me again, another tale from my nursing in the UK. I was looking after a rather fractious, irritable old scottish gent who was having what appeared to be a...
My aunt sent me details of our matriarchal line which she asked me to work on. Research on one line had been abandoned a decade earlier, so I thought I'd...
Rena MCCARTHY
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Apr 1, 2003 1:01 pm
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Hi Carol, My brother married into a ** 'yeoman farmer' family. At one time the man who owned the land, also 'owned', the workers. Your history lessons may have...
Rena MCCARTHY
Rena@...
Apr 1, 2003 1:01 pm
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I don't know how to do it either - I downloaded a family from the familysearch IGI and noticed 3 of the children had an asterisk against them. Investigation...
Rena MCCARTHY
Rena@...
Apr 1, 2003 1:01 pm
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Hi Barbara re Craigie Castle. There is a Craigievar Castle not far from Crathes - could it be thatone rather than Craigie in Ayrshire? Anne...
... Very very true. Such a lot of genie stuff on the Net looks good. BUT for every valid useful page that is on the Net, there are a zillion pages of equally...
Alistair Cameron
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Apr 1, 2003 1:11 pm
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David: I use Family Tree Maker 10, and I'm sure it is similar to your Family Origins. If you want to keep your birth family separate from your adoptive...
... COLEHILL is in Argyll, CULLHILL in Coatbridge LKS I think, and COLIFORTHILL is in Roxburgh. COLESHILL is in Midlands ENG. With so many odd place names, we...
Alistair Cameron
acameron@...
Apr 1, 2003 1:27 pm
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Hello Jane, Thanks for your thoughts on Agnes Brown. I'm surmising from the surname McQueen that in due course Scotland can claim a connection to Steve...
Rena MCCARTHY
Rena@...
Apr 1, 2003 1:27 pm
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Dear All, My wife's family Bain came from Inverness, or Forres? Robert Bain (Inverness) migrated in about 1845 to Van Diemands land (Tasmania) Australia. I...
Paul Cohen
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Apr 1, 2003 1:27 pm
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Oh Anne, Doesn't it break your heart when you come across some of these death certificates, especially of children? I've often found a tear or two in my eye...
samle@...
Apr 1, 2003 1:27 pm
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Is there anyone on the list who is familiar with Juniper Green as it was in the 1940s and 50s. It was a little hamlet on the south-west outskirts of Edinburgh...
Hi all A while ago I posted looking for places that I look for death records, and someone suggested I post the names I am looking for, so here goes... John...
Julia Parker
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Apr 1, 2003 1:28 pm
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Hi, Has anyone else been having problems with Scotlandspeople.gov.uk.? For the past few weeks or more I have been unable to get into the site. Was told that...
Hello Dave, congratulations on finding "family". I too found my birth mother and her new family, But the family have been of no help.My mother was not married...
Eilleen: There is a Freedom of Information Act but it may be difficult to apply in this case. The father turned down contact saying he was not sure he was the...
For anyone with a Canadian connection. This new site was developed by the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Library and Archives of Canada. The web site...
Hi List, I have a newly discovered branch - descendants of George Donald and Anne Johnstone. George was born in Boyndie, Anne in Rothiemay and they apparently ...
Hi all, Never trust what you read! A piece on my ggggrandfather in a book called "Gone but Not Forgoetten" written about Ipswich cemetery in Queensland ...
Hi Eileen, Try contacting the Juniper Green Village Association. Their website with contact details is www.junipergreen.org.uk - someone there may be able to ...
Hello Eileen, If you go to www.goole.com and type in "juniper green" you will get some info regarding your query, also I am sure someone on the list will have ...
My Great Granddad and Great Nan both died within a few months of each other in 1958 but Scotland's People only has deaths before 1952. He was William Taylor...
I'll ask my old Mum who used to go out there as a young woman. James ... From: Eileen [mailto:eileen@...] Sent: 01 April 2003 04:20 To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L;...
James Morton-Robertson
james@...
Apr 1, 2003 3:57 pm
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Many sad stories from death certificates. My father-in-law had a little sister who was only 9 months and 7 days old when she passed away. She died of Gastro...
Toni Phillips
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Apr 1, 2003 3:58 pm
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I'm grateful that listers like Ann are posting records. For one thing it might reach an interested party who hasn't found why there is a gap in the family...
Rena MCCARTHY
Rena@...
Apr 1, 2003 3:59 pm
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Hello Bill, That depends what year you are referring to. 644/3 1855 - 1874 - Bridgeton 1875 - 1906 - Dennistoun 1907 - 1934 - Calton 1935 - 1955 - Camlachie ...
I used to have a Kiwi secretqry from the North Island and we did have problems like she called me Jum and sex kept getting in the way until I discovered it...