Medieval knight’s tomb discovered under Scottish parking lot

Archaeologists were called to the scene and uncovered the grave and evidence of a 13th Century monastery under a parking lot in Edinburgh Scotland.

A sandstone slab, carved with a Calvary cross and an ornate sword, marked the grave. The symbols signal the grave belong to a knight or nobleman.

Along with the skeleton, archaeologists discovered the exact location of the 13th Century Blackfriars Monastery.

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The UK mainland's first fully intact Viking boat burial site has been uncovered in the west Highlands of Scotland

The site, at Ardnamurchan, is thought to be more than 1,000 years old.
Artefacts buried alongside the Viking in his boat suggest he was a high-ranking warrior.

Stone Age tomb unearthed in Scotland

Thousands of human bones have been found inside a Stone Age tomb on a northern Scottish island, archaeologists say.

The 5,000-year-old burial site in the Orkney Islands came to light when a homeowner dug away a small mound in his yard to improve his ocean view, National Geographic News reported.



Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/07/22/Stone-Age-tomb-unearthed-in-Scotland/UPI-16921311369715/#ixzz1UpiwGMcn

WHAT ABOUT THE WOMEN?

Today's post on the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog is honoring International Women's Day. In honour of the unsung and unknown female ancestors in our family tree, take some time today, this week and this month to pick one and find out more about her.

I am going to spend some time looking for my 5th Great Grandmother Margaret Drummond. I know almost nothing about Margaret other than she was born in Scotland 1780~1820. Not much to go on but I think she deserves another look.

Scottish Passenger Lists 1823-1829 Online

More Scottish Passengers Lists have been added to Olive Tree Genealogy.

These are partial lists, gathered from the names of those admitted to the New York Almshouse before 1830. The New York Almshouse records give details of the ship name, port of departure and place of origin of each individual (as well as the standard date of admission, age and so on)

This is part of an ongoing project to extract the names of passengers on board ships sailing from Canada, Scotland, Ireland, England, Germany and France, to New York. See Ships to New York 1800-1824


The following ships are now online:

* Ships Passenger List of Ship Comet Sailing from Greenock Scotland for New York
* Ships Passenger List of ship Friends sailing from Greenock Scotland arriving New York
* Ships Passenger List of Ship Camillus Sailing for New York from Greenock Scotland before
* Ships Passenger List of Ship Richmond Sailing from Greenock Scotland for New York
* Ships Passenger List of Ship Franklin sailing from Greenock Scotland arriving New York
* Passenger List of Ship Eliza Sailing from Dundee Scotland for New York
* Ships Passenger List of ship Tom sailing from Greenock Scotland arriving New York
* Ships Passenger List of Ship Hero sailing from Greenock Scotland arriving New York
* Ships Passenger List of ship Roger Stewart sailing from Greenock Scotland arriving New York
* Ships Passenger List of Ship Superior sailing from Greenock Scotland arriving New York
* Ships Passenger List of Brok or Brooke sailing from Greenock Scotland arriving New York

Funeral Card William Hay, Scotland 1904-1924

In Loving Memory of WILLIAM WATSON HAY - dearly beloved son of ALEXANDER AND BELLA HAY of MUIRS OF CLOVA, KILDRUMMY [Aberdeenshire Scotland] who was accidentally killed at GARTLY [Aberdeenshire Scotland] on 22ND AUGUST 1924 aged 20 years.

Funeral Card Louis Ward WW1 1916 Scotland & France

In loving memory of Louis Barker Ward, 4th Yorkshire Regiment, beloved son of John and Margaret Ward, Scotland Farm, Snilesworth, who was killed in action in France September 17th 1916 age 20 years