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This Post Was Made On My Phone

by | Mar 28, 2021 | General Interest | 0 comments

I made this post with my new phone app which allows me to post from my phone.

A patriotic pic

Soon you can too, Shuna. It’s pretty easy and you can upload the pics right from your phone!

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  • Ryk is one of the co-founders of the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group from 2002. He is the administrator of this website and our Facebook group. He is a descendant of the Stewarts of Dalveich (Ardvorlich VII), and has been a genealogist since 1995. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and has travelled to Balquhidder. Agus, tha beagan Gaidhlig agad. (He speaks a little Gaelic.)

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Ryk is one of the co-founders of the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group from 2002. He is the administrator of this website and our Facebook group. He is a descendant of the Stewarts of Dalveich (Ardvorlich VII), and has been a genealogist since 1995. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and has travelled to Balquhidder. Agus, tha beagan Gaidhlig agad. (He speaks a little Gaelic.)

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