Karen, thanks for your reply to my query i think i have the mystery thanks to all the kind people who replied i am going to get this record via Scotslandpeople to obtain the parents' names thanks agian Regards, Schani ----- Original Message ----- From: <genegenie2005-gen@yahoo.co.uk> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] surname CUMMING to all listers anyone researching this unusual surname? i have an Elizabeth Garden who married a _________ Cumming living in in Old machar Parish ca 1862. Elizabeth Cumming was the "informant" on her father's ROD can find nothing else! any help would be appreciated Schani Biermann, canada >>>>>I have Cummings in Morayshire too. It is not that uncommon a name in >>>>>the area. And indeed I have an Irish couple marrying in Scotland and >>>>>the Groom's Mother was down as Cumming on the marriage cert when in >>>>>fact it was Cummane. The Minister just put down what he thought he >>>>>heard. Anyway I digress. However I think you need to check your names.Are you sure Elizabeth isn't Mary ?See below. It is the only marriage match on the whole of Scotlandspeople , all years searched , for the surnames Cumming and Garden and it comes up with 1862 which you had too. I found this No Year Surname (M) Forename (M) Surname (F) Forename (F) District City/County/MR GROS Data 1 1862 CUMMING JOHN GARDEN MARY OLD MACHAR ABERDEEN BURGH ABERDEEN/ABERDEEN 168/02 0280 Maybe that's why you can't find them !! Regards Karen The Good You Do Comes Back To You. ------------------------------- 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