What we didn't mention is that the reason we aren't finding the children might be that they are recording in the rather sparse form... Date. James Cassie had a lawful daughter Mary. Ie no mention of the mother. Sadly for many records in the old parish records the attitude was that the mother wasn't important enough for them to be bothered mentioning her. So not finding a Margaret Watt might mean this is why. In general you often find quite a sparse record like this in the OPR HOWEVER if you are lucky you often find the entries of the form... Date. James Cassie occupation in place name had a lawful daughter by his wife Margaret Watt baptised this day in front of witnesses John Cassie of place name and William Watt of other place name. It really entirely depends on the parish clerk at the time and how much he bothered writing. Regards Alexander Bisset Sent from my iPad Air Try my FREE Family Tree Analyzer program at http://FTAnalyzer.codeplex.com to investigate the data hidden in your research. > On 1 Apr 2014, at 00:49, Ray Hennessy <ray@whatsinaname.net> wrote: > > 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 >> > > ------------------------------- > 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