Langholm sisters investigate their forebears
IN a year that celebrates the 250th anniversary of one of its most famous sons, Sir Walter Scott, two sisters were surprised to hear how a distant relative knew him.
Sisters Margret Hamilton and Janice Matheson Yarrow [both nee Cook] were interested and amazed when having their family tree studied to learn about their four times great grandfather.
Read more in this week’s paper….
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