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Yesterday I posted official extracts of my birth and adoption records to @HighlandCouncil with the hope that the burial lairs of my birth mother, grandparents and great grandparents in #Gairloch’s New Cemetery can be assigned to me, the only living descendant. [1/3] 
The graves concerned are the middle and right-hand ones in the photo above. I want to have the graves cleaned & the lettering re-done. When the time comes, I may join them there, as there is still space. [2/3]
More people to whom I am related are buried in this cemetery than anywhere else on earth, with more distant ancestors and relatives buried in the adjacent Old Burial Ground. [3/3]
Is this the grave of my 4th gt grandparents? I photographed Roderick Fraser (c.1768-1857) & Mary MacLean’s (c.1783-1869) grave last week, as part of my #MyGairlochFamilyHistory trip. Let's see what we can find out… [1/]
This grave is just a short distance from where my 3x gt grandparents, Margaret Fraser (c.1811-1852) & Alexander MacIntyre (c.1808-1872), are buried in Gairloch’s Old Burial Ground. It’s not conclusive, but that *could* suggest a family relationship. [2/]
Margaret and Alexander's gt grandson & #FamilyHistory buff thought that these were Margaret Fraser's parents. He lived in the same village & researched a lot of local history. Last week, I saw an original #FamilyTree he drew years ago, where Roderick & Mary are shown. [3/]
My 2C2Rs, the McIver sisters, must have been an interesting bunch. A #Gairloch family, their father was in the Hong Kong Police (late 1880s), before various jobs in Lanarkshire. 6 of 8 sisters are buried in same plot in Gairloch with 3 headstones #MyGairlochFamilyHistory [1/3]
The sisters are: Jessie Ross McIver (c1892-1964), Catherine Mary (Rena) McIver (c1908-1965), Annie Ross McIver (1899-1985), Marjory (May) Finlayson née McIver (1870-1964), Murdina Ross (Dina) MacDougall née McIver (1901-1969), May Alexandra Sellar née McIver (c1895-1968) [2/3]
The nicknames used on the headstones took a while to sort our who was who. Their parents and a 7th sister are buried in #Gairloch Old Burial Ground: Alexander MacIver (1860-1920) and my 1C3R Ann (Annie) Ross (1868-1942). Find them from this link... findagrave.com/memorial/20363… [3/3]
