Hello, One of the acountants at work is interested in chasing his tree. He knows that he is a McQuarrie and he knows that his forebears came from Ulva. I have heard that 99% of all known McQuarries trace their roots back to Ulva. Before I start googling and possibly wasting time does anybody know of any particular website or public domain tree that is a well known McQuarrie "starting place" ............ and happy Christmas from down here - expecting a hot one tommorow and then mid to high 20s for the next week. Regards Bill

Hi, I am looking for anyone who has a connection with or can help with any information about the following PAUL family please. Alexander Paul 1796 married Mary Gordon 1803 in 1826 Old Machar Aberdeen. Had nine children, Jane or Jean 1823 John 1823 Ann 1826 Margaret 1829 Elspeth 1833 Isabella 1836 Mary 1836 Charles 1839 and Alexander 1841 all Aberdeen. Regards Dave

Hi, I am hoping somone out there can help me trace a John 'Jack' Morrison who in 1919 lived at 16 Great Western Road Aberdeen. Any information on him or his family would be good. I have a family link with him through my Grandmother who resided at that time in Claremont Street, Aberdeen. Thank you & Happy Christmas! Karen __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4707 (20091221) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

G'day Bill There are Rootsweb MacQuarrie & McQuarry mailing lists but they are both virtually inactive: To join send mail to MCQUARY-L-request@rootsweb.com MACQUARRIE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word *subscribe* in the message subject and body. There may be a Scottish list for the county covering Ulva. The full Rootsweb Scottish Lists are at: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/ HTH We have nearly a foot of snow in southern England! Any chance of an invite to yours? -- Best wishes Ray ********************************************************** >From Ray Hennessy Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP ********************************************************** 2009/12/22 Bill Wood <steamingbill@gmail.com> > Hello, > > One of the acountants at work is interested in chasing his tree. > > He knows that he is a McQuarrie and he knows that his forebears came from > Ulva. > > I have heard that 99% of all known McQuarries trace their roots back to > Ulva. > > Before I start googling and possibly wasting time does anybody know of any > particular website or public domain tree that is a well known McQuarrie > "starting place" > > > ............ and happy Christmas from down here - expecting a hot one > tommorow and then mid to high 20s for the next week. > > Regards > > Bill >

I have a photo of a memorial stone taken in the Old Deer Parish Church yard. If it relates to anyones family I am happy to send you a copy. Erected by Margaret Robb in memory of her father John Robb d 8/1/1880 and her mother Margaret d 13/4/1875 and her sister Christian Cowie d 18/6/1866 and her nephew William Cowie d 3/5/1876. Thought it may have been one of my family but have not yet found a connection. Janet

Sharon & Robin LAMB wrote: > Having trouble tracking down where some of my ancestors are buried. > > They lived, and died in Strichen, but, I can only find one family > there. > > So where would they be buried if NOT in Strichen. And suggestions, > Gavin???? As you can check at: http://www.abdnet.co.uk/burialgrounds/ there are two burial grounds in the parish of Strichen, the original kirkyard and the new cemetery next door. Burial records for the cemetery start in 1908 (which is probably the year it opened for business) but it is quite likely that interments continued in parallel in the two burial grounds for some time thereafter. I am not quite clear what you mean when you say that you can "only find one family there", because you don't tell us where you have looked! There is an unpublished (and probably incomplete) set of Memorial Inscriptions for Strichen held by ANESFHS, but that covers only the kirkyard - and not all burials were commemorated on a stone. If your ancestors were buried in the cemetery, then they should appear in the burial records. You will find the contact details for an enquiry about them on the "Links" section of the above website. And, of course, even if they died in Strichen, they were not necessarily buried there. My grandparents and many of their siblings had migrated into the City of Aberdeen or to distant parts of the world before the start of the First World War, but various of them chose to be buried - or were at least commemorated - at the family lair in their home parish of St Fergus well into the 20th century. > > I am looking at prior to 1924 > > Yes, I know look up the death certificate but for one relative there > doesn't seem to be one on Scotland's People. Ray Hennessy has published a set of tips on wringing information out of Scotlandspeople at: http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP Gavin Bell

Hi: Having trouble tracking down where some of my ancestors are buried. They lived, and died in Strichen, but, I can only find one family there. So where would they be buried if NOT in Strichen. And suggestions, Gavin???? I am looking at prior to 1924 Yes, I know look up the death certificate but for one relative there doesn't seem to be one on Scotland's People. Thanks :sjl

Many thanks, Alexander, for the link to Scotland's Places. I've just spent more than an hour browsing, and can see that it will be a very useful site. Love it!! Venita On Dec 16, 2009, at 3:29 AM, Alexander Bisset wrote: > I came across this site recently and thought that other list members may be interested http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk it has a lot of photographs and old maps and some interesting other things like a 1797 roll listing those liable for the horse tax, which contains a list of names, addresses and number of horses. So it may prove useful to some list members to have a look. > > In particular I think Gavin may be interested in http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/hay_shennan/pdfs/aberdeenshire-boundaries.pdf which is the report on the redrawing of parish boundaries for 1892. Although given your interest in old maps Gavin I'd be surprised if you haven't seen this report before. > > I'll also make a quick mention of http://www.lostcousins.com which is an excellent and quick to use site for matching up people from the 1881 census. Basically you enter anyone in your tree who you have found on the 1881 census and because it asks for a reference from the census eg: district/page number etc which you get from sites such as Scotland's people, Familysearch.org & Ancestry.com etc it can make a 100% definite match up with anyone else who shares the same relative. It's very quick to enter everyone once you get started, and no-one but you ever sees the data you have entered until you make a match. Once a match is found, which is almost instant when you enter the data, it alerts you and the other person there is a match and gives you the opportunity to contact each other. Really useful and 100% matching unlike say "hot matches" on other sites such as Genes Reunited. > -- > Alexander Bisset > IT Administrator Aberdeen Harbour Board > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This message has been checked by Dionach for all known viruses using > MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit > http://www.dionach.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

What cemeteries are located in or around Inverness, Scotland. I'm actually looking for the burial place for a) John Steel d:19 Aug.1957 at 83 Lachalsh Road in Inverness b) Mary Margaret Shaw Innes ( John's wife ) d: 1 May 1970 c) William J Steel d: 28 Aug.2006 at his home located at 48 Broom Drive in Inverness 1V2 4EQ Any help would be greatly appreciated. William in Montreal

What cemeteries are located in or around Inverness, Scotland. I'm actually looking for the burial place for a) John Steel d:19 Aug.1957 at 83 Lachalsh Road in Inverness b) Mary Margaret Shaw Innes ( John's wife ) d: 1 May 1970 c) William J Steel d: 28 Aug.2006 at his home located at 48 Broom Drive in Inverness 1V2 4EQ Any help would be greatly appreciated. William in Montreal

Need help in locating a David Steel in Nairn. Would appreciate a telephone number if at all possible. All I know is that his parents were William J Steel ( deceased ) and Maria Angela Salvatori in Inverness. This is the only information that I have, William in Montreal

Kathleen - we've run across each other before concerning families in the area around Beckwith Twp. I thought I'd check my DUFFs and see if there was anything to help this question. Most of my DUFFs are in PEI, but I do have one in Beckwith: Elexey DUFF (1837-1899) m. Finlay McEWEN (1836-1920) 1. Hugh m. Ammie ALLEN 2. Margaret Ann m. John Herbert FERGUSON 3. Catherine Delia 4. Miny 5. William Henderson m. Ada Frances KEARNEY I am not directly connected to this line of McEWEN or DUFF, but Finlay McEWEN's first cousin Jannet m. Peter DEWAR (my 3rd great granduncle) and I am following the DEWAR line. The McEWENs were from Balquhidder, Perthshire and I do not know about Ms DUFFs origins. A great influx from Perthshire starting 1818, but not too many Aberdonians in that region at that time so far as I know Regards - Glen C. Bodie Web http://Bodie.CA Home mailto:glen@glenbodie.com or mailto:Glen.Bodie@gmail.com Cell mailto:TyTN@Bodie.ca (no attachments) Snail Mail: 76 Strathcona Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4J 1G8 -----Original Message----- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:12:21 -0500 From: Kathleen Ogg-Moss <koggmoss@gmail.com> Subject: [ABERDEEN] Duff Hi Listers, I would like others opinion on the following- In 1832, James Duff. b. 1814, emigrated to Canada and settled in Beckwith Township, Upper Canada. In 1843, William Duff from Perthshire emigrated to Canada with his wife, eight children, a children's governess and his unmarried sister, Janet. William's family lived with James until William built his own house next door on the same concession road. I searched for any trace of the sister, Janet, in Canada without success. I then assumed she had died on board - that is until this week. Our family have a webpage and a guest book. We received a message in the guest book from a man who wondered if he was related to us. He has a couple of letters written by James' son, David, to his uncle David in Scotland. The letter mentions that his mother Jane, came to Canada at the same time as William Duff's family. The letters contain a lot of information relevant to both families. The 1851 and 1861 Canadian census list Jane, his mother, residing with him and his family. The 1841 Scottish census list Janet as unmarried and living in a household other than Duff. Both these Duff families intermarry with a family of Rattrays. Documents say Jane died in 1862. Nothing is found on Janet. Is it possible that Jane and Janet are the same person? I hope this is clear. thank you for any help. Kathleen

Hi, Kathleen, I don't have your family in my lines but I have seen the names of Jane, Janet, Jannet, and Jessie used interchangeably. I have also seen relatives who came to the "New World" go back to the "homeland" so it is posssible that your Jane is Jannet and she went back home to get married. If you can find her in a census as a married woman look to see age and where she was born... that may help you determine if she is the same person. Also look for a death record in Scotland of Jane / Jannet and perhaps it will have information to help you link the families. Good luck! Hope you get a great Christmas present in finding a link to your family! Laura -----Original Message----- >From: Kathleen Ogg-Moss <koggmoss@gmail.com> >Sent: Dec 16, 2009 7:12 PM >To: Aberdeen List <aberdeen@rootsweb.com>, Perthshire@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ABERDEEN] Duff > >Hi Listers, > >I would like others opinion on the following- >In 1832, James Duff. b. 1814, emigrated to Canada and settled in Beckwith >Township, Upper Canada. >In 1843, William Duff from Perthshire emigrated to Canada with his wife, >eight children, a children's governess and his unmarried sister, Janet. >William's family lived with James until William built his own house next >door on the same concession road. I searched for any trace of the sister, >Janet, in Canada without success. I then assumed she had died on board - >that is until this week. > >Our family have a webpage and a guest book. We received a message in the >guest book from a man who wondered if he was related to us. He has a couple >of letters written by James' son, David, to his uncle David in Scotland. The >letter mentions that his mother Jane, came to Canada at the same time as >William Duff's family. The letters contain a lot of information relevant to >both families. The 1851 and 1861 Canadian census list Jane, his mother, >residing with him and his family. The 1841 Scottish census list Janet as >unmarried and living in a household other than Duff. > >Both these Duff families intermarry with a family of Rattrays. Documents >say Jane died in 1862. Nothing is found on Janet. Is it possible that Jane >and Janet are the same person? > >I hope this is clear. thank you for any help. >Kathleen > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello The following may be of assistance: Willliam FINNIE was b.c. 1839 New Deer the son of George FINNIE & Barbara LEGG.  William married Eliza(beth) ELLIS, b. 22 December 1839, Logie Buchan, the daughter of Duncan ELLIS and Isabella GRAY, on 9 June 1860 at Logie Buchan.  William died 3 June 1918 and Eliza(beth) died 18 August 1910 and they are both interred within Fintray Churchyard - In loving memory of William FINNIE who died at Greencairns, Fintray, June 3, 1918, aged 79 years.  And of his wife Elizabeth ELLIS who died August 18, 1910 aged 68 years.  Also their daughter Isabella who died at Bankhead, Kinmuck, Keithhall on the 15 Feb. 1931 aged 64 years. Children: William Finnie, b. 24 October 1860, Logie Buchan - married Jane SMITH Duncan Ellis Finnie, b. 16 October 1862, Logie Buchan Elizabeth Finnie, b. 4 June 1864, Slains - married William DAVIDSON 1892, Fintray.  Elizabeth d. 3 December 1928, Aberdeen. Isabella Finnie, b. 5 May 1866, Slains - d. 15 February 1931.  Interred Fintray Churchyard. George Finnie, b. 13 April 1868, Slains. Alexander J. Finnie, b.c. 1871, Slains Robert E. Finnie, b.c. 1874, Slains James Jamieson Finnie, b.c. 1876, Slains - d. 30 December 1943, South Africa Helen (Nellie) Finnie, b.c. 1878 Slains - married David BROWN 25 December 1925, Fintray. John Finnie, b.c. 1880, Ellon - d. 9 January 1944, Glasgow (occ. Glasgow City Police). Charles Finnie, b.c. 1882, Ellon - d. 25 February 1936 N.J., U.S.A. George Finnie married Barbara LEGG 28 April 1828, Pitsligo.  George was b.c. 1793, New Deer, the son of Thomas FINNIE & Isabella CRICHTON, & Barbara was b.c. 1796, Gamrie, Banffshire, the daughter of William LEGG & Elizabeth LEDINGHAM.  Barbara LEGG was married previously to James LYON 9 December 1822, Pitsligo.  George Finnie d. 10 May 1867, New Deer & Barbara d. 14 April 1879, Gamrie, and they had at least six children: Isabel Finnie, b.c. 1828, New Deer - married William KING 26 November 1848, New Deer. Thomas Finnie, bap. 4 December 1831, New Deer - married (1) Helen SMART 9 May 1859, Fraserburgh & (2) Elizabeth MURRAY 18 December 1875, Old Meldrum. George Finnie, bap. 15 June 1834, New Deer - married Jessie K. FARQUHAR 14 January 1865, New Deer. Barbara Finnie, b.c. 1837, New Deer - unmarried - single parent. William Finnie (as above) Alexander Finnie, b.c. 1842, New Deer I hope the above helps and gives you a few leads to take your research further.  I am not related to the family so far as I can establish. Alison ________________________________ From: downie karen To: ABERDEEN@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 16 December, 2009 12:55:32 Subject: [ABERDEEN] William Finnie Hello I am trying to find out about my GG Granddad and his Family This is what l have so far on him. He was born 1860,Logie Buchan to a William Finnie and Eliza Ellis, he was the 1881 census living at old deer as a servant this is when my Great Granny was born, he went on to marry a Jane Smith in 1893 at Glenlivet, Banff, William died 1939 Aberdeen. William and Jane had 3 children Alexander b. abt 1896 Elizabeth b.abt 1897 William b.abt 1899. hope some one can help . Thank You Karen

Hi Listers, I would like others opinion on the following- In 1832, James Duff. b. 1814, emigrated to Canada and settled in Beckwith Township, Upper Canada. In 1843, William Duff from Perthshire emigrated to Canada with his wife, eight children, a children's governess and his unmarried sister, Janet. William's family lived with James until William built his own house next door on the same concession road. I searched for any trace of the sister, Janet, in Canada without success. I then assumed she had died on board - that is until this week. Our family have a webpage and a guest book. We received a message in the guest book from a man who wondered if he was related to us. He has a couple of letters written by James' son, David, to his uncle David in Scotland. The letter mentions that his mother Jane, came to Canada at the same time as William Duff's family. The letters contain a lot of information relevant to both families. The 1851 and 1861 Canadian census list Jane, his mother, residing with him and his family. The 1841 Scottish census list Janet as unmarried and living in a household other than Duff. Both these Duff families intermarry with a family of Rattrays. Documents say Jane died in 1862. Nothing is found on Janet. Is it possible that Jane and Janet are the same person? I hope this is clear. thank you for any help. Kathleen

Go to Automated Genealgy.com and if you scroll down you will see the 1852 CAD census.....check it out. It was done in 1851 but not published until '52..so they call it the 1852 census. Also there is a Ontario Vital Statistics Project, (google it) and if you know in what County in Ontario they lived, you may find some births, marriages, etc. It works also if you don't know the county, but it is a bit labor intensive, but one find would be worth it. If you find any that came to BC, I can get the certificates for you, Good luck, Goldie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Ogg-Moss" <koggmoss@gmail.com> To: "Aberdeen List" <aberdeen@rootsweb.com>; <Perthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:12 PM Subject: [ABERDEEN] Duff > Hi Listers, > > I would like others opinion on the following- > In 1832, James Duff. b. 1814, emigrated to Canada and settled in Beckwith > Township, Upper Canada. > In 1843, William Duff from Perthshire emigrated to Canada with his wife, > eight children, a children's governess and his unmarried sister, Janet. > William's family lived with James until William built his own house next > door on the same concession road. I searched for any trace of the sister, > Janet, in Canada without success. I then assumed she had died on board - > that is until this week. > > Our family have a webpage and a guest book. We received a message in the > guest book from a man who wondered if he was related to us. He has a > couple > of letters written by James' son, David, to his uncle David in Scotland. > The > letter mentions that his mother Jane, came to Canada at the same time as > William Duff's family. The letters contain a lot of information relevant > to > both families. The 1851 and 1861 Canadian census list Jane, his mother, > residing with him and his family. The 1841 Scottish census list Janet as > unmarried and living in a household other than Duff. > > Both these Duff families intermarry with a family of Rattrays. Documents > say Jane died in 1862. Nothing is found on Janet. Is it possible that > Jane > and Janet are the same person? > > I hope this is clear. thank you for any help. > Kathleen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Schani Biermann wrote: > is anyone aware of any publication for headstone inscriptions of OLD > MACHAR cemetery in Aberdeen City area? > > It appears this cemetery has NOT been transcribed by the ANESFHS It HAS been transcribed, and a copy of that transcription is held by ANESFHS. But it has not been published, as it was done by a former member, but not to the standards we try to maintain for our published booklets. However, if you are a member, you can request a lookup. Can I guess - did you look for St Machar on the MI Index: http://www.abdnet.co.uk/mi-index/ and found it not listed? The MI Index includes only those MIs *published* by ANESFHS, and a few of the "draft" versions. But there are other MI transcriptions which, for either practical or copyright reasons, are not included in the Index. You will get a better idea of what MI transcriptions exist (as opposed to what is published) at the companion website: http://www.abdnet.co.uk/burialgrounds/ Gavin Bell

Hello I am trying to find out about my GG Granddad and his Family This is what l have so far on him. He was born 1860,Logie Buchan to a William Finnie and Eliza Ellis, he was the 1881 census living at old deer as a servant this is when my Great Granny was born, he went on to marry a Jane Smith in 1893 at Glenlivet, Banff, William died 1939 Aberdeen. William and Jane had 3 children Alexander b. abt 1896 Elizabeth b.abt 1897 William b.abt 1899. hope some one can help . Thank You Karen

is anyone aware of any publication for headstone inscriptions of OLD MACHAR cemetery in Aberdeen City area? It appears this cemetery has NOT been transcribed by the ANESFHS Schani Biermann Canada

Hi Vicki, thank-you for your reply; yes I do have most of this information. Ray Hennessy kindly sent me much of this, it now remains to try and connect any links if possible. The one thing I have been able to confirm is James ROBERTSON was my G grandfather, on his marriage certificate it shows his parents as Daniel ROBERTSON and Agnes SPOTTISWOOD. I have been able to find Daniel and Agnes' marriage cert on Scotlands People but shows no further information; they married in 1831, so assuming the information on James marriage cert is correct that confirms his parentage. I cannot find a birth cert or a death certificate for James; he married Martha AITKEN in 1866. I have been checking other marriages for both Daniel and Agnes on the assumption they may have died but with no success. A Daniel ROBERTSON married Elizabeth MILNE in Feb 1839 they had one child, Helen in Apr 1839 and I have since found a death cert for Daniel in 1840 so have put aside. He may be a relative. The timing is about right for him to have married a 2nd time, Agnes could have died and he remarried but it is all conjecture. I am looking at all James ROBERTSON's born in the period abt 1830ish to 1840 or thereabouts. Also Daniel ROBERTSON's in the range of 1790 to 1810 but OPR's are not easy and have had very little success but have eliminated quite a few. Will keep trying. Thank-you for your interest. Regards, Jan _________________________________________________________________ A world FIRST in property search has arrived! Check out Domain Radar NOW! http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/157631292/direct/01/