Showing posts with label geneology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label geneology. Show all posts
Saturday, July 2, 2011
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
Sunday, May 29, 2011
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.
Monday, March 28, 2011
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!
Something I Must Share!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
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.
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.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
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
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
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