Newhaven On Forth Fishing Village Edinburgh Scotland

<body> <p>This site contains historical information and genealogy resources for the fishing village of Newhaven, Edinburgh Scotland on the Firth of Forth. Newhaven was the main fishing port supplying fish caught in and around the Firth of Forth and landed at  the village harbour then sold at it's fish market for consumption by the residents of Edinburgh. This site details many of the surnames that were common in that particular village around the mid 1800's including many of  the family surname Lyle, Flucker, Flockhart, Hall, Johnstone, Wilson, Watson, Rundle, Butler, Seaton and other information relating to their genealogy. They were by and large usually employed in the extensive fishing industry as fishermen and fishwives. There were many  fishermen and fishwives in the fishing village of Newhaven on the banks of the firth of  forth just outside Edinburgh, Scotland. Many of them belonged to the Free Fishermen of Newhaven society and their  membership of the Free Fishermen of Newhaven society society was handed down through the male line by surname. The genealogy of the Free Fisherman society contains many of the family surname Lyle, Flucker, Flockhart, Hall, Johnstone, Wilson, Watson, Rundle, Butler, Seaton all operating in fishing vessels bringing fish catches to market. The wives of this fishermen were called fishwives and  took the fish caught on the Firth of Forth from the market to be sold at the doorsteps of Edinburgh house holds in Scotland. These fishwives had a very distinctive garb that they wore while hawking their fish catch around the doors. This free site has family member sections for many of the names Lyle, Flucker, Flockhart, Hall, Johnstone, Wilson, Watson, Rundle, Butler, Seaton with more planned. Inter family ties were very strong in the free society of the 1800's in this part of Scotland. It is the sites intention to market the information displayed on the sections denoted by the names Lyle, Flucker, Flockhart, Hall, Johnstone, Wilson, Watson, Rundle, Butler, Seaton  but to provide unrestricted access to the genealogy that individual family surname research has produced here in Scotland. Please note:- This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. The above description is provided to assist sites this had been submitted to in cataloguing the pages of this genealogy and historical site in an efficient and representative manner with respect to fishwives, the village  market outside Edinburgh on the firth of forth , and their husbands  many of the surname Lyle, Flucker, Flockhart, Hall, Johnstone, Wilson, Watson, Rundle, Butler, Seaton.</p> </body>