Five years or so ago I discovered my link to Jessie McLachlan nèe McIntosh. I remember the discovery well; it all began with a wedding certificate. The wedding certificate between my ‘blood uncle’ and Jessie seemed straightforward enough, a typical document. I’d say nothing special, but we all know these seemingly simple documents mean a good deal to family historians. I do not know what happened that day which brought me to google her name, but somewhere between Celtic Women’s ‘I See Fire’ and ‘Tír na nÓg’ Jessie’s name was run through the search engine. Imagine my surprise when I …

My dissertation titled ‘The Square Mile of Murder 1857 – 1908: An Investigation into four high profile Glasgow murders: Social Class, Respectability and Public Interest’ has gained me a pass! I shall be attending my graduation on the 22nd of June in Dundee. I began studying history at The Open University, BA in History: Scottish History Pathway, of course, this was in conjunction with Dundee University. After gaining my BA I was still not satisfied, I needed the MLitt and Dundee University did not disappoint me. I would recommend the Family and Local History modules with CAIS to anyone interested: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/cais/modules-family-local-history  …

Good Afternoon. Today is the day I have released my dissertation survey into the world. I am looking for around 100 responses but the more the better as they say. The website is still under construction but I do hope to continue to pad it out and add more pieces over time. Much went on during each murder that there is a vast amount of information to write about! I continue to be an ever-loving McLachlan’ite though I am very bias – it cannot be helped! Please do answer the survey. I would love to know if other people are …

Good Day, and Welcome to my new Blog – The Square Mile. This blog space will be primarily a space for me to post regarding the four murders of the Square Mile of Glasgow, but also the regarding the ‘Fall out’ that occurred surrounding the murders. The creation of the blog is a result of my undertaking the dissertation portion of my MLitt in Family and Local History with the University of Dundee. It is also due to the fact I have been researching the Square Mile for a good length of time, beginning with Jessie M’Lachlan. Jessie is my …