Attempts to trace descendants of those who fought at Culloden, in time for the big opening of the new visitor centre, have been only partly successful. Whilst many descendants of the Jacobites have been traced, no one with a claim to an ancestor on the government side has yet been found.
For more info, visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7292138.stm
Chris
The Scottish GENES Blog (GEnealogy News and EventS): Top news stories and features concerning ancestral research in Scotland, Ireland, the rest of the UK, and their diasporas, from genealogist and family historian Chris Paton. Feel free to quote from this blog, but please credit Scottish GENES if you do. I'm on Mastodon @scottishgenes and Threads @scottishgenesblog - to contact me please email chrismpaton @ outlook.com. Cuimhnich air na daoine o'n d'thà inig thu!
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