The Hogg Surname Centre
Sharing genealogical information and links for people researching the name HOGG
14/11/2020
I just received an email saying that there is a John Hogg on a list of unclaimed cremations of US Veterans in WA state.
If you think you may be related, contact Bob Patrick a volunteer at Tahoma WA state Veterans cemetery
206 450 0620
28/12/2016
Ask Smithsonian: Did Ellis Island Officials Really Change the Names of Immigrants? On the 125th anniversary of the famous portal to the U.S., history shows inspectors were not the ones changing people's names
Check this out. Some good stuff on the history of the name. https://www.scotsconnection.com/clan_crests/Hog.htm
Hog Clan Crest, Dat Gloria Vires Motto, Family History, Hog Membership Certificates Hog Clan crest, Dat Gloria Vires motto and Hogg family history.
02/03/2016
Looks like a good resource for Irish Hoggs.
Free online access to treasure trove of Irish parish records Catholic Parish Registers 1655-1915 can be searched in March with ‘results in seconds’
10/02/2016
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/george-alfred-hogg.html
George Alfred Hogg : Titanic Survivor | Mr George Alfred Hogg Biography of George Alfred Hogg
22/01/2016
A friend just told me about a film called "The Children of Huang Shi", It was about George A. Hogg. 1937 in Nan King China. Hogg was a Brit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children_of_Huang_Shi
The Children of Huang Shi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Children of Huang Shi (Chinese: 黄石的孩子; working title: The Bitter Sea, also known as Escape from Huang Shi and Children of the Silk Road) is a Chinese 2008 film. The film centres on the story of George Hogg and the sixty orphans that he led across China in an effort to save them from conscription…
Although James Hogg never met Robbie Burns, he was really inspired by him. http://www.electricscotland.com/familytree/frank/burns_lives32.htm
Volume 1 Chapter 31 - Burns Nicht Bits, Tidbits, and Fragments Burns Nicht Bits, Tidbits, and Fragments
31/12/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNnepvTXv4w
Robert Burns Auld Lang Syne sung by Patrick Scott Hogg Robert Burns song Auld Lang Syne sang by Burns biographer and author Patrick Scott Hogg, with vocals by martin Treacher and music by Gary Anderson. Recorded ...
29/12/2015
When I visited Aikwood Tower in 1997, they had a small museum devoted to James Hogg (the Ettrick Shepherd). He wrote about Aikwood in a couple of his books.
Just came across this in the BC Archives (Canada) http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/elsie-hogg
Elsie Hogg. - RBCM Archives RBCM Archives
08/12/2015
Just read an article in the Guardian that BBC has come up with the top 100 novels. James Hogg's "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner" is at #94. http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/dec/08/best-british-novel-of-all-time-international-critics-top-100-middlemarch?CMP=fb_gu
The best British novel of all time: have international critics found it? Middlemarch is No 1, according to a sometimes surprising top 100 ranking by books writers from around the world – excluding the UK. Could this be the definitive verdict?
18/03/2015
http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=10079
Tartan Details - The Scottish Register of Tartans The Scottish Register of Tartans is an online database of tartan designs, established by the Scottish Register of Tartans Act 2008 and administered by the National Records of Scotland.