Aberdour is a village on the south coast of Fife, across the Forth from Edinburgh and ca. 5 miles east of the Forth Bridges. There is also a ruined church and manse, St Drostans and a village New Aberdour at Aberdour Bay, between Macduff and Fraserburgh on the north coast of Aberdeenshire. And of course Aberlour on the Spey, south of Elgin. So it looks like the secomd one is what you are looking for? The old parish registers should give you baptism and marriage records from 1698. (LDS Indexes on micro fiche and Family Search) A great source of information on NE Scotland is the Aberdeen and NE Scotland FHS in Aberdeen. You should join! www.anesfhs.org.uk/ or e-mail to enquiries@anesfhs.org.uk Stuart. barbbuck wrote: > > Where is Aberdour, Scotland??? Is it in the Borders?? Does anyone know > where to write for more information in Aberdour? > Thanks for your help. > > BarB > barbbuck@pacbell.net > > barbbuck wrote: > > > Does anyone have more information on the families listed below?? Do you > > know where I would write for more information on Aberdour, Scotland?? > > Thanks for your help. > > > > BarB > > barbbuck@pacbell.net > > > > William Bruce was born in Aberdour, Aberdeen, Scotland in 1821, and > > christened on 10 Nov., 1821. His Father was George Bruce m. Ann Brown, > > and the generation before was William Bruce m Helen Webster.

I am a new member seeking links with MOFFAT, DODDS, PURVES and LAIDLAW families from the Melrose Kelso area 1700-1870. John Moffat b 13 nov 1777 married Christine Purves ( b 1815 Kelso d Feb 1856). Apparently they and their children emigrated to Wexford in Ireland where the eldest daughter Jessie Dodds Moffit married John Black. They and their children then emigrated to Australia. Any possible links with these families would be most welcome. Tony Harrison Hobart, Tasmania

Researching SCOTT WAIT and BELL in Berwickshire I am particularly interested in any information about the ancestors of Margaret WAIT and George SCOTT who married sometime about 1780. The marriage isn't in the OPR indexes for Berwickshire and surrounding counties, or the IGI for Northumberland. As far as I can work out they had the following family: MARY SCOTT Baptised: 1781 at Ayton Died: before November 1786? JANET SCOTT Baptised: 1783 at Coldingham *GEORGE SCOTT Baptised: 1785 Coldingham, father was a blacksmith from Westreston Witnesses at baptism: Elisha HALL and Jacob DARLING Married: 1803 Agnes BELL, Mordington (parents unknown) Witnesses: Alexander BELL and Joseph GLENDINING Occupation: Shepherd >> BARBARA SCOTT Baptised 1804, Mordington >> Married DAVID GRAY 1824 Mordington >> Witnesses: Alexander GRAY and David GRAY >> son - JAMES GRAY baptised 1838 Dalkeith, Midlothian (my gt gt grand-father) MARY SCOTT Born: Clappers Baptised: 1786 Mordington Married: 1811 Alexander COW at Cockburnspath and at Mordington 1812 MARGARET SCOTT Born: Clappers Baptised: 1788 Mordington ELIZABETH SCOTT Born: Clappers Baptised: 1790 Mordington ALISON SCOTT Baptised: 1792 Mordington Do any of these names sound familiar to you? Any possible links with these families would be most welcome. Regards, Rosemary, Northumberland, UK

Barbara, Aberdeen has its own rootsweb site, I would suggest trying that one for Aberdour, I think it is ABERDEEN-L@rootsweb.com Ruth Edwards Australia

Has anybody ever heard of Whit(e)hope MILL in Cavers Parish or elsewhere in the Borders? If so, any details of it will be greatly welcomed by me. Peter Stone stone@futurest.co.za SOUTH AFRICA

Certainly am. I was looking for my gggrandfather on the 1881 census and found 1,914 William McKENZIE's but no gggrandfather, who I found with his father George, under McKENAN making 1,915 all variants of the surname and transposition errors. Now I having trouble with my gggggrandfather, William McKENZIE and his wife, Janet BROWN, probably born sometime between 1785 and 1790 who knows where, but probably over the border as their sons George and James were born in Bowden, Roxburgh in 1808 and 1810. I saw BROWN's on the monumental inscriptions in Bowden Kirkyard but no McKENZIEs and George was getting married in St Stephen's Edinburgh in 1830. After two children William Losh MCKENZIE born Edinburgh in 1831 and Ellen, George's family went to Otterburn and then Lunedale in the North Riding. I am still ploughing through the many possible entries on Scots Origins and the IGI for William McKENZIE and Janet BROWN. Anyone any connections please contact me. Bill McKenzie Luton, Beds http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wemckenzie/ -----Original Message----- From: Ray Veitch [mailto:rmv@obtero.net] We all reach the end of the line sooner or later Bill! Personally I like to be sure of facts, but who can say what makes others feel good? And with a name like McKenzie you are in dead trouble anyway! Cheers Ray Veitch in Adelaide

Yes Please for Roxborough John Shearer -----Original Message----- From: Dana Canevaro <caro@sk.sympatico.ca> To: BORDER-L@rootsweb.com <BORDER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 12 August 2000 18:59 Subject: 1851 2% census >Hello All, > >I have copies of the 2% census for Rox and Ber. If there is enough interest I can post them to the list. > >Heather in Canada >

Where is Aberdour, Scotland??? Is it in the Borders?? Does anyone know where to write for more information in Aberdour? Thanks for your help. BarB barbbuck@pacbell.net barbbuck wrote: > Does anyone have more information on the families listed below?? Do you > know where I would write for more information on Aberdour, Scotland?? > Thanks for your help. > > BarB > barbbuck@pacbell.net > > William Bruce was born in Aberdour, Aberdeen, Scotland in 1821, and > christened on 10 Nov., 1821. His Father was George Bruce m. Ann Brown, > and the generation before was William Bruce m Helen Webster.

Hi Viv, Yes, sorry, I should have pointed that out, the only places fully covered in the 1851 2% census were Antrim and Keithley, WRY. Which were added to the extract by someone else. Everywhere else it is just the one enumerators book. Obviously as 1 in 50 were included, then 49 in 50 were not, so you have to be awfully lucky to find anyone, however I did find my mother's MARRINER ancestors in Melsonby, NRY. So it is worth a look. Best regards - Mike Simpson, Penrith, NSW, Australia Email: agene@bigfoot.com HomePage: http://www.bigfoot.com/~agene

Hi all, I have already got all the extracts from the 1851 2% census for the Border counties, Berwick, Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles on my home page at http://www.bigfoot.com/~agene/census.htm in .html format, so they can be read in your browser. The page includes a search box for names etc. The following districts are covered:- Berwickshire - Merton, Whitsome Peebles - Eddlestone Roxburgh - Castleton, Jedburgh, Kelso Selkirk - Roberton My home page also has extracts for Derby, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Midlothian, Dumfries, Suffolk, Northumberland, Durham, North Riding. Best regards - Mike Simpson, Penrith, NSW, Australia Email: agene@bigfoot.com HomePage: http://www.bigfoot.com/~agene

Yes, please. Id love access to them. Jennifer Familton

Does anyone have more information on the families listed below?? Do you know where I would write for more information on Aberdour, Scotland?? Thanks for your help. BarB barbbuck@pacbell.net William Bruce was born in Aberdour, Aberdeen, Scotland in 1821, and christened on 10 Nov., 1821. His Father was George Bruce m. Ann Brown, and the generation before was William Bruce m Helen Webster.

Hi all Have you written an article about you family life? Examples Life in their village Their role in the industrial revaluation Did they work on the land or on the railways? Did they work in the Mills? Family diary's I would like to put stories on my web page If you have one please e-mail me. Regards, Steve

Hi Mike, >The following districts are covered:- >Berwickshire - Merton, Whitsome >Peebles - Eddlestone >Roxburgh - Castleton, Jedburgh, Kelso >Selkirk - Roberton But not all these areas are necessarily covered in full. Jedburgh and Kelso are particularly obvious examples of this. Again the sample was a transcript of every 50th enumeration book. Many Scottish parishes had multiple enumeration books. And in Scotland an enumeration book would not be split across separate parishes, so you either get nothing (the bulk of the time), a little bit of a parish (very rarely), or if really lucky (with a tiny place) the whole thing. Viv

Hello All, I won't bother to post the 2% census to the list as Mike has done a wonderful job putting it on his web page. It is much easier to read there, than the original is. Heather ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Simpson <agene@tpg.com.au> To: <BORDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 4:28 PM Subject: RE: 1851 2% census > Hi all, > > I have already got all the extracts from the 1851 2% census for the Border > counties, Berwick, Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles on my home page at > http://www.bigfoot.com/~agene/census.htm in .html format, so they can be > read in your browser. The page includes a search box for names etc. > > The following districts are covered:- > Berwickshire - Merton, Whitsome > Peebles - Eddlestone > Roxburgh - Castleton, Jedburgh, Kelso > Selkirk - Roberton > > My home page also has extracts for Derby, Cumberland, Westmoreland, > Midlothian, Dumfries, Suffolk, Northumberland, Durham, North Riding. > > Best regards - Mike Simpson, Penrith, NSW, Australia > Email: agene@bigfoot.com > HomePage: http://www.bigfoot.com/~agene > > >

Last but not least.... I am seeking any further clues or info on this family: 1851 CENSUS Turnpike Road, WEST LINTON Robert HODGE - 50 - born Lanark, Labourer, Head, md Janet - 50 - born Stobo, wife Robert HODGE - 4 - born Edinburgh, Grandson James WHITE - 4 - born Linton, Grandson Janet's maiden name is HISLOP. I have been unable to find the baptisms of either of the grandsons so far... nor am I able to identify them for sure in the 1881 Census - if they were indeed both still alive. The children I have for this couple are: John HODGE - chr 24 Sept 1820, Kilbucho And Broughton And Glenholm, Peeblesshire!! James HODGE - chr 21 July 1822, Skirling, Peeblesshire Janet HODGE - chr 23 March 1825, Skirling, Peeblesshire Elizabeth HODGE - 11 June 1827, Skirling, Peeblesshire I believe this is not a complete list... Anyone recognise anybody - or can find them in any other data? Thanks, in anticipation. Pam Hislop New Zealand

Hi... I have had this problem for a very, very long time now - wonder if anyone can help me? My GGGG Grandfather, Walter Hislop was born in Stobo, Peebles in 1796 - from a very basic tree he was said to be the son of James - have found him to be the son of JOHN HISLOP and JANET ROBERTSON. I know that he had four sisters that married in Peeblesshire. I have tried over a number of years to complete his list of siblings... but find no further information on John HISLOP and Janet ROBERTSON - a mge or both being named in their childrens' christening entries. Even Origins has left me wanting for information! I have tried every trick I can think of! With amazing kindness from another researcher I have found two sisters - Elizabeth (presumably baptised as Betty) in 1791, Stobo to John HYSLOP and a Janet (which seemed likely and logical!) bn c 1798, Stobo both parents were named in their death certs. I have been unable to find a christening/bapt entry for Janet. So far the basic 'old family' information is proving mostly right... Can anyone suggest how I might find John HISLOP/HYSLOP and Janet ROBERTSONs mge (presuming they did!) so that I at least anticipate when they started having children... Are there 'holes' in the Parish records? I also checked the Peeblesshire MI's but have been unable to find a trace of this couple - I guess they either moved out of Peeblesshire or perhaps their gravestone(s) do not still exist - or ever did? I know they both died before 1856. At this stage I have 2 sons, 2 daughters born between 1791 and 1798 all Stobo. Thanks, in anticipation! Pam

> Selkirk - Roberton > An interesting thing that I noticed about all the Roberton ones that are there is that the women are all listed by their maiden names, at least any that I looked at are. Sheila I Hale

Hi, Wonder if anyone recognises the little information I have below??? MARY TOD bapt 1819, West Linton, Peeblesshire md RICHARD ROBB bapt 1810, Kilbucho, Peeblesshire in 1857 at Glenholm. I have been unable to find any children for this couple and Mary can be found living with her unmarried sisters and a niece in the 1881 Census at ASH VILLA, BIGGAR. I found their MI's as detailed: SKIRLING CHURCHYARD 14. (Obelisk) Richard ROBB, farmer, Cardon died 8th March 1862 aged 52, and his wife MARY TOD died 7th December 1902 aged 88yrs. [Peebleshire Monumental Inscriptions] I noticed there are 6 ROBB graves in a row in this Churchyard - I wonder if they are related? Thanks in anticipation - any help with census records or tips would be much appreciated. Pam Hislop New Zealand

Hi Listers, I have recently found this family and wondering if anyone recognises anyone in it.... or if anyone can help me out with further research? 1851 CENSUS Cardon, Glenholm Alexander TOD - 74 - born Biggar, Farmer 800 acres arable, 1000 hill pasture Elizabeth - 60 - born Stobo, Wife James - 81 - born Biggar, brother Mary - 31 - born Kilbucko, daughter Janet - 30 - born Kilbucko, daughter Beathia - 27 - born Kilbucko, daughter Agnes - 26 - born Kilbucko, daughter Jeanie - 23 - born Skirling, daughter Margaret - 22 - born West Linton, daughter Catherine - 19 - born West Linton, daughter Elizabeth aged 60 is Elizabeth HISLOP - sister of my Gx4 Grandfather, Walter HISLOP - also born Stobo. The information on her death cert (1875) - Alex. WATSON, Son-in-law, Dreghorn? Mai..s, Colinton. Can anyone help me clarify this address? Alex married Agnes - mentioned above in Census. I know that two other of her sisters were not married by 1881 - Catherine and Janet. At the time of her death, 1875, Elizabeth was living at ASH VILLA, Biggar, Lanarkshire, where some of her family were still living in 1881. Any help would be greatfully received. Pam New Zealand