Special Borders Tour for Descendants of the Border Reivers

This is an add-on package to the basic genealogy tour. The Border region of Scotland has a long and tumultuous history. Families known as Border Reivers were notorious for raiding the homes, farms and towns of other families. The battles that the Border Reivers entered into were not in name of country, but in name of family. Names like Armstrong, Robson, Elliot, Graham, Routledge, Dickson, Oliver, Johnston and Nixon were scattered throughout the Border region and were quick to defend their family's honour.

This add-on package allows for three days in the Borders. Although stationed in Melrose, trips will be made to Hawick and the Hawick Heritage Hub (archives),  Kelso, Jedburgh, Langholm, and Canonbie. Tours of the battlefields of Flodden, Solway Moss and Ancrum Moor are also on the itinerary. There will be an opportunity to visit the Borders Family History Society as well.

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