Thanks Alison No I'm not amazed, there are so many on Scotlands People. One of the major problems is the Macleggan bit, never mind Thanks for your input Regards Sue Sent from Samsung tablet -------- Original message -------- From: B&A Smith <[email protected]> Date: 08/03/2014 20:02 (GMT+00:00) To: [email protected],[email protected] Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Brick wall Hi Sue,   If William was born in 1855 or later, you should be able to search for his birth Scottish civil registration records at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk which is a pay-per-view site.  Since you can narrow the search down to Aberdeen/shire, that should help to eliminate most of those born elsewhere in Scotland - and you'd be amazed how many there were!  If his birth was earlier than 1855, then you're more likely to find a record in the Old Parish Registers of baptisms (on the same site), even if it's not in the IGI/Ancestry.   Census records are also available as images on ScotlandsPeople, so it would be well worth searching the records for 1861, when William was likely to be living with other family members.   Good luck!   Alison On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 3:23 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: Hi New to the list. I am looking for the birth of William McKenzie(my great grandfathrr)1855 to 1897, father David a laborer. The only one I can find (igi & ancestry) is a William Macleggan McKenzie born 1857 to David & Margt St Nicholas Aberdeen. I'm not convinced. Our family frequently used surnames as second names, he never used it, EVER, not even on his army enlistment papers, or marriage, or death for that matter. On his enlistment papers he states he was born St Nicholas. Family folklore says that an Ann may have been his mother but while there is a David & . Ann, no William. I thought Margaret might have been Macleggan but can't find her either. If anyone can help I would be very grateful. His enlistment papers say he was a farm servant. Regards SueC Sent from Samsung tablet ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message