About Us

Three Scots lawyers, equally retired but one * less retiring than the others, started thinking about what became the Milestones project in the aftermath of Covid-19.

Talking to family, friends, colleagues soon convinced us that a modest proportion of our fellow Scots thought that there was a niche for our idea. It would not be everybody’s cup of tea, and it would take time to establish – but it was worth pursuing, definitely. (From the outset it was a given that the opening of a Brief Profile would always be free of charge and that donations would have to be the backbone until the site attracted advertisers.)

Over many months we recruited family, friends and supporters with whom the project’s objectives were refined and from whom we set up our team to share out the work and develop new ideas. Our team members (moderators, all volunteers) are, by their preference, known only by their initials or pen names:

Rogie, Team Leader, is another lawyer.

Kelpie , [ JHM  ]

DeM,

DaM, an amazing web designer.

MMH, an English teacher.

How have we built up the Memories Register? The early Profiles are of our own families, friends, colleagues. Later Profiles come from our team and supporters – and from family and friends of theirs.  Often of people, not family members, they have admired and fear will be forgotten. This we encouraged, reasoning that customers keen to see a hero or heroine remembered should be inclined to make a donation to help sustain the site.

We have a debt of gratitude all who have helped us to populate the Register, enabling visitors to the site, like you, to realise, we hope, that it is there for you to make use of.

* Accepting the title of founder, the not-so-shy lawyer is>>