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ChrisMPaton

  1. @Grantshire @rosemarymorgan Heading out door! But what about trying Hugh Wallis site for access? about 1 hour ago via web in reply to Grantshire
  2. @Grantshire @rosemarymorgan Yeah, just tried, same here. Fluff of an almighty bum! Looks like old FS is about to be killed off then :( about 1 hour ago via web in reply to Grantshire
  3. @Jennifer_Jones0 Thanks for RT! about 2 hours ago via web
  4. @ScottishMIs It's really nice coffee!! Will be there in hour, or hour and a half or so! about 2 hours ago via web in reply to ScottishMIs
  5. The Mount Stewart Murder - Perthshire 1866: there's been a murder... Facebook page at facebook.com/pages/The-Moun… Please RT! @TheHistoryPress about 2 hours ago via web
  6. @rosemarymorgan Access it directly via classic.familysearch.org or familysearch.org/eng/default.asp - still working, even though IGI is also now on new site about 2 hours ago via web
  7. Weather's glorious! Quick coffee, then off to Troon! :) about 2 hours ago via web
  8. The Mount Stewart Murder, published June 12th. Perthshire 1866: there's been a murder... Facebook page at facebook.com/pages/The-Moun… Please RT! about 2 hours ago via web
  9. July 1865 - the cattle plague arrives in London from Holland and Belgium. By August 1865 it has reached Scotland... facebook.com/pages/The-Moun… about 2 hours ago via web
  10. @geoffsengine Which choice? Accept status quo or leave country?! Scotland's on it!! (Current debate on role of monarchy after independence) about 2 hours ago via web in reply to geoffsengine
  11. British GENES (British Genealogy News & Events) Current World Archives project developments britishgenes.blogspot.com/2012/06/curren… #genealogy #familyhistory about 2 hours ago via Tweet Button
  12. @genebrarian I shout No Surrender at my wife and she throws holy water on me and watches me burn. It's just our way...! :) about 2 hours ago via web in reply to genebrarian
  13. British GENES (British Genealogy News and Events): CWGC June newsletter britishgenes.blogspot.com/2012/06/cwgc-j… #familyhistory #genealogy about 2 hours ago via Tweet Button
  14. British GENES (British Genealogy News and Events): Origins and Burke's Peerage discounts britishgenes.blogspot.com/2012/06/origin… #familyhistory #genealogy about 2 hours ago via Tweet Button
  15. @genebrarian Orangeism reason I left Northern Ireland. Just never felt need to harass Catholics. Then I married one...! #mayneedtorethink about 2 hours ago via web in reply to genebrarian
  16. British GENES (British Genealogy News and Events): Essex Record Office June bulletin britishgenes.blogspot.com/2012/06/essex-… #familyhistory #genealogy about 2 hours ago via Tweet Button
  17. British GENES (British Genealogy News and Events): Gwynedd life in the 1860s britishgenes.blogspot.com/2012/06/gwyned… #familyhistory #genealogy about 2 hours ago via Tweet Button
  18. British GENES (British Genealogy News &Events) University of Highlands & Islands granted Arms britishgenes.blogspot.com/2012/06/univer… #familyhistory #genealogy about 2 hours ago via Tweet Button
  19. @genebrarian Big difference between Orangeism and Protestantism! One's a religion... about 2 hours ago via web in reply to genebrarian
  20. Watch start of four day sycophantic costume drama or go to South Ayrshire History Fair - hmmmm...!!! about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPad
  • Name Chris Paton
  • Location Largs, Scotland
  • Web http://www.britis...
  • Bio From Carrickfergus, Norn Iron, now west of Scotland. Ex-BBC, now digging up the dead respectfully, unlike Burke & Hare. Author of British GENES news/events blog
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