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As many of you have noticed
my website has changed radically, it still has all the
content it had before and even a few additions to it but it looks very,
very different.
The biggest change that has happened is that it has a new web address, so
if you have
my old website bookmarked, please bookmark the
new address.
as the old address
www.geocities.com/mcnaughtgen/ has now been deleted due
to a new webhost.
My new web address is
www.mcnaughtgenealogy.co.uk
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A Little About
Myself... |
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My name is Bill McNaught
and I have been researching my family tree for some time.
My website is dedicated to my ancestors, who over the generations have
consisted of
McNaughts, Brisbanes, Carswells, Cavens, Hamiltons, Heuchans, Muirheads
and Thomsons.
I Live in Dumfries in the South West of Scotland, and I have travelled
many miles
within the local and rural areas, visiting churchyards and cemeteries as
well as
many hours spent in the local library, all of which have helped me to
research my
ancestors and their families.
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A
Little About Dumfries |
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I was born and raised
in Dumfries in the South West of Scotland, here I will tell
you a little about the town and role my ancestors played within it.
On to the Town
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Dumfries & Galloway
Cemetery & Churchyard Locations |
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Dumfries & Galloway in
South West Scotland, covers
2649 Square Miles with a overall population of 148,000.
There are many small villages and larger towns within the area each with
its own cemetery or churchyard. The burial places shown on the map are
named via a key but although I have visited all of them I have only
featured the ones in which my ancestors are interred.
On to the Map ...
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McNaught Family Tree
Chart |
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This is my McNaught family
chart, It shows my ancestors dating as far back as 1750. They lived in
both Kirkcudbrightshire and Dumfriesshire and were either Farmers or
Spirit Merchants, with a few Shoemakers, Booksellers and Innkeepers thrown
in.
But the above family chart
only shows the McNaught direct line, there are many other branches off it
that I am still researching.
On
to the Chart ...
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A Brief History of
the Local Churchyards |
