Here are some chains of e-mail messages to his Geneological circle. These demonstrate John's involvement in seeking and, more importantly, sharing the information he found while working on the family tree and doing the exhaustive associated research. It's really quite astonishing. He was clearly in the habit of helping others who were seeking geneological information wherever he could, and was very highly thought of for his contributions.

Note: If you are looking at these on a small screen, like a tablet or phone, then you will have a bit of scrolling to do, as these old emails are not suited to smaller screens. They should be fine on a PC or Laptop, though.

Here John is assisting others who had enquiries about places around Tollcross & Shettleston

Here John is assisting a chatty lady called Catherine from Ontario, Canaga, who was trying to trace the family of our Monsenior Gallagher from St Josephs.

Here John is assisting Janice to locate some information.

A long email conversation all about the location of a village in lanarkshire.

In this example, John helped a girl named "Nancy" from Washington, USA, who was looking for someone to check for her ancester's documents. John took on the task and included the search in a visit he was making to the records office in Glasgow. Nancy was thrilled when he was able to locate the information. This was typical of the kindness that John shared.