What's New?

The whole site has a new name (Birse Folk) and new layout. 

Over time, the information that is now contained on Geocities will be transferred here so that you can take advantage of the search facility.

New photographs are located in "Places"

"People" is a new feature.  There is new information on Alexander Nicol and updates in the Gordon and MacKondach families. 

"My Ain Folk" has updated information on my Emslie and Ferries families. 

"Miscellaneous" contains snippets from Strachan Kirk Sessions.

"Links" have been updated.  Be sure to check the "Geograph" website for local Birse photographs.

17/12/2006  "Vital Records" Old Parish Register information has been transferred from the Geocities site.

27/12/2006  "People"  Family of William Davidson and Helen Begg at Balfour

31/12/2006  "People"  Who is "Lizzie Lindsay"? (Elizabeth Lindsay)

14/01/2007  "My Ain Folk" Jeannie Glass nee Margaret Coutts

19/01/2007  "People" -  Bowman

28/01/2007  "People" - Michie

01/02/2007  "People" - some Harper families

08/02/2007  "Valuation Rolls 1904-05" - (follow the link for "miscellaneous")

                    if your family member was a tenant then they may be listed here. 

07/05/2007  "People" - Who is Donald Glass?   LOW family in Easter Clune

03/06/2007  "People" - some information added to McKondach.  Family of William Ferries and Elspet Masson  

                    "Miscellaneous" - names of men who appear on the Fencibles List 1797

09/06/2007  "People" - updated information on William Ferries page.  Peter Stuart in Newmill.

30/06/2007 "Brick Walls" - Jane Begg

28/07/2007:  Updates on Peter Begg / Jane Middleton

09/09/2007:  "People"  - William Gauld

17/10/2007:  "People:  James Ritchie (R)

                     "My Ain Folk"  Glass family in Logie Coldstone

                                             The Indego Immigration (Farquharson family)

20/10/2007:   "People" - Peter Littlejohn

22/10/2007:  "People" - Peter Brown, pail maker and his family

19/01/2008:  "People" - Where are the origins of Thomas Coutts in Wester Clune?

03/02/2008:  "Brick Walls" - James Ritchie 

                     "Census" -  Birse "strays" found while looking at other parish census.

                                        They are added to the census page under "strays" 

12/03/2008:    More Strays (1871)

17/02/2008:  "People" - Coutts Corner has been added to this page so that all research for

                        this name will be located in the one place.  Finlay Coutts is a new addition. 

                   More Strays (1861)

24/02/2008:    More Strays (1861).  Extra information on Finlay Coutts in Glenmuick

                       Detached Portions of Aboyne in Birse (incl Dalsack and Percie) for 1861 and 1871

09/03/2008:  "People" - Alexander Thow, innkeeper at the Inver Inn Crathie (born Strachan)

16/03/2008:  "Census" - strays from Glenmuick and Kincardine O'Neil (1861)

23/03/2008:  "Miscellaneous" - Birse students at the Marischal College Aberdeen

                     "Census" - strays from Kincardine O'Neil (1861)

06/04/2008:  "People" - Coutts Corner - Isobel Coutts, daughter of Thomas Coutts and Margaret Ross. 

Harper family information is also given with Isobel Coutts because of her connection to this family. 

30/04/2008:  Families in Birse has been added as a sub heading under People (which I changed to Folk because I like the term better).  Birse has several "common" family groups i.e. Coutts and Harper so any family research for this family names will be added here. 

18/04/2008:  "Census" - additions to 1871 strays

02/06/2008:  "People" - Gordon: new information on the family of James Gordon and Janet (Jessie) Smith. 

                      "My Ain Folk" - Ann and Martha Glass

10/08/2008:    "People - Families in Birse" Janet Coutts, dau of Andrew Coutts and Mary Turner and her spouse William Gordon - some extra information on this Gordon family.

                        "People" - John McHardy and Ann Ross - from Birse to Durris

                        "Links" - website for Clan Davidson

17/01/2009:     "People - Families in Birse"  - William Ross / Euphemia Brands

                        "People" - Taylor family  and Francis Knox

                        "Links" - Auchtavan / Scotlands Rural Past

07/02/2009:     "Places" - overview of the family groups residing at Kinminity in 1792.  Some family names contain more information than others.  Keep an eye out - new places may appear over time.  

18/02/2009:      "My Ain Folk" - James Glass

20/03/2009:      "Places" - families at Birsebegg 1792