I am gradually working my way through the requested look-ups but in the meantime, are listers aware of the Northumberland Look-up Exchange at www.redmire.net/lookup/nbl.html ? Some of the kind volunteers there may be able to look up some of the many resources they have access to and find information where I find none. Here's hoping! Valerie

Hi Katherine, At Etal Presbyterian Church 1777-1783 : James PATTERSON, Coldingham 1783 The transcription has the double T and he is the only one in all the lists. No mention of any VAIRs, sorry. Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katherine Paterson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 12:21 AM Subject: [BORDER] Lookups > Hello Valerie, > > Thank you for extending your offer of look-ups for migrating > Presbyterians! > > If there are any entries for the surnames VAIR or PATERSON, I would be > pleased to see them. > > Katherine

Dear Leslie, > There's another Elisabeth Balmer who married George Gibson in Duns, > BEW, in 1864. She was apparently born about 1835 in Greenlaw, BEW. No > idea who her parents were. I have a feeling that she may turn out to be from one of the Border families, possibly in service in Duns. Regards, Jim Balmer

Hi Chum, At Harbottle Presbyterian Church 1737-1754 : MITCHELL, Andrew; Minto, 1738 He is the only Mitchell mentioned and there are no RAEs listed in these particular parishes. Sorry, Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: chum richardson To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 11:52 AM Subject: Fwd: BORDER-D Digest V04 #31 Hello Valerie I would be interested in any information on James Mitchel or James Rae from Little Knox,KKD.They crossed the border and later went to Wales and then on to New Zealand. Thank you. Chum

Sorry, Bobby-Jean, nothing approximating your name on any of the lists. Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobbie Jean Hooser" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:55 PM Subject: RE: [BORDER] Re: [SCT-ROX] Middlemiss (and cross-border migration) > Valerie: > > Do you show any Moulton/Malton? > > Bobbie Jean

Hallo Valerie, Would you mind looking for Thomas & Janet HALL (nee HENDERSON) and family. The first sighting we have is on the 1841 census at Oxnam, but still looking for the marriage and the childrens' baptisms. TIA Gil. Hall.

How about any HASTIE, SCHOOLER, SCOULER or SCOULLER? Landen Schooler Palmyra, Iowa

Thanks, Valerie, your efforts are greatly appreciated. Katherine (Valerie's message quoted) From: "Valerie/Rowan Henshaw" <[email protected]> Date: Fri Feb 13, 2004 5:53:49 AM Canada/Eastern Hi Katherine, At Etal Presbyterian Church 1777-1783 : James PATTERSON, Coldingham 1783 The transcription has the double T and he is the only one in all the lists. No mention of any VAIRs, sorry. Valerie

>From: James L Balmer <[email protected]> >Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:48:09 +0000 > >>I have an Elizabeth (Betty) BALMER marrying a James TURNBULL on 19th June >>1803 at St Boswells. She was born abt 1785. No other details about her, >>I'm >>afraid, and she's the only BALMER in my tree so far. >> >There was a Betty Balmer baptised 22 Jan 1778 at Ancrum, daughter of >William Balmer and Peggy Bole. There were two Elizabeths born in the right >time frame but well out of the area - Angus and Fife. > There's another Elisabeth Balmer who married George Gibson in Duns, BEW, in 1864. She was apparently born about 1835 in Greenlaw, BEW. No idea who her parents were. Lesley Robertson _________________________________________________________________ MSN Search, for accurate results! http://search.msn.nl

Hi, Can anyone help me trace the ancesters of Walter Jackson believed to have been born 18th August 1785. I Have traced back to a marriage of Walter Jackson to Nelly Hope 20th June 1806 at Wilton in Hawick. I have been able to trace Nelly,s family back but cannot find any link for Walter. There is a marriage of a Thomas Jackson to a Betty Veitch 15th December 1782 at Cavers in Roxburghshire, I wondered if there was a connection but have been unable to find any register of Walters birth. Thanks Steve Jackson

Hi Jim, At Harbottle Presbyterian Church 1737-1754 : BALONER (?BALMER), Elizabeth; Widow, Jedburgh 1747 (this is exactly how the transcription reads) At Tower Hill Chapel, Wooler, 1843-1860 : Jane BALMER, Caddington, Hawick 1859 Not a sausage for WAITE but at Clavering Place, Newcastle 1804-1855 and Westmoreland Road, Newcastle 1855-1860 there is this entry : David "WIGHT", Newcastle, Chirnside 1839 (the inverted commas are exactly how it appears in the transcript and I'm not sure what they imply, I just leave it to you to judge) Hope something is useful. Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: "James L Balmer" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:56 PM Subject: Border BALMER and WAITE > Dear Valerie, > > I hate to take advantage of other people's kind-heartedness, but you > are so persuasive! I would never have come across your source and it > could be extremely helpful. > > My mother was a WAITE. Her father Peter was born in Wooler, > Northumberland, where his father Henry Wait(e) kept first the Red Lion > and then the Black Bull hotels. A portrait of Ogle Waite hangs above my > desk; I suspect that he was Henry's uncle. These Waites have defied my > researches, despite having devoured the GRO(Scotland) website and > everything else I can think of. This is still a cross-border family. I > should be grateful if you could let me know if you come across any > mentions. > > My other interest is BALMER, with its many variant spellings, mainly > Bawmer in the Eastern Borders. Here, I am trying to piece together all > the lines. The Eastern Borders had the greatest concentration of > Balmers in the 1600s and 1700s and they were scattered to all parts > during the clearances, very often making several moves. ANY note of > Balmers would be enormously welcome and could provide vital links > between current families and the old Border lines. > > I'm quite happy for you to treat this as a low priority - you must have > plenty of other things to do in an Australian summer! > > Best regards, > > Jim Balmer > Chilly old England

Sorry Sue, no entries for either HENRY or THORBURN in any of the parishes that have been transcribed. Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Hill" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:22 PM Subject: Re: [BORDER] Re: [SCT-ROX] Middlemiss (and cross-border migration) > Hi Valerie, > I was unaware of the lookups you have been doing. I would love you to look > for a marriage of William HENRY and Euphemia THORBURN who were married about > 1828, supposedly in Melrose. I have had no luck trying to find a marriage > record either there or in Selkirk where Euphemia was born. > TIA > Sue

Hi Elizabeth, Sorry there is nothing resembling GRAYDON, GRAYDEN, GRADON or GRAYDENE in any of the lists. Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth-Dean" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [BORDER] Re: [SCT-ROX] Middlemiss (and cross-border migration) > Hello Valerie > > When you have the time could you do a search for any reference to > GRAYDON-GRAYDEN-GRADON OR GRAYDENE in the Communion Rolls, no hurry. > > Thanks > Elizabeth Graydon > NZ

Hi Mike Sorry to say there are no entries for TEMPLE in any of the lists. Don't lose heart, you'll find them one day. Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy and Mike" <[email protected]> To: "Valerie/Rowan Henshaw" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [BORDER] Re: [SCT-ROX] Middlemiss (and cross-border migration) > Valerie, > Thank you for your kind offer. > I have a "brick-wall" that has been standing for a number of years. > My G.G.Grandfather was George TEMPLE, BORN c.1775/6. > At his wedding at St. Cuthberts/Elsdon, Northumberland, the entry recorded > he was "a husbandman of Camphouse, Jedburgh parish, North Brittain". > All his ten children were bapt. at Birdhope Craig Presbyterian chapel, near > Elsdon. > Also, I believe a John TEMPLE, a farmer of Camphouse, born c. 1764/5, could > be George's older brother, also a presbyterian who had his children bapt. at > Birdhope Craig. > I have been tryng to trace the birthplace/parents/siblings of John and > George for years now, without success, so any help is welcome. > Mike Temple, Spain.

Hi Valerie, Very grateful. > At Harbottle Presbyterian Church 1737-1754 : > BALONER (?BALMER), Elizabeth; Widow, Jedburgh 1747 (this is exactly > how the > transcription reads) This ties in with Mary, dau Thomas Bamer, christened 10 Feb 1767 at Harbottle Non-Conformist Chapel. Elizabeth may turn out to be the mother of Thomas. I haven't spotted a possible Elizabeth with a specific Jedburgh connection but there are a few of the right vintage born or married in surrounding areas. > At Tower Hill Chapel, Wooler, 1843-1860 : > Jane BALMER, Caddington, Hawick 1859 This one is new to me, at least in Wooler. I haven't found Caddington yet - it's obviously not the one in Buckinghamshire! > Not a sausage for WAITE but at Clavering Place, Newcastle 1804-1855 and > Westmoreland Road, Newcastle 1855-1860 there is this entry : > David "WIGHT", Newcastle, Chirnside 1839 > (the inverted commas are exactly how it appears in the transcript and > I'm > not sure what they imply, I just leave it to you to judge) Very possibly a Waite and possibly my mother's branch. There are still relations in Chirnside and David occurs in the family. [There could be a tortuous dialect reason for the Wight spelling. If the name was passed verbally from Geordie A to Geordie B, B may have assumed it was spelt as in weight. He may then have pronounced it as in 'hiivy wite' (= heavy weight), to be recorded by Person C.] The census extracts will be very helpful and I'll get onto them as soon as possible. Kindest regards. Jim (10 degrees here, light drizzle at times, very pleasant for February)

Sorry Sue, there are no entries for GLADSTONE/GLADSTON or any likely variants. Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 6:19 PM Subject: Cross Border Migration Hello Valerie, I would really appreciate a look up for the name GLADSTON/GLADSTONE. Sue Melb.

Sorry Jim but the only Armstrong in both articles is at Harbottle Presbyterian Church 1737-1754 : ARMSTRONG, William, Oxnam, 1738 Valerie. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Armstrong Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 2:45 AM Subject: Re: [BORDER] Re: [SCT-ROX] Middlemiss (and cross-border migration) Valerie, Anything on Armstrongs in the early to mid 1700's? Regards, Jim Armstrong

Hi Ian, Thanks for your reply. > I have an Elizabeth (Betty) BALMER marrying a James TURNBULL on 19th > June > 1803 at St Boswells. She was born abt 1785. No other details about > her, I'm > afraid, and she's the only BALMER in my tree so far. > There was a Betty Balmer baptised 22 Jan 1778 at Ancrum, daughter of William Balmer and Peggy Bole. There were two Elizabeths born in the right time frame but well out of the area - Angus and Fife. We still have some way to go on this line. William may have been a son of Stephen Balmer and Agnes Irvine, married at Ancrum 6 Nov 1748, but so far I have no definite proof of Betty's lineage. Sorry I can't do better on this one at the moment! Best regards, Jim

Hi Robin, I do not know the parents of Thomas Anderson b Moffat 1791. I am willing to take any info on your family that you are willing to share with other researchers - I do not give any details other than name for those who could still be alive. see www.chouston.f2s.com for all the Andersons (9818) Regards Charles PS My wife is from Moffat and her great grandmother was an ANDERSON --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.580 / Virus Database: 367 - Release Date: 06/02/2004

Hello; Any one in the border area that could look up a Thomas Walton born in Newcastle upon tyne that was born about 1902? From where i'm at not a thing. Any help would be nice. Thanks Ken Walton