The Tree of Me

My 5g grandparents John Milroy and his wife Jane McCarlie are buried in Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire, Scotland. I had seen a photograph of their headstone but I just had to see it myself. The short drive from Stranraer was along narrow county lanes. Unfortunately it began to rain but I was not to be deterred. Almost at Stoneykirk Stoneykirk My previous research on Google maps had shown that St Stephen's Church and graveyard was tucked away behind two houses in Stoneykirk. St Stephen's, Stoneykirk, Stranraer Unfortunately it began to rain and became quite miserable so we were forced to abandon the search for John and Jane. If I had been able to access the image I had of the headstone it would have given me a clue to its specific location. My plan (unbeknown to my husband) was that I would return early the following morning before we caught the ferry to Belfast. The headstone was easy to locate the following morning. It had been on my husband...

Last year, I travelled overseas to a wedding in Paris. Afterwards I simply had to continue with my genealogy research, but where to go? As Ireland was going to be one of the stops and the ferry from Scotland to Northern Ireland leaves from Portpatrick, the nearby towns of Stranraer and Newton Stewart had to figure in the itinerary as my father's Scottish ancestors lived in this area. As soon as we arrived in Stranraer, I immediately went to the local museum and purchased a copy of Memorial Transcriptions in Stranraer, 2 Sheuchan Cemetery. The Sheuchan Cemetery is located in Leswalt High Road, Stranraer alongside the High Kirk. High Kirk, Leswalt High Road, Stranraer The index revealed names from my Fleming family so I was delighted to discover that my great, great, great grandmother Jane Milroy and her husband James Fleming were buried there. The visible gravestone map in the booklet showed exactly where I would find the headstone. Fleming family headstone, Sheuch...