Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of an afternoon road trip drive, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the small village of Glenduckie in North Fife, Britain. United Kingdom. Glenduckie is located on the southern slopes of Glenduckie Hill which rises to a height of 715 feet, 3 miles east of Newburgh to the north of the A914 road to Cupar. King James IV granted to Andrew Ayton, or Aytoun, captain of Stirling Castle, and his heirs, lands of Glenduckie in barony of Ballinbreich, which lands George earl of Rothes had sold to the king in 1503. John McAndrew, son of David McAndrew, manufacturer, and Elizabeth Lister, was a carpenter in Glenduckie, He was respondent in an aliment case for a baby born in 1838. He married Isabella Millar in Dunbog on 18th November 1839. He emigrated to Sydney, Australia, in 1841, apparently leaving his family behind. David McAndrew died in 1846 in Monkston, Fife. Elizabeth died in 1863 in Ladybank. . William Rollo was born in Glenduckie. The Rollos were millers in Scotland, both when they lived in Fife and Dundee. They were converted to Mormonism in Dundee and decided to move to America. Brigham Young had established an immigration fund to help Mormon converts. William, who according to the ship records was 45 at the time. He left first aboard a steamship named Minnesota, out of Liverpool, England on September 4, 1872. His wife, Amanda and the rest of the family followed on June 4, 1813 on the Nevada. No deaths occurred at sea but 2 babies were born. They arrived in New York near Castle Garden on September 16, 1872. The next day the Saints went ashore. On the 18th, they boarded a train and traveled via Pittsburgh, Chicago, Omaha, etc. to Salt Lake. Halfway between Ogden and Salt Lake the train was me by Brigham Young and other leading men who immediately went through the cars bidding their brethren and sisters from afar a hearty welcome to Zion. On their arrival in Salt Lake City on September 26, 1872 they were taken to the Music Hall where a dinner was waiting for them. The Rollos then went to Morgan, Utah where he started a grist mill. From there they went to Huntsville, to Nephi and then to Santaquin. He ran grist mills in all these places. When William and Amanda grew old and could no longer do for themselves, Andrew and Alex who had migrated to Cedar City, took a wagon and team and moved them to Cedar City where he died in 1910. William Rollo was born somewhere around Glenduckie, Fife, in 1793. He enlisted in the British Army at 15 years of age and died in 1864. George Melville Boyd was born on 3 November 1821, in Glenduckie, the son of David Boyd and his wife Christian Melville. George was the seventh of nine known children. He was baptised on 2 December 1821, at Flisk. George died on 18 March 1897 at Smythesdale; he was 75 years old. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March 2022, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip
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