Scotish Borders and Henderson List Members, I have a John HENDERSON, born 1814 in Dumfrieshire and who died in Perth County, Ontario, Canada (data taken from his headstone in Ontario). So...given that Henderson is a common name and I only know the shire and not the parish, what would be a good way to locate some information about the parents of my John? Any thoughts would be welcome. Brad Henderson, Dallas, TX At 08:40 AM 05/30/2000 +0100, Vivienne S Dunstan wrote: >Hi Cameron, > >>Just a quick question. Is there a list somewhere of the MI's that have been >>published, (or have been collated) in the Borders area. I am particularly >>interested in the Hawick, Wilton and Bowden areas, although if there is a list >>of all MIs available then this would be useful. > >Details of published MIs are listed under Cemeteries on the relevant >Roxburghshire parish pages in GENUKI, indeed for all of the Scottish >Border counties I maintain (Berwickshire and Selkirkshire, and to a >lesser caretaking extent Peeblesshire). Where there are county MI >collections, these are listed on my Scottish Border county pages (e.g. >Berwickshire, Peeblesshire), again under the subject heading Cemeteries. > >Of course I can only list the MIs that I know about. Should other people >learn of or know about other available MIs I'd be grateful if they could >let me know so that I can add details to my parish/county pages in GENUKI. >This includes details of MIs in local libraries and/or archives: living >away from the Borders now I can't find out about these so easily. > >Finding MIs listed on the pages does not always make it easy to access >the lists though. For example with MI lists for the Hawick area (of which >there are many: see the Hawick and Wilton parish pages in GENUKI) many >are in old issues of the Hawick Archaeological Society's Transactions, >not necessarily things that are easy to access outside Scotland. But >finding out about the existence of the MIs is a vital first step. > >Again though look at GENUKI (http://www.genuki.org.uk/) and follow the >hierarchy down, e.g. to UK&Ireland (the big map in the centre), then >Scotland, then pick your county (e.g. Roxburghshire), then parish >(e.g. Hawick) and then look under Cemeteries. > >The Borders FHS has recently published an MI booklet for Ancrum. I >haven't updated the Ancrum parish page in GENUKI yet. I will do soon! > >Hope this helps! > >Viv Dunstan >Fife, Scotland (but originally from Hawick, Roxburghshire) > > > >

> I have a John HENDERSON, born 1814 in Dumfrieshire and who died in Perth > County, Ontario, Canada (data taken from his headstone in Ontario). > So...given that Henderson is a common name and I only know the shire and > not the parish, what would be a good way to locate some information about > the parents of my John? > > Any thoughts would be welcome. > > Brad Henderson, > Dallas, TX Hi Brad: I found the following births, although there is no John shown as a child, the Father is shown as John Henderson so I assume one of the sons would be named after him. The 2nd James may be a son of another John Henderson although the source is the same. Henderson, James born 14 July 1810, Father John Henderson, Mother Jean Murphy Henderson, Agness born 7 July 1812, Father John Henderson, Mother Jean Murphy Henderson, Elizabeth born 22 Dec 1818, Father John Henderson, Mother Jean Murphy. Henderson, James, born 27 May 1815, Father John Henderson, Mother Jenet Cowan All recorded in Minnyhive or Moniaive United Presbyterian, in Glencalm, Dumphries, Scotland Source FHL 889486 dates 1837-1885 note: FRCH3V539-8