Dear Willie,
thank you for your prompt reply. As I told you in my earlier e-mail, my father died in 1973. His full name was William Paton Conacher. I met one or two of his Aunts and uncles as a child, the last one I remember was Aunt Jenny who lived in Crieff, Scotland and died an 1971. She used to talh about Auntie Phoemie who I would imagine is Euphemia Brown who appears in the Tree.
I would like to take advantage of your offer to provide information as retirement looms and I wouldlike to do some digging (perhaps thats the wrong word) for myself. Interestingly my mother was Mary Livingston and she came from a tiny village in the North of Scoptland called Ballachulish. As a child I used to ask if we were related to the explorer and missionary, David Livingstone, but was told that hecame from the Lowlands near Glasgopw,so I took it for a 'No'. However I went to work in Zimbabwe and of course there were statues of david livingston everywhere. I had to return to the UK and deceided to take my family up to Ballachulish and muysch to my amazement I discovered that David Livingstones parents came from a small village called Obnich which is about 5 miles away from Ballachulish. My only living relatives on the Livingstone side are my Uncle Duncan and his three boys who all now live in Australia
If you would like to get in touch with me directly my e-mail address is
ewen.conacher@virgin.net. I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards
Ewen Conacher