This website represents over 40 years of research into the family history of four main family groups: my family, Craig and McKay; and Robyn’s family, Schroder and Galt. Of course, these are not the only names in our collective families; in fact, there are well over 500 unique last names that, together, make up the story of our ancestors. However, to make the narrative easy to understand, I have used those four groupings as the main headline names, with each of those representing a sub-group pair which better illustrate the relationships: Craig-Brown; McKay-Šugžda; Schroder-Edwards; and Galt-Ferguson.

Our forebears originated in five countries: Scotland, Germany, Ireland, England and Lithuania. From these homelands, the later generations mainly moved on to Australia or the USA, and we now have few close relatives in those motherlands.