Muriel Alexander

Professional Genealogist helping make connections with your Scottish ancestors whether they were based in Scotland, rest of UK and other parts of the world

[Scotland's People @ScotlandsPeople]

The baptism entry for Robert Burns, born 25 January 1759, from the parish register for Alloway. Baptised the following day, Scotland's most famous poet and lyricist was the eldest of seven children of William Burnes and Agnes Brown https://t.co/ufHKC3Btu0 #Burns

[Edinburgh Life Mag @edlifemagazine]

Great evening at prestonfieldhouseedinburgh for the annual @charityspoon at the end of last year. A wonderful charity that transforms children’s lives through the power of rugby. Over £70,000 was raised for local… https://t.co/nhJGqlmXcD

[Edinburgh Life Mag @edlifemagazine]

2020 is here and so is the Jan/Feb issue of @edlifemagazine! On sale across Edinburgh, featuring @woodenspoonscot @charityspoon @bonhams1793 @supportCHAS @Continibites @LochFyneUK @NatGalleriesSco @JamTarts @ScotPortrait. Superb cover with @edinburghcastle by @EdinPhotoWalks

[Ancestry UK @AncestryUK]

“Home is where one starts from.” –T.S. Eliot. There's nothing like seeing the homes of your ancestors to really get a feel of what their lives were like. Time to book that train ticket! #Ancestry #FamilyHistory #Travel #Home

[Scotland's People @ScotlandsPeople]

Did you know, there are 678 #Registrars in Scotland and they record around 140,000 “life events” every year? Every single record gets checked, which is quite a job! Find out who does this, and what their particular challenges are here on our blog: https://t.co/zzFtAShVW8

[judy murray @JudyMurray]

When you go out for tea with one twin niece and get served by the other twin niece. 👌⁦@TillysTeaRoom⁩ #Dunblane.

[Lydia Bourhill @LydiaEdLifeMag]

My work for @StGermainDrinks this summer 🌸 The beautiful #StGermain garden is now open in @TigerlilyEdinb 🍸🌸 You can find my illustrations for the summer campaign in and around the bar! #StGermainUK #TigerlilyEdinburgh #Bourhillustration

[Muriel Alexander @ScotRelatives]

Successful students from our great partnership degree @FVCollege @StirUni #partnerships

[Sian Jones @Blinkymanx]

Absolutely delighted to see our #StirHeritage @ustirhistpol students graduate today! Part of our @StirUni @FVCollege integrated degree in #Heritage and #Tourism. Three prizes too! Celebrations all round 🎉 🥳 🎉

[Muriel Alexander @ScotRelatives]

1720 variation of lol!!

[Scotland's People @ScotlandsPeople]

An unexpected conclusion to this Parish Register entry for Patrick Cheyne & Sophia Garioch, 25 June 1720, added in different handwriting: "...Contracted in order to Marriage but by the mutual consent of both Parties... the match was broke off. Ha ha ha ha! He he he!" #Genealogy

[judy murray @JudyMurray]

One for the mantelpiece. 🤣

[Rabble @RabbleEdinburgh]

In honour of #WorldGinDay tomorrow, we’re serving our exclusive Gin Garden cocktail for only £6 all weekend! 🥒
A refreshing mix of @BombaySapphire and cucumber that tastes as good as @LydiaEdLifeMag’s artwork looks! 👏🏽

[Muriel Alexander @ScotRelatives]

Congratulations to Lydia. Check out her wonderful work #Bourhillustration

[Lydia Bourhill @LydiaEdLifeMag]

Thank you @sketchlondon @hildon_water for choosing my illustration design for your special edition labels during the #MayfairFlowerShow starting next week! 🌸🌺🌷🎀 #SketchLondon #HildonWater #Bourhillustration

[NLS Map Collections @natlibscotmaps]

News!! A new georeferenced layer of mid-20th century Britain is now online. This is the latest out-of-copyright mapping covering #England, #Scotland and #Wales! You can compare to present day #maps (and older maps!) using our side by side viewer: https://t.co/PfRUUjRt1L

[Muriel Alexander @ScotRelatives]

Looking forward to attending Open University's 50th celebrations in Edinburgh at the Scottish Parliament #OU50

[Muriel Alexander @ScotRelatives]

Looking forward to interesting discussion at Surgeons Hall Edinburgh SPARQS conference #sparqs19

[StirlingUniArchives @unistirarchives]

Music & politics combine in our current student-curated exhibition which looks at @WeAreTheMU in the turbulent decade of the 1980s
https://t.co/XbzrVFdTiX

[Muriel Alexander @ScotRelatives]

Great coffee and carrot cake @choicesdeli Dunblane. Love the makeover

[Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes]

Up against a Scottish genealogy brickwall? Try searching the records on https://t.co/UPNjSbY2rF.

Our Quaker records, for example, contain birth, marriage and deaths that are not on ScotlandsPeople.

#FamilyHistory #Scotland #Scottish #Genealogy #ScottishIndexes

[Muriel Alexander @ScotRelatives]

Great illustration of your hard work. Well done! @FVCollege #genealogy

[Lovely Wee Places @ju71e]

So when people ask me if I'm #Scottish I can be pretty sure when I say yes! Me & my ancestors up to 3x Great Grandparents #Genealogy @FVCollege @ScotRelatives @ScotlandsPeople 👍
Gets a wee bitty difficult beyond 1800's, good old parish records 😬

[Lydia Bourhill @LydiaEdLifeMag]

My first four festive #illustrations for the special #12DaysOfChristmas journey with @EdinburghGrand @LateralCity @ChrisStewartGrp @RegisterClub. Follow their feed on Instagram as Xmas draws to a near and I explore this beautiful building through my drawings! #Bourhillustration