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Family details for Margaret, daughter of R12 Family Line added
Heather Smith contacted the website about her relationship to this family:
General tidy up of database
While testing the new mobile site files, I came across various small errors or inconsistancies in the data entered. These were not serious enough to list individualy so I’m lumping them together as part of the new website format launch.
Added a new Family Line G25 - George Musch + Issobell Spence
I found this couple’s marriage record on Scotland’s People some time ago but the spelling gave me some concerns as to whether it belonged with the Mutches or not. The entry gives George’s surname as “Musch” but I am assuming it is a phonetic variant and have added it.
Correction to the family record of John, son of R11 Family Line
Douglas Bruce pointed out a typo I’d made when entering the birth year of second wife Annie Ross of son John.
More on daughters Ann and Elizabeth of the T1 Family Line
Nancy Loe has sent futher details of the families of daughter Ann and daughter Elizabeth. The linked PDF files from her give fuller details.
Daughter Bathia of the J91 Family Line brought to life
Douglas Bruce helped me fix an error with daughter Bathia’s death year and also managed to bring her alive by providing fascinating details of her life and connection with his Bruce family ancestors:
Update on daughter Isabella of the P6 Family Line
Nancy Loe continues to add details to this family her latest update includes a pdf of daughter Isabella’s known data and this comment:
And the link to the J59 Family Line gets confirmed
Anna has continued her quest to confirm the lineage of her Great Gramndmother and has now managed to confirm her link to this Family Line …
An illigitemate daughter for the J59 Family Line
It is always particulaily difficult to verify, but Anna McCabe has done a lot of work to try and connect daughter Ann and her illigitemate child, Ann, to her family records. She contacted me and we agreed there is strong circumstancial evidence on the father which hopefully can be verified in future. Anna wrote:
I get it wrong - again!
Matthew Davidson was kind enough to point out an error in the entry for Christian Byers, wife of Alexander family line W1:
Linking Family Line W12 to J11
Nancy Loe had sent me a large pdf with updated details of the family of James + Esther Nicol. I’m ashamed to admit that this lay on my ToDo pile for far too long, but now it’s been dusted off and entered.
My Family Keeps on Growing
My own paternal line goes as far back as Alexander + Janet Johnston A6 and their family has just gained another daughter thanks to information provided by Matthew Davidson:
Fleshing out Family Line W1
After both taking part in an online meeting of Aberdeen & North East Scotland Family History Society Matthew Davidson sent additional details for the family of William + Christian Byers’ daughter Christian who married James Watson. David is related to this family line:
Jane/Jean & 1822! Update to Family Line J9
Alan Johnston contacted the website about an error he discovered with family line J9. Daughter Jane had been linked to the wrong Jane Mutch:
Teamwork leads to update to Family Line J7
It is not always easy to control the family history data being gathered from a miriad of sources, but by working together we are slowly improving the accuracy of the information we have.
Update to Family Line J41
I found details of daughter Jean’s marriage to William Ellis on the GenealogyOnline website.
Update to Family Line A4
On the Diack Family website I found details of daughter Isobel’s marriage to James Diack.
New Family Line J100 Added
I found details of daughter Helen and her parents on the Diack Family website and was able to confirm her parents from her death record in OPR.
New Link to Diack Surname Website
While looking into data sent to me on the marriage of Isobel Mutch, daughter of John + Margaret Cruickshank - family line J7, I came across several marriages between the Mutch and Diack families. Including these three in a very short time span:
Added Details of Son James' Family to Family Line J55
I noticed that I had never added the details of son James’ family provided by Seonaid Henderson to Family Line J55, so I’ve finally put this right.
New Info on Various Family Lines from ANESFHS Unpublished MIs
One of the many excellent resources available from ABNESFHS member website is a searchable index of memorial indexes as yet unpublished. Using this I managed to update information on the following family lines:
New Connection to Family Line G14
Jill Thomas contacted the website about her link to this family line:
New Connection to Family Line J7
Glen Stewart from New Zealand contacted the website about his link to this family line:
New Connection to Family Line W24
Eleanor Quill contacted the website about her link to this family line:
Scottish Colliery Death, Broxburn
Jim Irvine sent me details from the SottishMining.co.uk website.
Sharing and Growing + Family Line Updates
February 2017 - Latest News on the website covering the history of the Mutch family name in North East Scotland.
From Logie Buchan to Mars + Family Line Updates
April 2016 - Latest News on the website covering the history of the Mutch family name in North East Scotland.
Rebooting After Technical Issues
A combination of technical issues, workload and the arrival of the next generation of my own family line, has meant that the website has not been updated as much as it should have been. My sincere apologies to anyone still waiting for a reply from me.
Photographs + Family Line Updates
They tell you to “never start with an apology”, so I will just tell you that 2010 was a full and good year that unfortunately left no time for Mutches Website Newsletters. But now it is 2011 and the absence of newsletters does not mean any lack of updates on the website.
Search Tips + Family Line Updates
December 2009 - Latest News on the website covering the history of the Mutch family name in North East Scotland.
Australia + Orkney + Family Line Updates
November 2009 - Latest News on the website covering the history of the Mutch family name in North East Scotland.
Parsh Name Tidy Up + Family Line Updates
August 2009 - Latest News on the website covering the history of the Mutch family name in North East Scotland.
Shared Research + 1929 Mutches Genealogy
July 2009 - Latest News on the website covering the history of the Mutch family name in North East Scotland.
Major Change - Family Lines J94 and R9 + Correction A28
June 2009 - Latest News on the website covering the history of the Mutch family name in North East Scotland.
Born Again!
May 2009 - Latest News on the website covering the history of the Mutch family name in North East Scotland.
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