by Canadian Livingstone » Sat Jul 25, 2015 1:16 pm
Hi David,
Happy 6th anniversary for the second edition of the forum and I guess the earlier version of the forum began in 2004 I think it was. Your quite right. It is not so active these days. I have in the past tried to generate a discussion of this very subject. Looking at a Livingston site I stumbled across a while back which seems to be more accessible and had greater numbers I was wondering how many Livingston researchers out there are aware of the Maclea connection to the highland Livingstones and perhaps some researchers are thinking that this is a Maclea Livingstone site and not a Livingstone site. I know that we know but it may confuse many Livingstons not aware of clan history and the Maclea Livingstone connection. Also since the creation of this forum there is facebook and other alternative options for discussing Maclea Livingstone genealogy.
I would also like to thank Baron Livingstone for making this Forum a reality and everyone who has participated in this forum over the years both the first one and the second one and despite the lack of participation of late, in the past the forum has had a great deal of success in assisting Maclea Livingstone researchers with their genealogy and a good number of those have expressed their appreciation of the volunteer work that has over the years taken place here. I dare say untold hours of research has gone into each and every genealogy project undertaken for the forum with the motivation of creating interest in the Clan Maclea Livingstone Society. I think we have had quite a bit of success in helping to connect family history researchers with their ancestors, despite the low numbers of people visiting our Forum in recent years.
regards,
Donald