Hi Pearl and welcome Firstly, Isabel/Isabella is a synonym for Elizabeth/Elspet. They are fully interchangeable in Scotland, at least. Any girl baptised by any of these names, or the many variants [see my website] may be called by any one of the other names in official records as well as by family & friends. Second: if you have any way of tracing your ancestor back to Scotland and to the 17th century, we have quite a lot of odd information about the OGILVIEs in that century. They were a very influential family and were associated, through several marriages, with the MELDRUM family which is our particular interest. The MELDRUMs lost their lands about the 1690s due to internecine fighting and we think the OGILVIEs and DUFFs were the main beneficiaries! Bear this in mind and should you find a link back that far, give us another posting. BTW, Goldie's advice is well worth following up. Family Search & Scotland's People websites are excellent resources. Good luck & best wishes Ray Hennessy www.whatsinaname.net On 7 November 2013 17:02, Pearl Saunders <[email protected]>wrote: > I am new to this list. I am researching Ogilvie. My 4th > great-grandfather, William Ogilvie, came to Nova Scotia about 1787. I > have a copy of his petition for land from the government in that year. > I do not know what ship he and his family came on or the port from which > they left. William was born circa 1745 - 1748. He was married to > Isabella. I have no maiden name for her and I understand Isabella > could be a nick-name for Elizabeth or Elsbeth. William and Isabella > came to Nova Scotia with children who were baptized in Monquhitter > Parish. I would dearly love to find out more background on this > couple and would especially like to determine Isabella's maiden name. > Any help or suggestions would be most appreciated. Thanks in > advance. Pearl > > ------------------------------- > 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 >