Today we are going back in time...almost twenty years to be precise. In early June of 1994 I headed north to the county of Sutherland in the north of Scotland. At the time I was very much into family history and wanting to know more about the Scottish blood than runs inside my veins. My great great grandfather left Scotland for Canada when he was a young lad of 8 in 1815 - I suspect but I don't know for sure that it was as a result of the Highland Clearances. I assume he left with his parents but he could have been beamed down for all I know..finding his parents has remained a mystery for me. I know several possibilities but nothing definite - the search goes on. (although I must admit it has been abandoned for quite a few years now) I had been told by family members several years before that our family was originally from Dornoch, Scotland so off I went. I didn't discover anything pertinent to my family but I certainly had a wonderful time and discovered a much over
Tales of travel from a sixty plus girl at heart from the prairies of Canada.