That's very y kind of you. Can you reply to Mr. Boyd on the Ayrshire List? I am sure that would make his day! THANKS! Ruth -----Original Message----- From: Linda Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2017 3:34 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] RAOK? Roark.org is an active site; however, I do not belong to that group. I would be happy to help with searches through Ancestry world. Linda Sent from my iPad > On Feb 9, 2017, at 6:18 PM, Denise Reid <denrei@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > Oh that is for sure ! > I'm in Australia and a gentleman from Yorkshire helped me find a grave in > Lancashire !!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: LANARK [mailto:lanark-bounces+denrei=optusnet.com.au@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of ruth.enns@shaw.ca > Sent: Friday, 10 February 2017 10:16 AM > To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] RAOK? > > Maybe the List is down but I am sure there are still people with > kindness > in their hearts willing to help others. > > R > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Denise Reid > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2017 3:11 PM > To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] RAOK? > > Yes the wonderful volunteers were free but the site itself needed running > costs. Well that's what I understood. > > -----Original Message----- > From: LANARK [mailto:lanark-bounces+denrei=optusnet.com.au@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of ruth.enns@shaw.ca > Sent: Friday, 10 February 2017 10:09 AM > To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] RAOK? > > > I thought it was all FREE, as I used it once. Perhaps we will get more > answers... > > R. > -----Original Message----- > From: Denise Reid > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2017 3:00 PM > To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] RAOK? > > Didn't it close due to lack of funds for the site's operation ???? > > -----Original Message----- > From: LANARK [mailto:lanark-bounces+denrei=optusnet.com.au@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of ruth.enns@shaw.ca > Sent: Friday, 10 February 2017 9:57 AM > To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Lanark] RAOK? > > What happened tie all the Random Act of Kindness People? > > I read on the Ayrshire List where a fellow is willing to travel all the > way > from Brisbane , Australia, to Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. to do a search > for his relative..BOYD. Surely there must be someone close to Salt Lake > who > could help this fellow? The R.A.O.K. people were marvelous! Where are > they > now? > > Ruth > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. > Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on > the > following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. > > Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on > the > following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. > Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on > the > following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. > > Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on > the > following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. > Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on > the > following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. 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Maybe the List is down but I am sure there are still people with kindness in their hearts willing to help others. R -----Original Message----- From: Denise Reid Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2017 3:11 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] RAOK? Yes the wonderful volunteers were free but the site itself needed running costs. Well that's what I understood. -----Original Message----- From: LANARK [mailto:lanark-bounces+denrei=optusnet.com.au@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ruth.enns@shaw.ca Sent: Friday, 10 February 2017 10:09 AM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] RAOK? I thought it was all FREE, as I used it once. Perhaps we will get more answers... R. -----Original Message----- From: Denise Reid Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2017 3:00 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] RAOK? Didn't it close due to lack of funds for the site's operation ???? -----Original Message----- From: LANARK [mailto:lanark-bounces+denrei=optusnet.com.au@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ruth.enns@shaw.ca Sent: Friday, 10 February 2017 9:57 AM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: [Lanark] RAOK? What happened tie all the Random Act of Kindness People? I read on the Ayrshire List where a fellow is willing to travel all the way from Brisbane , Australia, to Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. to do a search for his relative..BOYD. Surely there must be someone close to Salt Lake who could help this fellow? The R.A.O.K. people were marvelous! Where are they now? Ruth ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I thought it was all FREE, as I used it once. Perhaps we will get more answers... R. -----Original Message----- From: Denise Reid Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2017 3:00 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] RAOK? Didn't it close due to lack of funds for the site's operation ???? -----Original Message----- From: LANARK [mailto:lanark-bounces+denrei=optusnet.com.au@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ruth.enns@shaw.ca Sent: Friday, 10 February 2017 9:57 AM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: [Lanark] RAOK? What happened tie all the Random Act of Kindness People? I read on the Ayrshire List where a fellow is willing to travel all the way from Brisbane , Australia, to Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. to do a search for his relative..BOYD. Surely there must be someone close to Salt Lake who could help this fellow? The R.A.O.K. people were marvelous! Where are they now? Ruth ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

What happened tie all the Random Act of Kindness People? I read on the Ayrshire List where a fellow is willing to travel all the way from Brisbane , Australia, to Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. to do a search for his relative..BOYD. Surely there must be someone close to Salt Lake who could help this fellow? The R.A.O.K. people were marvelous! Where are they now? Ruth

Hi Margaret,I am Harriet Cady the descendant of Irish Scotch's in the majority on my father's side.Silas Hefflin/Heflin/Hefflon born March 1783 was brought to Rhode Island by his parents and married Mary {Polly} Knapp in Rhode Island they then traversed to Franklin, VT stopping in Surry, NH to visit with the WRIGHTs.My other Irish Scotch is John BOYD who came fromnear or Castleblayney, Monogan, Ireland, his father Thomas Boyd and his mother Maragret Traynor died in Castleblayney about 1863.  John was born about 1813 and He had a brother Thomas.  That's all I have found so far.  Any more information anyone frinds would be most appreciated as I want to go to Ireland and visit the places my ncestors were.Annie Pollock my great grandmother married John Quinn and her son Homer was my grandfather.  Annie Pollock came to VT by way of Canada in 1880 from Castlewarren, County Tyrone, Ireland and her mother was Jane Long.  Would love to find more on the Long family.SincerelyHarriet E. CadyDeerfield, NH 03037 On Sunday, February 5, 2017 12:36 PM, "margaret hall tassy2silber@yahoo.co.uk [Y-IRL]" <Y-IRL-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: All quiet on the Irish Front…but I’ve been doing some research for a friend and find myself roaming across three counties here: Cumberland, Northumberland and Durham. Unfortunately not a bit of Irish in the mix!!! Happy New Year and let’s hope the brick walls start tumbling soon. Margaret - Northumberland, England ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Y-IRL/ <*> Your email settings:     Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Y-IRL/join     (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email:     Y-IRL-digest@yahoogroups.com     Y-IRL-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:     Y-IRL-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo Groups is subject to:     https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/

Thanks for all the responses about New’s Year Eve Weddings. Nowadays it would be all about taxes, never even occurred to me that it was about time off. We are spoiled in the 21st century. ???? Nancy

Nancy, In the old days, before public holidays became the norm, New Year’s Day was the only accepted holiday throughout Scotland and a day of family reunions. It was also accepted practice for weddings to take place in a private house with the minister doing the rounds to several weddings on New Year’s Day. Christmas Day was a normal working day in many work places, especially manufacturing, until, in the 1970s, Ted heath declared New Years Day a public holiday in England and Christmas Day effectively became a holiday in Scotland Jim > On 28 Jan 2017, at 14:15, Marcella Shames <marcellash@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes - it’s Hogmanay - very interesting - google it:) > > off to Park City > > ttys > >> On Jan 27, 2017, at 8:07 PM, Nancy <sewmom@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> Is there some reason that a lot of my Scottish ancestors got married on Dec 31. My grandparents are among them but I have just noticed that seems to be the most popular day to get married. >> Nancy >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. >> >> You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Nancy, In years gone by the Scots didn't celebrate Christmas as we know it today, there was no holiday for it, the only holiday was New Year's Day (Hogmanay), so it was more likely that couples married on the Eve where there was a holiday the following day. My Scottish ancestors like yours were married on the 31st Dec., whereas my English ancestors were married 25th Dec. where Christmas Day was a holiday. Regards Jenny -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2017 12:07 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: [Lanark] New Year's Eve wedding. Is there some reason that a lot of my Scottish ancestors got married on Dec 31. My grandparents are among them but I have just noticed that seems to be the most popular day to get married. Nancy --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Yes - it’s Hogmanay - very interesting - google it:) off to Park City ttys > On Jan 27, 2017, at 8:07 PM, Nancy <sewmom@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Is there some reason that a lot of my Scottish ancestors got married on Dec 31. My grandparents are among them but I have just noticed that seems to be the most popular day to get married. > Nancy > > Sent from my iPad > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The Scottish working class got few holidays off. One that many did have off, as it was a national holiday, was Hogmanay (starts New Years Eve into New Years Day and continues to Jan 2.) Therefore many chose to be married on 31 December to take advantage of the extra time for a one day honeymoon. It was a popular custom particularly in the 19th century and into early 20th century. Brigid Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 27, 2017, at 8:07 PM, Nancy <sewmom@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Is there some reason that a lot of my Scottish ancestors got married on Dec 31. My grandparents are among them but I have just noticed that seems to be the most popular day to get married. > Nancy > > Sent from my iPad > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Oh, on a second You Tube trawl, found it! Carolyn > On Jan 27, 2017, at 7:37 PM, Carolyn Perkes <cperkes@videotron.ca> wrote: > > How odd. The video "Scotland and the Klan" is listed in the you tube menu, but on selecting it, I get a history of whisky. And then a list of deleted videos. > > Of course the iBBC player is only available to UK residents. > > Oh well. > > Carolyn

How odd. The video "Scotland and the Klan" is listed in the you tube menu, but on selecting it, I get a history of whisky. And then a list of deleted videos. Of course the iBBC player is only available to UK residents. Oh well. Carolyn > On Jan 25, 2017, at 4:45 PM, Margaret McNab <margmcnab@rogers.com> wrote: > > I only listened to a few minutes.!! I am sure I will be more enthusiastic after I have listen to the whole hour.!!! Neil Oliver is very popular here in Canada ‎. > Take care > > Original Message > From: Nivard Ovington > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 4:16 PM > To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Reply To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Burns & the KKK > > Thats a mild understatement if ever I heard one ;-) > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 25-Jan-17 8:19 PM, Margaret McNab wrote: >> Available also on YouTube. > > > Very interesting! >> Margaret Ontario > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ignore the post I just sent then! LOL! cperkes@videotron.ca wrote: Oh, on a second You Tube trawl, found it! Carolyn > On Jan 27, 2017, at 7:37 PM, Carolyn Perkes <cperkes@videotron.ca> wrote: > > How odd. The video "Scotland and the Klan" is listed in the you tube menu, but on selecting it, I get a history of whisky. And then a list of deleted videos. > > Of course the iBBC player is only available to UK residents. > > Oh well. > > Carolyn ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Carolyn, I had no trouble. There were a couple that were about an hour long and one that was a bit over two hours. I book marked so I could watch when I have the time. If you send me an email off list, I will be happy to forward it to you. Catherine Victoria BC Canada Carolyn Perkes <cperkes@videotron.ca> wrote: How odd. The video "Scotland and the Klan" is listed in the you tube menu, but on selecting it, I get a history of whisky. And then a list of deleted videos. Of course the iBBC player is only available to UK residents. Oh well. Carolyn > On Jan 25, 2017, at 4:45 PM, Margaret McNab <margmcnab@rogers.com> wrote: > > I only listened to a few minutes.!! I am sure I will be more enthusiastic after I have listen to the whole hour.!!! Neil Oliver is very popular here in Canada ‎. > Take care > > Original Message > From: Nivard Ovington > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 4:16 PM > To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Reply To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Burns & the KKK > > Thats a mild understatement if ever I heard one ;-) > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 25-Jan-17 8:19 PM, Margaret McNab wrote: >> Available also on YouTube. > > > Very interesting! >> Margaret Ontario > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Is there some reason that a lot of my Scottish ancestors got married on Dec 31. My grandparents are among them but I have just noticed that seems to be the most popular day to get married. Nancy Sent from my iPad

Thats a mild understatement if ever I heard one ;-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 25-Jan-17 8:19 PM, Margaret McNab wrote: > Available also on YouTube. Very interesting! > Margaret Ontario

Available also on YouTube. Very interesting!  Margaret Ontario

Nivard, The unfortunate part of most all of the documentaries about the KKK is that it was founded as a benevolent society to aid and assist Confederate widows, orphans and war-wounded.  Sadly this lofty goal was lost.  It is said that many of the original founders resigned in disgust when terrorism took over the reigns. By accident and not design I lived near a KKK bastion for several years.  Outwards they are God-fearing people with deep seated convictions.  They made good, but flawed neighbors.  Only time and education will convert them. Good hunting, Cliff. On Wednesday, January 25, 2017 9:31 AM, Nivard Ovington <ovington.one@gmail.com> wrote: I happened to catch this program almost accidentally Neil Oliver presents it and is thought provoking to say the least Its on BBC Iplayer entitled Scotland & the Klan Available for the next 28 days Description Scotland has exported many great things to the rest of the world, and people like Neil Oliver have often celebrated the disproportionate impact of its ideas and energy on places like America. The role of Scots in shaping the concept of the American Dream is a story often told, but could Scottish settlers have also had a hand in America's racist nightmare? Neil Oliver travels over 2,000 miles to examine links between racism today in the Deep South and the Scottish settlers that first occupied it. Throughout the 18th century, hundreds of thousands of Scots emigrated to America, and some believe that it was their wariness and moral certainty that significantly shaped the south into an isolated, fearful society that easily took to slave-owning when the opportunity came. Walter Scott, the creator of a romantic vision of the 'Old Country' is blamed for reinforcing their fantasy world of Georgian gentility. When that world was threatened, the southern states opted for civil war rather than give it up. After the devastating war, attitudes in the south were hardened by defeat and fear of the now-freed slaves. When six Scottish-American former Confederate officers formed a fraternal society, clan turned to Klan. The oldest and most feared racist hate group in America - the Ku Klux Klan - was born. Now, well over 800 hate groups stalk the United States, and Neil finishes his journey by visiting the Neo-Confederate League of the South. The League advocates a return to a separate southern society run by what they call 'Anglo Celts', and Neil discovers that here Scottishness still abides and that attitudes don't seem to have changed much in the last 200-300 years. I don't think Burns would be overly pleased at the use of his words in their beliefs -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Are you back in B.C. .? -----Original Message----- From: Ken Harrison Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 4:06 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Did we forget? Ah've bin toashtin as fasht ash ah can ... hic! Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada -----Original Message----- From: LANARK [mailto:lanark-bounces+kenharrison43=shaw.ca@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ruth.enns@shaw.ca Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 3:52 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: [Lanark] Did we forget? to toast our famous bard with all the talk of the K.K.K? Cheers Robbie, your words & wisdom will outlast us all!! Ruth ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I only listened to a few minutes.!! I am sure I will be more enthusiastic after I have listen to the whole hour.!!! Neil Oliver is very popular here in Canada ‎. Take care   Original Message   From: Nivard Ovington Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 4:16 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Reply To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Burns & the KKK Thats a mild understatement if ever I heard one ;-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 25-Jan-17 8:19 PM, Margaret McNab wrote: > Available also on YouTube. Very interesting! > Margaret Ontario ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message