tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8440289982292819860.post3446101768751203497..comments2023-09-25T12:16:24.475+01:00Comments on Your Scottish Ancestry: Family Tree DNA - Genetic testing to answer your genealogy questionsAlasdair Macdonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17607745400530189202noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8440289982292819860.post-13762062989323772982010-10-16T23:08:14.054+01:002010-10-16T23:08:14.054+01:00Dear Bill
Many thanks for your warm welcome to th...Dear Bill<br /><br />Many thanks for your warm welcome to the Geneabloggers family! It has been a sad week as my father passed away on Monday. He was piped in and out of the service, and at the reception after the funeral the wider family were able to share many happy memories together. He was a family man first and foremost. <br /><br />Every good wish to you,<br />AlasdairAlasdair Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607745400530189202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8440289982292819860.post-8460382958303906602010-02-21T18:45:43.756+00:002010-02-21T18:45:43.756+00:00Hi Alasdair,
Thanks for posting in support of...Hi Alasdair,<br /> Thanks for posting in support of DNA testing!<br />As host of the ELDER Surname project,I have been<br />researching ELDER names in Scotland.<br /> My notes for ELDER in Sutherland and North Scotland<br />at<br />http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/ed/Sutherland.htm<br />Includes:<br />John ELDER, b. Caithness in 1500's, contributed<br />to MERCATOR ATLAS of EUROPE, according to online<br />article:<br />http://www.walkingtree.com/excerptbarber.html<br /><br />Also Google Books<br />at<br />http://tinyurl.com/62f3y6<br />"Pre-reformation Scholars in Scotland<br />in the XVIth Century," p. 54-55.<br />"John ELDER...became tutor of the young Lord Darnley"....<br /><br />Always hoping to find our ELDER origins in Scotland.<br />--Nancy Elder Petersen<br />Vancouver, Washington State USA<br />NancyElderPetersen@gmail.com<br />ELDER DNA project<br />http://www.familytreedna.com/public/ElderNancy Elder-Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02825452308528963773noreply@blogger.com