Thanks laura It was a forlorn hope as the DALGARNO/DALGARDNO/DALGARDEN lines are very numerous but not too well documented so I have little hope at the moment of finding my way past 1803/4 [approx] Don't worry about delays - they are quite common in this research. We have a 6 month hiatus in our MELDRUM researches at the moment and Sheena's fifth cousin is getting a bit impatient! We have too many doctors & hospital appointments at the moment to be able to keep up with family history on a day to day basis. Even month to month is a bit of a challenge. Hope you enjoy your transfer to the wide blue yonder. Which part are you going to? We have been over there 5 times to many different parts and enjoyed every minute of it. We were always being told we had seen more of the States than the natives [who are not renowned for travelling - G W Bush didn't even have a passport when elected!] But I bet you'll miss Scotland. Have a great time/life there. Best wishes Ray Ray Hennessy www.whatsinaname.net On 23 November 2013 16:52, Laura Dalgarno-Platt <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Ray > A caveat to my reply is that I have, within the last five weeks, emigrated > from Scotland to America so all of my family history records and my > computer are all on a shipping container and I have no access to them. > (Don't worry: I have the files all backed up on memory sticks). That > means I do not have access to all of my information right now. However, I > am pretty confident that my line (as I have it so far) does not include > William Dalgarden (actually a variation on the surname I have not stumbled > across before) or Margaret Runciman. While I am sure all the Dalgarnos > will connect at some point in history, my own tree is not far enough back > to have reached that point yet. My furthest back ancestor on that line is > Andrew DALGAR(D)NO who married Isabell HUTCHEN in 1767. > Sorry to be no help whatsoever. Rootsweb does have a DALGARNO page you > might want to join so you can connect with other researchers, just in case > you are not already a member of that list. > Best wishes > Laura > > PS Apologies for the delay in replying. I keep this email address just > for family history purposes and, since I have no ability to research right > now, I have not been accessing it very frequently. > > > > Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 23:54:07 +0100 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [ABERDEEN] DALGARNO > > > > On 13 October 2013 09:17, Laura Dalgarno-Platt <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > There are a lot of female Christians in the Shetland part of my family > > > tree and most of those used Christian and Christina interchangeably. > > > Laura Dalgarno-Platt > > > > > > Hi Laura > > > > I have noted your comment about Christina being interchangeable with > female > > Christian but I am writing as I am intrigued by your surname. > > > > My wife's family line includes some DALGARNOs but we are having some > > difficulty determining which ones they are. Margret DALGARNO married > > Norman MELDRUM in Aberdeen St Nicholas on 4 August 1828. We know a lot > > about his ancestors and about a hundred descendants. > > > > However all we know about Margaret is that she was born in Aberdeen > around > > 1805 and her parents were William DALGARDEN and Margaret RUNCIMAN, > married > > in Old Machar on 13 November 1796. > > > > I have not been able to trace William DALGARDEN/DALGARNO's parents and > > wonder if you have any further information. > > > > Regards > > > > Ray Hennessy > > www.whatsinaname.net > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Ray, and any one else at the end of a trail, whilst it may not apply here, if your family are landed it is worth looking for a Will. If they do own land you could check out this site http://www.thepeerage.com/ to start with. Maybe you have. There is one DALGARNO there but source is not known. You may find, as I did that names change and appear to be closely related. Suddenly I found children of a seemingly unrelated family changed their family or surname. The cause of it was that one Charles Wedderburn was succeeded by his nephew David Graham who died unmarried and was followed by his brother John, on the death of whom was also unmarried. The Trust wording provided that "whom failing on the heirs male and female of the substitutes in the entail of succession, the heir in possession to bear the surname and arms of Wedderburn of Pearsie and none other. .................the estate went to Katharine Stormonth (wife of the Rev. James Maclagan, and daughter of Alexander Stormonth of Kinclune) who thereupon assumed the name" By that time Katharine was a widow with children of her marriage and I could easily have overlooked what appeared to be coincidentally duplicate children with similar identities. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hennessy" <[email protected]> To: "Aberdeen List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 12:19 AM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] DALGARNO > Thanks laura > > It was a forlorn hope as the DALGARNO/DALGARDNO/DALGARDEN lines are very > numerous but not too well documented so I have little hope at the moment of > finding my way past 1803/4 [approx] > > Don't worry about delays - they are quite common in this research. We have > a 6 month hiatus in our MELDRUM researches at the moment and Sheena's fifth > cousin is getting a bit impatient! --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com