Roma roots - Tree of William James Speir 1874 to current. Web site by Joshua Roma - Chicago, Illinois, USA

http://www.romaroots.com/1014.htm - 2010, this site is no longer available.  I'm hoping Joshua will send us an update with his new domain.

Bill Carney Genealogy, Bay City, Michigan, USA

http://genealogy.billcarney.com/
http://genealogy.billcarney.com/macfamilytree/index.html

http://www.billcarney.com/brickmasons/gedpages/fam00111.htm

http://www.billcarney.com/Brickmasons/genmisc/uk_map.gif

Janet Akaha, CA, USA - Sasine Information

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/sct-renfrew/2000-10/0971715499

Jimmy Carmichael Genealogy

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carmichael.world/

Bobbie Speir-Jarvinen, Michigan

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=speir-jarvinen

Ayrshire, Scotland

Beith websites

http://www.beith.org
http://www.s1beith.com

Irvine Burns Statue, 1896, donor John Spiers

http://www.irvineayrshire.org/burns/statue.htm

The Banquet on the occasion of The Unveiling of the Statue of the Poet Robert Burns

http://www.irvineayrshire.org/burns/statuebanquet.htm

Interesting

Great Lakes Maritime History - Mention of James and William Speir

http://www.linkstothepast.com/marine/captainsS.php

All about Spier School in Beith from Roger Griffith's Wiki sites

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speir%27s_school

Current information about Beith and Spier School Grounds

http://www.beith.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1816

Roger Griffith's WikiCommons images - Full index of Spier/Speir images - Some spectacular pictures

http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&limit=20&offset=0&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&redirs=1&search=speir

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Speir%27s_school.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Speir%27s_Memorial_detail.JPG

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mrs._Speir%27s_memorial.JPG

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Speir_Garnock2.JPG

http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:North_Ayrshire&from=File%3ASpeir%27s+garden+gate.JPG

Scottish Genealogy Society - Search

http://www.yabbers.com/phpbb/search.php?mforum=scotsgen

Talking Scot - Forum

http://www.talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=857&highlight=speir

Wayne County Michigan Cemeteries

http://www.usgwtombstones.org/michigan/wayne.htm

Rootsweb at ancestry.com

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=speir&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=&byear=&brange=0&dplace=michigan&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search

Genforum Search

http://genforum.genealogy.com/

The next two items below are "for sale". The authenticity of these are questionable but interesting.

Speir Family Crest

http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/speir-family-crest.htm

Ellis Island Passenger record of William Speir

http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/search/passRecord.asp?MID=06832322780136619520&FNM=WILLIAM&LNM=SPEIR&PLNM=SPEIR&first_kind=0&last_kind=1&town_kind=0&ship_kind=0&TOWN=null&SHIP=null&RF=10&pID=100643090029

Rootsweb - Current search of Speir's in Michigan

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=speir&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=&byear=&brange=0&dplace=michigan&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search

Veromi - Current search of Speir's in Michigan

http://www.veromi.net/Summary.asp?fn=&mn=&ln=Speir&dobmm=&dobdd=&doby=&city=Wayne&state=MI&age=&vw=&Search=&Input=&x=79&y=14

Irish Naming convention from Bill Carney

http://www.billcarney.com/Brickmasons/genmisc/naming.htm

Books and Reference

Spear, Speir, Speer and Friends By George Spear

http://books.google.com/books?id=9lFVAAAAMAAJ&q=speir&dq=speir&lr=&output=html_text&rview=1&pgis=1

 Speir Family Genealogical Research Papers, [ca. 1757-1940]. By James Henry Speir