Hi Jim, I'm willing to help you out here but without any information to go on, I can't. If you could give us the witnesses names at the baptisms of William LUMSDEN in 1809 and Alexander LUMSDEN in 1824 when you get back from your holiday, that would be great. Just because the witnesses were not LUMSDEN's or CALLUM's doesn't necessarily mean they are useless. Witnesses at baptisms were often male relatives so if either William or Ann had married sisters, then it is possible their husbands were the witnesses. I always check every witness on Familysearch IGI http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp to see who they married. In your case, if they married a LUMSDEN or CALLUM girl, then bingo you have something to work on. Have a safe trip, Jen. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Lumsden" <jim.lumsden@sympatico.ca> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Lumsden in Stonehaven Scotland >I paid for Williams birth record from SP and so far have no use for the > witness names.

Thank you for the tip on witnesses. I have retrieved about 6 images from SP that relate to this search effort. The 2 missing sons of Ann Callum and William Lumsden ( William and Alex ) are completeted as far as the witness search goes using your technique. The good news is I found them in LDS records despite some legibility issues. The down side is that there were no hidden gems. There are more to search in Gamrie birth records that may be critical. I have been spending a lot of time also on the missing death records for William and Ann. Thanks Jim -------------------------------------------------- From: "Brad and Jen" <bradandjen@iinet.net.au> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 1:03 AM To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Lumsden in Stonehaven Scotland > Hi Jim, > > I'm willing to help you out here but without any information to go on, I > can't. If you could give us the witnesses names at the baptisms of > William > LUMSDEN in 1809 and Alexander LUMSDEN in 1824 when you get back from your > holiday, that would be great. > > Just because the witnesses were not LUMSDEN's or CALLUM's doesn't > necessarily mean they are useless. Witnesses at baptisms were often male > relatives so if either William or Ann had married sisters, then it is > possible their husbands were the witnesses. I always check every witness > on Familysearch IGI http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp to see who > they married. In your case, if they married a LUMSDEN or CALLUM girl, > then > bingo you have something to work on. > > Have a safe trip, > Jen. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Lumsden" <jim.lumsden@sympatico.ca> > To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 10:40 AM > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Lumsden in Stonehaven Scotland > > >>I paid for Williams birth record from SP and so far have no use for the >> witness names. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >