Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish, of the River Tweed on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Scottish Borders. The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Thuaidh, Scots: Watter o Tweid, Welsh: Tuedd, is a river 97 miles long that flows east across the Border region in Scotland and northern England. Major towns through which the Tweed flows include Innerleithen, Peebles, Galashiels, Melrose, Kelso, Coldstream and Berwick-upon-Tweed, where it flows into the North Sea. The surname Tweed was first found in Lanarkshire, Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig, a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow,. Spelling variations of this family name include: Tweedie, Tweedy, Twedye, Twiddy and others. Joseph Tweed, landed in Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, in 1862; Eleanor Tweed landed in South Carolina, Amedrica, in 1772; James Tweed who arrived in South Carolina, America, in 1772; William Tweed landed in America in 1810; Robert Tweed arrived in Mississippi in 1844. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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