George I wasn't aware of that listing on the ANESFHS site - another one of Gavin's excellent services! Unfortunately it doesn't cover the period I would be interested in, i.e the first few decades of the 19thC. I have spent an hour or two wandering round the St Nicholas kirkyard but to no avail. We know that the DALGARNO family lived in central Aberdeen in the 1820s because we have a memoir written by Norman MELDRUM's son, Andrew in NZ, in which he tells of his parents' courtship. Margaret DALGARNO turned Norman down at first and a neighbour heard him rushing out of the apartment block in tears. However he persisted and a dynasty was formed. Of course what we most like to find is someone with an old family bible but they are so rare it's a forlorn hope. Still we keep looking Regards to all Ray Hennessy www.whatsinaname.net On 15 October 2013 12:43, George Brander <[email protected]> wrote: > Roslyn and Ray > When I was growing up in Aberdeen my mother had a friend whose name was > Dalgarno She used to delight in telling me that one of her ancestors was > buried In the West Kirk where we were members and that another was buried > in the Drum's Aisle. This is the old medieval section between the West > Kirk and what was then called East St Nicholas. > I had forgotten all about that (it was about 65 years ago at least!" but > when I saw your post I looked up St Nicholas Burials on the ANESFHS > databank and there sure enough there are Dalgarnos and Dalgardnos recorded > including one in the Drum's Isle (sic) > best regards > George > > George Brander > Torre de la Horadada > España > > > On 15 October 2013 12:37, Greg Garden <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Ray, > > > > I know what you mean. > > > > Cheers Roslyn. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ray Hennessy > > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 8:20 PM > > To: Aberdeen List > > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] DALGARNO > > > > Hi Roslyn > > > > We only have the two names so far: Margaret DALGARNO and her father > William > > DALGARDEN on his marriage entry in the OPR. The number of spelling > > variations and the lack of any real location details have prevented us > > following these back and, as William didn't register Margaret's birth [or > > it has got lost], it is unlikely we'll find any of her siblings to follow > > down the ages. If we were wiling to trawl through the death certificates > > post 1855 we might find more but that would be a bit expensive and of > > little help to us. > > > > Best wishes > > > > > > Ray Hennessy > > www.whatsinaname.net > > > > > > On 15 October 2013 07:19, Greg Garden <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Ray, > > > > > > My husbands surname is Garden. Dalgarno is a derivative of that name > > also. > > > I > > > would be interested to see if you have any with that surname also. > > > > > > Thanks Roslyn Garden. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ray Hennessy > > > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 8:54 AM > > > To: Aberdeen List > > > 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 > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >