This website is dedicated to my mum in her memory - Annie Jude (1941 - 1984) whom I  dearly miss.

My mother was born 02 Jul 1941 in Portadown, N. Ireland & was orphaned at the tender age of 6yrs  old after the tragic deaths of her parents within a year of one another.  She was then raised by an aunt Wilhelmina (Jude) & uncle John McAdam Walsh, prior to leaving N.  Ireland in her late teens to join her older sister (my aunt) Elizabeth (Betty) in Perth, Scotland,  where she married my father William J C MacKinnon on 11 Feb 1961 & raised a family of 6 children, 3  girls & 3 boys.

My mum died suddenly in 1984 aged 43yrs old when I was only 23yrs old. 

I had little interest in my maternal roots as my mum knew little herself, having been orphaned so  young but as the years passed I found myself asking questions that would never be answered and  decided to look further into it which opened up a "whole new world".

I discovered that my maternal grandparents were from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England &  not Belfast, Northern Ireland as I had originally believed which has made the task easier for me.

I would like to thank most of all my Auntie Betty (Elizabeth) Morrison (Jude), for her invaluable  help & support, my brother Iain MacKinnon, my cousin Joan Sloan (Morrison) & my cousin Roddy  Morrison's wife Kay Morrison (Richards) who have been great sources, with valuable information and  of course corrections!!

I am especially thankful to Patrick Butler who dug me out of an enormous hole & brick  wall to enable me to carry on my task - Thanks Patrick for your help which is very  much appreciated indeed!!!!

I apologise to you all for being so inquisitive but every little bit has helped me to  build what I can call "My Family Tree" and you can now reap the benefits in this  lovely informative site but none-the-less, will still welcome any new info. -  especially old photo's of our ancestors.

Many thanks to you all for your contributions and enjoy reading!!!!!!

Anne Marie xxxxx

P.S. Remember to call back periodically as this site is still very much in  progress and I hope to be adding to it all the time. If anyone has any info. or  dates they can contribute - just email me.

You can either contact me by the link above or email me on:
 annebarr38@hotmail.com