Scottish Gillespies
Gillespie of Blackhall

Gillespie Name origins

Tartans

Gillespie pipe music

Clan Macpherson bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                               

Gillespie links:-

Gillespie DNA project. http://www.familytreedna.com/public/GillespieDNAProject/default.aspx

Scottish links:-

Allan and Marjorie Macpherson-Fletcher's (a descendant of Ossian's) magnificent historic house in the heart of Macpherson clan country, otherwise known as "Kilwillie Castle" in the "Monarch of the Glen" series, with 7,000 acres of stalking/Grouse moor and 3 miles of salmon and trout fishing on the Spey. http://www.balavil.com/

The Macpherson Arms above the main door at Balavil House

 

Scotland's General Registry Office in Edinburgh for births deaths and marriages. http://www.origins.net

Scotland's castles. http://www.scottishcastlesassociation.com/

Ardverikie, originally belonging to Macpherson of Cluny, and painted by Queen Victoria during her stay there, now known as "Glenbogle House" to the 60 million people who are reported to have watched "Monarch of the Glen" http://www.ardverikie.com/

The British Royals' site. http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp

Glasgow's premier piping school (which includes comfortable hotel facilities close to Glasgow town centre.) http://www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/

The Scots daily. http://www.scotsman.com/

The Edinburgh Tattoo for pageant and splendour. http://www.edinburgh-tattoo.co.uk/

Understanding Scots heraldry. http://www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk/

Including articles on the Scottish feudal barony. http://www.baronage.co.uk/contents.html

The Macpherson clan Association website. http://www.clan-macpherson.org/

The Scots genealogical website. http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

Design your own tartan. http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/index.htm

Would you like to know who owns Scotland? http://www.whoownsscotland.org.uk/

Directly search the Mormon's site for your ancestors. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

Clans, families and septs: an instructive article by the Rothesay Herald. http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/clans_families_septs.htm 

....and for Irish ancestor hunters. http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/

 

HIGH FLIGHT by JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE Jr.