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In Finland there are two families the Noble No 17 and the Barons No 40.

The coat of arms are on the sides here.

Our family came to Finland (in that time a part of Sweden) in 1577. The first Ramsay,Joan, belonged to the Dalhousie Ramsay Family in Scotland. First the Ramsays were officers fighting for Sweden in the Baltic countries and at that time family members were moving with the soldiers. As the Swedish King could not pay the Ramsays in cash, they got land in Finland as compensation for fighting the enemy.

There are two teories why the Ramsays have stayed in Finland for 427 years. The first is that summers in Finland are so nice that you do not want to go anywhere but the winters so hard that you have no means to go anywhere. The second teory is that the Ramsays wanted to live as far as possible from sackpipes!


Me Mac 1942-	My father, Henrik 1904-1977	Grandpa, Wilhelm 1865-1928	Carl, August 1791-1855	August 1859-1947

Anders, Johan 1744-1811	Johana, Barbara 1769-1845	Alexander, Wolter 1825-1891	Anders, Erik 1645-1735	Alexander, Wilhelm 1680-1761

To the left the Dalhousie Castle from where all the Scandinavian Ramsays descend.
The castle is situated abt 8 miles south of Edinburg and it is a hotel today

Link to Ramsay Clan in USA (For Ramsay discussion area etc.)
Link to Ramsay in FINLAND (For famous Ramsays in Finland and Russia)
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© Mac Ramsay 17.04.2003

Ramsay tartans red, blue and festive (Dalhousie) and Ramsay red (the one to the right). Click for bigger pictures.