All In The Past – A History of Two Families – THOMAS & MURRAY
Our ancestors and their place in history
Nearly a dozen podcasts have been installed on the site. They can be reached from the PODCAST link on the Main Menu at the top of the home page. Each podcast has a .wav version, a .mp3 version, and a .docx transcription for maximum usability and access.
For questions or comments, contact the webmaster at: allinthepastcast@gmail.com
Colorado Tartan Day
Apr 8 – 9 – Boulder County Fairgrounds Campground, 9595 Nelson Rd, Longmont
Grand Valley Scottish Games
May 12-14 – Mesa County Fairgrounds, Grand Junction
Cheyenne Celtic Festival
June 10-11 – Dunbar Softball Field, Lyons Park, Cheyenne. Wyoming
Pikes Peak Celtic Festival
June 16-18 – Western Museum of Mining, 225 N Gate Blvd, Colorado Springs
Elizabeth Celtic Festival
July 15-16 – Casey Jones Park, Elizabeth
Colorado Scottish Festival
August 5-6, Citizen’s Park, 1800 Harlan St., Edgewater
Thornton Highland Games and Celtic Festival
August ?? – 11000 Thornton Pkwy, Thornton
Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival
Sept 8-10 – Estes Park Fairgrounds, 1209 Manford Ave., Estes Park
St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Denver
March 11 – Gather at Coors Field Parking lot
Apr 8 – Apr 9 – Boulder County Fairgrounds/Campground, 9595 Nelson Rd., Longmont, CO
Grand Valley Scottish Games
May 12-14 – Mesa County Fairgrounds, Grand Junction, CO
Cheyenne Celtic Festival
June 10-11 – Dunbar Softball Field, Lyons Park, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Pikes Peak Celtic Festival
June 16 – 18 – Western Museum of Mining, 225 N. Gate Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO
Elizabeth Celtic Festival
July 15 – 16 – Casey Jones Park, Elizabeth, CO
Colorado Scottish Festival
August 5 – 6 – Citizen’s Park, 1800 Harlan St., Edgewater, CO
Thornton Highland Games and Celtic Festival
August ?? – 11000 Thornton Pkwy., Thornton, CO
Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival
Sept 8 – 10 – Fairgrounds, 1209 Manford Ave., Estes Park, CO
Now containing over 26,100 names, the surname list has been updated for the first time in several years. Expansion of the number of names in my personal database allowed the increase. At the same time, the .ged file that drives https://itsallinthepast.net was also updated and expanded.
I’m done…..that’s right….I’m done….offering apologies each time I slack off and don’t publish anything for a while. “A while” may turn into months, as it has this time, but I know how I’ve been spending my time and I can tell you I’ve been working on genealogy, just not on this site.
I have officially crossed over 26,000 ancestors in my database. I’ve also added hundreds of Murray “cousins” to a one-name study on Wikitree, created a 500-plus name genealogy for a banner we display in our tent, and attended several festivals since Tartan Days last April (photo below), including one out-of-state festival in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the Murray Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Denver last August. The Thomas family itself, all five of us, was responsible for a large part of the planning, setup, and operation of the AGM.
I have also written and recorded several short podcasts that will become part of this site soon. Aptly named “AllinthPast,” it will feature a lot of history and genealogy topics we have worked with before and haven’t necessarily posted on this site, or our companion site: https://itsallinthepast.net , as well as new material.
At the same time, I’m trying to update this site and make it more user-friendly as a research site that goes beyond the “family genealogy” theme most online genealogy sites have.
So, again, no more apologies. Follow the site if you like, check back often, let me know what you think of the information I’m presenting, but know that I am working even if it doesn’t show up here. I just get distracted at times by all the exciting things that occur with close, and extended, families over several centuries all over the world.
Compared to February, 2022, originally posted in April, 2022
United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, making Colorado 10% larger than United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the population of United Kingdom is ~65.8 million people (60.7 million fewer people live in Colorado).
For other comparisons with Colorado, visit the link below:
Saturday was a good day at Tartan Days in Longmont, Colorado. The wind we endured was tempered by the 70+ degree weather. Sunday, however, was a different story. The early morning cold lasted until mid-day, and the wind made it even worse due to wind chill. The festival closed its gates around lunchtime, and everyone started packing up.
People obviously are tired of being at home the past two years, and are looking for activities to get them out and about with other human beings. I talked with a lot of people interested in their family history, and offered the usual tips for getting started on their personal research. I hope I lit at least a few fires.
We were joined Sunday morning by Mary, Queen of Scots of Highland Colorado, and a few members of her court.
A bit of time off now, before the Cheyenne Celtic Festival in June. Clan Murray is skipping the last-minute Pikes Peak Festival in Colorado Springs this year, but will be in Elizabeth in July for their festival. Then the biggie – the Clan Murray Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Denver in August. This AGM has been two years in the making, with stand-in AGMs in South Carolina and Georgia during the interim.
The Festival season kicks off this weekend in Longmont, Colorado, northwest of Denver. The Annual Tartan Days Festival, to celebrate Scottish heritage and the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath, will be held for the first time since 2019.
It’s a small festival, with only about 20 clans in attendance, but it is the FIRST of several to be held this year. We will be at the Cheyenne, Wyoming festival at least one day in June, and then the Elizabeth Celtic Festival in July.
August is the Annual General Meeting of Clan Murray, and this year, finally, it’s in Denver. We were supposed to host the AGM in 2020, but it was postponed and put on last-minute in Charleston, South Carolina. It was postponed again in 2021 and ran in Atlanta, Georgia instead. Both were good festivals, but neither was OURS! This is our year! Excitement is building among Clan members in Colorado, and the early festivals give us a chance to generate even more interest.
Long active, but removed several months ago due to technical issues, my database is back online for everyone to wade through at their leisure. Without the new software and website, the database, done in Legacy 9 (TM) software was strictly offline. The best I could hope for was the listing of individuals found by surname in the GEDCOM link on the front page.
A new website, running parallel to this one, was created (http://itsallinthepast.net) to house TNG – The Next Generation (TM) genealogy software. Besides activating the database, I also have the ability to easily add photos and other media, places, timelines, repositories, and more.
