21st: Researcher list, Alexander the painter, Wanton Walls line

Two more of the William of Crail researchers have been added to the Researcher list.

As one was interested in whether or not Alexander RUNCIMAN the painter may or may not be connected, the painter has been included on the Notables page. Interesting how just a brief search for information on him gives conflicting information (death date, father's occupation). No conclusion reached on any connection to known lines.

In addition, the Wanton Walls lineage has had the beginnings of a descendants chart added to the Identified Family Groups - can't have William of Crail getting all the attention .
This update also includes David RUNCIMAN, D.D. from the Wanton Walls line in the Notables index.

16th: New family group posted

Another line of RUNCIMANs has been added to the "Lineages" section, that of Thomas and Jean (SIMPSON) RUNCIMAN of Dunbar and Innerwick, East Lothian.
This lot was prompted by Ros looking for someone else, picking a likely name in the phone book, and finding what looked like a Yorkshire and Durham based family who had spread their wings to Australia.
Didn't take much digging from the information supplied to trace them back to Dunbar and Innerwick in East Lothian however.
A dna candidate would be good as it looks a good guess that there would be a match to Lineage 1b.

14th:

If interested in what has been updated, remember to check out the Recently Changed index in the top rhs menu.
The last updates were primarily to document the identification of possible linkages between William of Crail and the Thomas married to Alison GRIEVE.
Along with some examination of the claims that their possible father Robert may have been born in 1703 (I don't agree, for the reasons outlined on Robert's page).
Data extractions continue, with a whole 2 births registered in New Zealand up to 1854 (see the Name Distribution menu).
Also as preparation for the DNA project's Wanted! pages, more information has been provided on the descendants of the above Thomas marr. Alison GRIEVE.

12th: More of the same

As per the 8th: Name Distribution tab now also includes the name variants from a few more parishes: North Berwick (ELN), a couple from Aberdeenshire: Carnie, Aberdeen.
None to be found in Caithness, and only 1 in Ayrshire.
A couple of additions to the researcher index, and another patriarch, most definitely wanted in the DNA Project, Thomas (marr. GRIEVE) whose lineage may, or may not match that of William of Crail. Thomas marr. GRIEVE is the line of Sir Steven RUNCIMAN and his Sir Walter forebears.

8th: Distribution/researchers/new patriarchs

Name Distribution tab now also includes the name variants from the first three East Lothian (ELN) parishes (Athelstaneford, Bolton, Dirleton).
In addition, a researcher index has been added (others welcome, contact the web mistress, link in footer of the ONS pages), and a couple more patriarchs, both represented in the DNA Project, George the patriarch of Lineage 1, the line including the Earlston Weavers and Wanton Walls farmers, and James the patriarch of Lineage 2

7th: Name distribution

The preliminary results of my experiments on how best to show where the Runciman and variant names can now be found are on the Name Distribution tab.
Selecting an item from the legend at the left hand side of the map will open the related bubble, which contains a brief summary and a link to where more information may be found.
The first set of results are for current names in Ontario, Canada.

5th: Bit more flesh on the bones

Some placeholder entries have been included for Sir Steven Runciman and family, primarily because they are indeed some of our Notable Runcimans, and because they have not yet been included on the Patriarchs page of the DNA Project, nor represented in it.
Given their origins, it would seem likely they match up with Lineage 2 and it would be good to see if this pans out.

The next set of records being analysed for RUNCIMANs and variants are the Old Parish Records (OPR) for East Lothian births.
Check out the ongoing analysis at Runciman: ELN (SCT).

And for a bit of fun check out the Notables index for Plantagenet RUNCIMAN, who turned up in a web search today. Wonder how come he ended up with that surname?

2nd: Dimenna

Don't think it would ever get registered as a true surname variant of RUNCIMAN, but this latest inventive bit of indexing is taking rather too many liberties methinks: DIMENNA.
No wonder I had to work a bit harder to find Thomas and Louisa (SHELDON) RUNCIMAN in the 1901 census (Ely, CAM).