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Column Headings: K = Knowledgeability C = Clarity of Response T = Timeliness P = Politeness
N = Nominated for Expert of the Month
| Date | User | K | C | T | P | N | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-11-05 | Ray | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | No | Kaye, Hello. Thank you for answering my question about my national origin. I appreciate the information you gsve me. Sincerely, Ray Bell |
| 2009-04-15 | Bruce | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thank you Kaye. Very much appreciate your expert view. Slange Va ! Bruce MacKenzie |
| 2009-03-20 | Tanya | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | |
| 2009-03-04 | Justin | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | thanks, good in depth answer |
| 2009-03-04 | Allison | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | |
| 2009-02-23 | Allison | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thank you so much. You've helped a lot, Kaye. Now, I know what to do the next time I need to research. |
| 2008-08-28 | Darko | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | No | Thank You for your kind and emediate answer |
| 2008-06-27 | Wendy | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thank you Kaye for you prompt response. It was very helpful. Regards, Wendy |
| 2008-04-06 | noelani | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | |
| 2008-04-03 | Phil | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thanks Kaye, your answer rearding first footing was very helpful. All the best from Australia. Phil. |
| 2008-02-15 | Lani | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | No | Thank you so much, I really appreciate your help. -Lani |
| 2008-01-16 | Vitali Y | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thank You very much for detailed and helpful response. |
| 2008-01-04 | Daniel | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | No | thank you alot... youve helped more then most have, |
| 2007-11-25 | Brandon | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | No | Thank you very much, I have been having a debate with my Scottish girlfriend about what it meant and where it came from. Your answer was very helpful! Thanks very much! |
| 2007-10-05 | Morgan | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | No | Kaye McAlpine was very helpful despite the fact that I asked a nearly impossible question to answer. |
| 2007-09-04 | Edik | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | No | Thanks alot! |
| 2007-08-20 | Mary Smith | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Oh my goodness you were able to tell me a lot. Many, many thanks, Kaye. I will digest this information and more than likely I will have more questions. Based on the "nose to the grindstone" and education being all important in the McIlhargie family, I suspect that my forefathers were less likely to be "reiver" and more likely to be Jacobites. My dad used to think that he was related to Bonnie Prince Charlie. Dad died believing that folklore. The recent websites of McIlhargies say that they heard this claim and cannot find any proof. Maybe the only association is the fact that the family supported Prince Charlie. Again, many thanks!!! Mary |
| 2007-06-29 | Thierry | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | No | Thank you, Kaye, it helps a lot : you're a pearl! I'll have a dram of King William to your health as soon as I'm in Scotland (in august). Thierry |
| 2007-06-18 | Lesley | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | No | Hello Kaye - yes I know it was a bit of a cheat, but (excuse the pun) I hadn't aclue! Thank you very much. Lesley. |
| 2007-06-09 | willie adams | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | brilliant, |
Kaye McAlpine
Expertise
Lifecycle (birth, marriage, death) customs in Scotland, Early Modern Scottish social customs, modern Scottish social customs, Border March laws and procedures, criminal processes and judicial execution practices, social history in Early Modern Scotland, ephemera printing in Scotland. While I have knowledge of the clan system and function of the clan society (Highland and Lowland), I am not a an expert in clan genealogy.
Experience
Freelance tutor in outreach courses from Edinburgh University on Scottish Culture and Tradition, including lifecycle customs, broadsheet ballads in Scotland, the traditional ballad and history. Freelance writer, guest presenter on Ch4 History Hunters programme, contributor to BBC Radio Scotland's 'Songlines' series on 'The Dowie Dens of Yarrow'. Currently co-director of amedia production company
Publications
Books: Forthcoming - Compendium of Scottish Ethnology, chapter on The Traditional and the Border Ballad; The Harris Repertoire (2000, Scottish Text Society, co-editor), The Ballad in History (chapter on Border ballads). Journals include Folklore, The Review of Scottish Culture,Sottish Studies, and The Scottish Literary Journal
Education/Credentials
Ph D, M. Phil, BA (hons)
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