John Herries McCulloch

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Being a follower of all things McCulloch on platforms like eBay and invaluable.com inevitably means learning about McCulloch’s that have created something and therefore left their mark on the world. This weekend eBay sent me an alert for a book by John Herries McCullloch which prompted me to research his line. Alas I wasn’t able to connect him to any other of the branches I’ve researched so far…

There’s a good bit of history about John at http://www.bordercolliemuseum.org/JohnHerriesMcCulloch/JohnHerriesMcCulloch.html

If you’d like to see my research so far, click the link below:

https://ancestry.com.au/family-tree/tools/tree/191353767/invitees/accept?inviteId=d603475c-4372-40d7-b8f3-ba3fed6ee78e

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