Re: I'm a KIDD
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In reply to:
Re: I'm a KIDD
9/21/01
I've worked on a one-name study of Powrie from Oregon. I have a newsletter sent first to North America and the Uk, now I have contacts in 45 countries, and the newletter to 500 Powrie households. Expensive but I've met researchers, from NZ, Oz,S Africa, and I have 18 branches, and a book ready to publish, after 6 trips to Scotland, 2 to Ontario (where a lot of Scots went. It's great to research on the ground, but never say you can't do something from Overseas. I have a new Knee and have had 14 strokes in 3 years. I have a database of 25,000 Powries (thank God its rare!) and have transcribed nearly 90,000 records from 16 sources (archives and libraries) Family history societies and rootsweb lists have amazing people who give freely of theitresearch and their assistance.
some folks on fixed incomes use only LDS films and the Internet, it's nice to do boots on the ground, like seeing original church records from Scotland, was life changing, but anyone can research anywhere with the Internet. Scotland digitized their records and put them online. It's pay-to-play, but cheaper than a plane ticket and board and room.
I found a book in Toronto which had a page on my ggp, and the librarian called me with all my grandfather's siblings, I had looked for for 15 years. I bought a copy online at add-all,
anyting is possible. I suggest people travel at least once, for the experience
One day we want to stand where they once stood; to walk the fields they
ploughed and cobbled streets they trod to work; to stand silent for a moment
at a gravestone on some lonely hillside; to visit the old stone farmhouse or
the tiny cottage where they lived and died- perhaps the they great castle or
baronial mansion which once belonged to the family centuries ago. All things
are possible when we search for our roots
my fav Sir Walter Scott quote,
Mary