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Published: August 12th 2021
Dear All
Greetings from Fort William, in the Western Highlands of Scotland! Although it is not such a pretty town itself, its location is stunning – at the foot of mighty Ben Nevis and Glen Nevis (a glen is a flat-bottomed valley in between mountain ranges), and on the shores of beautiful Loch Linnhe. It is also a good base to explore nearby Glenfinnan to the west, and Glen Coe to the south, as...
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Bob Carlsen
You mentioned that "The period of time from the mid-17th to the mid-18th century appears to have been quite a troubled time in Scotland." I can't name a period that was peaceful. If the Scots weren't fighting the English, they were fighting each other. There was a short period without fighting so one of my ancestors got bored and joined the Teutonic Knights and died fighting in Gdansk, Poland where his coat of arms is on the city gate. I didn't lose any ancestors at Culloden that I know of; but many died in the Battle of Flodden Field, and many other battles, Their spouses remarried and continued to have children making the family tree having many lateral lines. I've been joying your blogs and can't wait to visit next June!