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Re: [Torrens List] Re: Scottish Torrance data
Richard, maybe the Anjou tree gave rise to Burke's tree, rather than the
other way round. It looks like Anjou made up stuff out of thin air, he
didn't need a printed source!
On 27 September 2015 at 12:53, Richard Torrens (Genealogy) <
Genealogy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hullo all
>
> The Scottish data is now finished.
>
> It's notable that certain families keep appearing in the data - though
> with the spelling altering.
>
> The name Mungo T. is one such: I think this has to be a family name, and a
> tree might be producible. Another such name s M'Miken T.. So I think
> several trees could be made from the data.
>
> There are also a significant number of early records, 1500, 1600. Again,
> these are generally certain land-owning families, so trees might be
> possible.
>
>
> Few of us can trace backwards. I wonder if trying to make early trees
> would give us any information on how the lines are connected.
>
>
> Another interesting page is the tree made from Burke's Distinguished
> Families of the U.S.A.
> www.torrens.org.uk/Genealogy/Torrens/DataScot/burke.html
> This connects Sergeant Hugh T. to Albert T. and seems to be the foundation
> that Gustave Anjou used to buid the fraudulent tree which RMT gives in his
> book.
>
> If you've not read about Gustave Anjou's fraud, see
> www.torrens.org.uk/Genealogy/Torrens/Essays/Anjou/anjou.html
> where I've told the story of his dealings with JST.
>
> The two books, JST and RMT are also on the site:
> www.torrens.org.uk/Genealogy/Torrens/books/JST/index.html
> www.torrens.org.uk/Genealogy/Torrens/books/RMT/rmtindex.html
>
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