The Malcolmson Family

Ian & Jillian

Welcome to our homepage hosted on the ntlworld server. We are located in a small village near the Hampshire & Wiltshire border in England. Ian and Jillian were born and bred in the West of Scotland in Glasgow and Renfrewshire. You can view our family tree and details of our ancestors and much more by clicking on the links below.

Jillian is a diabetic and has constructed her own web-page on the subject. Go there

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After 11 years with the same company I am redundant from 28th Feb 2007 (office has been closed).  I have set up in business with my brother-in-law selling IT services and equipment to Small Businesses.  If you might be interested please have a look at our web-site at Computer Business Services. 

This page was last updated on 14-Apr-2007 .

GENEALOGY

There is a significant concentration of our ancestors in the following regions of Scotland; Aberdeenshire (Fraserburgh), Angus, Ayrshire, Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbright, Lanark (Barony, Glasgow) & Renfrew.  There are some in Clackmannan, Fife & Stirling. The main surnames are CRAIG, FREW, HART, HENRY, HERRIOT, HOWAT, HOWIESON, MALCOLMSON, McLEMAN, McMINN (McMYNE), McQUEEN, MIDDLETON, MILLER, MOORE, MORRISON, NOBLE, RIDDELL, SMITH, STRACHAN, STIRLING, TAYLOR, WATSON.

Ian & Jill's family tree

 Our Ancestry in Detail - a narrative of our families ancestry
 Problems - The problems we have in finding out about some of our ancestors ( Sept 2006)
 Research Journal - Highlights of my Family Research.  Indirect connection to Sir Alexander Fleming established (he discovered Penicillin). McQueen family surprise. Problems with names in the censuses.
 Ancestors of Ian & Jillian Malcolmson - Pedigree chart of direct ancestors
 Surname List - A list of surnames - direct ancestors only
 Index of Names - A list of names - direct ancestors only 
 Ian & Jill's RootsWeb Tree - Our full family tree, all related branches found, over 8000 names ( Sept 2005)
Ian & Jill's GenCircles Tree - Another website where you will find our family. Check it out. ( Oct 2004)
 The Ayrshire FREW families - Large family tree showing the descendants of Frew of Ayrshire
 The Broadsea TAYLORs - Spreadsheet showing the descendants of the Broadsea Taylor families ( Mar 2005-ammendment to PRAHM)
 Family Group Photos - annotated group photographs.

Useful Genealogy Websites

ScotlandsPeople -the official Pay per View site for Scottish statutory BMD, OPR and Census records.  The 1871Census  index and images are now available (March 2005)
DFS&G 1851 Census - Dumfries & Galloway Council has the 1851 Census online (often not active out of working hours)
Scottish Documents – Search Wills index online. Some digital images available on line (for a fee).
Ancestry.com – Pay to view site. Records available are mainly from England but does include the 1841 Scottish Census. This link takes you to the UK records page.
AyrshireRoots -- GenWeb Project Ayrshire -- RootsWeb Ayrshire Page - Researching families from Ayrshire
Johnstone Web Site - Includes a history section which is in its early stages.
Desmond Garrity - Can get copies of Poor Law Applications in Glasgow. 1851 Lanark Census (excl Glasgow) on microfiche and 1861 Census (including Glasgow) available on microfiche and CD..
Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society
Aberdeen & NE Scotland Family History Society
McLeman Family Homepage - Broadsea, Fraserburgh McLeman family of the 1750-1900s.  Jill is related.
Aberdeenshire Families - Jim-Mann Taylor's large database of Aberdeenshire Families.
Hugh Wallis – excellent site which identifies batch numbers for the UK IGI then auto links to family search. Also has a middle name search.

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