I found this amusing. It is an 'essay' about English Surnames.

http://www.familyhomefront.net/Miscellany3.html

For fun - Ghosts!

These web sites are currently being updated

see NEWS on the left

Wyle Fyle
Crawford of Maryhill
and Tillicoultry.
Gray of Alloa
Meiklejohn of Clackmannan.
Stevenson of Park of Clackmannan.
Stevenson of Kilsyth
Dalrymple of Alloa. 

Porter of Dorset, England. Also includes Goff/Goffe family as well as the Knight family who originated in Cornwall.

New

The Dempster Family

This site is just beginning to be built. Look back for updates.

The Gormal Family

from Ireland to Scotland

The Mankin Family of Yorkshire, England

Clackmannanshire History:

• Clackmannanshire
• Clackmannan
• Alloa
• Alva
• Menstrie
• Sauchie (New)
• Tillicoultry
• Football

The Porter web site includes the following surnames; Isaac, Knight, Goff, Bartlett, Elsden, Pratt, Davenport, Jackson. The Pratt family were in Kent for a time. Davenport and Jackson were in the Derbyshire area. Knight was from Cornwall. The others were in Dorset.

The Crawford web site has been updated. A new link has been made. Everything that was on the old site has been retained and added to but the links will be different.

This page has some photographs taken during WW2. Perhaps someone finding this page will recognise fathers and grandfathers. It would be such a shame for these to ignored and thrown away. As much information about each photograph will be included, if and where possible. For a copy of any of these please e-mail me.

To go to photographs Click Here.

Clackmannanshire has been changing very quickly recently. With all the ex-pats around the world, I thought it might be a nice idea to build a series of pages with photographs of the changes.

There is a lot going on in the County just now. Some ex-pats will hardly recognise the place.

Changing Face

Clackmannan Tower

All photographs are owned by the web master and are under copyright. You may print or save a copy for your own records but they may NOT be used in any other way. Accreditation is given where photographs and other material have been sent to me.

See Appreciation and copyrights.

Do you remember the County Choir which was begun by Mrs Pettigrew in about 1964/5? Were you a member?

The choir was made up of school children from over the county and aged from about 10 to school leaving age. I'd love to hear from you!

Clackmannanshire had many local football teams. I am currently compiling a history of these.

Click on picture for more information.

For some football history Click Here.

Tillicoultry Football Additional Information

The 'Wyle Fyle' covers the Wyle name and derivatives from around England and not only family members. Due to the amount of Wyle's I had to search through, it seemed a waste to throw away the work not relevant, and so the site was born. From there, the other sites for family branches.

If, like me, you wonder what day some of your events fell on, try this site.  Click here