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 | A01 - HOW TO USE SMALL PRINT - group marker & contents
Updated September 2020 |
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 | B01 - HOW TO USE THIS WEBSITE - group marker & contents
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| B70 - Overview of the McLean project & website - Don's notes
Updated March 2017 |
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 | C01 - INTRODUCTION TO OUR RESEARCH - contents
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 | C10 - READ THIS FIRST - Setting the scene & background concepts
Updated October 2022 |
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 | D01 - SCOTTISH ANCESTORS - group marker & contents of this group
Updated September 2020 |
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 | D50 - Christina McLean, nee McPhee
Christina's father was John Oag McPhee of Crieff - he was from a long line tenants of Crieff farm. Her mother was Christ'n Cameron who was from Achnacarry. Crieff and Achnacarry are near Loch Arkaig.
Her parents were married in 1786 in Crieff and this is where Christina was born in 1787. She grew up there. When she was 17 years old the family moved to near Loch Eil. This is how she met Donald McLean.
Christina and Donald McLean lived in Blaich and Duisky on Loch Eil where they had 12 children (two died as infants) over the next two-and-half decades. The family migrated to South Australia in 1837.
Updated March 2020 |
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| D53 - False path for searching for an OPR for the birth of Christn Cameron (wife of John McPhee)
Christ'n was living in Achnacarry in the parish of Kilmallie. These research notes are based on the possibility that she might have been born in another parish, and that her mother was not known. After extensive research was completed, it was found that her mother was probably Jane Robertson, so all the initial research was on a false path - a wasted effort.
Updated May 2020
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 | D55 - John Oag McPhee & Christian (Christ'n) Cameron
John Oag McPhee was the last of a line of McPhee tenants of Crieff farm. Christ'n Cameron was probably born in 1771 in Achnacarry to parents Jane Robertson and Donald Cameron, the saw-miller. John and Christ'n were married in 1786 and their daughter, Christina, was born the next year. In 1788 John took over the Crieff tenancy after his father died. In 1804 they were evicted because of the clearances for farming sheep rather than cattle. They settled on the outskirts of Fort William.
(Updated February 2023)
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| D56 - John Macleod's memoirs & family tree
John was the cousin two times removed of Christina McPhee. His memoirs are a key source for identifying Jane Robertson as the wife of Christina's probable grandfather, Donald Cameron.
Updated March 2022 |
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| D57 - Donald Cameron & Jane Robertson
Donald and Jean met when they were each training in Aberdeen in the 1760s. He was training as a millwright and she was learning homecrafts. They eloped to Achnacarry where Donald was a saw miller. Jane was from the lowlands, and had to adjust to highland culture and learn Gaelic - she was always considered an outsider.
Jean and Donald had at least two children - Jane in the 1760s and Christ'n about 1771. Jean taught them needlework and English. Donald's saw mill developed to become a substantial supplier of lumber to distant customers.
Updated March 2022 |
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| D60 - Other McPhee families
Notes about other McPhee families which have not (yet) been found to be connected to Christina McPhee & John Oag McPhee
Updated November 2020 |
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 | E01 - PLACES - group marker & contents of this group
Updated September 2020 |
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 | E20 - Blaich & Duisky
Updated August 2018 |
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| E25 - Ardgour - the district, the estate, the house & Sallachan Farm
Updated March 2018 |
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 | E27 - Achnacarry & Crieff at the eastern end of Loch Arkaig in the 1700s
Background information for the Cameron and McPhee families. This includes events, social structures, economic changes, agricultural transformation, cultural destruction and power struggles between Clan Cameron, the chiefs and the English government. |
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 | E30 - Kilmallie & Lochaber
Updated September 2017 |
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| E35 - Duart Castle
Updated September 2017 |
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| E51 - Donald's property in the CBD of Adelaide - half acre 57 in Hindley Street
What did Donald and his family do with the property which is now Kaurna Gallery in Adelaide?
Updated June 2020 |
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| E52 - Donald's 80 acre farm in Hilton, near Adelaide - country section 50 - 1838 to 1855
The McLeans grew the colony's first wheat crop and built a house on what is now the suburb of Marleston.
Updated June 2020 |
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 | E53 - Places - Auchananda's - Donald's home in Strathalbyn
The McLeans built a two-story house and barn/stables in early 1840s - a mile from the Strathalbyn post office. At that time, these were among the first and best buildings in the district. The house was a ruin within about 50 years, but the barn/stables is still there - as a residence.
Updated June 2021 |
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| E66 - Places - McLean burials in Strathalbyn
Where are the McLean grave sites in Strathalbyn? What happened to the family burial ground that Donald had instructed in his Will?
Updated October 2020 |
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 | F01 - CLAN MacLEAN - group marker & contents of this group
Updated September 2020 |
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| F01 - CLAN MacLEAN - group marker & contents of this group
Updated September 2020 |
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 | F15 - Time line for Chiefs, Lairds & our family
Updated September 2017 |
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 | F20 - MacLean chiefs - Duart line
Details of the 28 chiefs from the 1200s to the present time.
(Updated March 2019) |
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| F30 - McLean Lairds of Ardgour
How did our Donald connect with the clan hierarchy? There have been 18 lairds of Ardgour from 1420 until the present. We are particularly interested in the 8th and 13th Lairds.
* The 8th, John 'Crubach' MacLean, was followed by one of his sons, Ewen, as the 9th Laird. Another son, Lachlan, became the first Laird of Blaich. Another son, Allan, born 1640, might have been the great-great-grandfather of our Donald.
* The 13th, Alexander MacLean, was a contemporary of our Donald. He was the landlord of the Duisky farm that Donald was farming.
(Updated March 2019) |
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| F35 - MacLean Lairds of Blaich
A line of lairds of Blaich was commenced in 1480 by Hector, who was a son of the 2nd Laird of Ardgour, but it probably petered out in the early 1600s. It was reestablished, as the 'second family', in the 1660s, with Lachlan Mor who was a son of the 8th Laird of Ardgour. This petered out again, perhaps in the 1750s - before our Donald's birth. Lachlan Mor was the brother of Allan, born 1640, who is possibly the 2 X great-grandfather of our Donald, ie Donald might have been the 3 X great-grandson of the 8th Laird - John 'Crubach' MacLean.
(Updated March 2019)
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 | F40 - Clan - MacLeans in the Jacobite Risings.pdf
Where were the MacLean fighters in the devastating Culloden battle in 1746? This was 33 years before Donald was born and apparently neither his father nor grandfather were involved. However the traumatic events before and after the battle had a huge impact on Donald's kin and highland living.
(Updated April 2021).
SOURCE; OF FOLLOWING....para 4/5-page 22 of publication; "Jacobite activities in and around Inverness 1688-1746" by Barrie Robertson publication 1972-no ISBN."The so-called pacification of the Jacobite districts of the Highlands began. This was another operation of mass murders, burnings, plundering, etc. Glen Moriston was the first to suffer, then Glen Urquhart, the Chisholm country of Strathglass, Camerons of Lochaber, Glen Nevis and Stewart properties in Appin received the same treatment. The MacDonald country in the west and the MACLEAN ISLAND OF MULL SUFFERED LIKEWISE, all because of their loyatly to the Stuart royal family.
Whilst the Hanoverians proceeded with their cruel actions they were galled by the fact that a large number....still at large.....and (Prince Charles Edward Stuart, the lad who had been born to be King)...could not find him anywhere in the Highlands or islands, although he was there for five months after the defeat at Culloden." SOURCE BY BARRIE ROBERTSON 1972. |
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 | G01 - DONALD'S LIFE - group marker & contents of this group (2).pdf
Updated September 2020 |
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 | G20 - Overview of Donald's life - 1779 to 1855
Donald McLean and Christina, nee McPhee lived in the Western Highlands of Scotland for five decades before migrating to the new colony in South Australia with ten children in 1837. For a few years, they farmed near Adelaide where they grew the first wheat crop in the colony. Then they were pioneers in the Strathalbyn district. Updated March 2019 |
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 | G30 - Donald's childhood
Updated Sept 2017 |
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| G35 - Donald's life - his initial working years
Updated Sept 2017 |
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| G40 - Donald's continuing working years - with a growing family
Updated September 2017 |
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| G55 - Donald's life around Adelaide - 1838 to 1842
The McLean family arrived in the earliest days of the colony. Donald purchased a property in the new Adelaide township. He took up an 80 acre farm where he grew the first substantial wheat crop and built a house. They were there for three or four years as the colony was rapidly growing around them. They moved to Strathalbyn in 1842.
Updated June 2020
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| G60 - The first wheat crop in South Australia - 1838
These notes describe how Donald and his sons grew 20 acres of wheat at this Hilton property in 1838. There was public argument about whether or not this was the first wheat crop.
(Updated June 2020) |
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 | G85 - Highway robbery of Donald McLean by Robert Spearman - near Adelaide in 1848
In 1848, Donald was robbed of 76 pounds on his way back from Adelaide to his home in Strathalbyn. Robert Spearman, the innkeeper of the Mountain Hut, was convicted (but maybe he wasn't really guilty) and was sentenced to 15 years in Van Dieman's Land - but he escaped straight away. This document details the court proceedings and some stories about Spearman's adventures after he escaped. All this material would make a terrific play or novel.
Updated March 2019 |
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| G91 - Donald McLean's Will - full transcription & notes
Donald signed his Will in 1846 and subsequently made six codicils before he died in 1855. It was a complex Will for his wife and many children involving numerous properties.
This document has images and transcriptions of the Will, codicils and probate. There is a listing of what each beneficiary was to receive and notes about all these.
Note that there are two identical copies of these notes on this website - one here in Small Print and the other in Donald's profile.
Updated April 2020 |
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 | G91 - Donald McLean's Will - transcription and notes
* Donald signed his Will in 1846 and subsequently made six codicils before he died in 1855.
* It was a complex Will for his wife and many children involving numerous properties.
* This document has images and transcriptions of the Will, codicils and probate. There is a listing of what each beneficiary was to receive and notes about all these.
* This should be read in conjuction with G92 which attempts to identify what each of the ten children inherited.
* Updated April 2020 |
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| G92 - Donald McLean's Will - What did each child inherit?
* This document examines two memorials about the work of the executors.
* The properties are listed but it is not clear who ended up owning them.
* This should be read in conjuction with G91 for Will & codicils - and notes.
* Updated 1st July 2021 |
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 | H01 - DESCENDANTS OF DONALD & CHRISTINA - contents
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 | J01 - DRAFTS OF BIOGRAPHIES OR ANECDOTES - contents
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 | J23 - Edwin McLean's letter in 1946
This letter was probably to Edwin's cousin, Rachel Hornby. He alludes to Rachel's parents (Catherine & Allan McLean), her brothers (Allan & Jack 'JSD'), uncle (Hugh the younger), aunty (Elizabeth Ann & Mathew Johnston) and the Keoughs.
Updated June 2021
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 | M001 - Descendants of Lachlan MacLean, born 1679 of Blaich - chart & notes - source Edwin MacLean
* Edwin MacLean, who lives in Hamilton, is the archivist for the Clan MacLean Association of Australia.
* The document focuses on 21 people. Person 1 is Lachlan MacLean (born 1679) who was given as the father of Allan (person 7) who was thought to be the father of our Donald (born 1779, person 14).
* This genealogy is our only source for many details, but there are some errors and it requires supporting evidence (OPRs etc). The details have been placed on our website www.christinaanddonaldmcLean.com but, because of lack of supporting evidence, they are in a side family tree 'Lairds, tacks & residents of Ardgour, Blaich & Duisky' rather than the main tree 'Christian and Donald McLean'.
* The corresponding entries can be seen by clicking the Descendants tab in the profile of Lachlan MacLean (born 1679, ID-21 in the Lairds tree), or by clicking the source S-2 at the bottom of that profile. |
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| M002 - Notes about MacLeans of Blaich, by MBD
These notes were found in 2016 amongst papers gathered by Alf McLean when he was compiling the BRB in 1995.
It is not known who MBD is, or where MBD obtained this information. |
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| M003 - Mott family descendant chart
* Source: This chart was prepared by Clifford Ivan Mott in 1990. Clifford is the son or grandson of Amos Mott who was born in 1824. It was sent by Heather McGrath, nee Arden (ID 6635) in December 2015.
* The chart has about 550 descendants of David Mott & Martha, nee White.
* The corresponding entries can be seen by clicking the Descendants tab in the profile of David Mott (ID-9116), or by clicking the source S-229 at the bottom of that profile. |
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| M004 - Descendants of Lachlan MacLean (born c1660)
This includes two family trees and notes which were sent by Allan Lachlan 'Willowburn' MacLean in August 2017.
The corresponding entries can be seen by clicking the Descendants tab in the profile of Lachlan MacLean (born 1660, ID-100078 in the Lairds tree), or by clicking the source S-1 at the bottom of that profile. |
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 | N01 - MEMORABILIA - contents
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 | P01 - PREVIOUS COUNCIL - Donald & Christina Genealogical Council Inc - contents of the official file
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| P02 - History of the previous council
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| P03 - 1st meeting - 26th Jan 1986
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| P05 - Newsletter 1 - Feb 1986
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| P06 - 2nd meeting - 11th Dec 1987
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| P07 - Newsletter 2 - Dec 1987
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| P08 - 3rd meeting - 14th Feb 1988
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| P09 - Newsletter 3 - Feb 1988
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| P10 - Reunion - 18th March 1988
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| P11 - Marleston obelisk - Feb 1988
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| P12 - Newsletter 4 - May 1988
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| P13 - 4th meeting - 19th June 1988
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| P14 - 5th meeting - 31st July 1988
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| P15 - Incorporation & constitution - 16th Sept 1988
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| P16 - 6th meeting - 2nd Oct 1988
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| P17 - Newsletter 5 - Aug 1988
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| P18 - Newsletter 6 - Nov 1991
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| P19 - Newsletter 7 - July 1992
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| P20 - 7th meeting - 17th Jan 1993
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| P21 - Newsletter 8 - Feb 1993
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| P22 - AGM & 8th meeting - 4th July 1993
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| P23 - 9th meeting - 5th Dec 1993
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| P24 - Newsletter 9 - Jan 1994
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| P25 - 10th meeting - 6th March 1994
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| P26 - AGM & 11th meeting - 31st July 1994
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| P27 - 12th meeting - 9th Oct 1994
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| P28 - Newsletter 10-a - Oct 1994
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| P29 - 13th meeting - 27th Nov 1994
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| P30 - Newsletter 10-b - Dec 1994
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| P31 - Correspondence - Dec 1994
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| P32 - Newsletter 10-c - Jan 1995
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| P33 - 14th meeting - 22nd Jan 1995
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| P34 - Printing the BRB - Feb 1995
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| P35 - 15th meeting - 26th Feb 1995
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| P36 - 16th meeting - 2nd April 1995
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| P37 - 17th meeting - 30th April 1995
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| P38 - Newsletter 11 - June 1995
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| P39 - 18th meeting - 25th June 1995
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| P40 - Newsletter 12 - July 1995
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| P41 - Southern Argus - 20th July 1995 p6
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| P42 - 19th meeting - 30th July 1995
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| P43 - BRB book launch - 6th Aug 1995
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| P44 - Alf's letter - 28th Nov 1995
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| P45 - Newsletter drafts - Nov 1995
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| P46 - 20th meeting - 3rd Dec 1995
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| P47 - 21st meeting - 24th March 1996
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| P48 - Newsletter 13 - June 1996
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| P49 - 22nd meeting - 16th June 1996
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| P50 - Newsletter 14 - Sept 1996
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| P51 - Marketing Alf's book - Oct 1996
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| P52 - Newsletter 15 - Nov 1996
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| P53 - Alf's report - Sept 1997
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 | Q01 - STEERING GROUP - contents
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 | S01 - POLICIES & PROCEDURES - contents
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 | S30.3 - My details from the database (form 1)
Descendants can ask for a copy of everything about them which is hidden on the database.
Updated March 2021 |
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| S30.4 - Consent (form 2)
In response to a descendant's request (Form 1), this form (2) is sent by the C&D McLean Committee to the descendant, with a print-out of whatever details about themselves are at present hidden on the database. They can then consent to whatever details they want everyone to see.
Updated March 2021 |
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| S30.5 - Consent - response to worksheet (form 3)
Descendants can agree for all, or parts, of their profile to be visible by the public.
Updated March 2021 |
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 | U01 - INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADMINISTRATORS - contents
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| U17 - Changing the privacy settings
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