The Biggar Family
Deep Roots & Never Ending Branches
Rooted in Scottish heritage, the Biggar family has grown and branched out across the world. This site is dedicated to exploring our shared history—gathering stories, tracing lineages, and connecting relatives near and far. Whether you're a lifelong researcher or just beginning to explore your roots, we invite you to join us in preserving and celebrating the legacy of the Biggar family.
Contribute your knowledge, discover distant cousins, and help us piece together the story of our global family tree.
Every family has a story, and ours is no exception. Over the generations, our ancestors lived through wars and migrations, triumphs and trials, love stories and losses. Some were farmers, others soldiers, teachers, builders, homemakers, and dreamers.
Piece by piece, their lives shaped who we are today.
This project began as a simple curiosity, but over time, it grew into a passion. With decades of research, family stories, and unexpected discoveries, I’ve worked to bring our past into the light so we can all understand where we came from—and maybe a little more about who we are.
A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words
News & Updates
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A distinguished Canadian historian and archivist, renowned for his expertise in the early exploration and colonization of North America, particularly New France.
Alexander's family, which now included nine daughters and a son, Robert, departed from Portsmouth on HMS Weymouth on 20 January 1820, arriving in Algoa Bay on 15 May 1820.
Earl Derr Biggers was an American novelist and playwright. His novels featuring the fictional Chinese
American detective Charlie Chan was adapted into popular films made in the United States and China.
"I shall commence at the battle of Queenston where I was at the time cannon balls were flying about me in every direction." Laura Secord was best friends with Rebecca Green Biggar <3
My Family
1831 Dumfriesshire, Scotland to Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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Branches & Dna
Our family branches stretch far and wide—and the Biggar Project is about bringing us together in one shared space.
An entry close to the old Market House in High Street was long - known as “Bigger's Entry,” and had formerly been the entrance to the family residence. Belfast, Ireland
Purchased By Major John Biggar
3. (1847-1882) Son of Steven Terry Biggers & Elizabeth Roberts. Chief of First Volunteer Fire Dept in Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia He second from right.
Walter Biggar, an Edinburgh merchant who settled in Banff in 1821, pioneered the export of herring to the Baltic from the north east of Scotland.
Historical Facts
or Romanticized Fiction
The Early History of the Biggar Family
The early history of the Biggar family is both rich and complex. Like many ancestral stories, it is shaped by competing theories that are difficult to untangle when looking back nearly a thousand years and over 30 generations. Yet by drawing on what we know from both secular and religious history—and applying logical, physical, and biological principles—we can begin to sort through these differing accounts and form a clearer picture of our origins.
Tracing Your Family History
The journey into your family’s past begins with a simple step: talking to your elders. Genealogical research always starts with what you know and moves toward what you don’t. As you dig deeper, you’ll soon find yourself collecting family treasures — old letters, Bibles, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and legal documents. These are the fingerprints left behind by your ancestors, each one holding a clue to your family's story.
To understand the origins and evolution of your family name, it’s important to remember that every family belongs to a larger whole — a tribe, a clan, a people. Often, the best place to start is by exploring the broader histories of the communities and cultures from which your ancestors came.
