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Duns GuestbookYour New Guestbook01 This is our new guestbook, through which we wish to link all those from Duns worldwide, and those who care about them. The site is pre-moderated, so your message will not appear instantly. Normally next day. The Borders Family History Society has recently set up a website. We are pleased to provide a link: Borders Family History Society ... [more] 05/04/2005 Daylen Duns seeks Family History49 Country: Canada Comments: Hello, I am trying to find out about the history of my family. Daylen Duns daylen7@hotmail.com ... [more] 29/01/2008 Craiks of Crumstane and Grueldykes48 Country: Canada Comments: My great-great grandfather left Duns,Scotland in 1831. His name was Robert Craik. Some old family records show that he lived at Crumstane and Grueldykes. Are these last two places the names of actual villages, or would they be private estates? He was hired by a wealthy land owner to build a home in Upper Canada . On completion of the project he was given a plot of la ... [more] 11/12/2007 Askew House and Mrs Cockburn47 Country: Australia Comments: We have a letter written to Mrs Cockburn at Askew? House Duns in 1778. It was written by her son in London and he is very concerned about his family. Would anyone be able to tell me if there is/was a place called Askew House in Duns at that time, and would anyone be interested in seeing a scan of the letter, or a transcript? Best wishes from Down-under. Eunice ... [more] 03/12/2007 Roberta Conteras seeks the Brydon Family46 Country: Mexico Comments: I would like to contact an old friend Alexander Brydon, his mother and his sister Karen. I visited Duns several times from 1977 to 1981 and I really love that place. I would like to go back in very near future, and drink a pint of beer at Black Swan. Roberto Contreras Email: rcontreras490@yahoo.es ... [more] 14/11/2007 Our Lady Immaculate and St. Margaret ,Duns45 Country: Scotland Comments: Today 8th. November. Celebration of John Duns Scotus in the Catholic Church. The Website of Duns Border Net is very attractive. We direct our visitors to Duns for the great interest of John Duns Scotus. I note, "The Duns Bordernet Website has a Link for Duns and its Churches. As with many country areas, Duns has had its full range of churches". Curiou ... [more] 09/11/2007 Monaghans from Duns44 Country: England Comments: MONAGHANS FROM DUNS I've been tracing my ancestors who came to Duns from Ireland in about 1850, and moved down to Newcastle in 1902. I think they may have lived at Crumstane Farm, but would be grateful for any information that anyone may have. Don Gunning don.gunning@blueyonder.co.uk; ... [more] 01/11/2007 Ninian Davidson - Clockmaker of Duns43 Country: England Comments: I have a grandfather clock that was made by Ninian Davidson in Duns around 1810. I know there was a clock shop, the Cherry Tree, in the town when I came through about 15 years ago, but does anybody else have a clock made in Duns, or know about Ninian Davidson? Tony Summers tonyandsybil@tesco.net ... [more] 23/10/2007 Julia Loves Duns42 Country: Scotland,Fife Comments: My daughter Julia has Duns in her thoughts all the time. Its such a beautiful place. She hopes to visit again one day when she is older. Collette Sherriffs collettehrlm@aol.com ... [more] 03/09/2007 Does Linda know Gareth?41 Country: England Comments: Hi its a beautiful little town you have there. I was wondering if there is a girl called Linda Bell lives around there somewhere. Gareth Harrison gazhazy2k3@hotmail.com ... [more] 22/08/2007 Dr Richard Furness on his Journey40 Country: Gloucestershire UK Comments: Good evening Duns. I am writing an artists tour of Scotland and have almost completed the first chapter. I am now at Duns on the way up the coast to Edinburgh, so I will be able to give the town a little bit of publicity. I am including railway posters to show the beauty of the Borders region. I have used the old county names of Roxburgh, Selkirk, ... [more] 05/06/2007 Ford Family from Duns39 Country: United States Comments: My ancestors in the 19th Century include the Ford family from Duns area. This includes my GGGF William Ford, a grocer in Duns 1860~1890, his brother John (a draper who lived at No 6 The Clouds), and sister Elizabeth Crawford, whose husband was a baker all his life in Duns. Their father John was land steward at Swinton House circa 1840. If there are any d ... [more] 03/06/2007 Calling Bryan Bellwood38 Comments: I am trying to find an old friend of mine, born in Duns, named Bryan Bellwood. I met him during the sixties when he got married to a very nice girl, also from Duns, called Margaret. Since Duns is a small and lovely place I hope some one there will be able to help me. I am living in Barcelona, Spain at present. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future. Moris ... [more] 17/05/2007 Duns is the Best! (Duns Dings A')37 country: Scotland comments: We visited Duns yesterday for the first time and thought it was brilliant! We are looking for places to stay down in the Borders since we want to move there from East Lothian because the house prices are much cheaper and now I know that Duns is the place I want to stay. I have lived over the west coast of Scotland most of my life and I find the east coast so ... [more] 03/02/2007 Message from Poland36 country: Poland comments: It is a great pleasure to see Duns website! It is very useful to find local and tourist info. Jack Pogorzelski (pogojacek@hotmail.com) ... [more] 28/01/2007 Duns Ancestry of Anthony Maughan35 country: England comments: Found out that my 4xgrt grandfather William Whitehead, parents, George & Alison(nee Brown) came from Duns. I will definitely visit the next time I visit my son, who lives in Edinburgh. Anthony Maughan ... [more] 24/01/2007 Another Duns Family34 country: Canada - Ontario - St. Catharines comments: I am just at the beginning of my journey to trace my historical roots on my father's side. I look forward to finding out all I can about Duns. Bruce Duns (bruce.duns088@sympatico.ca) ... [more] 04/01/2007 The Duns Family33 country: Canada comments: Looking to obtain more details for our family tree. My father was born in South Shields, England in 1891, having six brothers and no sisters. My grandfather also John Duns, was born in 1855 and married Ann Stewart Gardner of Scotland. Any information would be greatly appreciated. John B. Duns (jduns@shaw.ca) ... [more] 28/12/2006 Patterson of Duns - Can You Help?32 country: England comments: William 1815 2x Great Grandfather James 14/3/1788 3x Great Grandfather John 1768 4 Great Grandfather Robert 10/2/1732 5x Great Grandfather John 1684 6x Great Grandfather All these Patterson`s were Born at Duns. If you have any information I would love to hear from you. Dennis Patterson-Haig (pattersonhaig@aol.com) ... [more] 18/12/2006 Concerned of Duns?31 country: Scotland comments: Duns is great but too many kids wandering the streets at night E Wilson ... [more] 11/12/2006 Andersons and Blacks from Duns and Edrom30 country: NEW ZEALAND comments: MY ANDERSON ANCESTORS CAME FROM DUNS/EDROM AREA ALSO BLACK RELATIVES. SOME OF THEM CAME OUT TO NEW ZEALAND ON THE INVERCARGILL IN 1875. WOULD DEARLY LIKE TO FIND ANY LIVING SCOTTISH RELATIVES. lyndon ansell (lyndon.ansell@xtra.co.nz) ... [more] 08/10/2006 Duns Scotus and Cologne29 country: Germany comments: Hello all interested friends from Dun, sorry my bad Scot language, but I write from Germany. Duns is a very interesting place example the great man Johannes Scotus,named John Scotus or Duns Scotus. (ca.1266 - 1308 ) Many people knows that this man, was a great Theologe in the middle age, teaching in Paris and the town Cologne (Köln). Grounded the Scotism ... [more] 26/09/2006 Come on over David!28 country: USA comments: Nice Site...would like to visit some day. David Braight Holmes ... [more] 10/09/2006 Gillies Family - From Duns to Oz27 country: australia comments: Hi! Just to say, Hi! We moved to Australia from Duns. Gillies family (gillies25@bigpond.com) ... [more] 10/09/2006 Coming to Duns in 200726 country: ireland comments: looks beautiful we plan to visit sept 07 patricia palmer ... [more] 17/08/2006 Ian Mitchell from Australia25 country: Australia comments: Hello My friend, Ian Tweedie Mitchell, and my partner have just had a lovely meal and few beers - just viewed your web page looking for at Ian's old home town in Duns. He hasn't been back home for 39 years. Do you recognise his name? Did any on your contacts work at the mills? Any how - great web page. We enjoyed hearing Ian's stori ... [more] 07/06/2006 Gibson from Duns24 country: Manchester England comments: My grandad and all his family came from Duns. The last person I can remember was an Isabella in the 1970s. I have a picture of her. My grandad was called William Gibson with a brother called Charles born in the 1870s. I would like to hear from anyone who knows of this family Alan Gibson (alan@gibbo44.fsnet.co.uk) ... [more] 08/05/2006 Jim Clark Trail Enquiry23 country: South Africa comments: I intend visiting the town closest to where Jim Clark lived at Edington Mains (I thinks the name was). Is there a "Jim Clark trail or anything like it"? Finally I'd love to have a chat with some of his friends who can give me more details on Jim himself. ANDREW CARTER (andrewc@gillmich.co.za) ... [more] 04/05/2006 The Lamb Family of Dunse22 country: Australia comments: My ancestors David and Elizabeth Lamb were from Dunse. David was the precentor of the West Presbyterian Church in the l800s. They had a daughter Euphemia who is my great great grandmother. She married Thomas Henderson and migrated to Australia in the 1880s with her children Robert, Mary and Ann. Would love to hear from any descendants of David and Eliz ... [more] 26/04/2006 The Craik Family from Duns21 country: Canada comments: My great-great-great grandfather and grandmother were from Duns. James Craik (b. abt 1777) m. Agnes Thomson on June 3, 1811. He was from Cheekslaw and she was from Crumstane. After they were married they lived at Grueldykes. The family emigrated to Canada in 1827. There are several Craik families from the Duns area. I'd love to hear from them. C ... [more] 28/03/2006 Waits & Lockies of Duns20 country: Huntington,York comments: I have recently found your web site and it brought back many memories of visits to Duns with my parents James & Elizabeth Wait (nee Lockie), visiting my maternal grandparents James Hart Lockie and Catherine (nee Brown). They had a shop in Newtown St, also my uncle James Brown who lived in Easter St. I took my husband there in the 60's to visit ... [more] 20/03/2006 Ligates from Duns19 country: USA, Texas comments: My ancestors (Ligate) were from here and I just thought I'd check out were they came from via internet! Shea Brown (mrsshae@sbcglobal.net) ... [more] 01/03/2006 Duns - There's No Place LIke Home!18 country: DUNS comments: Hey, Duns is a lovely place to live. I love it! Amy ... [more] 17/02/2006 Approval from USA.17 country: United States comments: Good service Frank Johnson ... [more] 10/02/2006 Haigs in Duns16 country: north wales comments: Thank you. It was lovely to have a look around Duns. It has brought the name to life. I have been doing my Husbands family history. So far I have traced a hundred years of John Haigs being born in Duns. From 1757-1854 when the family moved to Cheshire. I know John Haig B1796 died in Murray Street. This was recorded in Duns. I wonder can someone tell me, ... [more] 26/01/2006 Bill Taylor Remembers15 country: UK comments: Just found this site. I was born in the Horn Inn, which my grandmother(Margaret RENTON)owned, in 1951. My uncle Bill RENTON worked in Duns at Andersons Coal merchants. Bill TAYLOR ... [more] 12/01/2006 Duns is Appreciated!14 country: Scotland comments: Its such a beautiful place to visit..the people are so lovely. Wish I could live there. collette mc connell (collettebluesky@yahoo.com) ... [more] 06/01/2006 The MacWatts Remembered13 country: Great Britain comments: My paternal family, the MacWatts, lived for three generations in the large stone house at the other end of the town from the Jim Clark Room. The house became a hospital in the 1920s and 1930s. They were doctors and had a strong association with India - my great-great Uncle Sir Charles MacWatt, became Surgeon-General of the Indian Army. His photograph hangs ... [more] 25/10/2005 Jim Clark Remembered12 country: Switzerland comments: Remembering Jim Clark Planning to visit your lovely place in summer next year. Especially interested in anything about the late great Champion Jim Clark Fabio Vannoni ... [more] 14/10/2005 USA Coming Over to Duns!11. country: USA comments: Visiting family this summer. Was hoping to find information about the Reivers Festival. Julie Wilcke ... [more] 13/10/2005 Jim Clark Remembered by Dougie MacKenzie10 country: USA comments: I had the great good fortune to see Jimmy Clark race-at the 1966 Indy 500,where he finished a close second to Graham Hill,and in the 1966 German Grand Prix,which Jack Brabham won. My girlfriend Welby Cox and I made the pilgrimage from Duns to Chirnside. You dour Scots wouldn't give us a lift-and to think my great-grandfather Hugh was from Aberdeen!! There'l ... [more] 13/10/2005 Greetings from Major Kemp09 country: England comments: Duns, the home of my close family, I have enjoyed your website and will visit soon. Good health to the Gillie family which does of course include the Frazers. Major John F Kemp MBE (Kempkempjfk@aol.com) ... [more] 13/10/2005 Isabella Purves from Duns08 country: Canada comments: I am interested in Duns because my grandmother was born there in 1880, her name being Isabella Purves. She later made her way to Canada. I Dillabough (idillabo@hotmail.com) ... [more] 13/10/2005 Cowies from New Zealand07 country: New Zealand comments: Hello there I am doing the family Tree and have been led back to Edrom in the 1700's by some retour papers to claim an inheritance in Chirnside. The family name - Cow, Cowe and Cowie having undergone changes in the ensuing centuries. Also the name Murray which is spelt as Murry in some instances. Have enjoyed your website as it gives me some ide ... [more] 13/10/2005 Dun Family06 country: United Kingdom. comments: Just taking a look around your interesting site and I wondered if I should extend my genealogy searches to the Scottish Borders rather than from Montrose where my Dun family lived for decades back to 1745. I'm firmly cemented into a brick wall for earlier records. Janet Dun ... [more] 16/09/2005 Easter Street in favour05 country: England comments: What a really nice place to visit. A friend of mine has just bought a lodge in Easter Street. What a lovely location it is set in. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it,the village that is. It's really nice. Andrew Helyer (helyerlowrider@aol.com) ... [more] 15/07/2005 Visiting Duns04. country: USA comments: Planning a holiday in Scotland this autumn. Will definitely make a pilgrimage to the Jim Clark Room in Duns. John Vincent (john@vincentmccabe.com) ... [more] 19/06/2005 A Message from across the Sea03 country: USA comments: My family was associated with the Home clan and I am interested in the ancestry Jocelyn Nesbitt (jossen13@hotmail.com) ... [more] 02/06/2005 Alana Remembers Jim Clark02 country: Scotland comments: So lovely to view this quaint town again on so poignant a day; this being the 37th anniversary of the death of the Great Jim Clark. I am so looking forward to visting in June and renewing old acquaintances . Alana Blake-Owens ... [more] 07/04/2005 -... [more] 05/04/2005
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