Newsletter : Scattered Stones — The Robertson Family of Blairgowrie
Previous
Previous
Hidden Bonds: A Colorful Life and a Secret Untold
Next
Next
December 2025 · Inaugural Issue
A documentary biography series, complete at last
A version of this announcement was sent to Storyline Genealogy newsletter subscribers on December 1, 2025
I'm thrilled to share some exciting news: after years of research, the Scattered Stones documentary biography series is complete.
What began as a search through census records and parish registers became a journey across two centuries, two continents, and six generations of one family. From a weaver in Scotland still working his loom at age 81, to a grandmother in New Jersey surrounded by nineteen grandchildren—this is a story of resilience, loss, and the bonds that carry a family across time.
And now it's ready for you to read.
The series traces the Robertson ancestors from Duncan Robertson, a weaver in Bendochy, Scotland, through the great emigration of the 1870s, to the tragedies and triumphs that followed in America. Each episode combines original research with narrative storytelling, drawing on parish registers, census records, vital records, newspapers, and DNA evidence.
Understanding Clan Robertson territory, the 900-year-old parish of Bendochy, and Scottish genealogy research.
Duncan Robertson and Jean Angus, their children, and the remarkable 1841 census.
Thirty years in Blairgowrie—ten children born, a family captured in four censuses.
The crossing that changed everything—and the father who had only days to live.
Building lives in Brooklyn while mother Margaret finally joins them across the ocean.
The ones who stayed in Scotland, the Liverpool branch, and the fates of all ten children.
David Robertson—pioneer, stone cutter, and the man who vanished into the Georgia swamps.
Joseph Robertson's search for his father, his marriage to Mary Agnes Kenny, and the tragedy that orphaned three children.