Family History

Walk in History: A 2025 ‘Follow in the Footsteps of Your Granddad’ Tour Review

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Walk in History: A 2025 ‘Follow in the Footsteps of Your Granddad’ Tour Review You know, some family histories are just names and dates written down in a book. This kind of trip, well, it’s something totally different, really. You are, in a way, attempting to grasp a piece of someone’s life, a person from your own family tree who walked through some of history’s most defining moments. We are looking at the 2025 ‘Follow in the Footsteps of Your (Great)(Grand)dad’ offering, a personal kind of expedition that is just a little bit more than a standard vacation. The entire …

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My 3-Day Private Ancestry Tour in Scotland: An Honest 2025 Review

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My 3-Day Private Ancestry Tour in Scotland: An Honest 2025 Review So, for years, the name ‘MacDougall’ was just, you know, a label attached to my family tree. It was a name on a piece of paper, basically passed down through stories my grandmother used to tell. I mean, Scotland seemed like a place from a storybook, very far away and not quite real, sort of. But the idea of actually standing on the ground where my ancestors lived, well, that thought just wouldn’t leave me alone. So, finally, I decided to actually do something about it. I booked the …

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