I have an Isabella Johnson born abt 1821 in Teviotfield, Northumberland on the 1861 census and Westmoreland on the 1871 census. I have not been able to find a Teviotfield. Her father is listed as John Johnson on her marriage license in 1844 to Thomas Stanistreet in the parish of Eccles, Lancashire. Have looked for her as single on the 1841 census and found several servant girls in the pendleton, Lancashire area abt her age but can not pinpoint one as my Isabella. If you have a Johnson data base could you look for an Isabella dau of John born in Teviotfield abt 1821 that went to Pendleton, Lancashire by 1844. Gordon Johnson <gordon@kinhelp.co.uk> wrote: Alistair pointed out that the OPRs only covered Church of Scotland and that there were records of other faiths. True as far as it goes, Alistair, but the period in question was the 17th century, and at that time it was C. of S. or nothing! Catholics were to be found only in the Highlands and Islands with very few surviving records until the 1800s. Similarly, early Episcopal records were mainly taken over by the Church of Scotland in 1689, and don't resume until the 18th century. The Congregationalists start in 1794, and the Baptists at a similar period. There were Quakers, but mainly in Aberdeenshire, in the 18th century. The Reformation led to All or nearly all Roman Catholic records being destroyed in the 16th century, and all that exists now is what survived in the Papal Archives in Rome, some of which has been published by the Scottish History Society, but this mainly refers to priests, and the upper classes making supplications to Rome, and mostly 14th/15th century. Gordon. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BORDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Gordon Johnson wrote here " > ** The Chirnside OPR for baptisms starts in 1660, so you won't find a > baptism date before that. The Chirnside OPR also has no death register > until 1784." True. But the OPR index is derived from the records of a a single faith, the Church of Scotland. NAS and some other archives hold records of other faiths eg Catholic, Baptist, Episcopal etc. My family in days past switched churches occasionally. I blame the ladies! ;~) The Chirnside records for <Reformed Presbyterians> are with Nat Archives Scotland. These cover BDMs. As of year 1983 the collection only ranged 1843- 1860. Maybe it is now more extensive? In passing, I note that Dalbeattie KKD Episcopal records from 1745 were with the Minister as at 1983. But now?????? Alistair

Re: JOHN LITTLE, LYTTLE, LYTLE (b. 1822, Alfred, Upper Canada) I need list members' help in reading some wording on a silver medallion dated 1733 that has been in my Little/Lyttle/Lytle family for a long, long time. Good Eyes Required :) There are some words etched on the coin (other than it's own minted wording) that I cannot read. I think this may be partly due to the fact that the names/places are not familiar to me. I am hoping someone will be able to give me some direction re. where in Ireland or Scotland my SCOT-IRISH or ULSTER SCOT great-grandfather's family came from prior to arriving in Prescott (Alfred) and Renfrew (Westmeath and Pembroke) Counties, ONT Canada, in the early 1800's. (He left Canada for the state of Wisconsin in the US about 1850'ish, where he died in 1896 in LaCrosse County.) The URL below will take you to the website of a cousin who has consented to let me use her website for this rather large file. http://users.ecenet.com/wdcopper/medallion.html - "The Medallion Mystery" (Click on the image on this page and wait a bit. A larger and fairly clear picture of the coin will appear.) F11 will also enlarge it further. It is not a perfect image--neither is the original. I would appreciate anyone's help in reading the words etched on this silver medallion--and any historical perspective as well, if you have it. Many thanks to anyone who can help. Jeanne norsky@mtintouch.net

Gordon: Thanks for the info, do you have any idea where one might find info on people prior to that date. Rusty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Johnson" <gordon@kinhelp.co.uk> To: <border@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [BORDER] BORDER Digest, Vol 2, Issue 13 > ** The Chirnside OPR for baptisms starts in 1660, so you won't find a > baptism date before that. The Chirnside OPR also has no death register > until 1784. > Gordon. > > border-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Alexander Russell (matimi@metrocast.net) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:41:30 -0500 > > From: <matimi@metrocast.net> > > Subject: [BORDER] Alexander Russell > > To: <BORDER@rootsweb.com> > > Message-ID: <001501c73b0e$bdfe77a0$0201a8c0@computer> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Looking for information on Alexander Russell, born about 1638, Chirnside, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, married Beatrix Tait, June 19, 1663, in Chirnside. > > > > Looking for any information on his family and ancestors, also on Beatrix Tait. > > > > Any assistance would be appreciated. > > > > Rusty > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > To contact the BORDER list administrator, send an email to > > BORDER-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > > To post a message to the BORDER mailing list, send an email to BORDER@rootsweb.com. > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BORDER-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > > email with no additional text. > > > > > > End of BORDER Digest, Vol 2, Issue 13 > > ************************************* > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BORDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

** The Chirnside OPR for baptisms starts in 1660, so you won't find a baptism date before that. The Chirnside OPR also has no death register until 1784. Gordon. border-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Alexander Russell (matimi@metrocast.net) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:41:30 -0500 > From: <matimi@metrocast.net> > Subject: [BORDER] Alexander Russell > To: <BORDER@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <001501c73b0e$bdfe77a0$0201a8c0@computer> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Looking for information on Alexander Russell, born about 1638, Chirnside, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, married Beatrix Tait, June 19, 1663, in Chirnside. > > Looking for any information on his family and ancestors, also on Beatrix Tait. > > Any assistance would be appreciated. > > Rusty > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the BORDER list administrator, send an email to > BORDER-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the BORDER mailing list, send an email to BORDER@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BORDER-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of BORDER Digest, Vol 2, Issue 13 > ************************************* >

By Dan Caterinicchia, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Anyone interested in finding out who the FBI was investigating before it became the FBI or seeing the works of noted Civil War photographer Mathew Brady will soon be able to do so digitally. Footnote already has digitized 4.5 million pages of historical records and recently signed an agreement with the National Archives to digitize millions more. Initially, subscriptions cost $99.95 annually, $9.95 monthly or $1.99 per image through Footnote's website. Digitized materials will be available for free by Feb. 6 at two facilities in the Washington area and at regional locations in 11 states, according to Archives' spokeswoman Laura Diachenko. After five years, all images digitized through the agreement will be available for free on the National Archives website. Footnote, based in Lindon, Utah, already has posted Brady's photographs and Bureau of Investigation case files from 1908 through 1922, when it was tasked with investigating violations of national banking, bankruptcy, naturalization, antitrust and land fraud laws. When the nation entered World War I in 1917, the bureau acquired additional espionage and sabotage responsibilities. It did not officially become the FBI until 1935. The next batch of materials to be brought into the Digital Age will be the Archives' sizable collection of materials currently on microfilm, according to the agency. But the agreement with Footnote is "non-exclusive," which means the Archives can make similar deals with other companies, like it did recently with Google to digitize some films, Diachenko said. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Looking for information on Alexander Russell, born about 1638, Chirnside, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, married Beatrix Tait, June 19, 1663, in Chirnside. Looking for any information on his family and ancestors, also on Beatrix Tait. Any assistance would be appreciated. Rusty

Many thanks to those who responded so speedily to my request for info. on the Boltons. Best wishes, Mary

Mary, Here is the family you are looking for:- Dwelling:- Edrington Castle. Census Place:- Mordington, Berwick, Scotland. William Bolton Head Gardener M 45 years Birthplace:- Hutton, Berwick, Scotland. Mary Bolton Wife F 42 years " " " Agnes Bolton daughter Scholar F 13 years " " " George Young stepson Gardener U 17 years " " " Hope this helps. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary" <marynewbery@yahoo.co.uk> To: <BORDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:18 PM Subject: [BORDER] Look up > Dear Listers, > I wonder if anyone has the 1881 census on disc. > I'd like a look up for William, and Mary Bolton, living in or around > Paxton, Berwickshire probably with a mixture of Bolton and Young children. > Ages about 42/41. > Many thanks, > Mary > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BORDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Here you are Mary, Hope it helps. Barbara Dwelling: Edrington Castle Census Place: Mordington, Berwick, Scotland Source: FHL Film 0224032 GRO Ref Volume 752 EnumDist 1 Page 18 Marr Age Sex Birthplace William BOLTON M 45 M Hutton, Berwick, Scotland Rel: Head Occ: Gardener Mary BOLTON M 42 F Hutton, Berwick, Scotland Rel: Wife Agnes BOLTON 13 F Hutton, Berwick, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar George YOUNG U 17 M Hutton, Berwick, Scotland Rel: Stepson Occ: Gardener -----Original Message----- From: border-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:border-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary Sent: 16 January 2007 18:18 To: BORDER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BORDER] Look up Dear Listers, I wonder if anyone has the 1881 census on disc. I'd like a look up for William, and Mary Bolton, living in or around Paxton, Berwickshire probably with a mixture of Bolton and Young children. Ages about 42/41. Many thanks, Mary ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BORDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Listers, I wonder if anyone has the 1881 census on disc. I'd like a look up for William, and Mary Bolton, living in or around Paxton, Berwickshire probably with a mixture of Bolton and Young children. Ages about 42/41. Many thanks, Mary

Here you are Mary Alison Dwelling: Edrington Castle Census Place: Mordington, Berwick, Scotland Source: FHL Film 0224032 GRO Ref Volume 752 EnumDist 1 Page 18 Marr Age Sex Birthplace William BOLTON M 45 M Hutton, Berwick, Scotland Rel: Head Occ: Gardener Mary BOLTON M 42 F Hutton, Berwick, Scotland Rel: Wife Agnes BOLTON 13 F Hutton, Berwick, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar George YOUNG U 17 M Hutton, Berwick, Scotland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary" <marynewbery@yahoo.co.uk> To: <BORDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:18 AM Subject: [BORDER] Look up > Dear Listers, > I wonder if anyone has the 1881 census on disc. > I'd like a look up for William, and Mary Bolton, living in or around > Paxton, Berwickshire probably with a mixture of Bolton and Young children. > Ages about 42/41. > Many thanks, > Mary > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BORDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Dale wrote here: > FreeREG is a sister project to FreeCEN & FreeBMD, but aims to put all the OPRs online - eventually. As you can imagine, it is a huge project and will take a long time to do. I am the County Coordinator for Berwickshire and have all of the films available for distribution to interested volunteers to transcribe. > > If your Family History research is in one particular area or parish, then why not volunteer to transcribe that area for FreeREG and get the FULL details for your family from the original registers. All you need is to have, or have access to, a microfiche reader (the film is cut up into strips) - and we use a Windows program called WinREG to enter the data into. Unfortunately we cannot have cds for this project. When searching my wife's origins in BEWshire I soon found that the OPR Index lacked very many of the events, which were clearly readable in the LDS microfilms. Bit of a shock!! And since buying a set of the Brit Isles Vital Records Index CDs, I was happily shocked to find pre- 1855 Scotland records indexed for the first time, including non- conformist church sources. It is the case that Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal etc etc Churches Registers were archived in General Register Hse not New Reg Hse hence cannot be searched online nor in remote libraries. I wish you and your team every success and if not too late, drop the <OPR> term which is specific to Ch of Scotland, and continue to use the term PRE 1855 VITAL RECORDS or similar. And go hunt out the registers of the very many churches outwith the Established Church. Cheers, ALISTAIR Searching THORNHILL in Ilkeston, Heanor, Shipley and " " " FERGUSON in Borders pre 1854

Hello, Is this only for Berwickshire? I might be interested in transcribing Selkirk parish records. Rebecca ----- Original Message ----- From: Alistair Cameron<mailto:acameron@hinet.net.au> To: border@rootsweb.com<mailto:border@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 2:39 AM Subject: Re: [BORDER] BORDER Digest, Vol 2, Issue 10 Dale wrote here: > FreeREG is a sister project to FreeCEN & FreeBMD, but aims to put all the OPRs online - eventually. As you can imagine, it is a huge project and will take a long time to do. I am the County Coordinator for Berwickshire and have all of the films available for distribution to interested volunteers to transcribe. > > If your Family History research is in one particular area or parish, then why not volunteer to transcribe that area for FreeREG and get the FULL details for your family from the original registers. All you need is to have, or have access to, a microfiche reader (the film is cut up into strips) - and we use a Windows program called WinREG to enter the data into. Unfortunately we cannot have cds for this project. When searching my wife's origins in BEWshire I soon found that the OPR Index lacked very many of the events, which were clearly readable in the LDS microfilms. Bit of a shock!! And since buying a set of the Brit Isles Vital Records Index CDs, I was happily shocked to find pre- 1855 Scotland records indexed for the first time, including non- conformist church sources. It is the case that Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal etc etc Churches Registers were archived in General Register Hse not New Reg Hse hence cannot be searched online nor in remote libraries. I wish you and your team every success and if not too late, drop the <OPR> term which is specific to Ch of Scotland, and continue to use the term PRE 1855 VITAL RECORDS or similar. And go hunt out the registers of the very many churches outwith the Established Church. Cheers, ALISTAIR Searching THORNHILL in Ilkeston, Heanor, Shipley and " " " FERGUSON in Borders pre 1854 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BORDER-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:BORDER-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Congratulations Alistair and Dale on your volunteerism. This is indeed a huge undertaking which will eventually make possible searchable databases on many subjects all over cyber space. Don Kelly, coordinator of BerwicshireGenWeb. Ancestors Rutledge, Graham and Armstrong. http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctbew/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair Cameron" <acameron@hinet.net.au> To: <border@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 2:39 AM Subject: Re: [BORDER] BORDER Digest, Vol 2, Issue 10 > Dale wrote here: > >> FreeREG is a sister project to FreeCEN & FreeBMD, but aims to put all the >> OPRs online - eventually. As you can imagine, it is a huge project and >> will take a long time to do. I am the County Coordinator for Berwickshire >> and have all of the films available for distribution to interested >> volunteers to transcribe. >> >> If your Family History research is in one particular area or parish, then >> why not volunteer to transcribe that area for FreeREG and get the FULL >> details for your family from the original registers. All you need is to >> have, or have access to, a microfiche reader (the film is cut up into >> strips) - and we use a Windows program called WinREG to enter the data >> into. Unfortunately we cannot have cds for this project. > > When searching my wife's origins in BEWshire I soon found > that the OPR Index lacked very many of the events, which > were clearly readable in the LDS microfilms. Bit of a shock!! > > And since buying a set of the Brit Isles Vital Records Index > CDs, I was happily shocked to find pre- 1855 Scotland > records indexed for the first time, including non- > conformist church sources. It is the case that Catholic, > Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal etc etc Churches Registers > were archived in General Register Hse not New Reg Hse hence > cannot be searched online nor in remote libraries. > > I wish you and your team every success and if not too late, > drop the <OPR> term which is specific to Ch of Scotland, and > continue to use the term PRE 1855 VITAL RECORDS or similar. > And go hunt out the registers of the very many churches > outwith the Established Church. > > > Cheers, > > > ALISTAIR > > Searching THORNHILL in Ilkeston, Heanor, Shipley and > " " " FERGUSON in Borders pre 1854 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BORDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Everybody, Now we are into the New Year I thought it was time for an update on the FreeREG project at www.freereg.org.uk The system is now live and the first records are available for searching, although there is only a small amount of data on there at the moment. FreeREG is a sister project to FreeCEN & FreeBMD, but aims to put all the OPRs online - eventually. As you can imagine, it is a huge project and will take a long time to do. I am the County Coordinator for Berwickshire and have all of the films available for distribution to interested volunteers to transcribe. If your Family History research is in one particular area or parish, then why not volunteer to transcribe that area for FreeREG and get the FULL details for your family from the original registers. All you need is to have, or have access to, a microfiche reader (the film is cut up into strips) - and we use a Windows program called WinREG to enter the data into. Unfortunately we cannot have cds for this project. WHY SHOULD I VOLUNTEER? ======================= I'm not sure if you are all aware, but in a LOT of parishes on the IGI only the female Baptisms have been recorded! Ever wondered why you couldn't find an entry for one of your male ancestors - now you know why. Now is your chance to find those missing records! From personal experience I have found during transcription that there are possibly extra details available - Fathers Residence, Fathers Occupation, Witnesses names etc. What you really get out of it is the tremendous satisfaction that you are helping future generations of people researching their family history to find their ancestors more easily than we can now. That just about sums it up. This transcription will have far more information in it than is available at present on the IGI. If you are at all interested you can contact us via the above website or write to me, Dale Utterson, (Berwickshire Co-ordinator) at dale@utterson.com for more information. Best regards Dale Utterson Derbyshire, UK Berwickshire County Coordinator FreeREG Project - Free Internet searches of Baptism, Marriage & Burial records pre 1855 http://www.freereg.org.uk

Mary asked here; > I wonder if anyone has access to transcripts of gravestones in Hutton churchyard. I think I may help. Plse provide name/s and approx date range. My wife's ancestry was in that region, main surnames FERGUSON, MICKLE, LILLIE ALISTAIR

Hi Mary, I have the Berwickshire MI's pre 1855 and Volume 1 has Hutton inscriptions as well as the Old Graveyard at Fishwick, Hutton. Let me know if I can be of help. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary" <marynewbery@yahoo.co.uk> To: <BORDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 9:21 PM Subject: [BORDER] Hutton gravestones Dear Listers, I wonder if anyone has access to transcripts of gravestones in Hutton churchyard. Best wishes, Mary ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BORDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/622 - Release Date: 1/10/2007 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/623 - Release Date: 1/11/2007

> From: marynewbery@yahoo.co.uk> To: BORDER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:21:32 +0000> Subject: [BORDER] Hutton gravestones> > Dear Listers,> I wonder if anyone has access to transcripts of gravestones in Hutton churchyard. > Best wishes,> Mary> The Scottish genealogy Society sells books of pre-1855 ones and the Borders FHS has been publishing books with complete individual burial grounds. Can't remember whether they've done Hutton yet. Lesley Robertson _________________________________________________________________ Call friends with PC-to-PC calling -- FREE http://get.live.com/messenger/overview

Hi, Mary - Scottish Borders Archive & Local History Centre at Selkirk holds pre-1855 MIs for Berwickshire. Contact 01750 201842 or archives@scotborders.gov.uk Borders Family History Society publish MIs for Berwickshire Parishes but I don't think they have done Hutton. See their website which includes an gravestone index at www.bordersfhs.org.uk Hope this helps, Susan. -----Original Message----- From: border-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:border-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Mary Sent: 11 January 2007 21:22 To: BORDER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BORDER] Hutton gravestones Dear Listers, I wonder if anyone has access to transcripts of gravestones in Hutton churchyard. Best wishes, Mary ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BORDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/623 - Release Date: 11/01/2007 15:33 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/623 - Release Date: 11/01/2007 15:33