Dear Alistair & Nivard, I read your comments, and just wanted to let you know that A.) I am a subscriber; B.) I have read all of the correspondence for several years now: C.) Have enjoyed your dialog, and knowledge; D.) I am a NOVICE at chasing Ghosts; & C.) I reside in the USA and am pretty clumsy and manipulating resources beyond Ancestry so haven't been successful at gathering data from the UK. I sit on the sidelines and read everything to learn. So reading your comments, I sense that the two of you need a project because you are bored! Just so you don't stop helping folks who come to this site & if you want to give someone in the Colonies a boost, how about seeing how far you can get chasing my GGG Grandfather, William Symon, born Angus, 1810,Montrose. Father was the shoemaker on High St. I have traced William, a ships carpenter, to Liverpool, where he married, and then in the early 1850's emigrated to Ontario where he died in 1899. I have found a listing of his parents and his siblings but I have never been able to trace his parents and his siblings... So, if you take on a challenge and stress the limits of the Angus resources maybe you could chase Williams parents and sibling? I would appreciate any help that I can get!!! And it might fill up some of the time till folks get their fall chores done and come back inside to their computers when the weather turns wintery! If you have questions, my email is [email protected] Thank You For Any Consideration, Bill Banbury -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alistair Macdonald Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ANGUS] no mail Thanks Nivard for the advice. However I've looked at all possible self-imposed blockages, but wonder that having received in answer to my question three immediate replies, my "line" must be open, just a little bit unpopulated. The encouraging bit is the immediacy of the replies. Would you agree that things are now normal if a bit haphazard? If not I will follow your advice. Alistair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "Angus Roots Web" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [ANGUS] no mail > Hi Alistair > > Frankly most lists are very quiet if not dormant :-( > > But in all cases its a simple matter to see if you have missed anything or > the subscribers have > nodded off <g> > > Check the archives > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > Select Mailing lists from the top bar menu > > Enter the list name in the lower box and select the list in question, > scroll down and browse the > archives , select the latest month and you can see at a glance if you have > seen the posts or not > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > >> Guidance please - >> I've probably pressed the wrong button, but from regular inbox receipts >> of around 4 or 5 a day, >> for the last week I have received none at all. Literally nothing >> related to genealogy of any >> description. >> Alistair Macdonald > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hi Bill >From the IGI WILLIAM SYMON Birth: 21 JUN 1809 Montrose, Angus, Scotland Father: WILLIAM SYMON Mother: CATHARINE WOOD C113125 1697 - 1820 0993496 Film 6903013 Film Some siblings Jean Symon Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 birth: 15 Jul 1811 MONTROSE,?ANGUS,?SCOTLAND residence: 1811 Angu,? Scotland parents: William Symon,? Catharine Wood Rebecca Symon Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 birth: 07 Jul 1819 MONTROSE,?ANGUS,?SCOTLAND residence: 1819 Angu,? Scotland parents: Wm. Symon,? Catharine Wood Adam Symon Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 birth: 08 Sep 1817 MONTROSE,?ANGUS,?SCOTLAND residence: 1817 Angu,? Scotland parents: Wm. Symon,? Catharine Wood John Symon Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 birth: 24 Dec 1804 MONTROSE,?ANGUS,?SCOTLAND residence: 1804 Angu,? Scotland parents: William Symon,? Catharine Wood James Symon Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 birth: 10 Jan 1813 MONTROSE,?ANGUS,?SCOTLAND residence: 1813 Angu,? Scotland parents: William Symon,? Catharine Wood David Symon Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 birth: 31 Dec 1806 MONTROSE,?ANGUS,?SCOTLAND residence: 1806 Angu,? Scotland parents: William Symon,? Catharine Wood Alexander Symon Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 birth: 27 Mar 1815 MONTROSE,?ANGUS,?SCOTLAND residence: 1815 Angu,? Scotland parents: Willm. Symon,? Cathrane Wood More anon if I find anything Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) PS please note it is always best to continue *onlist* which has the benefit of others opinions / knowledge and being archived for you and future researchers > Dear Alistair & Nivard, > I read your comments, and just wanted to let you know that A.) I am a > subscriber; B.) I have read all of the correspondence for several years now: > C.) Have enjoyed your dialog, and knowledge; D.) I am a NOVICE at chasing > Ghosts; & C.) I reside in the USA and am pretty clumsy and manipulating > resources beyond Ancestry so haven't been successful at gathering data from > the UK. I sit on the sidelines and read everything to learn. So reading your > comments, I sense that the two of you need a project because you are bored! > Just so you don't stop helping folks who come to this site & if you want to > give someone in the Colonies a boost, how about seeing how far you can get > chasing my GGG Grandfather, William Symon, born Angus, 1810,Montrose. Father > was the shoemaker on High St. I have traced William, a ships carpenter, to > Liverpool, where he married, and then in the early 1850's emigrated to > Ontario where he died in 1899. I have found a listing of his parents and his > siblings but I have never been able to trace his parents and his siblings... > So, if you take on a challenge and stress the limits of the Angus resources > maybe you could chase Williams parents and sibling? I would appreciate any > help that I can get!!! And it might fill up some of the time till folks get > their fall chores done and come back inside to their computers when the > weather turns wintery! > If you have questions, my email is [email protected] > Thank You For Any Consideration, > Bill Banbury

Nivard, That's them!!! I had read that the parents, William and Catharine had a shop on High St... and I think that Catharine's parents had several properties that were leased. I had read a reference that they had taken tenants to court for non payment of rent. Later they were cared for by a son and daughter. That son had been at one of the banks in Montrose and his sister was his housekeeper. It seems neither married. The son, while at the bank bout a large property on the north side of town and had a staff of about 15. And I had found a reference that indicated that William had been born NNW of Montrose but I could not find the family. And then my luck really changes....My computer dumped the hard drive and I lost the documents that I had discovered. So... I am adlibbing from memory and hadn't gotten back to recreating it... IF there is anyone who is researching this family, I have records of William, b 1809, and my lineage through Liverpool to Canada to the USA and Chicago. I have not gotten much else done on the family but would appreciate any assistance. Thank you very much for jumping in and posting this.... And you can keep going as long as you are bored and needing exercise to keep your skills honed! AND, again, I have enjoyed the dialog on the Angus site when you and Alistair start sharing!!! The historical stuff is great.... Wish there was more "stuff" on Montrose! Bill -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 2:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ANGUS] William SYMON b1809 Montrose for Bill Hi Bill >From the IGI WILLIAM SYMON Birth: 21 JUN 1809 Montrose, Angus, Scotland Father: WILLIAM SYMON Mother: CATHARINE WOOD C113125 1697 - 1820 0993496 Film 6903013 Film Some siblings Jean Symon Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 birth: 15 Jul 1811 MONTROSE,?ANGUS,?SCOTLAND residence: 1811 Angu,? Scotland parents: William Symon,? Catharine Wood Rebecca Symon Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 birth: 07 Jul 1819 MONTROSE,?ANGUS,?SCOTLAND residence: 1819 Angu,? Scotland parents: Wm. Symon,? Catharine Wood Adam Symon Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 birth: 08 Sep 1817 MONTROSE,?ANGUS,?SCOTLAND residence: 1817 Angu,? Scotland parents: Wm. Symon,? Catharine Wood John Symon Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 birth: 24 Dec 1804 MONTROSE,?ANGUS,?SCOTLAND residence: 1804 Angu,? Scotland parents: William Symon,? Catharine Wood James Symon Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 birth: 10 Jan 1813 MONTROSE,?ANGUS,?SCOTLAND residence: 1813 Angu,? Scotland parents: William Symon,? Catharine Wood David Symon Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 birth: 31 Dec 1806 MONTROSE,?ANGUS,?SCOTLAND residence: 1806 Angu,? Scotland parents: William Symon,? Catharine Wood Alexander Symon Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 birth: 27 Mar 1815 MONTROSE,?ANGUS,?SCOTLAND residence: 1815 Angu,? Scotland parents: Willm. Symon,? Cathrane Wood More anon if I find anything Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) PS please note it is always best to continue *onlist* which has the benefit of others opinions / knowledge and being archived for you and future researchers > Dear Alistair & Nivard, > I read your comments, and just wanted to let you know that A.) I am a > subscriber; B.) I have read all of the correspondence for several years now: > C.) Have enjoyed your dialog, and knowledge; D.) I am a NOVICE at chasing > Ghosts; & C.) I reside in the USA and am pretty clumsy and manipulating > resources beyond Ancestry so haven't been successful at gathering data from > the UK. I sit on the sidelines and read everything to learn. So reading your > comments, I sense that the two of you need a project because you are bored! > Just so you don't stop helping folks who come to this site & if you want to > give someone in the Colonies a boost, how about seeing how far you can get > chasing my GGG Grandfather, William Symon, born Angus, 1810,Montrose. Father > was the shoemaker on High St. I have traced William, a ships carpenter, to > Liverpool, where he married, and then in the early 1850's emigrated to > Ontario where he died in 1899. I have found a listing of his parents and his > siblings but I have never been able to trace his parents and his siblings... > So, if you take on a challenge and stress the limits of the Angus resources > maybe you could chase Williams parents and sibling? I would appreciate any > help that I can get!!! And it might fill up some of the time till folks get > their fall chores done and come back inside to their computers when the > weather turns wintery! > If you have questions, my email is [email protected] > Thank You For Any Consideration, > Bill Banbury ------------------------------- 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

Marriage WILLIAM SYMON Spouse: CATHARINE WOOD Marriage: 09 SEP 1804 Montrose, Angus, Scotland M113122 1633 0102662 Film 6903014 Film M113122 1658 - 1819 0102662 Film 6903014 Film Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi Bill > > From the IGI > > WILLIAM SYMON > Birth: 21 JUN 1809 Montrose, Angus, Scotland > Father: WILLIAM SYMON > Mother: CATHARINE WOOD > C113125 1697 - 1820 0993496 Film 6903013 Film

> >From the IGI > > WILLIAM SYMON > Birth: 21 JUN 1809 Montrose, Angus, Scotland > Father: WILLIAM SYMON > Mother: CATHARINE WOOD > C113125 1697 - 1820 0993496 Film 6903013 Film > > Some siblings <snipped> As this is from the IGI, you need to be aware that the IGI is neither 100% comprehensive nor 100% accurate. It is an INDEX to original sources, and you should make a point of tracking down and checking the original documents. You can view the originals online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk at modest cost. Alternatively, if there is a Latter Day Saints church near you with a genealogy library, you can order the microfilm to look at there. This is slower, and less convenient, but cheaper, and has the advantage that you can read other entries and get a feel for the place and people. Anne

You beat me to it Anne Who do you think you are came on and have watched an interesting episode with Richard Madeley Based mostly in Canada and the US it was quite a whistle stop trip back to the Puritans I have posted a follow up to my last to Bill Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >> >From the IGI >> >> WILLIAM SYMON >> Birth: 21 JUN 1809 Montrose, Angus, Scotland >> Father: WILLIAM SYMON >> Mother: CATHARINE WOOD >> C113125 1697 - 1820 0993496 Film 6903013 Film >> >> Some siblings > > <snipped> > > As this is from the IGI, you need to be aware that the IGI is neither 100% comprehensive nor 100% > accurate. It is an INDEX to original sources, and you should make a point of tracking down and > checking the original documents. > > You can view the originals online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk at modest cost. Alternatively, if > there is a Latter Day Saints church near you with a genealogy library, you can order the microfilm > to look at there. This is slower, and less convenient, but cheaper, and has the advantage that you > can read other entries and get a feel for the place and people. > > Anne