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Hi Family!
Just a wee note to explain how I started working on the family genealogy and how to navigate your way through it.
In
the late 1980s my daughter Stephanie gave me a family tree shareware
program. After inputting my immediate family, I started with my Aunts,
Uncles and cousins. I didn't know anything from the past but one day I
was telling my sister Eleanor of my plight and lo and behold -- like magic -- she had a list of a various assorted relatives and a lot of kitchen table gossip she had heard many years earlier.
Armed
with this new information, I was off to the Church of the Latter Day
Saints (LDS). The LDS has extensive records and the best part is they
are free. I had some luck but, nothing startling. I decided to
concentrate on my Grandfather's family (Hugh
Dupong Scott) and it was my goal to be as accurate as possible. From
his birth in 1878 to Sophia Butler's birth in 2003, I can say that we
have over hundred years and 200 people as descendants of Hugh Dupong
Scott. You are encouraged to look at the entry for your family to confirm the inforamtion and fill in any gaps.
When
the wonderful world of the Internet came around I posted our family
info on various web sites. I would check them on a regular basis hoping
to hear that someone else was researching this Scott Family. After five
years of not being contacted, I had just about given up hope. My
children had given me a trip to Scotland for a Mother's day present.
Within two weeks of receiving this wonderful gift, I received a phone
call from a researcher/relative in Scotland. Jean Scott Kesson's
Grandfather William Scott was the brother of my Grandfather Hugh
Dupong Scott. This, of course, was terrific and with my trip being
planed for that fall (2003) we were making plans to meet and compare
notes -- our common link being our Great Grandfather Joseph Scott. He is referred to throughout this Web Site as Captain Joseph Scott - Generation One.
We are working on a section on the Dupongs: the family of Captain Joe's wife Ann Dupong; and the Logans : my Grandmother Elizabeth Logan Scott's family.
We have five living generations in our family today, not a direct line but, still five generations: Jean
Douglas Scott Deignan (1) her niece Eleanor Margaret Scott O’Hara (2)
her niece Nancy Ann Scott (3)her daughter Lisa Scott (4) and Lisas son
Jacob John William Dalziel (5).
Jean and I continue to
research this never ending family but, please, anyone out there with
information do not hesitate to contact us at
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ENJOY YOUR FAMILY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-- Author Barbara Ann Scott
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