B A Ferrell wrote: > > There is a book that is authored by Alexander Graham Bell in which he > extracted the information himself during a visit to his ancestoral > homelands. The book "Bells of St Andrew" is at Ft Wayne library and was > written in 1918, it does give witness/godparents for Robert Bell/Beall > they were > Robert Wan and John Oliphant. Robert's mother was Jenat Olliphant. > > B Ferrell > OhF640@juno.com > > On Thu, 08 Jan 1998 08:55:04 -0800 Dolores <shrimp@altinet.net> writes: > >Cary, > > > >I for one appreciate the data you sent. > > > >Did anyone else besides me note there is not a primary reference quote > >from the parish record? > > > >Does anyone have the parish record listing the births/baptisms of > >Ninian, Thomas, Alexander, James and Robert Beall? > > > >The records for birth would/should give the names of the parents of > >each > >of the above named men. The baptism records would give the parents > >names > >and the names of any God-parents. > > > >Thanks > > > >Dolores Miltenberger > > > > > > B. Ferrell, Sorry, apparently the message did not go through. That is wonderful about the witnesses and God-parents for Robert Bell - wonder if the book also included Ninian, Thomas, Alexander and James Beall data? Do you have the data and could you please give the date of baptism? Is the father of this Robert Bell/Beall given? Thanks Dolores