I'm sorry. I guess my message was unclear...I was more interested in what unfortunate things happened to the border peoples, rather than records. I had asked a question about a surname, and the response referred to records not being readily available in the borders area because of the unfortunate things that transpired there over time. Can anyone explain? Thank you in advance... Lynda in Pennsylvania ----- Original Message ----- From: Lesley Robertson <l.a.robertson@stm.tudelft.nl> To: <BORDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 1:52 PM Subject: Re: Robert Dodds Scott of Ancrum, Roxburghshire circa 1803 > >This is my first attempt at researching my Scottish ancestry, and I have > >already gotten a response that I don't understand...can anyone please > excuse > >my lack of knowledge of Scottish history and explain to me what sort of > >unfortunate things transpired in the Borders region that would have > affected > >records being kept, etc.? > > All sorts of things could have happened to the records. Books got lost, or > fell apart. Damp doesn't do a lot for the survival of paper. Moreover, if > your folk were not Church of Scotland (they could have been free Church, > Epicopalian, or other things) then their records will be in the National > Archives of Scotland, and would therefore not have been taken up into the > IGI. > > I suggest that if you're just starting, you take a look at the Beginners > Guide on Genuki on http://www.genuki.org.uk/ > Lesley Robertson >
Lynda What you need are a few good history books about the Borders. For starters "The Steel Bonnets" the story of to the Anglo Scottish Border Reivers by George MacDonald Fraser as easy reading and explains some of the early history. Also bear in mind the constant battle between the Scots and English and the Border Country was right in the path of these apposing forces. Cromwell also did a lot of damage, at least his soldiers did Alison in Calgary At 11:54 AM 02/05/00 -0400, you wrote: >I'm sorry. I guess my message was unclear...I was more interested in what >unfortunate things happened to the border peoples, rather than records. I >had asked a question about a surname, and the response referred to records >not being readily available in the borders area because of the unfortunate >things that transpired there over time. Can anyone explain? > >Thank you in advance... > >Lynda in Pennsylvania > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Lesley Robertson <l.a.robertson@stm.tudelft.nl> >To: <BORDER-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 1:52 PM >Subject: Re: Robert Dodds Scott of Ancrum, Roxburghshire circa 1803 > > >> >This is my first attempt at researching my Scottish ancestry, and I have >> >already gotten a response that I don't understand...can anyone please >> excuse >> >my lack of knowledge of Scottish history and explain to me what sort of >> >unfortunate things transpired in the Borders region that would have >> affected >> >records being kept, etc.? >> >> All sorts of things could have happened to the records. Books got lost, or >> fell apart. Damp doesn't do a lot for the survival of paper. Moreover, if >> your folk were not Church of Scotland (they could have been free Church, >> Epicopalian, or other things) then their records will be in the National >> Archives of Scotland, and would therefore not have been taken up into the >> IGI. >> >> I suggest that if you're just starting, you take a look at the Beginners >> Guide on Genuki on http://www.genuki.org.uk/ >> Lesley Robertson >> > > >