Our first stop was Crail. It was on Locton Farm just outside Crail that my grandfather Alexander Christie met my grandmother Eliza Ann Arnot. Apparently the farm still exists but we had no way to get to it. Crail is a small town with a pretty little harbour and a small privately owned castle.
Next stop was Anstruther. No genealogical significance here but a very nice Scottish Marine museum and perportedly the best fish and chips in the UK. They weren't.
From Anstruther we headed to Leven (Scoonie) which was the birthplace of my grandmother and where my grandparents were married. We saw a church where they were likely married but it was locked up tight so I could only get photos of the outside. I should have done more research ahead of time and arranged to visit the church. I photographed two churches but I am pretty sure that they were married in the one with the red doors.
By the time we finished wandering we were exhausted and it was a bit late to head to Auchtermuchty (short distances but long bus routes) so we headed home. I wanted to get some images of the countryside because the Christies were all farmers but I couldn't get very good ones from the bus. It isn't a bid deal though because we realized that the farmland in Fife is very much the same as in Ontario.
Back in our room I started researching Scoonie Parish Church and I came across a genealogical thread with my great great great grandparents referenced. It was a 2003 posting regarding a gravestone that someone had asked about. It said that photographs were available and it gave an email address. I figured that it would be a dead end because it was so old but I had nothing to lose so I sent off an email. I received a reply within an hour with two images attached. One side of the monument has the parents birth and death dates and the other lists all the children and their birth dates. The parents were my great great great grandparents.
Tomorrow we leave Scotland and head to York. It will be a sad goodbye to Scotland. What a beautiful country!
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Location:The Kingdom of Fife
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