I quite enjoy your videos. I am commenting this morning because of a surprise personal connection arising from a Scottish geographical fact you mentioned in this video - the commonality of the New Mills place name in Scotland - I had no idea. I have five generations of ancestors buried in the New Mills cemetery in Northern New Brunswick Canada, including my parents. My mother's ancestors were "half" English and "half" MacRaes from the Loch Duich, Glen Shiel area - one great great grandparent McRae marrying a MacRae - research suggests perhaps one family from Glen Licht and the other from Glen Shiel. But the New Mills cemetery is maybe most notably populated by folks whose ancestors came from Aran more than anywhere having first taken off in a ship from Lamlash in 1829. I have ancestors buried there including 9 born on Arran and others born in Ayrshire, Glasgow, Mull near Scoor or possibly Tiree, and lots in the cemetery born in Canada from interbreeding of the foregoing. The graveyard was originally associated with Presbyterian church that in 1929(?) joined the United Church of Canada where I later attended funerals. That church is now demolished but the graveyard still has care from local people with some financial help from connected persons. The area was once dominantly Scottish as you can see by place names nearby, but is now overwhelmingly dominated by lovely people who have come in from Quebec and even some whose ancestors escaped to the Restigouche area as Acadians seeking to escape the 1855 expulsions. And of late far better and deserved recognition is being achieved by Mi'kmaq people who were the original people of the area. My great great great grandfather was the one born on Mull or possibly Tiree and he retired from serving in the British Army serving in the Quebec city area to be given a land grant in the Black Point area not far from New Mills, NB. That land would have been Mi'kmaq land, the Mi'maq having been allies of the defeated French.
I quite enjoy your videos. I am commenting this morning because of a surprise personal connection arising from a Scottish geographical fact you mentioned in this video - the commonality of the New Mills place name in Scotland - I had no idea. I have five generations of ancestors buried in the New Mills cemetery in Northern New Brunswick Canada, including my parents. My mother's ancestors were "half" English and "half" MacRaes from the Loch Duich, Glen Shiel area - one great great grandparent McRae marrying a MacRae - research suggests perhaps one family from Glen Licht and the other from Glen Shiel. But the New Mills cemetery is maybe most notably populated by folks whose ancestors came from Aran more than anywhere having first taken off in a ship from Lamlash in 1829. I have ancestors buried there including 9 born on Arran and others born in Ayrshire, Glasgow, Mull near Scoor or possibly Tiree, and lots in the cemetery born in Canada from interbreeding of the foregoing. The graveyard was originally associated with Presbyterian church that in 1929(?) joined the United Church of Canada where I later attended funerals. That church is now demolished but the graveyard still has care from local people with some financial help from connected persons. The area was once dominantly Scottish as you can see by place names nearby, but is now overwhelmingly dominated by lovely people who have come in from Quebec and even some whose ancestors escaped to the Restigouche area as Acadians seeking to escape the 1855 expulsions. And of late far better and deserved recognition is being achieved by Mi'kmaq people who were the original people of the area. My great great great grandfather was the one born on Mull or possibly Tiree and he retired from serving in the British Army serving in the Quebec city area to be given a land grant in the Black Point area not far from New Mills, NB. That land would have been Mi'kmaq land, the Mi'maq having been allies of the defeated French.
Neil - Thank you kindly for your very interesting feedback relating to the video - much appreciated --- Robert.