The Stewarts of Balquhidder Research
Group
Including the Stewarts of:
Ardvorlich, Glen Buckie, Gartnafuaran, and Annat
and Their Cadet Branches and Descendants
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Perthshire,
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The Stewarts
of Balquhidder including the principal families of Ardvorlich, Glen Buckie,
Gartnafuaran, and Annat and their cadets lived in the areas of Balquhidder,
Callander & the Trossachs, Loch Earn and as far south as the Blair
Drummond Moss and Stirling from the 15th century to this day. They were tacksmen or land holders under
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The Stewarts of Balquhidder
The Stewarts of
Balquhidder originated in the parish of Balquhidder but quickly spread east
and south to the parishes of Callander, Comrie, Kilmadock,
Kincardine-by-Doune, Aberfoyle, For a more detailed
explanation of the Stewarts of Balquhidder, their history and ancestors,
their principal families, cadet branches and descendants please go to our PRINCIPAL FAMILIES PAGE. The Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group This website has been
created to help bring together independent researchers who researching
Stewart families in the Balquhidder area of The Stewarts of
Balquhidder Research Group is a group of amateur volunteer part-time
genealogical researchers who either descend from the Stewarts of Balquhidder
or who have an interest in researching the descendants of this clan. We have agreed to share
our research together for free so that we may all learn more about our
Stewart ancestors. We believe shared
research is far more productive than individual research. We do not pay for research and we are not
available for hire as researchers. We
may be able to assist you with your research, but we cannot do your research
for you. If you are researching
any of these Stewart lines, we encourage you to contact us on our DISCUSSION FORUM. We are hopeful that through
our joint research efforts, we will be able to better understand our Stewart
ancestors who lived so many years ago in this wonderful part of the Highlands
of Scotland. Membership Membership in the
Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group is FREE and voluntary. The requirements for membership are simple: 1.
You must be
a descendant of any branch of the Stewarts of Balquhidder OR you must have a
demonstrated interest in contributing to the research of this clan. 2.
You must be
willing to share your research findings (related to this clan) for free with
the other members of the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group and be
willing to have your research (related to this clan) published on our web
site. To become a FULL MEMBER
of the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group simply: 1.
Go to our
on-line DISCUSSION FORUM. (http://www.hostmybb.com/phpbb/index.php?mforum=stewart) 2.
Register
for the forum. It is FREE and takes
only a minute. 3. Go to the “Introduce Yourself
Here” section. 4. Post a message introducing yourself
and how you believe you are connected to the Stewarts of Balquhidder (we
don’t require proof) or what you believe you can contribute to our research,
and request to be upgraded to full member status. One of the Forum Administrators will review
your request and respond accordingly (usually within 48 hours). NON-MEMBERS are welcome
to view the discussions on the Discussion Forum and may contribute in the
non-members section. Non-members must
still register on the Discussion Forum in order to post. Non-members can view, but cannot post, in
the members research area of the Discussion Forum. FULL MEMBERS also have
access to the PRIVATE MEMBERS-ONLY area of the Discussion Forum for private
discussions that are not visible to non-members. History of the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research
Group The Stewarts of
Balquhidder Research Group was founded in 2002 by Chuck Speed and Ryk
Brown. Chuck and Ryk “met” on-line in
the summer of 2002 while researching their common ancestry and agreed that it
would be mutually beneficial to share their research. Over the next few months they met other
fellow descendants and began to work together via email. In November 2002 this web-site was launched
as a single page with an invitation to other researchers to join the group. Over the ensuing years the site has grown
to 100 pages of information and over 60 fellow researchers from all over the
world! By the summer of 2007
the breadth of our discussions and the size of our group had outgrown the
confines of group emails and in August 2007 The Stewarts of Balquhidder DISCUSSION FORUM was launched as a more efficient method for discussing our Stewart
research. Chuck Speed is a
retired former Human Resources Director for the City of Amarillo, Texas and
Corpus Christi, Texas. He is a descendant of Patrick Stewart of Ledcreich who
first immigrated from Ledcreich, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland to the
Cape Fear area of the North Carolina colony in America in 1739. Ryk Brown is a former
Presbyterian pastor from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is descended from
Robert Stewart in St. Fillans, of the Stewarts of Dalveich, whose widow and
children fled The Clearances to immigrate to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in
1834. Credit and Acknowledgement for Research
Contributions We practice the
principle of “collective” research.
Any research you contribute to our project will become the property of
the whole group. We do not, and will
never, sell our research for profit.
We publish primarily on this website but on occasion our members may
contribute papers or articles to various other publications. Because of the nature of shared, collective
research it is impossible to give individual credit for specific individual
contributions via the Discussion Forum.
The “author” of our research is deemed to be the group as a
whole. The web-masters and forum
administrators are merely editors. We
do not claim authorship of the group’s work.
However if you contribute a specific and complete report to the group
then your report will be published in our Reports Section (below) and you
will be given full and sole credit for your work. As a member you are
welcome to write and publish your own papers or books related to your own
Stewart family. However we request
that you cite our website as one of your sources and please do not claim
personal credit for collective research.
Site Map Main Page: Discussion Forum: Principal Families,
Cadet Branches and Descendants: Searchable On-Line
Database and GEDCOM: This searchable database includes
most (but not quite all) of the documented male-line descendants of the Stewarts
of Balquhidder up to the point of emigration from Scotland. It does not include descendants outside of
Scotland (except for Ryk’s own branch). Please note this database includes
other families that Ryk is also researching which may be of no relation to
our Stewarts. Research
Resources Please note that for some parish and census
records below you may find more than one set of transcriptions independently
transcribed by different volunteers that appear to be duplicates. Some old parish records can be extremely
difficult to read. These “duplicate”
transcriptions allow you to see how two different sets of eyes read the same
entries and can be an invaluable resource when trying to interpret obscure
entries. However we do encourage all researchers to view the films for
themselves and make your own determination. Old Parish
Register (OPR) Transcriptions
Census
Transcriptions
Monumental
(Grave) Transcriptions
Stewarts of the South Stewarts of the
South, ca. 1815-1820 – Original Transcription by James Irvine Robertson Stewarts of the South
Document Analysis Introduction Maps The Braes of Balquhidder – Township Maps Other Resources
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