Eleanor, I have noted a number of marriages recorded in Northumberland around 1800, where one party was from Scotland (Jedburgh), and the church register recorded them as from "North Britain" . Mike Temple, Spain. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Clouter" <eclouter@nl.rogers.com> To: <lezleyr@hotmail.com>; <border@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 2:21 PM Subject: [BORDER] New Member Researching LIETCH/LEITCH > Hi Lesley, > >> If he was born in Scotland, he can't be from Berwick on Tweed, because >> it's >> in England. > > That's a good point to mention. It's my understanding from discussions > on another list that it wasn't uncommon for some people from the area to > say they were from Scotland rather than England, even though legally > Berwick Upon Tweed is English......a question of individual loyalties I > guess. I do know that my Rev William LIETCH's sister Isabella gives her > place of birth as Northumberland on the 1841 census - of course, the > family may have moved. > > There are a couple of interesting records I'm currently trying to > confirm as belonging to my family - a baptism in Glanton in 1805 (now > confirmed as my family) and a marriage between a William LIETCH and a > Jane ROSS in Berwick Upon Tweed in July 1804. If they prove not to > belong to my family, I'll certainly turn my attention to Fife as my next > area of exploration. Thank you very much for suggesting that I look > there. > >> If he was in the Church of Scotland, he should be listed in Fasti >> Ecclesiae >> Scoticanae. > > A few years ago I had one of our Canadian Universities look him up in > "Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae" without success. They apparently didn't > have volume eight so perhaps I need to track that down. You mentioned > that > there is one volume specially for >> those Ministes known to be outwith Scotland. > > > Do you happen to know if this might be volume eight? > > I really appreciate your excellent suggestions and thank you for taking > the time to respond to my query. > > Kind regards, > Eleanor > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.13/463 - Release Date: > 04/10/2006 > >