I have been reading the posts regarding Scotland's People and have some questions. I am new to searching in Scotland and could use some hints from those who have gone before me. I have Margaret Watt who married James Cassey in Aberdeen between 1815 and 1826 approximately. They had three children born mid to late 18520s, Mary, Isabella and a son who died young. Any suggestions that anyone can give me so I do not spend too much on Scotland's People would be helpful. What kind of info can I expect/hope to find? I am looking for a marriage date, the birthdates of the chidren, etc. James supposedly came to the US ahead of the rest of the family, who came ca 1830-1835. James is said to have died before the ship arrived in the US. The son\ also is said to have died on the journey and both were buried at sea, according to family legend. Thanks, Bobbie

Doing an OPR search for marriages on Scotlands People. Enter the following : Surname : Cassey - select "Narrow Metaphone" for the search options as it could be Cassie, Casey etc ie: Narrow Metaphone gives very good sounds like matching without going overboard its a whole lot better than the old fashioned soundex. I always avoid using Exact match as it is needlessly restrictive. Forename : James Under spouse's name : Watt Now click search - you get 1 result. Don't view yet. Now enter the years to narrow it down, click search again - still 1 result. You just saved yourself 1 credit from searching for a record out with your year range. You can keep going narrowing it down if you wish. Once you click view you spend a single credit and get... 116/08/1826CASEYJAMESMARGARET/WATT FRMR7-41NO.188MNORTH CHURCH ABERDEENABERDEEN CITY CITY/ABERDEEN168/0N 0420 0000No Image So it looks like they married on the 16th August 1826 at the North Church in Aberdeen. Unfortunately there is no image to view so that's as much info as you can get. The FRMR (frame) reference would tell you where on the Film it was if you were to check the Aberdeen OPR marriage microfilms. Yes I spent a single credit but as its just 23p who cares if it helps you. Doing a search for children would be similar although personally I'd try that on FamilySearch.org first and just enter the parents names. but unfortunately doing that gives no results so entering the names on Scotlands People I entered: Surname : Casey (again narrow metaphone) Forename : left blank Parent name : I entered James in one box and Margaret in another. That gave 22 matches. I narrowed down the years to 1815 and that gave 15 matches. Changing Margaret to "Watt" gave no matches. Removing James and leaving watt gave 2 matches. Spending the one credit may or may not give useful info. It would be a similar form to above. ie: line number, full date, name, gender, parish, reference number, link to view image. Hope this helps. Regards,Alexander > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:05:08 -0500 > From: bobbiev@bobbiev.net > To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Scotland's People > > I have been reading the posts regarding Scotland's People and have some > questions. > I am new to searching in Scotland and could use some hints from those > who have > gone before me. > > I have Margaret Watt who married James Cassey in Aberdeen between 1815 and > 1826 approximately. They had three children born mid to late 18520s, > Mary, Isabella > and a son who died young. > > Any suggestions that anyone can give me so I do not spend too much on > Scotland's > People would be helpful. > > What kind of info can I expect/hope to find? I am looking for a > marriage date, the > birthdates of the chidren, etc. > > James supposedly came to the US ahead of the rest of the family, who came ca > 1830-1835. James is said to have died before the ship arrived in the > US. The son\ > also is said to have died on the journey and both were buried at sea, > according to > family legend. > > Thanks, Bobbie > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Bobbie Everything Alexander said is dead right. To supplement his work, I also splurged 1 credit to see if there were any records of the children. No luck I searched on Surname=Cassie [narrow metaphone], father=James and years=1820-1835. There were 13 hits, [all surname=Cassie] but none of them had Mary Watt as the mother. So it looks like the births weren't registered. I'm not sure why the image of the marriage isn't available - possibly the page was too faint to be filmed or was badly damaged by water or mice or mould. However, most marriage entries will tell you nothing apart from the names of the couple [and home parish if one is from elsewhere]. Knowing the date of the marriage [or it may be the date of the first Banns being read] for 1 credit is a bargain. Using Scotland's People is a voyage of discovery. If you ever get to a point where you know other family members and they are well documented, always get hit lists that are at or just under 25 entries. You may find gems in the other entries for that surname, e.g. one of the names spelled differently such as 'Isobel' instead of 'Isabella'. You may want to go up to 50 or 75 by spreading the dates. That can give lots of family members, if they all stayed local, for just an extra credit or two. If you do get any other problems or curiosities we are all keen to help so keep trying. Best wishes Ray Ray Hennessy www.whatsinaname.net On 1 April 2014 00:05, Bobbie <bobbiev@bobbiev.net> wrote: > I have been reading the posts regarding Scotland's People and have some > questions. > I am new to searching in Scotland and could use some hints from those > who have > gone before me. > > I have Margaret Watt who married James Cassey in Aberdeen between 1815 and > 1826 approximately. They had three children born mid to late 18520s, > Mary, Isabella > and a son who died young. > > Any suggestions that anyone can give me so I do not spend too much on > Scotland's > People would be helpful. > > What kind of info can I expect/hope to find? I am looking for a > marriage date, the > birthdates of the chidren, etc. > > James supposedly came to the US ahead of the rest of the family, who came > ca > 1830-1835. James is said to have died before the ship arrived in the > US. The son\ > also is said to have died on the journey and both were buried at sea, > according to > family legend. > > Thanks, Bobbie > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >