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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ancestry origins now seems to be recognising Presb Irish rather than as Scottish. Despite Irish father & 3/4 Mat Great GPs Irish, previous results said 42% Irish for mum. Now 75% better reflecting the paper trail. 64% for me a good reflection of my 50/50 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪 Dad. How’s the update for everyone else?

My father’s Ancestry origins October 2026

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Looking forward to joining the Q&A sessions of the BIGHSGO virtual conference next weekend - 18th October.

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BIFHSGO @bifhsgo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Here is a quick reference to the speakers and their topics at our virtual conference on 17 and 18 October, “Flittin’ Day: Forces That Moved our Scottish Ancestors”. Members $40; non-Members $60. More detail on the theme, the speakers and their topics: www.bifhsgo.ca/2026-conference #genealogy

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Everything crossed Jane. It can be a decent journey. Hope you’re on quick train.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

So looking forward to meeting you too Michelle.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Let the week of Glasgow genealogy conferences begin! Lovely start to the week with @kathychung.bsky.social

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Helping my daughter move out of her Dundee student digs this week & discovered a wonderful book in a local bookstore. Jute has long been synonymous with Dundee so I’m looking forwarding to reading this new work on industrial Dundee’s rise & decline. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Scottish

Cover image of “The Triumph of Textiles: industrial Dundee c1700-1918” by Christopher A Wheatley & J Tomlinson. 2024 Edinburgh University Press.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Over the counter stuff didn’t work for my daughter either but the stuff that’s prescription only did help once the dose was increased considerably. Think it’s fexofenodene

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Indeed. Though I think I’m still winning at Ulster counties ancestors bingo despite have a bit of Scottish ancestry. 😂

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

When I realised it was Monaghan, rather than one of the “north” counties, you better believe I was doing a happy dance!!

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

It’s a rare person from the west of Scotland (& a few other areas) who doesn’t have any Irish ancestors. So as a Scottish genealogist I really do need to have good Irish research skills too. But this client my first where every single line has led to Ireland.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Finally got to explore the 1926 Irish Census this week. Working on a client’s family history where EVERY line lead from Scotland to Ireland, the 1926 census provided a eureka moment to an issue that would have otherwise involved a good bit of lengthy detective work. A win for both me & my client.

nationalarchives.ie

Search the Census | The National Archives of Ireland

Search through historical census records with The National Archives of Ireland, offering access to essential data for genealogy and historical research.

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Chris Paton @chrismpaton.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

@marplecat.bsky.social now speaking at the @strathgenealogy.bsky.social Scottish family history event today - great day, lots of fun! #genealogy

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Claire Bradley @cbgenealogy.ie · 19/04/2026

I'm preaching to the choir here but if you have a newbie interested in searching the #1926census, I've done a quick video explainer. Please share. #Speirgorm #Skystorians #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy youtu.be/6viUgy7vUsk...

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How to search the 1926 Irish census

YouTube video by Claire Bradley

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Less than 4 wks now to the intermediate Scottish Family History course at Strathclyde uni. Join myself, @acspring.bsky.social & @chrismpaton.bsky.social for talks on a wide range of topics to help with your research of your Scottish ancestors. Registration now open www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

Image of Facebook post by University of Strathclyde Centre for Lifelong Learning about their Intermediate Scottish Family History Research course on 5th and 6th May 2026

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

As Alison says, do sign up for the intermediate Scottish Family History course if you're going to be in the Glasgow area in early May. Look forward to seeing you there.

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 20/01/2026

Pubs we never knew. Macpherson's at 165 Pleasance in 1927 shortly before demolition in a slum clearance scheme. Allegedly one of the finest the southside ever knew. The windows advertise Disher's legendary 10 Guinea Ale in bottles, at 11.2% ABV it was quite the tipple and also came in pints

A black and white photograph of an elaborate Victorian pub building from the outside, part of an ornate 3-storey corner tenement block. Older, less salubrious tenements can be seen adjacent. The building is a "gushet", a triangular block on the corner of a triangular junction. 1927. Edinburgh and Scottish Collection, Edinburgh City Libraries.

OS 1893 Town Plan of Edinburgh, centred on the Pleasance and the pub at number 165, showing lots of streets running off in different directions in a densely populated part of the city. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

18 maternal cousins, but zero paternal cousins as my dad was an only child. My kids are like you with 2 on each side.

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

The book is Built Heritage of the Temperance Movement by Andrew Davison. How the billiard temperance halls of Manchester evolved into some of the pubs we have today. 👇 BBC News - The alcohol-free Victorian venues transformed into pubs - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The alcohol-free Victorian venues transformed into pubs

A historian says temperance campaigners would have been 'distributed' to see their venues used as pubs.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Would definitely love the chance to hear this rather fabulous sounding but sold talk on Glasgow cinemas @glasgowheritage.bsky.social Any chance of another date being added?

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I'm a very happy genealogist. Picked up Alex Wood's Scottish Bastards first and it's a great read with, of course, fantastic research.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Look forward to learning more about this #oneplacestudy which is very close to my doorstep.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Between Christmas & birthday, I’ve been very lucky to receive quite a few books off my wish list. One or two other gifts from my family seem to have a theme to them too… 😂

Picture of 5 books of varying themes related to social history.

Picture of socks and tote bag with slogans related to book loving and reading habits.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Thanks Lorna. I'm having a very lovely afternoon in one of my happy places - the research room of the Glasgow & West of Scotland FHS. @gwsfhs.org.uk I think we should all be carried when it snows!! 😀

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Birthday celebrations for me today. I’m reliably informed there was serious snow on the ground on the day that I was born. While there is substantial snow in the north of Scotland today, not so much around the central belt, despite the weather warnings. This is my earliest photo I have as a baby.

MarpleCat as a baby with her mother and father. Image belongs to MarpleCat and not for reuse.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

This morning at the Sandyford Henderson Memorial Church on Argyle Street in Glasgow. Designed by J.T. Emmett and completed by John Honeyman, this Gothic style church was built in the 1850s. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #church #argylestreet

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I do live in the Ayrshire Patricia, just a few miles from Caprington Castle though had never been before. Where were your ancestors living?

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 03/01/2026

Now that these works have entered the public domain, put them to good use in our annual Public Domain Film Remix Contest: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2... Submit your short film by 11:59pm PST on January 7.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Happy New Year! It was the last day of the festive holidays in Scotland yesterday. I enjoyed a walk in the Ayrshire sunshine & discovered a little bit of industrial history that employed some smoke & mirrors style deception. #Genealogy #History www.facebook.com/share/p/1DxD...

Image of MarpleCat Genealogy post on Facebook (about Blacksyke Tower) that link in this Bluesky post to redirects to.

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