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I have a Scottish Mother. It's so relaxing to hear a Scottish accent that's not screaming whilst hitting me with a shoe.

And was it originally known as "skelda" old norse for "a shield"? SEAN DHONNCHAIDH

A very moving account. Thank you. SEAN DHONNCHAIDH

The oldest Scottish church in North America was founded by members of the Fraser Higlanders right around the corner from the Plains site, in Old Quebec. St. Andrew's on Chaussé des Écossais. Founded in 1759!

Fife is never mentioned much in Scotland as a tourist destination, I wouldn't say we see much tourism here compared to the main cities or the rural highlands and west coast. But there are quite a lot of historically interesting places, which includes Castles , Palaces, Follies, etc. and of course an abundance of Golf courses! This, relative, lack of tourists may be because it is fairly populated compared to some of the more 'picturesque' tourist spots but doesn't have any large cities. Although Dunfermline was the ancient Scottish capital and is 'officially' a city. Most tourist spots center around the villages and towns located around the coast like; St Andrews, Culross, Crail, and Anstruther etc, most of which are in the 'East Neuk' basically the headland. Although Falkland and Cupar are also quite nice. But it is worth looking at Dunfermline as well IMO. As well as road links (3 bridges) there are regular rail and Bus links from Edinburgh to Fife, with the trains going over the 'real' Forth Bridge and Busses going over the original Road bridge. It's worth reiterating that Fife is still pretty much unanimously known in all of Scotland as the 'Kingdom of Fife,' and not as a 'county,' not just by Fifers. Officially Fife is now a council area but you will get some weird looks asking for directions to the 'County of Fife!' Just saying 'Fife' would be enough!

I'm sure that you know fine well that the railway bridge over the Forth is known as, "The Forth Bridge" or, "The Bridge". That is surely why the the much later road crossing was called, "The Forth Road Bridge". The much more recent addition is of course titled, "The Queensferry Crossing" although it is the wrong side of the road bridge from where the "Queensferry" sailed.

The biblical timeline and record of the Flood fits very nicely as to when these people existed and their sudden evacuation.

How could the pol eho fought with him morn his death whrn theyd been shipped to far flung vornors of the world by the mans enemies. They couldnt jump on a plane to rome to see the funeral. To make it like noone cared about him, ehen most of thensongs written about him came after his death, is false. Did we forget about the clerances an acts of proscription? Had he won, it would be a totally different video an we would learn of this great reclaiming of the throne in schools world wide. But he lost one battle. Which was all he needed to lose. An the winners, scared enough of the jacobite movment to commit genocide, write the history books the way they needed. To make sure toteach scots their enemies were idiots an their oppressors were their heros. How sad.

Makes me sad to see so many scots who have swallowed the propaganda about the prince hook line an sinker. The winners write the history books. Im sure culloden had alot to do with his alcoholism. He wasnt a italian buffoon. He was raised in the exiled stewart court by english an scots tutors. He had an english accent. That is hanoverian propaganda, to make him look a forigner while they themselves really were forighners. He gets so much hate for culloden but noone talks about how he won more battles than he lost. Recognize, the winners write the history books. Why would they teach u the defeated sides view? Especially when they are correct. Our ancestors werent simpletons who followed an loved the prince. They loved him. We have just been taught lies about him. Our ancestors knew he was the rightful king an they fought for him. A health to king James. 🦄⚔️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚔️🦄

I thoroughly enjoyed this it was very well done with a great narrator who you could tell had very fun feelings about his subject and was thoroughly informed about his subject too very cool

Great video and very informative. I traced some of my earliest ancestors that lived in Fife in the 1500s. Kirk is my last name, planning a visit soon and so eager to know the place personally.

Could benefit from a clearer font on map. Also showing topography good explain the territories of clans.

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So glad you acknowledged John Knox, so often stereotyped as ‘narrow minded bigot’ along with his C16th Reformation contemporaries and turned into punchbags by too many of those sitting in the luxuries their vision bequeathed. Without the vision, strategy and legwork of the Reformation, most significantly through the legacy of “a school for every parish,” the C18th Scottish Enlightenment that exploded out of the most literate population ever known, could not possibly have emerged.

I'm a Robinson, my great-grandparents from Hamilton. My children are descended from Lord Thomas Cochrane from their mother's side so there's an interesting mix there. Many of my Grandfather's siblings moved to America in the 1800s and it is interesting to note that the family colouring ( fair hair and blue eyes) seems to be well-spread throughout not withstanding which Continent we live (I live in Australia as do my children) and which admixtures we have all through marriage. As an interesting anecdote, I was reading a history of the Reivers in the Appalachians and it was said the first thing the English would build was a church, the first thing the Germans would build was a barn and the first thing the Reivers (Scotch-Irish) would build was a still (whisky!). Apparently, upon the ending of the War of Independence, Washington led a large army into the mountains and had a mini-civil war with our 'kith and kin' in order to enforce the payment of duty. Cheers - The Robinsons (some of them anyway). PS really enjoyed your talk, thank-you.

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I traced my ancestors back to James Lockhart of Lee born in 1544. Curious about the Scottish that immigrated to Virginia.

Gordon I have a question. What is the connection between Clan Fraser and the Brewsters? Everything I read say the Brewsters are a sept of Clan Fraser of Lovat but I don't know how that came about. Can you explain the connection? Thanks.

Also love poetry in general this in particular. Quoted about "beld" meaning white, as in the US bald eagle ( it's not, but white) Oh dear... 😂

I suppose the more apt comparison is not to the mythical "Wild West" of the 19th century, but to the Borderers transplanted to the 18th century backcountry of America where they practiced the same clan based border wars with the same kind of clan based warriors in the Native Americans from 1713 all the way to the beginning of the 19th century, in addition to clawing at each other in the first American civil war, that in the backcountry South of 1775 to 1783.

Napier, Maxwell, Hutton, Black, Stevenson, Scott, Baird, Telford, Smith, Hume, Bell, Simpson, the list is endless the Scots really built the modern world 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Very nice historic perspective. I visited Scotland and the borderlands two years ago. I traced my heritage back to Thomas Dickson, Son of Richard of clan Keith and his mother was a Douglas. I visited the site of the battle for Castle Douglas where my ancestors took part and was a friend to Sir James. Thank you for your knowledge.

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I’m an Armstrong , one of the most powerful border reiver clans. ⚔️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚔️ Invictus Maneo

Thank you Gordon, very informative and well presented! I was born in Cameronbridge/Windygates from a coal mining father from Methil and a mother who had worked in the sugar beet industry in Cupar. Grand parents came from both fishing and coal mining families. You mentioned the coal mining under the Forth in Culross but later 1940’s-1980’s ( probably earlier) worked under the Forth from both sides. My father worked at the Seafield, aptly named. You may also think of East Wemyss where coal was actually harvested from the shore of the Forth.

Thank you so much my good man!

Hi Gordon any info on clan Duncan

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you, Gordon wonderfully informative video. We are looking forward to our trip to the southern borders the end of this month. This is most helpful.

A descendant of the land clearances MacPherson/Cecil.. did not know they were a border clan . thanks for the post..🍺🇦🇺

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The 78th was disbanded after the French and Indian was but Fraser's Highlanders were raised again for service in the Revolutionary War as the 71st Regiment of Foot. As with the 78th, they established themselves as an outstanding regiment at least equal to the Black Watch.

Thank you, Mr. Young, for this important bit of Scottish history. Although I have visited the UK before, I will be visiting Scotland for the first time in July/August this year (2024). I have been reading a tome on Scotland's history (Alistair Moffat's), and it's been a challenge. As an American (with British ancestry), our history begins so much later, and so I've dipped into videos and other media to assist in assimilating the English/French/Protestant/Catholic conflicts in Scotland's earlier history. Yes, some of my ancestors were Scots -- my grandfather, born in Iowa, was named "Bonnie Earl," and I discovered my unusual surname is a town on Shetland (likely from the Vikings). The Scottish public education system in the 1700's is particularly impressive. I worked for a year at a Presbyterian mission hospital in rural Malawi, where the nearest town was "Blantyre," named after Livingstone's birth place. Every such mission had a hospital, a church, and a school. Best wishes!

Too many 'ehms' and 'ers'. Good content, shame about the presentation skills.

Do you know anything about the Broughton family in Scotland or England

Fife's Dysart Harbour house and harbour is in the Outlanders too

Thank you for all the info.

Being a Pennsylvanian with predominantly Scots-Irish surnames and dna, I would imagine there’s a large amount of us over here that would love hearing about reasons for Scots to Ulster and Scots to colonies in 17-18th centuries. We don’t have much surviving records and rely on a North American perspective on figuring out when our families hit the continent. Thanks for your content.

I’m a Pringle, a branch of the Douglas Clan.

Is it a kingdom now or is it a repulse part of Scotland,

I’ve lost my clans. I am from the border clan Boui and my mother’s side Nesbitt. I can’t find information about either of them. My DNA says I’m Scottish. Does anyone know anything about them?

Gaining power and lands through marriage! Where did I go wrong? 😂

Thank you!

The Scottish army were somewhat more than decimated. Some estimates put our losses at 14,000 of a possible 30,000 men.

As a Currie they didn't get round to a taran for us XD

My family is 100% Appalachian and nearly 100% Scotch-Irish. Been able to trace lines to Oliver’s, Armstrong’s, and Elliot’s so far. The Border Reiver history is probably my favorite part of late-medieval/ modern British history.

Thank you from east Tennessee. I'm a Massingale. I am in the process of getting my Big Y 700 dna testing. From what we already have learned, our families were from Clan Robson. Is there more specific information on this clan. If it helps, we believe Clan Robson were allies with Clann Gunn. Thanks for the treasure of information, sir.

Parallel motion is for the pumping of mines and not for rotary motion .It changes an arc motion into a reciprocating (up and down motion ) The crank is used for changing reciprocating motion into rotary motion.

Really a joint venture Scottish and English in partnership 😊😊😊

Excellent video, I was born in the Howe of Fife , educated in Fife, and went to work in Glenrothes New Town. As a boy we would get the ferry to Dundee or Edinburgh. I wish we had been taught more comprehensively about the history of Fife in school. Thank you for sharing.