A wonderful and very poignant letter has turned up from my great aunt Georgina to my grandfather William.  The letter is dated November 1958 and informs 'Willie' of the death of Georgie's husband Ben Weber.  I have reproduced it under the chapter History of the Reids in Glenbuchat and Glenkindie and Georgie's personal paragraph, to be found at the end of the chapter.   Georgie's Letter.  This letter underlines the deep religious beliefs instilled in the children from their father Gordon.

One thing that has become very noticeable during my researches, is that most of the early marriages did not take place in any form of church. In the 18th century they were generally married at the home of the bride.  From the 19th century onwards a variety of venues were chosen, including a coffee shop and a public hall, but mainly hotels; the Forbes Arms at Bridge of Alford, proving very popular:  Was this customary in those days I wonder?  Gordon Reid and Jane Gauld Grant were married at the Free Church Manse in Glenbuchat, the closest allied to a church that I have been able to find. 

Since setting up this site in 2005, I have been contacted by a variety of people, many of them descendents of the Reid, Nicol and Grant families, all offering encouragement and some, valuable information and photographs.  I have discovered many 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th cousins (albeit a few times removed in some cases), both in the UK and the USA and the link-up has given us all an added impetus to continue our genealogy research. 

Other contacts have included descendents of Glenbuchat and Glenkindie families and Gallowhill school teachers, inhabitants of Glenkindie and Alford,  a present day resident of Rochester, New York and those just interested in genealogy. 

I would like to thank them all unconditionally for taking the time to get in touch with me, sharing memories, information and photographs and their kind comments on the site; each one has given me a great boost and encouraged me to keep on digging.

Cressida