Discover Your Angus Roots
Discover Your Past is based in the rural town of Forfar, Angus (formerly Forfarshire including the burghs of Forfar, Arbroath, Brechin, Carnoustie, Dundee, Montrose, Kirriemuir and Monifieth)
Nestled in the North East of Scotland within the Tayside Region, Angus is bordered by the North Sea, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire and Perthshire
Angus has a proud and ancient history with a wealth of information and records of interest to Scottish historians, local historians and, of course, anyone wishing to research their Forfarshire roots.
Did your ancestors belong to the fishing families of Arbroath, the weavers of Kirriemuir, the whalers of Montrose, the farming community of Forfar, or did they belong to the textile and distilling families of the Cathedral city of Brechin?
Is your family related to the Swankie, Spink or Cargill fisher families in Arbroath? My mother, who was brought up in Arbroath, only needed to hear any one of these names to say “fisher folk from the “fit o the toon”. Do you have a connection to Arbroath smokies?
Or similarly were your family ties with the Ferryden fishing families of Coull, Paton, Findlay and Mearns?
Was your Great grandfather a “loon” (boy) in Forfar and ate the famous Forfar bridie? Did he know the Strangs? Stirlings, Soutars, or the Lowsons (all families with a long association with Forfar)
Did your ancestors farm the land for the Bowes-Lyon family on the Strathmore Estates?
Angus Archives, situated adjacent to the 12th century Restenneth Priory, run by Angus Council, holds 800 years of historical material relating to the whole of Angus including the Brechin Cathedral 1232 Charter, confessions of the Forfar witches, burgh records, the OPR’s for Angus, trades records, poor relief registers etc
Although the sons and daughters of many Angus families have travelled to all four corners of the globe, they still can proudly boast of their family past in this beautiful, picturesque County. When current generations can still tell stories of their ancestors lives in places such as Rescobie, Airlie, Guthrie, Kirkden, Aberlemno and the Angus Glens from their homes in Australia, South Africa, USA, and Canada, then you know that although those families may have left Angus far behind their hearts never really did.
At Discover Your Past we would have pleasure in reconnecting you to your Forfarshire roots. Tracing where your families lived, what they did and discovering the siblings they left behind. Maybe you have distant relatives still living and working in the Angus area.
Wouldn’t you like to find out?
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