Welcome to my Alexander Family Tree

A brief introduction by Angela Armstrong, Central Coast, N.S.W. - January 2007

In 2006 I made contact with a "cousin" in Texas by the name of Jim Coates. He had an excellent website, and it is my desire to add my branch of the Alexander tree to his beginnings. I'd like to thank Jim for his support and encouragement, for his generosity of spirit, and for his inspiring work.

I was born in Scotland in 1974, and came to Australia with my family just 14 months later. We were close to two families over here as we grew up, however they had obligations to their own families to upkeep, so it was never quite the same as being surrounded by our own cousins.

My Mother kept in touch with the family "back home", and we would receive regular letters, small gifts, and a huge care pack at Christmas. When I was 9 we returned to Scotland for a holiday, and it was then that I met my Aunts, Uncles, Grandmothers and Cousins for the first time! I even met one of my Great-Grandmothers. Suddenly these people became real to me, and not just strangers in photographs. I think my desire to know my family began about then. In my teenage years this took on the form of pestering my parents with questions, and after a school project on genes and inheritance (where you looked at eye colour through generations), and not having that knowledge I think I realised that I had to find out now - before it was lost. So when I was about 15 or 16, I began writing things down.

Not surprisingly, my Mother told me quite a lot. She had baby-sat many of her own cousins, and was able to fill in vast blanks very quickly, however, after her own Grandmother, my Mother's knowledge petered out. My Dad was much worse! He struggled with birth dates for his siblings and parents, and his Grandparents were vague sketches. Thankfully his Mother is going strong (she'll be 87 this year), and has a fantastic memory, especially for stories, so I was able to get enough information to start looking in the various databases.

I've provided a link to Jim's website at the bottom of this page, and if you go there, you will notice a distinct similarity in our site structures. Mea Culpa! What can I say, he has a good format! (I just hope he forgives me for copying it:) ). I hope that you enjoy this site, and if you have anything to add, or any suggestions to make, I would love to hear from you!
Angela Armstrong

FreeCEN Database
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If you wish to add to or comment on my site, you can contact me at: Rhaysha@yahoo.com

Jim's Alexander Web Page can be found at: Alexander Genealogy

and an overview of the Scotland FreeCEN project (with links to the various Scottish county pages) can be found at: FreeCEN Scotland Home Page

This page was last updated: January 28, 2007