20250821 The life of Professor William Alexander Gambling (1926 – 2021) – Optoelectronics pioneer
20250819 The bizarre life of Sir Ewan Forbes (1912 – 1991). What was his biological sex and did he deceive the Court of Session?
20240503 Barry, Henry & Cook Limited – Its origins and history
20231220 The sacking of Dr Malcolm Love (1925 – 2006) from the post of choirmaster at St Devenick’s church, Bieldside and the origin of the Deeside Choristers
20231029 The Upton Park Obelisk, Old Alresford, Hampshire – who does it commemorate?
20230707 The murder of Dr Brenda Marilyn Page (1946 – 1978).
20230619 David Kinloch
Michie (1820 – 1903) Scottish poacher turned gamekeeper in the romantic age of
poaching. Revisited.
20230519 “The Loon from the
Fungle” – Donald Kennedy Cameron Grant (1885 – 1976), his autobiography.
20230331 The
rise and fall of Morrone.
20221027 Who
were the parents of clipper captain James Nicol Forbes of “Marco Polo”, “Lightning”
and “Schomberg” fame?
20221012 Sir
Alexander Ogston (1844 – 1929) Surgeon and Pioneering Bacteriologist. One of the remarkable Ogstons of Aberdeen.
20221011 The
remarkable Ogstons of Aberdeen. Frank
Ogston (1846 – 1917) Public Health Pioneer in New Zealand.
20221007 The
remarkable Ogstons of Aberdeen. Francis
Ogston (1803 - 1887), Professor of Medical Logic and Medical Jurisprudence at
Aberdeen University.
20220714 John
Michie (1853 – 1934), Head Forester, then Factor on the Balmoral Estate between
1880 and 1919. Part 2. 1902 – 1919.
20220515 The
remarkable Ogstons of Aberdeen: Flax, Candles and Soap.
20211125 John
Michie (1853 – 1934), Head Forester, then Factor on the Balmoral Estate between
1880 and 1919. Part 1. 1880 – 1902.
20210409 John
Begg (1804 – 1882), the Lochnagar Distillery and Queen Victoria.
20210117 265
years and counting – the origin and history of the Ben Reid Nursery, Aberdeen.
20200706 Queen
Victoria and her favourite Scottish Servants.
20200413 Queen
Victoria and the Braemar Gathering.
20200401 Queen
Victoria: Death and her Wild Abodes on the Balmoral Estates.
20200226 Benjamin
John Ottewell (1847 – 1937) watercolourist – Queen Victoria and Upper Deeside.
20200123 David Kinloch Michie (1820 – 1903) Scottish poacher turned gamekeeper in
the romantic age of poaching.
20190729 Samuel Trenaman
(1791 – 1845), Robert Harris Trenaman (1822 – 1902), Samuel Robert Trenaman
(1845 – 1903) and Robert William Trenaman (1858 – 1906). Three generations of Devon Master Mariners.
20190327 Champion ploughman
Maurice Smith (1817 – 1853) and ploughing matches in the north east of
Scotland.
20190215 William McCombie
(1809 – 1870), farmer. Self-educated joint founder and first editor of the
Aberdeen Free Press.
20181008 Robert Barclay
Allardice, “Captain Barclay”, (1779 – 1854), a life of spectacular pedestrian
success, punctuated by excess, chaos and mediocrity in other aspects of his life.
20180623 Hugh Watson (1787 –
1865), the first great improver of polled Angus cattle.
20180529 William McCombie
Smith (1847 – 1905) – who was his biological father?
20180529 William McCombie
(1805 – 1880), “creator of a peculiarly excellent sort of bullocks”.
20180213 The Wrecking of the
“Bremensis” in 1868 and the Court-martial of Captain Arthur Wilmshurst (1817 –
1891).
20180108 James Graves (1833 –
1911), his Descendants, the Electric Telegraph and Valentia Island.
20180107 John Kenneth Hollis
(1894 – 1948) – What he did after WW1.
20171012 The Life of Donald
Dinnie (1837 – 1916) Revisited.
20171011 A Robins and Sons
Co Ltd, its Origins, History and Activities.
20171008 Alfred Robins (1840
– 1907), George Robins (1844 – 1925) – Escape from Rural Dorset and the
Expansion of Farnham.
20171007 Rev Andrew Gray
(1834 – 1900) Aboyne Dominie for 44 Years – An Addendum.
20161014 William Brooks
(1763 – 1846), Roger Cunliffe (1767 – 1822), James Close (1799 – 1865) and the
Brooks, Cunliffe and Close Banking Families.
20160421 The Hunt Family and
Brewing in Alresford, Hampshire.
20160401 William McAlpine
(1829 – 1873) and Jane Taylor (1838 – 1914) – How my Scottish
Great-Grandparents arrived in Luss, Dunbartonshire.
20160318 Hard Times.
20160318 Don’t Blame the
Weather!
20160318 When to let a Tiger
chew your arm!
20160318 A Cool Character!
20160318 Racial Insults!
20160318 A Model Railway for
Grown-ups!
20160318 How not to impress a
lady!
20160108 A Biography of
Captain William Henry Duguid (1824 – 1888), Distinguished Ship’s Master during
the Golden Age of Sail.
20151126 Captain James Nicol
Forbes (1821 – 1874) and the loss of the Clipper Ship “Schomberg”.
20151012 A Biography of the
Clipper Ship “Conway” (1851 – 1875).
20150306 John Huggins (1814 –
1879) and the Pulpo Negro Inscription.
20150127 Rev Andrew Gray
(1834 – 1900) Aboyne Dominie for 44 Years.
20150121 John Kenneth Hollis
(9 May 1892 - ) RFC Pilot and WW1 PoW.
20150108 Bessecarr –
Evolution of the Modern Spelling.
20150108 A Brief History of
Freemasonry in Aboyne.
20150108 Alexander Troup
(1858 – 1917) Ballater Butcher and Royal Tradesman.
20141222 William Gray (1832 –
1902), Banchory Baker.
20141218 John Davidson (1852
– 1933), Aboyne Baker and Civic Leader.
20141128 James Melvin (1823 –
1869), Founder of the Aberdeen Choral Society.
20141110 The Family History
of Alexander Gray (1806 – 1876), Aboyne Baker.
20141110 The Loss of the ss
Collynie – A Gray Family Tragedy.
20140911 Francis Sandison
(1839 – 1901), Alexander Sandison (1875 – 1926) and the Huntly Arms Hotel,
Aboyne.
20140616 The Loss of the
Gordons’ Aboyne Estates.
20140612 Introduction to
Family Research.
20140612 William Cunliffe
Brooks (1819 – 1900) and the Saga of the Aboyne Isolation Hospital.
20140612 William Cunliffe
Brooks (1819 – 1900) and the Glen Tana Dream.
20140612 What am I trying to
achieve with this blog?
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