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About BARCLAY & MCRAE FAMILIES
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STRANGERS IN THE BOX

Come, look with me inside this drawer,
   In this box I've often seen,
 At the pictures,black and white,
    Faces proud, still, serene.

I wish I knew the people,
  These strangers in the box,
 Their names and all their memories
   Are lost among my socks

I wonder what their lives were like, 
   How did they spend their days?
 What about their special times?
   I'll never know their ways.

If only someone had taken time
 To tell who,what,where,or when,
   These faces of my heritage
   Would come to life again

Could this become the fate
 Of the pictures we take today?
   The faces and the memories
   Someday to be passed away?

Make time to save your stories,
 Seize the opportunity when it knocks,
  Or someday you and yours could be
     The strangers in the box



             Anonymous

On the Death of John Barclay, Tulloch Field - March 1864”

Death long delayed has come at last, 
 His troubles are now o’er, 
 Those weary eyes at length are closed 
 To ope’ on earth no more.

The face so calm which meets my gaze, 
 The broad and lofty brow, 
 Evewhile expressed a noble soul 
 Thats gone for ever now.

Though in this life his lot was low, 
 And he sore toil endured, 
 A lowly heart exalted it, 
 And happiness secured.

And when the weight of many years 
 That bowed his stately form, 
 Though dimmed his eye and dulled his ear, 
 His heart was ever warm.

But now that warmly beating heart 
 Is cold as any clay; 
 His earthly house returns to earth, 
 A victim to decay.

Not so its inmate; he has gone 
 To those who went before, 
 To those he loved while here on earth, 
 Whom death does now restore.

With them forever shall he hold 
 Communion large and high; 
 No troubles such as here assail, 
 Shall ever cause a sigh.

A brighter glory shall be his, 
 Than this earths fading fame; 
 Its brightness ever shall increase 
 A clear and undimmed flame.

                                     William Barclay .  January 1865

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Getting Around
There are several ways to browse the family tree. The Tree View graphically shows the relationship of selected person to their kin. The Family View shows the person you have selected in the center, with his/her photo on the left and notes on the right. Above are the father and mother and below are the children. The Ancestor Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph above and children below. On the right are the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The Descendant Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph and parents below. On the right are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Do you know who your second cousins are? Try the Kinship Relationships Tool. Your site can generate various Reports for each name in your family tree. You can select a name from the list on the top-right menu bar.

In addition to the charts and reports you have Photo Albums, the Events list and the Relationships tool. Family photographs are organized in the Photo Index. Each Album's photographs are accompanied by a caption. To enlarge a photograph just click on it. Keep up with the family birthdays and anniversaries in the Events list. Birthdays and Anniversaries of living persons are listed by month. Want to know how you are related to anybody ? Check out the Relationships tool.

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