... I hadn't heard of children being used in this way, but I must take issue with the contention that they would have been the only literate members of the...
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Andrew Paterson
andrew_d_paterson@...
Apr 2, 2001 9:43 am
Dear Anne and Alison, ... To quote from Chambers' Dictionary: Lift (Scot.) the air, heavens, sky (O.E. lyft; Ger. luft; O.N. lopt; Goth. lutus, the air.) All...
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R.G.Cairns
rgcairns@...
Apr 2, 2001 9:59 am
Gayle Renwick wrote ... You have my sympathy trying to identify some particular Renwicks - my father's mother's line - so I had a bit of a look for you. I used...
14870
wally anderson
drewa@...
Apr 2, 2001 9:59 am
Where would one look for Irregular Marriages as some of my family were Sessionists and crossed the border from Berwick on Tweed . Wally Anderson CAN....
14871
Rosemary Macrae
rosemary.macrae@...
Apr 2, 2001 9:59 am
sorry, wrong Macrae's. My Macrae's come from Banfshire. ... From: "jlorraine" <jlorraine@...> To: <scots-origins@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March...
14872
Joan Purker
purkers3@...
Apr 2, 2001 9:59 am
I recently received some photocopies of the Tomnahurich Burial registers of graves, grave owners and burial locations from the Cemetery Offices in Inverness. I...
14873
Mary Hamilton
MAH.Rodney@...
Apr 2, 2001 9:59 am
Thank you, James I was really making the enquiry for a friend but the first voyage is listed in the book "Log of Logs" and the departure port and large number...
14874
Dick Holmes
rholmes@...
Apr 2, 2001 9:59 am
It takes less time to press "delete" than it does to write a three line message. Someday, you may want to ask a question that someone else already knows the...
14875
Janet
yogjan@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:05 am
Hi Robert, I have an ancestor that spelled the name Mattison, her name was Lydia. Do you think this is another spelling of the name Mathesons. I do not have...
14876
Bnelslane@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:05 am
I agree. Don't completely discount the stories but try to see how they tie into the family and what you know about the family. Sometimes our ancestors added...
14877
Janet
yogjan@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:11 am
My name is Janet, but I have been called other names. Janet ... From: Leon Hale [mailto:haleon@...] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 9:24 PM To:...
14878
dmatthew
dmatt@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:25 am
Jody I am trying ... I had a problem for sometime saying the family name Channon came from Cornwall and it took about 5 years to find the Cornish link and then...
14879
Darren Stewart
dstewart10@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:25 am
thank you for your reply ... wrote: > Hi dstewart10@... ... _____________________________________________________________________________ ...
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Joanna Campbell
joannagoldie@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:25 am
Re 1891 census for Jane Lewis age 35 living in INVERNESS the gro code is 098 18 026 any help in this matter will be gratefully recieved Thank you Joanna...
14881
Joanna Campbell
joannagoldie@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:25 am
Hi Could sks who has access to the 1901 Census for Edmonton Canada do a check for me? I am not sure how the Canadian Census is set out is it the same as the ...
14882
mikelynnechris@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:25 am
Judy says that Wallace and Bruce were heroes however it depended on where you lived at the time. It,s a good point Judy. By 1317 the Wallace was long dead of...
14883
Cecil Williamson
Cecil_Williamson@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:26 am
I love it!...
14884
James Gray
harbord@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:26 am
My Grandmother Rosina McCann Gray age 24, widow with son James Gray age 18 months and pregnant. Left Glasgow June 28, 1913. Her sister and brother Susan and...
14885
Ken Fergusson
kcfergie@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:26 am
Hi Rodger, I am researching some MATHESONS who came to Canada in the late 1850's. The story goes that Roderick MATHESON met Christina MATHESON on the voyage...
14886
Terry Boyd
albanach@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:26 am
My feelings are the same as Ian Galbraith's, ie that surviving childhood was the key. I don't have any hard and fast data but the suggestion seems to hold true...
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Helen Cowie
helen@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:29 am
Hi Joan, As you will be able to see I am almost a complete novice at this.I saw your advice re IGI Batch numbers.I haveseveral records with the numbers but...
14888
bruce@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:29 am
Hi Bob, A person's first name can alter for various reasons throughout their lifetime. I know that from my own research.When registering my aunt's death some...
14889
Anne-Mc
Anne-Mc@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:29 am
Thanks Alison, no I didn't know that but now it makes sense, thanks heaps Anne Foxton New Zealand ... and ... an ... verse ... scots-origins@eGroups.com ... ...
14890
bruce@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:29 am
Hi Andrew Harthill is a place between Glasow and Edinburgh. I would have thought that ARNOT was a surname so if that name does not relate to the person you...
14891
James Morton-Robertson
james@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:33 am
My maternal gmother resident of Edinburgh south side all her life spoke Lallans and used the word luft to mean sky pronounced u and not german oo. I could...
14892
Susan Greig
sue_greig@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:33 am
Can somebody help me look up the 1881 census for: JAMES NICOLSON GREIG aged 53 years b 1828 married to HELEN FULTON aged 50 years 1831 children JOSEPH b 1856 ...
14893
relder
relder@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:33 am
Hello Everybody Can anyone help me? I am trying to trace my family one Edward Gilliard born circa 1847 his family where Edward William my gdfather Arthur,...
14894
Teresa Robinson
t.robinson15@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:33 am
Hi all, is anyone researching the name BOATH for the Glasgow area ? I have a name BOATH that appears twice now in death and Obituarie records and think one...
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Betty Barkley
barkleyb@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:33 am
I want to thank everyone for their input on my life span question. This thread has been interesting. Jim asked why I asked the question about those born in...
14896
joan love
lovec@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:38 am
Thank you everyone, you've all been most helpful, regarding the "Directory of Scottish Newspapers, especially Jim, Liz, David and Elizabeth. In answer to your...
