Hi Ray, thanks for your advice, no I didn't know you could do that, I think I'm in for some fun, now thanks again, Regards Marion Sydney On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Ray Hennessy <ray7033@googlemail.com>wrote: > On 28 February 2010 03:20, marion wakeford <marion.wakeford@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > ... I also looked for for William's father in Aberdeen and narrowed it > down to two, ... and a William ... born 24/10/1754 to John Grant and wife no > christian name surname Ingrahm. > ________________________________________ > > Hi Marion > > I clicked on the Batch number for William's birth and this set up the > film search. You probably know that for this search on the IGI you > can enter just the child's surname, in this case "GRANT". I added the > father's name "John" and got a list of 12 children of John GRANT [Take > care, it isn't necessarily just one man!!] > > When you look at the record for the first child listed, Helen GRANT b > 4 Dec 1766, you find that her mother was Christian INGRAM. If you > also look at Mary, b 7 Apr 1751, her mother is "Christ. INGRAHM". > Others just have the mother's surname. > > I think you can safely assume that William's mother was the same > Christian INGRAM/INGRAHM since his birth to Mother "INGRAHM" is > straddled by the others. > > My guess is that INGRAHM was the spelling favoured by the clerk of the > day and the mother's forename may have been indecipherable for some of > the births on the film when LDS transcribed it. > > > -- > 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 > ********************************************************** > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Marion

On 1 March 2010 03:20, marion wakeford <marion.wakeford@gmail.com> wrote: Re: Finding whole families on the IGI --------------------------------------------- > thanks for your advice, no I didn't know you could do that, I think I'm in for some fun, now ___________________________________________________ Hi Marion You can find out all sorts of families that way - providing they stay in the same parish, of course. If they move around you may need to look at several batches. And remember that spellings can vary from place-to-place, scribe-to-scribe and even day-to-day. Beware when only the father is named that there may be more than one man with that name inthe parish. The other thing is that each film only covers a certain period . To find out the "other" batch numbers for a parish, use the index for Family Search. I have the Scotland batch numbers from Hugh Wallis as a short url which anyone can use at http://bit.ly/IGIbatches. When you drill down to the county and then the parish, the list of batch numbers shows the dates covered. But note that some dates are covered by more than one film of each type [C for Christenings/births/baptisms & M for Marriages]. Have fun!! Ray

Hi Ray, thanks very much. I have another query I'm also looking at the Waddell family and I've been told that John and Elizabeth Waddell moved from Edinburgh to live at the gatehouse at Coll House near Tobermory. John Waddell was a shoemaker to Hugh MacLean. Do you think that means that they moved to the Isle of Coll and not Mull? Reagards Marion On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Ray Hennessy <ray@whatsinaname.net> wrote: > On 1 March 2010 03:20, marion wakeford <marion.wakeford@gmail.com> wrote: > > Re: Finding whole families on the IGI > --------------------------------------------- > > > thanks for your advice, no I didn't know you could do that, I think I'm > in > for some fun, now > ___________________________________________________ > Hi Marion > > You can find out all sorts of families that way - providing they stay in > the > same parish, of course. If they move around you may need to look at > several > batches. And remember that spellings can vary from place-to-place, > scribe-to-scribe and even day-to-day. Beware when only the father is named > that there may be more than one man with that name inthe parish. > > The other thing is that each film only covers a certain period . To find > out the "other" batch numbers for a parish, use the index for Family > Search. I have the Scotland batch numbers from Hugh Wallis as a short url > which anyone can use at > > http://bit.ly/IGIbatches. > > When you drill down to the county and then the parish, the list of batch > numbers shows the dates covered. But note that some dates are covered by > more than one film of each type [C for Christenings/births/baptisms & M for > Marriages]. > > Have fun!! > > Ray > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Marion

On 1 March 2010 11:14, marion wakeford <marion.wakeford@gmail.com> wrote: > I have another query I'm also looking at the Waddell family and I've been told that John and Elizabeth Waddell moved from Edinburgh to live at the gatehouse at Coll House near Tobermory. John Waddell was a shoemaker to Hugh MacLean. > > Do you think that means that they moved to the Isle of Coll and not Mull? ________________________________________ Hi Marion I think this is one for Gavin who is King of the Maps. However if you were told it was near Tobermory then I would have thought that Mull would be favourite. I've had a brief look at the Scottish 1890s maps on-line but haven't been able to find "Coll House". Gavin has much bigger screens on his computers so should be able to provide a better view of the placenames. When did the WADDELLs move there? A date might help a lot to decide which maps to look at. Ray

Hi Ray/Gavin, thanks for your help. The Waddells moved to Mull in 1828, I've tried googling Coll House but haven't had any success, I'd really appreciate any help as I'm going to Scotland in May and would love to go to see where my family came from. Regards Marion On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:47 AM, Ray Hennessy <ray@whatsinaname.net> wrote: > On 1 March 2010 11:14, marion wakeford <marion.wakeford@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have another query I'm also looking at the Waddell family and I've been > told that John and Elizabeth Waddell moved from Edinburgh to live at the > gatehouse at Coll House near Tobermory. John Waddell was a shoemaker to > Hugh > MacLean. > > > > Do you think that means that they moved to the Isle of Coll and not Mull? > ________________________________________ > > Hi Marion > > I think this is one for Gavin who is King of the Maps. However if you were > told it was near Tobermory then I would have thought that Mull would be > favourite. > > I've had a brief look at the Scottish 1890s maps on-line but haven't been > able to find "Coll House". > > Gavin has much bigger screens on his computers so should be able to provide > a better view of the placenames. > > When did the WADDELLs move there? A date might help a lot to decide which > maps to look at. > > Ray > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Marion

marion wakeford wrote: > The Waddells moved to Mull in 1828, I've tried googling Coll House > but haven't had any success. I can find no such place on any of the maps I have access to. How long did they remain in Mull/Coll? If they were still there in 1841, they should appear in the Census, which might help to locate them. Gavin Bell