This book is a framework compilation of genealogical research data
for Matthew Spratt and Elizabeth Chirnside, centred on
Northumberland and Durham, England. It includes background material
and significant details of their children and descendants to assist
researchers with related family trees. The book also contains a
picture of Matthew Spratt and one of Elizabeth Chirnside, both in
the Carte de Visit format, taken about 1858. Altogether there are
approximately 380 individuals, a span of six generations and 60
different surnames. Included surnames are Baird, Banks, Baston,
Bell, Bennett, Bowman, Brown, Bruce, Burns, Cairns, Carruthers,
Chirnside (133), Chrisp, Cobb, Cromarty, Davison, Deans, Dougall,
Dunn, Edmond, Elliott, Embleton, Emery, Ford, Fryer, Glass, Gordon,
Harris, Hay, Hedley, Heslop, Hills, Hindhaugh, Hindmarsh, Johnson,
Lindbloom, Moore, Morrison, Nichol, Omen, Peacock, Purvis, Robson,
Rogers, Scott, Smith, Spratt (100), Stephenson, Stones, Symm, Tait,
Thayer, Thirlwell, Tough, Wanless, Watson, Weatherhead, Wilson, and
Winter. Some individuals recorded are located in the United States
in Illinois, Ohio, and Iowa.