I feel I should
post an update to this blog, to explain why it has effectively ground to a halt.
I continue to be interested in exploring my family background, including the
maternal line described here. Over the last couple of years I have
occasionally been adding to a family tree at ancestry.com. The tree is called McWhistory, and it goes
further back and also much wider than the entries in this blog. This includes
some extensive exploration of my maternal side (Riddell), and has led to several
meetings with new-found cousins (2nd, 3rd, 4th)
and even to an extended family gathering. DNA tests have helped in establishing or
verifying many of those connections, including several in Canada (especially),
the USA, Australia, New Zealand.
For
anyone who would like to see the McWhistory tree, it is available for public
viewing at ancestry.com. At the time of writing there over 1000 named people in
the tree, including lots of Riddells. Please
let me know if you have difficulty in locating it, and I will send an
invitation with a specific link. And of
course I will welcome any suggestions for improvement.
Finally
(for now) I will attach a photo of our Riddell cousin gathering held in April 2019 at
Baxter’s in Fochabers – and a colourised version of the 1914 photo of my
grandparents at Greenloan. Thanks
to myheritage.com for the free use of deoldify software.
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