memoirs.  Nice write-up.

Galloping to Space

The book is also available from the publishers AuthorHouse direct,

Galloping to Space

Good morning one and all. (I know who the all are, but have no idea who the "one" is. Are you the one?) Stewart's book is on the shelves!! It can be bought online at amazon.com, chapters indigo.com (.ca), Towrs, and in local bookstores (not sure which wones.) It is also available as an Ebook on those sites.

GALLOPING TO SPACE

Stewart's book is on the shelves!!!!  It is now in stock online at Amazon, Chapters Indigo (.com and .ca), as well as Towers and other online bookstores.  It will be available (if not already) at local bookstores as well, although I'm not sure which ones and when.  I am honored to be part of the editing process

A FORTUNATE TURN OF EVENTS

Something exciting has happened!  My blog partner (and cousin I found through doing genealogy on my birth family) for www.mccawscometolife.blogspot.com has found a publisher for his memoirs! We've been Skyping back and forth this morning ironing out details and celebrating.  I guess now we can each consider ourselves writers.  There is also a magazine interested in articles we have sent.  (Can't say yet until it's published - might jinx it).  You'll be the first to know, dear readers.

A tribute to my father Duncan McCaw 1913-2000

A tribute to My Father Duncan McCaw aged 86 Years old,

                                                 1913-2000

                                                                    Obituary

Duncan McCaw Peacefully on February 17^th 2000 after a long illness bravely borne, Whilst in The loving care of St Josephs Nursing home, Cleethorpes, Duncan aged 86years, reunited with his beloved wife Gwen who also passed away on February 17^th 1988,treasured dad of Peter, Suzette, Stewart, Pat and Andrew, dearest father-in-law and grandfather and a very dear and respected friend to many who will be very sad missed by everyone who knew him. Service at the Grimsby crematorium on Monday February 28^th at 1.30 pm. Resting Dedicated Chapel of Repose of Mashfords Funeral Home ,Norfolk lane, Cleethorpes, where family flowers only please, by request may be sent. Donations in lieu, if so desired may be sent to Mashford Donation account’ and the final sum will be forwarded to Dr Speed’s Haematology fund.

Death is Nothing at all

Death is nothing at all

I have only slipped into the next room

I am I, and you are you,

Whatever we were to each other

That we are still

Call me by my old familiar name,

Speak to me in the easy way

Which you always used

Put no difference in your tone,

Was no forced air of solemnity or sorrow

Laugh as we always laughed

At the little jokes we enjoyed together

Play, smile, think of me, Pray for me

Let my name be over the household word

That it always was

Let it be spoken without an effort,

Without that trace of shadow on it

Life means all that it ever meant

It’s the same as it ever was

There is absolutely unbroken continuity

What is death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind

Because I am out of sight ?

I am but waiting for you

For an interval, somewhere very near,

Just around the corner. All is well

Canon Henry Scott Holland

ADDRESS

Duncan McCaw 1913-2000

In these quiet and thoughtful moments we realise how much comfort and strength there are in our memories .They bring close those who are no longer immediately with us and remind us of so many precious and personal things.

Today in this service we express memories and thoughts of Duncan with respect and appreciation. Moreover though faith and in God we are taken beyond our memories into a living hope of being in and with Christ in the Kingdom of the heavenly father in the peace and mercy of the life everlasting.

We thank God for all that made Duncan ‘s life special and all that fills the heart of peter, Suzette, Stewart, Pat and Andy with pride to sat that he was their dad. Proud because Duncan was just the man he was, an Antrim man from Currysheskin, an Ulsterman and an Irishman. The son of Charlie McCaw the celebrated North Antrim lay preacher, Duncan grew up with the strength and purpose and the humour of rural North Antrim. He never forgot his roots, his love for that rugged coastline and it’s villages, farms and fields, and the principles .scrupled ,discipline and values of those rural communities shaped the boy and the man throughout his life. Dad was “Mr Dependable “,a gentleman, what was in his power  to give he would give , and give generously, as he did when seeing the good in all. Our thoughts are with you and Avis, Ricky Sue, Steve, and Christine and grandchildren, John, Teresa, Clive, Jane, Lee, Nina, Lloyd, Ross, Luke, Christopher, Joanne and Kate. Our prayers are also with Duncan’s family in Ireland and North America.

Together we celebrate his life and honour his achievements.

We remember his love for Gwen and their life to together, which was never dull, and neither was it sedentary, how it could be with Duncan’s passion for moving house. During one 12 year period, Duncan and Gwen moved house 13 times, sometimes to the other side of the road! I wonder if it was a world record when Duncan moved twice from the same house in the course of the same year!..

No wonder the first Christmas card he would receive each year was from Ernest Jones the Estate agent! Within the home Duncan was a real handyman and decorator, turning his hand to all manner of jobs and tasks, particularly he enjoyed knocking walls down, whether they needed knocking down or not. Usually when the last improvement was made, the for sale notice would go up. He was also a good gardener, with a love for roses that he introduced to many places, not least to Matthew Quinn House where they will be admired and enjoyed by many for years to come. He loved the outdoors and if there was just a hint of sunshine to be found, Duncan would find it and enjoy. There will be fond memories of holidays and foursomes at Yarmouth, with his good pal Lewis and respective wives, and the Channel Islands.

Duncan worked hard all his life in a full working life, that started on the family farm ,and then in the construction industry for kiers, and finally for many years in the firm of his brother in law in the world of industrial painting .he worked on some major projects like the Humber Bridge, Duncan was a fit and strong man, a keen cyclist all his life ,well perhaps that doesn’t do him justice, as he was one of the foremost cyclists in the whole of Ireland in the days before the war, competing and winning trophies in national competitions. He was, as was noticed by the local Antrim newspaper The chronicle, a bit of a daredevil. The newspaper ran a piece on him when he returned home for a spell in 1995 that recounted how in his younger days he rode across and back the Carrick-a –Rede a narrow rope bridge spanning a 100 foot drop, to the cheers of the gathered crowd. The paper said like as not he would have done it again on his old bike and in his eighties, f the bridge if the bridge was still as it was! This courage was not lacking either, when in the last few years he has been fighting illness without complaint and with great dignity in his pain and suffering.

In all these ways we remember the quality of the man and the joyfulness of his life.

There is a rabbinic story that related how a man had lost his way in a desert. Starving and suffering from sunstroke he fortuitously came across an oasis in the midis tog which stood a beautiful tree. He ate some of its succulent fruit sat in the protective shade beneath its boughs and then fell fast asleep .When he arose, rejuvenated and refreshed, his indebtedness moved him to bless the tree, but what blessing could he give? The tree was already endowed with every possible attribute .A thought then crossed his mind .Turning to the tree ,he said 2may it be the will of God that all your offshoots will be just like you “.

Your trust tribute to Duncan and to his memory is to strive to be like him in spirit and courage and to bless him is to strive to put your faith in the God revealed in Christ who makes all things new .For in Him there is a darkness or death, but light and the peace and rest of eternal life, to which we commend Duncan with love and thanksgiving.

Reverend klm nally 28.02.00

Don’t look for me in the graveyards

Don’t look for me in the graveyards

Where despairing cherubs stand

Nor where the desolate funeral pyre

Sheds ashes over the land

 NO. Look for me in the fiery rage

Of a storm tossed sunset at sea.

I’II be very close when you run the page

Of the book that was close to me

Look for me in the evening, breeze,

The raging lightning’s gleam.,

I’II be the ray of moonlight

This kisses your face as you dream

 I’II be the laughing shadow

This passes the willow tree.

 I’II call you from the river

As it laughs its was to the sea

I’II be the flash of white wings

 As the bird scream overhead

I’LL be in all the little things

Which pass through your grieving head.

But don’t look for me in sad thoughts

or dreary tales of woe.

I’LL be in the wind, the sky, the sea

With you wherever you go.

Look for me in the first star of evening

In the slow dawn smile of the sun

I’II be the red gold leaves and dreams

Which once we ran among

I’LL be there in the first snow shower

When white lace spiders’ webs grace the sill

Look for me in warmth of the fire light

When the earth lies cold and still

My shadow will race with the squirrels

My laughter will startle the jays

And my dreams be all butterflies

Which follow your summer day

I’LL call from the geese flying homeward

You’II glimpse me on distant hills

And my love for you will be constant

As the early daffodils

So look for me in rainbow or the sunset’s dreamy haze

Just smile-and I will be with you to the laughing end of your days….

                            ( Daphne Silver )

Duncan is still deeply missed, and always will be. Stewart McCaw and family

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Sharon's Genealogy Adventures Blog

I will continue to be involved with this blog for the McCaws, but I've created a blog where I can post every day.  It will contain, first of all, more detail of how I came to know I was a McCaw and, secondly, my adventures in geneology - both my adoptive parents' and my birth parents',  and helping others.  My wish is that my readers will be encouraged and also learn from my "oops" moments and my triumphs.  You may read it all at  Sharon's Adventures in Genealogy

Summer

Things have slowed down in the geneology department.  It has taken a back seat to the sun.  However, Hilda (the one who put together that wonderful family history book) and I have been in touch, also Stewart via internet cafe and Skype - he is on holiday, and my sister Melinda, who is doing a family history scrapbook. In July, I will be doing one shift per week at the Family History Center here in Lethbridge, so that will get me in the swing again.  I am toying with the idea of starting a geneology blog on the whys and hows of what I'm doing and how I'm helping other people find their ancestors and my adventures in this field in general.  I will keep you posted when that is up and running.  Stewart also is keen on starting other projects.  Meantime, until there is something to post, enjoy the sunshine while we may and Happy Canada Day to everyone in Canada.

Guestbook

I am getting emails saying that "Anonymous" has posted on our Guestbook, but when I go there, it shows 0 comments.  Can anyone clear up this mystery?

Acknowledgement

You will find this letter in the full gedcom file under Family Tree in the Family Tree tab on this page and also under "Letter of Acknowledement" under the link, "more docs" on the same page.  I have added it separately under "more docs" because not everyone can download and view the gedcom file. It has been brought to our attention that the acknowledgement to Hilda (and rightly so) was not available to everyone for the above reason.  So....here it is with gratitude and humble apologies.  Hilda's work is phenomenal and, because of this blog, Stewart and I have made another family connection "in person."  We would like to hear from any McCaws, Macaws, etc. out there as well.  The following is the text of Hilda's letter.........

THE DESCENDANTS OF DUNCAN McCaw  Updated - June 1993

During 1992, many interested family members informed me about additions and changes to this history of the descendants of Duncan McCaw. Eleanor McCaw
from Broomall, Pennsylvania and Harry (Hank) McCaw from Port Hope,
Ontario went to Ireland ill August 1992 and brought back much additional information. Therefore, I decided to produce an. update.
This family history begins with Duncan McCawand Miss Ramsey of Ballintoy Parish, Country Antrim, Ireland.
Unfortunately, at this time, we do not know the given name of his wife or the date of their marriage. We do know that Duncan married a second time ten years after the birth of his last child,Mary, born in 1826, so it likely that Ms. Ramsey was the mother of
children.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My sincere thanks to Reverend Dr. W'. Harold Reid for his
continue.d help and assistance. (Harold passed away on December 21,
1991) .
Thanks to Mrs. Eleanor (Maca'ill)MCCaw(617.1) of Broomall, Pa.
and to James Harry McCaw (682" 2) of Port Hope, Ontario for
information on the Irish and American relatives. They share an
interest in the family history and have provided me with much
information.
special thanks to my daughter, Janis Lynn Cathcart (43111.1)
who has given me valuable assistance in the original printing.
Also I thanks to my sister,Theda Irene (Moorcroft) Eckert
(4224.3 & 4311. 3) who did the artwork for the. cover and the branch
divisions.
Thanks to many others too numerous to mention.
Hilda Pauline (Moorcroft) Cathcart (4224.1 & 4311.1)
June 30, .l993

Report

No great "aha" moments to report.  However, I have collected some material that may be helpful (CEF Commonwealth War Graves Registers 1914-1919 with McCaw names who were killed in action.  Also some McCaws on a website for the Macintosh Reunion, and a few other records).  There is so much information I have gleaned and the trick is to organize and put it into perspective.  In this research, it is easy to assume this McCaw or that McCaw is attached to a specific line, but verification is needed.  There are a lot of Johns and Alexanders, etc.  Since I learned to do all this in university, I just have to go back - waaaaay back - and remember how to organize and verify, which should keep me out of trouble for the whole summer.  I will post and share whatever I come up with.  There are many branches and migrations and some stayed in Scotland and Ireland as well. I want to research the branch that went to Australia as well. The U.S. has many, many Mccaws and eventually way back, we are all related. Any comments and help would be appreciated.

NEW INFO

In the process of dowloading 30 generations from familysearch.org, I have come across some interesting names. However, there is still a lot to verify and duplications to correct.  Once it is finished, I should have as accurate a family tree as possible within Rootsmagic. There are duplicates and errors on both familysearch and ancestry.com, but hey - we are all fallible.  One or two of those mistakes are mine.  New information is coming in all the time as indexers offer their time and resources to make original documents available to us.  It is a very rewarding thing to do.  Ancestry.com has a world indexing project, as does familysearch.org. I have volunteered for both.
Getting back to our family tree, I thought you might like to see one of the pages about the woman I found who was a princess of the Picts...(still to be verified as being in our tree).  It is on my StumbleUpon site, along with other geneology treasures:
     Sharon's geneology sites

Working Hard

Still wrapping my brain around the M'Caw connections directly to Duncan.  Meantime, checking out hints on Ancestry.com and downloading the gedcom to my Rootsmagic program.  Sometimes I can find and fill in gaps from familysearch.org and import that directly into Rootsmagic.  Then I can automerge everything because doing it this way (as opposed to creating a separate file every time) does create duplicates.  However, with programs like Rootsmagic, checking sources and comparing people and correcting is easy (my duplicates and others').
Stewart's final chapter (so far) of his Memoirs covers how he got started in this adventure of internet geneology social networking.  I also wrote a "chapter" about how I discovered my roots and how Stewart and I collaborated. Finally got a final edit done and sent the two in to Internet Geneology magazine.  A few months' wait now (the downside of authorship).  Whether accepted or rejected, we are both encouraged to continue our work. 

Research

I was doing my shift at the Family History Center last night and came across a book entitled A Census of Ireland circa 1659.  I looked up County Antrim and it listed the "gentlemen" who owned land, and then, at the bottom, the surnames who were living in that county.  There were 9 McCaws at that time.  Will have to do some digging and wrap my brain around what I already have to find out given names. Sometimes the information is right in front of one's face and, in this case, I seem to remember some tenant information and their landlords' names.  Will keep you posted.

And by the way, if you are doing your own family research that connects to the McCaws, please don't hesitate to leave a comment and maybe we can help each other.

NEW LINK

I just had a peek at the nalil blogspot  site and found some links that are pertinent to our history.  Here is one good example:  ULSTER SCOTS IN AMERICA  This man has written a whole book and made it available to us.  How wonderful!

What a coincidence

I don’t know if it’s the evolution of DNA or if it a coincidence but people are getting more and more interested in there ancestry. This week alone there have been 3 programs on British television with regard to my interest in my ancestry.

The first on was Steven Barkers story after a 10 year study, how his interpretation of the use of the Domesday Book was not written for taxation prepossess , it was about power, control, ownership, and law, it was about something far more important than money.

Second there is a program called Time Team .They are a team of archaeologists’ who carry out digs mainly by the national trust. This week they were on the Isle of Mull, located in the Scottish Isles, and they found a chapel built by St Columba. On a monastery which no one knew of existed because of a spelling mistake, or an error in the interpretation in a translation St Columba started Christianity in the British Isles, maybe Europe.It was dated about year 500

The third one is a program called The Story of Ireland Fergal Keane explores Ireland’s history, documenting its role on the international stage. He begins by revisiting the origins of Celtic people looking on the impact on early Christianity and monasticism, and the birth of Ireland’s literary culture.

The connection between the three is The Domesday book was the first record of commoners needing and having a surname.

The Time Team dig was not far from The Isle of Bute where the family were land owners in the 1580.

The Story of Ireland was because The McCaw’s move to Ireland and became part of the Ulster Scotts.

New Tab

Good Easter weekend everyone.  I have created a new tab:  Sharon's Story.  It is short, sweet, and a fast read.  It tells about my discovering that I carry the Mccaw name.  I am truly a McCaw that Came to Life not so long ago...and may I say I am proud to be a McCaw.

New Link

Yesterday I took a class in how to set up Personal Pages in Footnote.com.  There is a fee for Footnote, but the Personal Pages are FREE.  The good thing about it is that it is automatically Google searchable - no need to enter keywords.  On the minus side, you need one page per person, so there will be a lot of work ahead.  It is a wonderful way of social networking to be in touch with others researching the same people. Click on the blue Personal Pages link below to see Frances (Fanny) McCaw as an example.
Personal Pages

Proof of McCaws in Scotland

Check out our "History - Scotland" tab.  Very interesting reading about our ancestors on the Isle of Bute and how they came to own lands there and to whom they sold them.

A Family Gem

Stewart sent me this document that his father gave him.  It was passed to his father by Stewart's aunt Gretta.  It is about Charlie McCaw, Stewart's grandfather and what a wonderful story it is!  Click on the title below  and you can download and print it if you wish.
Something I Must Share!

Canadian Cemetery search


Canadian Headstones

These sites are fantastic!  I found Fanny and her husband, John Reid's headstone here.

King James Bible

                                    King James 1 of England’s Bible

 Two emails between Sharon and I that show how close the McCaw’s in Scotland were to the changes in World History

 Sharon I have just been watching a program on TV Called King James Bible, Melvin Bragg marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible by investigating the book's influence on the English language, literature and western democracy.
Only the rich and educated used to read the bible , it was in Hebrew’s it was a fact that every man had the right to read the bible in there own language. So in 1602 James the first of England, who was James the 6 of Scotland. Same person rewrote the Bible and it was called The New Testament. In 1639 Charles the first was executed after a trial, stating he was the highest force on earth. and in 1642 there was a civil war Cromwell's days. It went on to be the information used to write the Independence of America ,and they used it to fight there civil war also.  William Wilberforce used it to abolish slavery. So really, this is when the world changed for good. the black community started to believe they were equals .as it states we are of one blood.  So we were there right at the rough of it all. You might know all of this , but it is the first time i have put it all together. So are clan fought
 in King James armys,  Which in turn anabled him to be ruler,and to write the New Testement . Stewart

                                           Thanks, Stewart.  Yes, I did know but it's good to be reminded.  Also, if you can get your hands on a complete King James, there is an introductory page that is not included in all the King James versions.  It starts out:  "To the Most High and Mighty Prince JAMES by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland,

Defender of the Faith, &,  the Translators of the Bible which Grace, Mercy, and Peace, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord."   

That is the exact wording and punctuation, except the word JAMES is bigger than the word JESUS CHRIST.

It ends with this paragraph:  "The Lord of heaven and earth bless Your Majesty with many and happy days, that, as his heavenly hand hath enriched Your Highness with many singular and extraordinary graces, so You may be the wonder of the world in this latter age for happiness and true felicity, to the honour of that great GOD, and the good of his Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour."

The text is not too long and is worth a read.  Maybe it is online

  Thanks for sharing that.

Sharon  

Finding an Irish Ancestor Using Canadian Records

Also an Irish Emigration Timeline:

https://wiki.familysearch.org=

Mccaws in Reference Books

Kelly's Handbook - 1946

Scots Kith and Kin - John Tait

Scots Kith and Kin 2

Irish Civil Registration on FamilySearch.org, Part 1

February 4, 2011 - 3:24pm by BensonEC

FamilySearch.org is a great resource for Irish research. The website includes four databases that index Irish civil registration. These databases include the following:

• Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881
• Ireland Deaths, 1864-1870
• Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898
• Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958

It is helpful to understand a little bit about the source of each database.

• The first three databases were created from actual civil registration (and a few church) records that FamilySearch has in its microfilm collection.
• The last database was created from microfilm copies of the civil registration indexes only, not the complete records as in the case of the first three.

This means that the first three databases can be searched using family relationships, but the last only contains the individuals name with no family relationships. There is significant overlap between the last database and the first three, because the last database is the full index and includes most everything the first three include—only with less information because it is only an index, not the full record.
To access these databases, go to FamilySearch.org. Then, in the “Browse by Location” section on the home page, click Europe, and then click Ireland. Or, to go directly to the databases now, you can click this link: Irish databases.
Good luck exploring the Irish Civil Registration databases on Familysearch.org. In the next article, we will discuss tips for searching the databases.

Please participate and join in with us on" The McCaws come to life"

If you have any Memorabilia / Photo's or stories, you would like to share with family and readers.Will only be to pleased to download it for you.. Please join in you are more than welcome. Sharon and Stewart

Here are the contents of the McCaws Tree on Ancestry

People      706
Photo's     230
Stories        13
comments   10

Please use the link provided

Villages in Northern Ireland

This is where it all started in Northern Ireland in  a little village. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Northern_Ireland

Try the new 24 links we have posted

Good morning everyone. Sharon and I  would like to share are new 24 links we have just downloaded for your assistance in finding infomation  about Emigration.

Immigration system of Australia

Immingration systen of Australia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_history_of_Australia

Brits-Irish Immigration 1840-1914 Media Gallery New zealand

Brits-Irish Immigration 1840-1914 Media gallery New Zealand
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media_gallery/tid/46

Emigration to New Zealand

Emigration to New Zealand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_New_Zealand

Female Emigration Guide 1854

Fhttp://retirees.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/papers/FemaleEmGuide1854.html
Female Emigration Guide 1854

Emigating to USA,Canada,Austrailia,and beyond

Emigrating to USA,Canada,Austrailia.and beyond
http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-emigration.html

Emigration of Scotish society

Emigration of Scottish society
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/higherscottishhistory/migrationandempire/migrationofscots/emigrationandsociety.asp

Emigration & Immigration

Emigration & Immigration
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Emigration.html

Emigrating to North America 1847 (Famine)

Emigrating to North America 1847 ( Famine )
http://www.theshipslist.com/1847/index.htm

Irish Emigreatio list,1833-1839 Fanny,John Reid &,James McCaw

Irish Emigratio list 1833-1839 Fanny -John Reid &.James Mccaw http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ote/ships/irish1833-1839a.htm

Emigration -peopling of canada Act 1891-1921

 The peopling of Canada act  1891-1921
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/canada1891/ch4.html

Emigration

Scottish Emigration to Canada    http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Migration/articles/harper.html

Emigration- Coffin Ships

http://www.triskelle.eu/history/emigration.php?index=060.090.030#top

Scottish Poverty and Relief Measures

http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/haynin/haynin1402.htm

Some Useful Information

Land Measurements in  the 1800's

Irish acre = (as used in tithes) - 7,840 sq. yards.

English acre = as used in Griffith's) - This started as the ara a team of oxen cold plough in a morning but became fixed at 4,480 Sq. yards.

Scottish acre = 6,100 sq. yards.

English mile = 8 furlongs or 1,760 yards.

Furlong = 40 rods or 220 yards.

Hide/Carwate/Ploughland = the area a team of oxen could plough in a year, which varied from 60 - 180 acres depending on the soil

Rod/Pole?Perch = 16 1/2 square feet or 5 1/2 square yards

Rood = 40 square rods

Square mile = 640 English acres.

You will find these mentioned in some of the documents referring to the plantation of Ulster by the Scots and in the Applotment records to determine how much people should tithe to the Church of Ireland.

I found these particular facts in the book, Tracing your IRISH Family History   by Anthony Adolps with a foreword by Ryan Tubridy, a radio and television personality in Ireland. published in 2007.

Added: Emigration Files and Info on Londonderry Port

Good Saturday, everyone. Stewart has sent me some wonderful material, which I have posted on the Emigration page (tab is at top of this page).  Enjoy your journey.

www.scotchirish.net

www.scotchirish.net

This is a site for N. Americans who think they're Irish, but in reality, are Ulster Scots. Turn up your speakers...when you hit ENTER on the site, you will be treated to something special.

Ballintoy in the Snow - click on the image to see more

Ballintoy in the Snow

This photo comes from Picasa photostream

Two new Links

The following links will be posted onto the Links tab/page as well:

North Antrim Local Interest List

Ulster Heritage Magazine

Working hard on future links

The following has been sorted from research that Stewart has sent to me via email.  You will be seeing them soon (or summaries thereof) on the tabs at the top.  Perhaps links to uploaded documents as well.  I have been and continue to be adding names and information to people on ancestry.com.  Then the file can be put on my software and uploaded to our googledocs site and a link put here.  So please come back often and check changes.  Better yet, subscribe via email or RSS feed or Facebook, or whichever blog tracking site you prefer. You will then be notified automatically by blogspot whenever there is work done on this blog.  These days, Stewart and I are constantly in touch and working at it.

 These references will be available shortly:


EMIGRATION   AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND

Australia's Early Immigration Schemes

Scottish Immigrants to Australia

Where did They Go To? - New Zealand

The Scots - British and Irish Immigration - page on New Zealand

EMIGRATION    CANADA

Canada - Emigraton and Immigration

Crossing Borders:  Scottish Emigration to Canada

The Peopling of Canada 1891 - 1921

Irish Emigration Lists 1833 - 1839 - Fanny, John Reid, James, et al.

EMIGRATION   GENERAL AND U.S.- Some of these can be summarized and referenced.

Irish Emigration

Fleeing From Famine (from our family tree book)

Emigration to Canada, USA, Australia - some of this can be summarized and put int respective countries

Female Emigrants Guide

Emigration - Coffin Ships

Emigration and Scottish Society

The Irish - British and irish Immigration

Emigrating to the USA

That's what I have without double checking old emails.   I think this about covers it.

When I finish with Ancestry, I will download it into my Rootsmagic program and upload it to Google docs (replacing the old, incomplete one) and also upload lists that RootsMagic can produce (All names in alpha order, and different reports such as Birthday and Anniversary lists, Family Group Sheets, and even custom lists (if it's not too complicated  lol).I think there is a way to upload a chart as well so that the gedcom file won't be necessary.  I know ther is a wall chart of names one can print, but that is cumbersome to read over the internet, i think.  When it's finished, we'll see.

Now, for me, it's just a matter of getting at it and entering all the names into ancestry from each branch and also trying to find ancestors back farther if we can.   Check out the ancestry stuff every once in awhile .  I have no trouble writing summaries - that's my area of study.  I know there are a few weeks of winter left and March cold winds, so I still have time before I will want to get out there and walk off the pounds.  I do have my laptop that I can take to the park as well instead of a book.  I see a lot of university students here doing that.

FAMILY TREE FILES

I have just uploaded files from four branches of our family tree.  The link is here and also in the LINKS page, which you can access by clicking on the LINKS tab above this page Family Tree Files

DUNCAN'S DESCENDANTS

duncan's descendants

The above links you to our Google Docs home page where I am in process of uploading the 6 branches of the McCaw family.  Duncan 1780 - 1857 - Ireland  had 3 sons and 2 daughters.  In the numbering system (which is explained in the Beginning documents), Duncan is assumed to be Number 1, threfore John is #2, James is #3, Frances (Fanny) is #4, Jane (Jenny) is #5, and Charles is #6.

Progress So Far

This blog being new,and Stewart and I being new to blogging, gives us a viewpoint quite different from the seasoned bloggers.  However, the content and the intent of our blog both point to the same end:  to make our family history and its people easily accessible to everyone.  On a personal note, I have always believed I was of Irish descent.  Imagine - we're not Irish at all - we're Ulster Scots!!  Left Scotland and took over the northern part of Ireland (the protestant part).  Strangers in a strange land.  In cahoots with the English - who tried to take OUR lands way back when. Remember William Wallace?  Anyway, that's my take on it.  If I'm wrong, someone correct me before i go off again.  Have a good day everyone.

Stewart McCaw

The first knowledge of my ancestry was upon the return of my father's from a trip to a reunion in Canada in 1996. When I retired, I decided to peruse the informaton it contained, khe was the last one of his direct family. Then I left a message on Ancestry.com with my email address. Through this, I got a message from Sharon in Canada. I also had a letter printed in the Colerian Newspaper in Northern Ireland that my great-great-grandfather had written in 1857 from County Antrim, Ireland to his daughter in Canada. There was good response to the letter.

Sharon and I have worked together and our friendship has grown as this project evolved. We decided to share it with all of you. If your names are McCaw, MacCaw, McCawe, this is your ancestry too.

About this Blog

February 7, 2011

This is the beginning of an endeavor that has been in the works for some time.  Stewart Mccaw, who lives in the U.K. and I have been collaborating on the McCaw family history.  We met through separate efforts and have been sharing research and findings ever since.  We always thought we were of Irish descent until we started digging and found that we descended from the Scots and owned lands on the Isle of Bute.  When we emmigrated to Ireland, we became known as the Ulster Scots. 
In the coming days, I will add links to our ancestry.com site, as well as to our history and crest and tartan and websites where you can find sources for this information.

Aside from the links posted, you will have the opportunity to comment and get in touch with relatives you haven't met yet, if you are a McCaw or married to one, and if you aren't, you will possibly be interested in the history of the Scots, Irish, Canadian, and Australian McCaws.

That's it for now. Stewart and I wish to tell you that our hope is for you to gain from our research and for us to gain from your input.  I am sure there are many more surprises to come