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In The London Free Press, London, Ontario, on June 14, 1996, David
Dauphinee's Internet Column reviews four sites, including our website
for Scottish Heritage in New Scotland (Nova Scotia). He wrote:
If you're a Scot and you've a hankering for root searching, try Scots
in New Scotland. This tip comes from Londoner Ronald MacIvor.
Family-tree searchers learn quickly that information is only as good
as the source. Here, the site is maintained by the Clan MacKay Society
of New Scotland. Most of the information relates to Canada, but there
are Scottish site links.
This site is factual and passionate. It provides some history of the
arrival of the Scots in Canada -- "The only difference between our
ancestors and the Boat People (Vietnam emigrants)," said Dr. Robert
McClure in addressing the North British Society in January 1985, "is
200 years" -- as well as history of Scots in Scotland, background on
dozens of clans and septs (descendants of a clan chief through the
female line) and so on.
Clan information includes the war cry and origins of the names. For
example: Clan MacQueen. The Gaelic name for MacQueen is MacShuibhne
(son of the good going); in Skye, it is MacSuain (MacSween, MacSwan,
Swan); in Norse, Sweyn, Swyne.
The only disappointment is that so much of this site, including
specifics about many clans, is incomplete. Still, it is a superb
Canadian site and it can only get better.
WEB SITES
Firefly
http://www.ffly.com/
InfoSpace
http://www.infospaceinc.com
Live From the Hubble Space Telescope
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/livefrom/hst.html
Scottish Heritage: Scotland and New Scotland
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/FSCNS/ScotsHome.html
David Dauphinee's Internet column appears Fridays. He can be reached
by e-mail at: dauphinee@lfpress.com
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