Elizabeth Chrystal Neil was my great-aunt. I wanted to analyse Elizabeth’s and her husband, John’s, family because of the number of children they had – fourteen that I found. I wondered what that felt like; how long was it between births; how many children were alive at any one time, what was the infant mortality…
The Textile Trade In Scotland in General Before the American War of Independence, the tobacco trade had been a major source of wealth in Scotland (contributing largely to Glasgow’s growth). Subsequently the Americans could sell freely anywhere, resulting in a substantial decrease in Scotland’s trade. This resulted in investment being diverted into cotton, and this…
I tried asking Chat GPT some questions about the life of a weaver in Glasgow in the 1820s and in particular, the housing conditions and industrial development and inventions in the weaving industry in Glasgow at that time and going forward. It came up with some very good copy. I went ont to ask about demography and immigration in Glasgow 1820-1840. Again it did very well and provided excellent skeletons on which to add some flesh for the family history web site.