Do you have an interest in the UK or British Isles. Then join us in the United Kingdom Project. [closed]

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Time to start a new thread !!

The United Kingdom Project has numerous sub projects including:

1. England Project:(now with it's own project badge ) to join this project, please go to https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/764825/do-you-want-to-become-an-england-project-member-in-2019 to sign up.

2. Scotland, now including the new Declaration of Arbroath sub project    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Declaration_of_Arbroath  plus 

(Scottish Clans Project with its own badge)

3. Wales 

4. Ireland (For Irish Roots Project, with its own badge, see https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/580498/do-you-have-irish-ancestry-join-us-in-the-irish-roots-project-

5. Scots-Irish and Ulster Scots

6. We have categories covering British Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories plus Commonwealth Countries which do not have their own Projects. 

We also coordinate closely with the various European Aristocrats projects.  

If you would like to join the project we would love to have you.  Please post an ANSWER below (except for England), let us know which part of the UK you are interested in and follow the instructions on the project page.   Thanks.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:United_Kingdom

Hi Folks - remember  to post your requests to join as an "Answer'"  This gives you your own slot and makes it easier to follow replies etc.  Many thanks. 

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Hi thank you Melanie for the info, I will head over there.

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Hi J,   caught your post !!   Welcome to the UK and Scotland Projects.  Good luch with your research.

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May I join the Scottish Clans project?

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Hi Tess and welcome to the Scottish Clans Project.

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May I be added to the UK and Scotland and Scottish Clans Project? I have Ancestors from Scotland many being Scottish Royalty.

Thank you.

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Hi Arthur and welcome to the UK, Scotland and Scottish Clans Projects.

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I also would want to be added to the British Isles Project.

Thank you.

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Hi Arthur,  We don't actually have a British Isles Project.   It's the UK Project which you have already joined.

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I'm interested in joining this project. I have ancestors in Scotland, England and Ireland. Thank you !

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Hi Amber,  looks like your were not logged in to WikiTree when you made your post.   Can I ask you to post again to https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/771028/have-interest-british-isles-then-join-united-kingdom-project   when you are logged in to WT.  Many thanks

Answer 1

Do you have a Source-A-Thon team?

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Hi Susan   https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Team_GB-Gen%27s_Thon_Page for UK  and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Windsor_Warriors for England

Answer 2

Greetings,

I am interested in joining both the Scottish Clans Project, and the Scots-Irish and Ulster Scots Project.

Thank you

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Hi Brian and welcome to the Scottish Clans,  UK and Scots Irish Ulster Scots Projects.

Answer 3

Scotland please

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Hi again David and welcome to the UK and Scotland Projects.   

Spookily I have a brick wall with one of my maternal three times great grandfathers David Urquhart, a sailor from around Campbeltown, Argyle, Scotland.     Any relation ??  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Urquhart-73

Answer 4

My brother recently had his Y DNA tested and is grouped as I-BY22819, which appears to be of Scottish origin. We have traced our McIntyre line only back to the mid 1700s in Leesburg, Virginia, and would like to now figure out the earlier Scottish ancestors. At Family Tree DNA, in the McIntyre DNA Project, it appears that we may be related to Duncan MacIntyre, born 1640 in Glenoe, Scotland, First Chief of Glenoe, but we have no information to back up any actual ancestors who connect to that line.

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Hi  what a briliant discovery.   You might find this history of the Glencoe MacIntyres interesting.   https://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/macintyre/part3.htm

We've got a basic profile for Duncan .  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/MacIntyre-42 The dob seems to be a bit out though if he was born in 1640.

Would you like to join the Scottish Clans Project or the Scotland Project  or both ?

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Thank you Marla! I think Scottish Clans Project would be good for now.

Side note, I have Maxwells on both sides of my family. From Virginia mostly.

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Hi again and welcome to the Scottish Clans Project.   Good luck with your research.    I've not really explored the Maxwells in USA.    Only got as far as Ireland !!

Answer 5

Yes  I have several members in my family.

Princess Katherine Stewart, Robert Stewart, William Keith Stewart, Elizabeth Mure just to name a few in my family tree,

I would really love to join your group so that I can learn more about my Scottish history, and and hopefully help someone else once I’ve learned.

Thank you very much.

Karen Showell

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Hi Karen and welcome to the Scottish Clans Project.   Good luck with your research.

Answer 6

1) She didn't know? 2)No, she didn't know. 1)When did she find out? 2)Through Wikitree. 1)Through Wikitree? 1)How in the world did she not know before that...2)dear when a young child of 3 mother dies and the times are gangster riddle, and the nation is still overcoming obstacles of slavery and racism, the phrase is, "what you don't know, don't hurt you". 1) Then you don't learn anything about who you are or where you come from do you? 2)True, it is lucky then there is Wikitree isn't that the truth. 1) yes, lucky...she is Irish then? 2) yes, it seems she never knew.

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Hi Jodi,  Which project would you like to join UK and Irish Roots Perhaps ?

Maria

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This one if for the UK. I believe I've already laid one joke down on each as a response for this and Irish Roots. Trying to get my head around it all still. Thanks!

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Hi again Jodi and welcome to the UK Project !!

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I am interested in the Scotland and England Projects. I'm working on Scottish ancestors in Ayrshire, Arran, Fife, and Roxburghshire, as well as English ancestors in Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, and Gloucestershire.

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Hi Bennet and welcome to the UK and Scotland Projects.

To join the England Project you need to follow their link  https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/672526/come-join-the-england-project 

Answer 8

Hi,

I've been researching my maternal Scottish Ancestry for around 35 years, but just recently came across information at Geni.com which would appear to link John Stuart/Stewart aka Robert III King of Scots as my 19th Great Grandfather. I initially treated this with some suspicion, but further research seems to reveal three "independent" ancestral lineages, all linked to Scottish Peerage/Royalty of the late 1300s and early 1400s. Robert Cunninghame/Cunynghame 2nd Lord Kilmaurs, 2nd Earl of Glencairn also appear to be a direct ancestor. It would be good to link up with someone who has pre-1500 certification and an interest in this area to add in the missing links. The missing links do seem to be corroborated by information in Burkes Peerage (Landed Gentry of Scotland). I'm pretty certain of my ancestral line back to the mid 1600s, but before that the sources become less reliable, so would be good to try and prove them positively, or negatively.

I'm already a member of UK and Scotland Projects.

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Hi Chris and thanks for your post.   Would you like to join the Scottish Clans Project ?  

Here's a link to Robert Cunningham's profile https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cunningham-4435

Good luck with your research.

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Yes, please add me to Scottish Clans Project.

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Hi Chris - welcome to the Scottish Clans Project !!

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Many of my ancestral lines have ties to Scotland.  I'm interested in the facts, dates, and places of these people as well as their clans.  I know I belong to Clan Stewart, but I would like to find the lesser known clans.

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Hi Jerie and welcome to the Scottish Clans Project.

Answer 10

Hi

I would like to join the United Kingdom project.

I have primarily English, Scottish and Irish ancestors and am already a member of Irish Roots and am on the England Project Orphans trail.

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Hi Peter and welcome to the UK Project.   Good luck with your research.

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Hi my Wiki ID is Jones-66946.  I was wondering if anyone is doing research into the Watret/Wateret/Watriat etc. names of Ayrshire, Kirkcudbright, Wictown, Galloway, Dumfries? Not really a clan, and I have seen several different lists which put them as a sept of different clans.  I would like to work on this.  My grandfather was James Watret and in tracing his try and the name, I've come across several different possibilities, including a variation of Urquhart and a genealogist report in the 1970's  to my great-uncle who traced "Watret" to "de Watret" of Huguenot derivation; neither of which I have been able to confirm.

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Hi Elizabeth,  May not be a clan but I found a Watret tartan in the Scottish Register of tartans https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=4502

There are only nine Watret profiles on WT most of which have the same profile manager.    Perhaps a private message to that person may work.

Good luck with your research.

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Hello,

I'd like to join the Scotland Project. I've been working on ancient family members and I have strong ties to Stewart and SInclair. However, when I hit a brick wall on my own, I sometimes branch out into other peoples with same names and come across sourcing for them, so I'm sure I could be helpful in assisting in working on other names too!

Thanks,

Raewyn.

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Hi Raewyn and welcome to the UK and Scotland Projects.    Thanks for your offer of assistance - much appreciated.

Answer 13

Please include me in the Scottish Clans project. 

Thank you

Terry Morrison

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Morrison-9139

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Hi Terry and welcome to the Scottish Clans Project.  Good luck with your research.

Answer 14

Hello im showing a link to Robert Stewart Stewart-1526 17th great grandfather looking for my scottish/clan roots

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Hi Lance and welcome to the Scottish Clans Project.   If you would like to join the Scotland project too just let me know.

Good luck with your research  https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/  might help you.

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Interested in joining the Scottish Clans project.  Believe to be a descendant of the Clan Johnstone.  Also, ancestors from the Orkney Islands and England.

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Hi Greg and welcome to the Scottish Clans Project.   Good luck with your research.

Answer 16

I am apparently descended from Elizabeth Cleypoole (1567-1626) of Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, who is allegedly a daughter of Sir James Claypool (1530-1599) also of Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. I am particularly interested in proving or disproving this allegation.

I am also apparently descended from the Vaughans of Wales, and have a kilt made of the Vaughan Welsh Family Tartan. I would like to solidify my connections to this lineage.

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Hi William and welcome to the UK and Wales Projects.   To join the England Project see https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/672526/come-join-the-england-project     Good luck with your research.

Answer 17

Hi, I am descended from Carnegy, Guthrie, Suttie, and Lyall of Scotland (mostly centered around Guthrie/Angus). I am also descended of Ffulke Davis, supposedly of Wales c.1620. I look forward to sharing what I have with anyone, and hopefully picking up a few leads on my brick walls as well!

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Hi Norm and welcome to the UK, Scotland and Wales Projects.  Good luck with your research.

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Thank you so much Maria! I am going to proceed with caution. Expect a lot of questions. Thanks again!

Answer 18

Hi. My name is Natalie Hirons-Spencer and I am completing my personal family heritage genealogy project. I am capable of tracing my lineage back to 500 A.D. in Scotland, Ireland, Wales. I have a very extensive paper copy of my project that is helping me figure out all the connections. I need Pre-Certified for 1500. I would love to understand and learn all that I can about pre 1500 heritage lines, clans, and historical facts.

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Hi Natalie and welcome to the UK, Scotland and Wales Projects.  Would you like to join the Irish Roots Project too.

Please see our help page re pre-1500 certification https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Pre-1500_Profiles

Answer 19

Stewart clan through Rutherford

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Hi Virginia and welcome to the Scottish Clans Project.  Good luck with your research.

Answer 20

I'm a direct paternal descendant of Neal McNachten/McNaghten (d. 1777, York Co., Pennsylvania) who may have come from Islay. There is circumstantial evidence - but as yet no confirming sources - that he may have been the brother of Alexander McNaghten, the original trustee of the Argyle Patent in Washington County, New York. Alexander, his brother James, his brother Duncan's children, and other Islay immigrants were brought to New York in 1738 and 1740 by Captain Laughlin Campbell. Most of them eventually settled in Washington County.

I hope to someday confirm/disprove via DNA and sources that Neal and Alexander were siblings. For the moment I'm just putting the data in (already on Ancestry) of what I do have confirmation for.

My wife is also a MacDonald, and probably Irish, and I'd eventually like to follow up on that as well.