You can personalize your account in the Scottish Prisoners Of War Society@groups.io by adding a "signature" to every message, since sometimes people forget to sign their names, especially when they ar

#Welcome everyone! Do be patient as we all learn to navigate this new site. Do any of you have experience with Groups.io? If so, would you be willing to help as a moderator as we all get up to speed?

Besides this discussion group at Groups.io, the society has an online presence at: our website - www.scottishprisonersofwar.com, Twitter, Instagram, Family Tree DNA, and our Facebook Group and Page. P

Greetings Everyone! I am excited to announce the addition of a PAYPAL DONATION BUTTON to our Scottish Prisoners of War WEBSITE! For the first time we now have a way to receive financial help to mainta

To all SPOWS Members, I am happy to announce that we have a NEW Events Coordinator! Gail Watts, a George Gray descendant, is heading up coordination of events, both national and international. She is

We do have an active Events section in our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SPOWS/events/ There are quite a few coming up, so go take a look! -- Teresa (Hamilton/Pepper) Rust Executive

Well, it seems many of us have made the transfer from Yahoo to Groups.io. It seems awfully quiet here. I know it is challenging switching to a new site and so if anyone is confused about how to post p

Hi! I’m Jeannette Sears Wood, a direct descendant of Micum McIntire through my mother, Wilhelmina McIntire Sears, and his two brothers that were all Scottish POWs after fighting at the Battle of Dunba

Teresa, I got changed over successfully to the new group. Now I was trying to reply to your message of this morning 3 10 20, but don't seem to be able to reply, only post new topic. I'm getting there

I'm a descendant of John Cowen of Smithfield, Rhode Island, who married Sarah Mitchell in 1718 at Providence, RI. My roadblock is figuring out where he came from. Is he a descendant or relative of SPO

Hi! I'm Kaäri Sullivan descendant of “John & Sarah” POW’s John MacBean b. 1634 Tomatin, Strathdearn, Inverness d. 8 Feb 1718 Exeter, NH son of Donald MacBean of Tomatin John (Salamon) Sinclaire/Sincla

Hello, My name is Karen Doughty. I am a descendant from SPOW's Thomas Doughty and Robert Dunbar. I'm still hoping one of my three brothers will participate in the yDNA project to hopefully provide inf

Hello! I am Jon Eaves. I am a descendant of my 9th great-grandfather, James Warren, through his daughter Grizel (Warren) Otis and her daughter Christine ("Margaret" Otis) Baker. I recently visited the

Hello, my name is Janet Matthews and I'm descended from Philip McIntire, George Thompson, and John Upton. My Thompson and Upton connections were short. Their children John Upton and Sarah Thompson mar

HI , I am Cathy (Shoemaker) Claycamp, one of the many descendants of George Gray and Sarah Cooper. They are my ninth great grandparents. That would make Alexander Cooper my 10th great grandfather. I h

Hello, My name is Brian MacWithey. I am a direct descendant of James MacWithey who was transported to Dedham, Massachusetts after the Battle of Dunbar. His name occurs on list of prisoners transported

Would anyone in this group be interested in participating in a Zoom meeting with myself (Teresa) and other descendants. You can ask me questions about the society or a particular SPOW or any other que

Greetings! I hope you are all faring well during these trying times! Here is an excellent podcast at BBC Sounds you can listen to in the safety of your home. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000g3f6

The information in this book about John Stewart, a SPOW from Dunbar is worth reading. He apparently did not leave any descendants but his story is interesting. He had fought in FIVE battles under Mont

We have 138 members now in this group. We supposedly have 678 members in the OLD Yahoo Group which is in the process of being closed down. I know that over the years people have subscribed and left WI