The map below highlights in green the 4 counties to the south of Edinburgh which make up what's called the Borders. The grey dashed line to their south is the border line with England.
The towns I'll be talking about in this blog include: Peebles directly south of Edinburgh some 20 miles; Innerliethan just east of Peebles; Galasheils east again; Selkirk which is south of Galasheils; Hawick wihich is south again; and Moffat which you can find by following the red line/road west from Selkirk to it's end point.
As for our ancestors that lived here I can report that I have now traced our family back 5 generations into Scotland, all of which lived in the Borders of Scotland. With the information provided in this blog hopefully others of the family will have less difficulty than I did in finding where our ancestor's lived in Scotland if they decide one day to take an ancestral journey to the home of their roots. From our earliest known generation to the most recent generation born in Scotland, the postings in this blog are:
Generation 1: The Shepherd of Traquair
William Scott (born about 1755) m: Euphemia Smail
(born about 1755)
Generation 2: The Yarrow and Ettrick Weaver
William Scott m: Isobel Bell
(born about 1779 at Traquair)
Generation 3: The Scotts of Ashkirk
William Scott m: Mary Scott
(born 1801 at Catslacknowe)
Generation 4: The Emigration to Canada
Alexander Scott m: Janet Grieve
(born 1840 at Ashkirk)
Generation 5: Minto of the Prairies
William Scott m: Hannah Newton
(born 1872 at Ashkirk)
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