GLASCOW AND EDINBOURGH

We spent yesterday in the area of Ardrossan, Dalry, In-the -Den and Beith. This is where is the Hull's went to after they left Ireland during the potato famine. They went there to work in the coal mines of Dalry. In-the-Den is the exact place where they lived. We first went to the home of the Gilberts who we met thre years ago and helped us find the local history and places. He has a very strong Scottish Brogue and we laughed because after forty years his wife still has a hard time understanding him. He said that he had just talked to a man yesterday about us and the Frew family, my mother's line, and he had given him our information. He was then especially surprised to seee us show up the next day on his doorstep. We then went down to the farm, Glencart, where William Gibson Hull was born. We took lots of pictures and if you want to see the farm go to www.glencart.com It is a horse farm for English jumping training.
We then went to Ardrossan and met with Rae and Tom Hamilton, she is a Strand and a descendent of James Hull the brother of Thomas Hull II. She spent 6 weeks a summer most of her youth at the Hull Hillfoot farm in Dungiven with Maggie and Tom Hull. She had some great stories and she loaned us her pictures of the farm to have them reproduced. She is also going to write a brief history of the farm and what it was like 60 years ago. She helped me with some questions about Christina Hull and Marie Hull of Ardrossan. Well we are in Glascow and Linda and Kristin are at the records office trying to find the records of James Hull and where he is buried. Got to go. Dan