Twigs to Trees

March, 2023

Mary Helen Haines

 

This is column number 50!!! The first “Twigs to Trees” was published in March, 2011, in our first issue of Loch Sloy! Since that time we have published over 440 pedigrees and are still going strong, bringing in new members from all over the world. All of you have interesting stories to share about your ancestors. We welcome those stories, so feel free to use our platform to share with CMW by emailing our team members. We can publish in future Loch Sloy! newsletters or in Twigs to Trees, or on our website.

As some of you know, in my former life before retiring, I was a highschool teacher. I taught World History, European History and Art History. Moving into genealogy was a natural fit, and I love research and writing. This past year I decided to look into how all the different haplogroups made their way to the British Isles and what they brought with them. The result is three new articles about that movement of peoples using DNA and archaeology to provide the answers. I hope you enjoy the articles. Part One will appear in this issue.

One of our newest members descends from a MacFarlane family that came to Puslinch township, Wellington County, Ontario in the 1830s. When I started entering her information, I remembered having heard that unusual name before, and found that there were several MacFarlane families there at the same time. Like pulling a thread, I couldn’t stop until I followed all the lines, so following our newest pedigrees, I am sharing the results of that thread below.

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