Thank you to all for your thoughts on these children. I do know that Margaret Stocks ran a boarding house at about that time and I wondered if the parents may...
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William Leslie
pleslie23
Feb 12, 2013 10:50 pm
There is another possibility. My grandmother in Peterhead adopted children. They were either children of friends or distant relatives. One of these, whose name...
5885
Gweneth Myers
gwenethmyers
Feb 12, 2013 9:43 pm
G'day Betty, My understanding is the Scots were very economical and thrifty when it came to lairs. They used all available space even if sometimes the dead...
5884
flss1
Feb 12, 2013 9:35 pm
My first thought was that perhaps these babies were illegitimate.Often they would be known by the father's surname even if their parents weren't married.Would...
5883
Betty Miles
bettymiles@...
Feb 12, 2013 8:18 pm
I am looking for information about two young boys buried in the lairs of my STOCKS and FARQUHARSON ancestors in St. Peter's Cemetery. As far as I know they...
5882
Gweneth Myers
gwenethmyers
Feb 12, 2013 1:39 pm
No I don't, Hazel, I didn't even know his christian name up until a few weeks ago when I discovered Mary was in Australia. ... From: Hazel Stevenson...
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Hazel Stevenson
riverugie
Feb 12, 2013 1:09 pm
Thanks Gwen - I forgot to add that the information that Alexander could write was also on the seaman's ticket, which I saw in Kew, London, when looking for my...
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Gweneth Myers
gwenethmyers
Feb 12, 2013 12:28 pm
Hello Hazel, Thank you for the information especially on the Watt line. Mary was the sister of Peter McKenzie and we only found out recently that she also...
5879
Hazel Stevenson
riverugie
Feb 12, 2013 10:07 am
To Gwyneth, Here's some details about Mary Mackenzie. She was born about 1828 in Peterhead to John McKenzie, master cooper, b abt 1790 in Ullapool and...
5878
Betty Miles
bettymiles@...
Feb 10, 2013 5:54 pm
I am researching the family of Samuel STOCKS who married Margaret FARQUHARSON in Peterhead in 1819. Samuel was born in England; I would be interested to know...
5877
Peter Hooper
petergph
Feb 3, 2013 2:47 am
Do NOT click on Margaret Masson's message. There seems to be a flood of these emails at the moment which are infecting computers and then forwarding the...
5876
ogstonfamilyresearcher
ogstonfamily...
Feb 2, 2013 10:06 pm
The archivists at Hudson Bay Company are putting employee data sheets on line. This is a work in progress and they have many more to go. I did find the...
5873
Marie
minbalup@...
Jan 31, 2013 5:54 am
Hi Elizabeth, Many thanks for the following email. Yes that is my chap 1845 but really wanted to find him arriving however grateful to find the 1845 entry....
5872
Elisabeth Wilson
wilsontrek2004
Jan 30, 2013 11:14 pm
Hi Marie, I did go tot he archives yesterday for you but to my dismay some of the CD ROMs which used to be loaded onto the public search computers are no...
5871
JaniceS
darmorenus
Jan 29, 2013 5:46 pm
Greetings from the US: I am new to Scottish research. I appreciate all the informative postings about the Reids (esp. by Alison and Charlotte!)I can add data...
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Elisabeth Wilson
wilsontrek2004
Jan 29, 2013 11:48 am
... Hi Marie, Great answer. I often use the Tas archives and have worked there at times. I checked the online arrivals index and the convicts index when you...
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Bill Pictman
lost_without_me
Jan 28, 2013 6:53 pm
Greetings Group, I'm still trying to see if anyone has any information on James Davidson b. (16??) or his son William Davidson born either 1650 or 1668 that...
5868
Andy
andy_auk
Jan 28, 2013 6:46 pm
Hi Rachel I can tell you that Sara May was married on 9th October 1862, Peterhead Husband Andrew 'Boy' Strachan. Sara May born 15th May 1840, Peterhead Her...
5867
pauladixon23
Jan 28, 2013 6:07 pm
Hi again Rachel, Just checked the 1901 census and found Sarah aged 59 living with 5 of her children at 5 Harbour Street, Peterhead. She is classified as...
5866
mackin.gen@...
fatal_acception
Jan 28, 2013 5:51 pm
Thanks! It is them. The strangest thing is I tried the same search and got
nothing. It happened to me with a search the other day too. Rachel ... From:...
5865
pauladixon23
Jan 28, 2013 5:20 pm
Hi Rachel, I have just searched on Scotlands People using the following: Male Surname: Strachan (surname variants) Male Forename: Andrew Female Surname: May ...
5864
fatal_acception
Jan 28, 2013 5:02 pm
I have just started researching my husband's line and have had a lot of luck at Scotlandspeople site. On one line I have run full speed into the wall though. I...
5863
Gweneth Myers
gwenethmyers
Jan 28, 2013 8:48 am
G'day Marie  There are 2 places I would look, one is www.search.archives.tas.gov.au and then select the Heritage tab (or you can google the website)....
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Mary Barnes
marysb1936
Jan 28, 2013 5:01 am
Marie, I don't know if you've tried contacting the Tasmanian Archives online, but if you haven't it might be worthwhile. I found them extremely helpful when I...
5861
colours98
Jan 28, 2013 2:58 am
Hi Marie I couldn't help notice your query. I have a relative who arrived in Hobart in 1838 who is not on any records except I finally found them in the...
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Marie
minbalup@...
Jan 27, 2013 8:53 pm
Thank you Wade for your email. Gosh this chap is just so hard to follow his footsteps. I think he used a broom to clear his footsteps. Haven’t heard from...
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Wade Buchan
wsbphd
Jan 27, 2013 11:01 am
Hi Marie, Sorry, it is not something I’ve researched before. But he could easily have left from Peterhead by boat and gone to any number of Ports that...
5858
Mary Barnes
marysb1936
Jan 22, 2013 5:23 am
If there's no stone, then you are dependent on the lair records. You can go to Peterhead and look at them in the Registrar's office (by appointment) or you can...
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Mary Barnes
marysb1936
Jan 22, 2013 4:53 am
Alex, You could have a look at deceased online (www.deceasedonline.com). They have some Peterhead records, also some from other parts of Scotland, in case your...
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Judy Parrish
jam54jam
Jan 22, 2013 2:18 am
Hi Alex Sorry to butt in, sometimes when I have a brick wall I look in NZ, don't know why but a I have a few seaman end up there. The following may not be...
