Remember, as you search this resource, that spelling was not always accurate, especially in the early years, so you may wish to search all variant spellings of our name. We have found many instances where the family last name has been spelled two or three different ways over the years.
Click on one of the links below:
This first file is the most recent, as of 27 March 2018.
It contains thousands of items, with many new discoveries not
included in the links below, organized by first name if available. It
is a word document that is 339 pages long and I think it has
incorporated all of the information in the links below. It is an
amazing work, requiring many hundreds of hours of work by Glenys, for
which we are all very grateful.
Hxxkirk items recovered from various sources from about 1500 to 1900 sorted alphabetically by first name, where possible.
The above file has become quite large and is in "word" document format. It may take a while to download the info.
Most of the items below are included in the link above, but are
limited to a specific last name, which we now know may not be as
helpful as we originally thought.
HOBKIRK newspaper articles, etc. from 1600 to 1900, Alphabetical by first name.
HOPEKIRK newspaper articles, etc. from 1600 to1900, Alphabetically by first name
HOPKIRK newspaper articles, etc. from 1600 to 1900, Alphabetical by first name.
Holkirk, Hobkirk, & Hopkirk items from various British newspapers, 1600 to 1900.
This page last updated on 26 April 2018