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Bonars in the 1696 Poll Book: a deeper understanding of Janet’s origins?
I received an interesting message from Jessica McDonald in Canada a couple of weeks ago, detailing an analysis she and her mother Wendy Cromar Mathers had performed on the List of Pollable Persons Within the Shire of Aberdeen 1696, presented in Volume 1 and Volume 2. This important record is available free of charge at…
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Peter Cromar 1690: parallel universes
I’ve completed the chronicle of our study abroad trip to Scotland, a journey that gave me the opportunity to see the Kirkton of Aboyne burial ground and close the circle for my family by burying a lock of my father’s hair at the head of slab stone for our progenitor, Peter Cromar. A lock of…
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Scotland: Day 6: Aberdeenshire: Miracles by the Dee
Sunday 20 Nov: Awe-inspiring landscapes and a personal mission fulfilled Spoiler alert: we did see a dramatic sun set at Tomnaverie! Up early from a fitful rest after our presentation, today we are checking out of the Apex and boarding a private coach with Tony, bound for Aberdeenshire. I tell the students to keep breakfast…
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Charles Robb Cromar, Jr. | 10-22-37 — 10-23-22
Below is a draft of the eulogy I will deliver at my father’s funeral this coming Saturday. It is published here to honor his memory. He passed away at the age of 85 years and 2 hours. He came to visit us in Philadelphia last Christmas with my sister Paige and her husband Greg. It…
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Refining the itinerary for Aberdeenshire
Time doesn’t permit a long and carefully edited post this week. We are busy, one month away from our journey, tweaking and refining our study-abroad day in Aberdeenshire, which I am dubbing the “Aberdeenshire Archaeology Tour.” Many sites in this area close down for touring after October, and this necessarily limits what we can do.…
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“New” information on Kirkton of Aboyne
A Scottish collaborator I have a new collaborator in Scotland: a cousin whose relation to me stems from George Cromar 1735, son of Peter Cromar 1690 and younger brother to Robert 1717. She sent me an image of a map of Kirkton of Aboyne which I can say is supremely helpful for our upcoming visit…
