Is Meets Was

In my first post, I wrote about Henry Webster, the progenitor of the World Wide Websters, my email buddies who are descended by blood or marriage from Henry Webster and Agnes Low. Members live in Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, and the USA. The 1841 Scotland Census has the earliest record we have found for Henry. He was a young man, age 23, working as an agricultural laborer at Inch in the parish of Fettercairn. His wife-to-be, Agnes Low, was working in the town of Fettercairn as a dressmaker, along with her twin sister, Margaret, age 22, and younger sister, Betsey, age 20. Their family lived at Meikle Tullo, the farm in the parish of Edzell where the sisters were born. Stephanie and Martyn Robey of New Zealand, members of their World Wide Websters, went to Scotland in September 2006 to find a vestige of Henry and Agnes .  You may join their journey by clicking on  the slide show,  THE ROAD TO FETTERCAIRN . Enjoy. © 2010, Catherine...

An avid reader as a child, I aspired to become a great novelist. Now approaching the onset of Medicare, my dreams and aspirations have changed. I still aspire to be a writer: Rather than a novelist be, I will write about my family tree. With much trepidation about going public and energized by yesterday’s inspirational news that prayers and modern medicine have partnered to shrink Joey’s brain tumor, I am writing the first article for my genealogy blog.  Joey is the firstborn of our four grandchildren. It was almost five years ago that I sent an email to the World Wide Websters heralding Joey’s arrival. From: Cathy To: WorldWideWebsters ; Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005, 5:33 PM Subject: New great-great-great-great grandson of Henry Webster Our grandson was born yesterday at about 7:20 pm ... Baby and parents are fine. Grandparents are ecstatic. I will send pictures soon. --Cathy To commemorate yesterday’s great news, I decided to write abou...