{"id":697,"date":"2021-05-23T23:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cromarville.wordpress.com\/?p=697"},"modified":"2023-09-02T05:48:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T09:48:00","slug":"welcome-to-cromarville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/cromarbaile\/2021\/05\/23\/welcome-to-cromarville\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Cromarbaile!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Cromarbaile<\/strong> is the successor site to <strong>Cromarville<\/strong>, founded in May 2021 to document travel and research activities into the origins of my family in Scotland. We &#8220;emigrated&#8221; from our old website in May 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re new in town, visit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/cromarbaile\/about\/\">About<\/a><\/strong>, then visit the<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/cromarbaile\/post-directory\/\"> Directory<\/a><\/strong> to peruse posts in three categories: <strong>Family History + Genealogy<\/strong>, <strong>Data Visualization<\/strong>, or <strong>Travel + Study Abroad<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been here before, welcome back! Search for particular people or topics at <strong>Search Cromarbaile<\/strong> in the footer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why did we emigrate to Cromarbaile?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever moved a website or rebranded something, you know it can be perilous \u2014&nbsp;like emigrating to a new land! You need some compelling reasons to do so, and I had plenty:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>My uni is shutting down a server and domain that I use to host a lot of content, including the gigantic Cromar-Robb database. Like the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lowland_Clearances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clearances<\/a> forcing my ancestors to vacate their land, this was forced upon us without our advice or consent. There&#8217;s a big agricultural college there, so I suppose they need someplace to graze the sheep.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just as the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Industrial_Revolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Industrial Revolution<\/a> forced my ancestors into new occupations, so too are advances in technology making my old scattered-to-the-winds web presence ineffective. So I&#8217;ve moved everything to one host under one domain for better control. I&#8217;m a front-end HTML\/CSS\/JS coder, so this forced me to make my peace with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PHP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PHP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MySQL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MySQL<\/a> and other back-end management tools.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The limited opportunities of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_Depression\">Long Depression<\/a> held my ancestors back, and in like manner, the limited capabilities of a WordPress.com site was holding the old site back. Among other things, I hated: the cranky media embeds, a lack of plug-in capacity, and those annoying ads! Since the uni is forcing me to pay for a server, I may as well take advantage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just as my forebears honored their roots, I wanted the site name to better reflect my heritage. The Scots Gaelic suffix<strong> -baile<\/strong> (pronounced <em>bil-luh<\/em>) replaces the old <strong>-ville<\/strong> in my branding. I had naively chosen <strong>Cromar<em>ville<\/em><\/strong> before I understood the power of etymology. So, welcome to <strong>Cromar<\/strong><em><strong>baile<\/strong> <\/em>now!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And just as they hoped for a new beginning and better opportunity, I&#8217;m hoping the cleaner design,  better navigation, richer support for multimedia, and absence of advertising will make this emigration worthwhile, both for my research and for my readers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking back at the old country<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cromarville<\/strong> was a great learning experience for me as a web developer, and it succeeded beyond my wildest dreams. Which is why we are here now! But with something new comes loss, and what I feared was the loss of data documenting the use of Cromarville for the 2 years it was active. So for the record, here&#8217;s Cromarville by the numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All-time statistics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes is-style-stripes--1\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Views<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2,293<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Visitors<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">760<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Posts<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">61<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Comments<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Best day<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">Sunday: 24% of views<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Best hour<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">5:00 PM: 9% of views<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not bad for a little boutique blog!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All-time annual insights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes is-style-stripes--2\"><table><thead><tr><th>Year<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">Total posts<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">Total comments<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">Avg comments per post<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">Total likes<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">Avg likes per post<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">Total words<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">Avg words per post<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><th>2021<\/th><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">25<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">75<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">3.0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">61,410<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2,456<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>2022<\/th><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">24<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">10<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">0.4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">32<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1.3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">46,635<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1,943<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>2023<\/th><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">12<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">0.1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">0.9<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">33,361<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2,780<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So just for the record, I wrote 141,406 words at Cromarville. This is the equivalent of a 471 page book, assuming about 300 words per page!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overall visits May 2021 &#8211; April 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes has-small-font-size is-style-stripes--3\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Home (postings)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">973<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>About<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">184<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Research<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">162<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Kirkton of Aboyne burial ground: a Rosetta Stone for Cromar mysteries<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">143<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Post Directory<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">74<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Charles Robb Cromar, Jr. | 10-22-37 \u2014 10-23-22<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">54<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Home<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">46<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Mystery in the Howe of Cromar<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">34<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Symbology<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">33<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Competing theories on the &#8220;How of Cromar&#8221;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">31<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Mapping<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">29<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Peter Cromar \u2014 or MacDonald of Glencoe?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">23<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>A deeper Cromar dive: the path from John to Peter<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">23<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>More on Thuddie and Teenie: Insights from my Father<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Theodore James Cromar 1868-1930<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Etymology<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">17<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>&#8220;New information on Kirkton of Aboyne&#8221;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">17<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>John Cromar and Ann George: rebels who broke free<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>The Backstory<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">13<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Bonars in the 1696 Poll Book: a deeper understanding of Janet&#8217;s origins?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">13<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Robert vs. Robert vs. Robert Cromar and Jannet Dun: turmoil in Scotland<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Ron Cromar and me<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Peter Cromar 1690: parallel universes<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Scotland: Day 8: Stirlingshire and the Trossachs<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>The Janets, Dun and Bonar: on wives of the Jacobite period and gender bias in genealogy<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Migrations II: first forays out from Aboyne<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Janet Bonar, c. 1695-1789?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>George Cromar and Ann Meston: tragedies and mysteries<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cromars in the Scottish Postal Directories<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Thuddie and Teenie in the New World<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>From Glencoe to Aboyne III: a virtual 17th century migration<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Did the Cromars and Georges almost kill Tomnaverie Stone Circle?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Scotland: Day 5: Dundee: Debut at Being Human Festival<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Scotland: Day 4: Dundee: Dreich disasters still can&#8217;t spoil a good time<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Jannet, Margaret, and Isobel untangle the post-Jacobite Roberts<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Digitizing data from the 1696 Aberdeenshire Poll Book<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Scotland: Day 6: Aberdeenshire: Miracles by the Dee<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Welcome to Cromarville!<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Peter Cromar 1690 descendancy study is complete!<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Christiana Berry Robb 1867-1960<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Kirkton of Aboyne and Environs in 1696: a new old map<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>From Glencoe to Aboyne II: surviving the 17th century&nbsp; Highlands<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Scotland: Day 1 and 2: Dundee: Delay&#8230;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Mapping 1696: Cromars and Robbs in the Poll Book<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Refining the itinerary for Aberdeenshire<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Off to Scotland<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Genealogical data and visual design I: metaphors in visualization<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Jannet Dun or Janet Dunn or Janet Dune, c. 1720-1770?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Happy Birthday, Dad!<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>All the Johns and Anns: the case for the parents of George Cromar 1792-1871<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>The pros and cons of the &#8220;one big tree&#8221;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>From Glencoe to Aboyne I: reversing the riddle<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Scotland: Day 9 and 10: Edinburgh: Beannachd leat Alba<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Scotland: Day 7: Edinburgh: A Royal Mile Immersion<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Genealogical data and visual design II: mixing metaphors<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Ann Cromar redux \u2014 or reconsidered?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>We are Emigrating!<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>The Cromar-Robb line III: toponymies, diminutives and one-name studies<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>The Cromar-Robb line I: progress and methods<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>The Cromar-Robb line IV: allies and associates in the Scottish Diaspora<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Ann Meston (1802-1883): providing further insight into families allied with the Cromars<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Anniversaries, outreach, and progress<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Scotland: Day 3: Dundee: Dreich but delightful<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Migrations I: from Aboyne to the four corners of the earth<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>On returning to Scotland (again and again)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visitors by country<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes has-small-font-size is-style-stripes--4\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>United States<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1331<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>United Kingdom<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">742<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Canada<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">88<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Australia<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">56<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Ecuador<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">14<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Ireland<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">13<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>New Zealand<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>France<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Spain<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Finland<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>South Africa<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Sweden<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>American Samoa<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Montenegro<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Singapore<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Belgium<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>India<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Brazil<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Germany<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Philippines<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Jersey<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Isle of Man<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Slovenia<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Japan<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cromarbaile is the successor site to Cromarville, founded in May 2021 to document travel and research activities 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