Collecting Cream

What’s better than a big ice-cream cone on a hot summer day? Here’s a bit about where it came from in the 1930’s. “Jack Cooper was one of the men who collected cream from Victoria County farms in the thirties. It was done in the evenings and taken to Plaster Rock (by Mr. Cooper) early …

A Walking Wedding Trip

Here is a short Colony story found on a visit to the Southern Victoria Historical Museum. “It was not unusual for many young couples in early days, and even not long ago, to be married without much money in hand. They would probably live with one or the other set of parents for a while. …

Mystery House Portrait

Where was this house located? Who are the four people posing for the portrait? The image was found among old family photographs belonging to William Cumming Langley of Mars Hill, ME (great-grandson of Thomas Cumming of Upper Kintore.)

An old fiddle comes home

A story from the Scotch Colony of New Brunswick submitted by Cari Grierson, July 2012 Many years ago, in the early 1900’s in the part of the Colony called Kincardine today, a man called Angus Adam played the fiddle.  His daughter, Carrie Irene, chorded for him as she had the gift of being able to …

140th History/Cookbook Book project

How you can help: The Cookbook cum History Project for the 140th anniversary of the Scotch Colony, August 23-25, 2013. The idea is to compile a different sort of cookbook that is also a history of the accomplishments and work that the people, past and present, have given to the Scotch Colony. Here’s what we …

Brainstorming for this website

New font get domain more header photos Logo/text in header image? Logo in Sidebar? Posting instructions/link/guidelines Map Trail to Upper Kintore Cemetery Custom map pins. Swedish colony Recreation Carrie’s quilt show Duncan home sites all home sites Perth Andover museum Courthouse Board walk Library Churches? Events Collections Concert Dance lessons Scots country dancing. Link videos …

Concert and dance at Burns Hall

The Wednesday Evening Fiddlers had their year-end concert on 9 June, 20112. They also provided music for a dance following the concert. Here are some photos at the WEF site.

Possible Colony home tintype [updated]

This unidentified tintype photograph was found in the old William Duncan and Elizabeth Linton home in Washburn, Maine. If it is a Scotch Colony home, possible families could be Duncan, Cocker, Wilson, or Chapman. The lay of the land appears to be very flat which suggests Bon Accord (was Stonehaven) in Colony. Margaret Rheinlander Chapman was …