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Kirkton of Aboyne and Environs in 1696: a new old map
Time is the Space that may not be seen. — William Emerson From Thomas Pynchon’s Mason & Dixon, p. 326 At the beginning of my last post, Mapping 1696: Cromars and Robbs in the Poll Book, I imagined what an incredible map could be produced by synthesizing historical map information and place-name orthographic study with the…
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From Glencoe to Aboyne III: a virtual 17th century migration
NOTE: Please read Parts I and II if you haven’t yet done so, then return here to complete the series. When I first began this exploration as a Covid-driven hobby, I looked at maps of Scotland, tracing possible routes from Glencoe to Aboyne that generally avoided what I assumed to be a pure no-man’s land…
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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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“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…
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Jannet, Margaret, and Isobel untangle the post-Jacobite Roberts
In our post Jannet Dun or Janet Dunn or Janet Dune, c. 1720-1770?, we discovered previously unknown sources that provide potential new insights as to the makeup of the Cromar’s family and origins, and I promised a post that would revisit the thorny problem of the many Roberts that we have never conclusively solved. Not…
