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Founder of Clan Keith Society Dies
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Sadly the Founder of The Clan Keith Society USA, INC., George L. Newberry, passed away this morning.
George founded the USA Clan Keith Society with John Newberry at Grandfather Mountain. Without Geo...
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Keith
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Hanging up the Haggis
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THE world’s top haggis hurler Alan Pettigrew has announced he is to quit before his 29 year old record is broken.
His world record was set in 1984 when he threw a 1lb 8oz haggis 180ft and 10in on t...
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haggis
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The real treasure of Rosslyn Chapel
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Rosslyn Chapel is famous for appearing in Hollywood blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, as the last resting place of the Holy Grail. The chapel has always been shrouded in legend, mainly concerning hidden...
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Rosslyn Chapel
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New fashion of getting a Sgian Dubh tattooed
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We recently had a comment on a post about Sgian Dubhs being banned at events telling us of a new craze going across America at the moment – getting Sgian Dubhs tattooed!
This is particularly popular ...
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sgain dubh
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History & Mystery in Edinburgh’s Closes
Not another famous ancestor!
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For some unknown reason, in the genealogical world, it seems that some famous person is always doing the rounds. When I see someone claiming some famous ancestor, my first thought and question normall...
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Charlemagne
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The legacy of Margaret MacNab - over 100 years of fami...
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James and Jane McNab lived in the coastal town of Girvan on the west coast of Scotland. It was a fishing port and agricultural region. The Isle of Arran could be seen across the sea and the Ailsa Crai...
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Tartan Day
This year, for the first time, the huge contribution of Scots and Scotland to the founding of North America will be celebrated across the whole of Canada and the USA on Tartan Day, April 6.
The decis...
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Tartan Day
Memories of Elizabeth Rose
Elizabeth Rose : Obituary
Published in the Scotsman Publications on 15 December 2012
ROSE Anna (Kilravock) Peacefully, at Nairn on December 9, 2012, aged 88 years, Baroness Anna Elizabeth Guillemard...
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Clan Rose, Kilravock Castle
The Gooseberry Bush of Kilravlock Castle
There is said to be a curse on Kilravock Castle and the Chiefs of Clan Rose. It was told that if a gooseberry bush that grew at the top of their main tower died, so too would the male line. It is not...
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Clan Rose, Kilravock Castle