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: ray@whatsinaname.net > To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ABERDEEN] DALGARNO > > On 13 October 2013 09:17, Laura Dalgarno-Platt <peeriegems@hotmail.co.uk>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 ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message