Amy Welch - United States - Illinois » Tartan Footprint

My grandfather is also a James Shepherd from around MacRae Georgia USA. Other than this I don't know anything about him. He died around 1940/45. How can I find out aabout his family tree and if the...

Jane Halliday

Hi Diane , start with basic research such as gleaning information of birth, death and marriage certificates. As you are in USA try free www.familysearch.org also roots web run by ancestry.com . Libraries sometimes have free access to ancestry .com. You might be lucky enough to match with Similar or...

October 15, 2014
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Diane Macdonald Littleton

Thank you so much.

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Came across this photo of a magnificant gravestone of James Shepherd, 1771. Carving of a gentleman in coat and breeches, with tricorn hat, sword and musket. It's in Inverkeilor Parish Church, Angus

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Jane Halliday

Hi Andy Leighton. Patrick Nimmo Shepherd was my GGG Grandfather born born Dundee 1816.He is the son of William Shepherd 1777 Dundee and Margaret Laing 1779 Pertshire. Patrick Nimmo Shepherd married Jane Bell born 1816 Dundee. They married 1836 Dundee. They moved the whole family to Linton Digging Vi...

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BURIAL: Buried in Howff Cemetery Dundee with wife Margaret Laing

Census: 1861 Scotland Census about William Shepherd
Name: William Shepherd
Age: 83
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1778
Relationship: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Dundee, Forfarshire
Registration number: 282/1
Registration district: Dundee Firs...

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