The Raitt Stuff
 
 
This site map gives an overview of all the pages in this site and supplements the navigation pane at the top of each page. Every page could, in fact, be on the navigation pane, but this would make it fairly unwieldy, thus I have given only “top” pages from whence others are accessible. The pages on the site are not necessarily in the order given below, but I have tried to give some semblance of hierarchy and hopefully provided sufficient links on each page to other relevant pages. If I have missed some obvious links then please let me know. Clicking on the browny-coloured page titles (hot links) in the menu below will take you to that page. Additionally I have provided underneath the menu an indication of the major updates to the site to show what has been recently added or modified. And right at the bottom of this page I note what material I plan to add in further updates. ---------- Home/Introduction to the site Raitt name (origins, variations, people) Raitt Coats of Arms and Crests Raitt seals Related Coats of Arms (families related to Raitts) Other Coats of Arms (more distant ancestors and relatives) Heraldic symbolism of Raitt Coats of Arms Raitt context (how our family history fits in) Biography of Gervaise de Rathe Other de Rathes (possible members of the de Rathe family) Letters referring to Alexander de Rathe Which Raitts were where when? Raitt locations Rait Castle - architecture Rait Castle - owners and occupants Rait lands Raitt residences (Hallgreen, Red Castle, Anniston House, Dunnottar, Drumtochty) Other Raitt locations (places associated with the name - Rait, Raitts, Raith, Rath, Rhaetia) Scottish Raitts Angus Raitts Raits of Anniston Hallgreen Raits of Angus (branches in Cononsyth, Pitforthie, Inverkeilor) Alexander Raitt (Secretary to Earl of Mar) Arbroath Raitts (mainly my earliest ancestors John Raitt/Jean Meikison) Raitt - Meikison origins Alexander Raitt (elder brother of John - wife Mary Stormont) John Raitt (1805) (and Elizabeth Dorward - my great great grandparents) Elizabeth Dorward Raitt’s tree (my great grand aunt, married W. R. Doig) Margaret Phillips Raitt (my great grand aunt, remained single) David Dorward Raitt’s tree (my paternal great grandfather) David and John Purvis Raitt’s trees (sons of David Dorward Raitt) William Raitt’s tree (my paternal grandfather) William Raitt’s children (my uncles, aunts and cousins) David Raitt’s tree (my family) Raitts of Conon and Colliston Kincardineshire Raitts Raits of Hallgreen Hallgreen Rait family tree (includes Angus descendants) Other Scottish Raitts Raitt families in the 1841 census (includes 1851 data) Raitt Christian names and occupations in 1841 Early Raitt family trees in Angus All Raitts in history (or many of them) Religious Raitts Raitt Master Mariners (being a seaman in days of sail) Requirements for Certificates of Competency Arbroath mariners (related to the Raitts) Other Raitt mariners (not from Arbroath) Raitt wrecks (the shipwrecks suffered by our ancestors) American Raitts (including Rait, Reat, Rhett) Raitt families in the 1880 US census Raitt occupations in 1880 John (Dorward) Raitt’s tree (my paternal great grand-uncle) James Dorward Raitt’s tree (my paternal great grand-uncle) James Dorward Raitt’s journal Jane Keill’s journal Elizabeth (Abbot) Raitt’s life story Elizabeth Raitt’s story of the Blizzard of 1888 California Raitts (including descendants from Manitoba and NY Raitts) Maine Raitts (Captain Alexander Raitt and descendants) Maryland Raitts (John Raitt and descendants) Michigan Raitts (the Rajowskys from Poland) New Jersey Raitts (Samuel Bowden Raitt and descendants) Pillars of Society (biographies of IL and ME relatives) Canadian Raitts Manitoba Raitts (William Raitt’s descendants from Scotland) New Brunswick Raitts (Alexander Raitt and MN descendants) William Raitt’s History of the Raitts New Zealand Raitts (James Raitt’s descendants from Arbroath) Raitt relations (families my Raitt ancestors and relations married into) Purvis family tree (my paternal great grandmother’s paternal side) Wilkie family tree (my paternal great grandmother’s maternal side) Scorgie tree (my paternal grandmother’s paternal side) Sangster family tree (my paternal grandmother’s paternal side - includes Robertson) Kelman family tree (my paternal grandmother’s paternal side - includes Lawrence) Smith family tree (my paternal grandmother’s maternal side) Willocks family tree (my paternal grandmother’s maternal side - includes Hutcheon and Doig) Lindsay tree (my maternal grandmother’s side) Jane Lindsay’s tree (my maternal grandmother) Ormonde family tree (my maternal grandmother’s first child) Taylor tree (my maternal grandfather’s side) McKee tree (my paternal aunt’s side) Carroll tree (my paternal uncle’s side) Guest tree (my paternal uncle’s side) McAneny tree (my paternal uncle’s side) West tree (my paternal aunt’s side) Maternal ancestors (my female bloodline - Skair, Mollison, Stewart, Duncan, Drummond, Lindsay) Some Raitt family ancestors (photographs) Some modern Raitts and relations (photographs) Some Raitt family graves (photographs) Gravestone inscriptions (including Angus, Kincardine, Banff, abroad) Raitt DNA My yDNA My mtDNA Overview of DNA Statistical Accounts of Scotland Forfarshire Arbroath St Vigeans Cortachy & Clova Kirriemuir Lethnot & Navar Menmuir Tannadice Kincardineshire Banffshire Other pages Raitt anecdotes (stories about ancestors and relatives) Raitt blog (musings and commentaries) Raitt readings (various books I have read for background) Raitt timeline (what was happening where when Raitts were around) Raitt writings (poetry and short stories by various Raitts) Charles Raitt David Raitt David Ian Raitt Scotland’s prehistory (life some 20.000 years ago) Some illustrious Raitts Web sites (of interest for further research) Recent updates 10 April 2013 New pages added on Raitt Shipwrecks and Other Raitt Mariners New anecdote added (at bottom) on a Raitt killed by a tiger in India New material added to Illustrious Raitts (soldiers, sailors, academics) New entry added to Raitt Arms page Raitt Master Mariners, Mariner Competency and Arbroath Mariners pages updated All Raitt mariner pages “indexed” under Scottish Raitts above rather than Other pages 6 March 2013 New page added on New Zealand Raitts New page added on Raitt Master Mariners New page added on Requirements for Certificates of Competency (for mariners) New page added on Arbroath Mariners Mariner service records added on pages for John Raitt, sons DDR and JDR, brother Alexander New top page added on Raitt Writings Pages added for poems of Charles Raitt, David Raitt, David Ian Raitt New blog entry on Scottish weather at the time of the Raitts New book added to Raitt Readings at bottom of page Two new anecdotes added at bottom (Joseph Raitt and convict James Rait) Home now added to navigation bar at top of all pages About me bit added on revamped Home/Introduction/Welcome page 18 October 2012 New page added on Michigan Raitts New page added on New Jersey Raitts New page added on Raitts of Conon and Colliston New material added to American Raitts and Canadian Raitts pages New blog entry - Ten in a bed New anecdote added at bottom (Abe Raitt) Minor updates to Scottish Raitts, Angus Raitts (and trees) pages 20 September 2012 Top page added (also in menu) for Raitt relations New material added on the sons and their families of David Dorward Raitt New page added on my maternal ancestors (mtDNA chain) Two new blog entries - Life expectancy and Grandson of Eve Major updates to Lindsay page Two books added at bottom under Raitt Readings (Under the Hammer and Knights) New Raitt Anecdote at bottom (Rate brothers establish Glenkinchie distillery) Updates to William Raitt, Raitt Locations, mtDNA pages and Castles of Rait blog entry Additional background given on Raitt Seals page 24 June 2012 Much new historical background and observations added under Raitt Context New blog entry of the Castles of Rait - which is which? Raitt seals put on separate page (was under Raitt Arms) New material added to Raitt lands, castle, owners, residences and other locations pages Information on the name Raith added under Raitt Name, Raitt Residences and Other Locations Additions made to Timeline, Raitt Name and Heraldic Symbolism pages New blog entry on population statistics for relevant parishes in Angus and Kincardineshire Forthcoming additions Pages on New York and Ohio Raitts Pages for Australian and Irish Raitts Additional pages for Canadian and NZ Raitts Other Raitt DNA results and matches Details on the Raitts of Arbuthnott, Aberdeen and Dundee Individual pages for my cousin’s spouses’ families Update for David Raitt page Individual pages for American Raitt Scottish families - Munro, Crabb, Mottley More detailed pages for related families such as Dorward, Stormont, Kinnear Gazetteer of place names associated with the families in Scotland History in the making at the time of the de Rathes Page on families that I am trying or intending to follow up on 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