Hi Marion, how are you. I only found one of the names you stated, Alexander but I looked on the IGI and for Alexander Milne born 1826 the father was George...
Hi Alex, & thank you! I was moving on to her & had found she was dead by the 1881 census. I hope the chn I have are correct, most are listed just under the...
Hi Catherine & thanks again. Yes that is the one. I am a bit bewildered about all these coopers, as witnesses, obviously friends if not relatives. I am...
Hi Betty, I found 1 entry for your Craighead family. William Craighead, Labourer in Peterhead and Charlotte Grant his wife, a dau Catherine Prain, born...
Hi Group, I am looking for the death of a George BRUCE who was 76 on the 1841 census but cannot find a death certificate. Not surprising really. He was a...
Hi Marion, I had a look at Ancestry but there was nothing for George Bruce, Mason journeyman, only a William Bruce, Mason in Stirlinghill, perhaps a relative. ...
Thanks Catherine, Will have at look at him, George is a real mystery man! Cheers, Marion ... From: Cci To: Peterhead@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 12,...
Keith Forbes MILNE born Peterhead in 1816, merchant seaman is one of my "brick walls". He married Christian BROWN born 6 .3.1816 in Aberdeen, on 29.3.1835 in...
Hi Ted, Catherine here. On the IGI there are two children born to Keith Forbes Milne and Christian Brown, John 1859 and Robert Kidd 1857. If these are your...
Hullo, Dr Holmes PIRIEs and ELRICKs are confounding me also! Just wondering whether you've unearthed anything since you posted your message? The James PIRIE...
hullo, David I have a (newly-discovered) William BARRON (b. 1838/9? or maybe even 1828/9?) married to Ann TOCHER (12th May 1863). William's parents appear to...
My gggrandparents were George Henderson and Margaret Allan. I have tentatively identified eight children, born between 1777 (in New Deer) and 1800 (in...
Good day to all I am looking for any information on the above. Alexander was my 3X grt granda. I have a marriage date only & place only. If anyone out there...
Hi Elizabeth, Catherine here, how are you. On the IGI is a daughter for Alexander Bruce and Grace Robertson. Catherine Bruce born abt 1817 in Longside. Death...
Hi Catherine, Thank you for your reply, and doing well thank you. I have been able to find 3 of Alexander & Grace's children, 1 of them (William) my 2X gr...
Hi Group, Could anyone do a census lookup please, 1851 and/or 1861 for CHRISTIE, Isabella, b Peterhead. Probably at 104 Causwayend, Aberdeen. Her husband...
In the 1830's and 40's would it have been common to have ONLY father's name listed in baptisms and births? I have a family with 9 children, with 6 of them...
Hi Betty, I certainly have run into this same situation. Without a Mother's full name you cannot be absolutely certain that you have the correct family. What I...
Hi Linda, Thanks for your reply. The 9 children I have are definitely from the same family. I had received a listing of the births and Christenings of these 9...
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colin collie
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Jun 3, 2005 5:06 pm
Hi' I have found this quite common in the north/east registrations. Some of the registrars seemed only to put in the fathers name. Cheers Colin...
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Alex Ritchie
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Jun 3, 2005 5:31 pm
For Betty : My experience has been that, for Parish Record Births etc., it very much depended upon which Parish (and Minister/Kirk Session) as to what...
Hi Colin & Alex Thanks so much for your replies. They have satisfied my curiosity. It does make it a little more difficult researching with only a fathers...
Hi Betty, I don't think the OPR would give you the parents names on a marriage, at least not that early. To hire the Longside OPR from the Mormon's would only...
Thanks Catherine Any other suggestions how to find this elusive pair? Betty ... From: "Cci" <cci@...> To: <Peterhead@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday,...
Hi Betty, I've searched on Ancestry.com and there's hundreds of Bruce's especially for Peterhead where he and Grace married, but not as far back in date to...
With regards to your message below. Registrars were not employed to record births deaths and marriages in Scotland till 1855. So they were not to blame for not...
Further to this couple after some confusion I have found that there were two Wm Abernethy's. William who married Ann Milne was the son of William & Christian...
Hello and Thank you for accepting me into your group. I am researching my Milne family and on my search discovered an unknown son of James Milne and his wife...
