Ken, In the 1920 census for Niagara, NY there is a Andrew Brown b. 1838 in Scotland living with a Frank A. Brown. Andrew Brown stated that he was married and immigrated to US in 1853. However, there was no wife listed. When a census taker came, he asked for the people in the household that day. If wife was gone to visit relatives, she would not be named. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken & Alice Brown" <jumbobrown@optusnet.com.au> To: <BROWN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 11:42 PM Subject: [BROWN] Andrew McGill Brown > Hi > > I'll put my two bobs worth in. Years ago I uploaded my family file to > Family Tree Maker. Later my file appeared on Ancestry. I had no problem > with that because then we were able to access other peoples files who had > uploaded to Ancestry. Now Ancestry charges for access to information they > acquired for free. That is a rip off in anyone's book. It is good to see > that in the U.K. there are people like FreeCen who are giving information > out for free on census and BMD. That is the way it should be. After all it > is OUR records. I have no argument with Ancestry charging for census and > BMD and other information they have paid for BUT not for family tree > information compiled (at their own expense) by the public. It is good to > see that people like Facebook are getting into this area at no charge. End > of rant. > > Meanwhile I am still looking for descendants and any information on a > Andrew McGill Brown. He was born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland about > 1838. He married a Margaret Chalmers born Kilmarnock 1st January 1831. She > died in Kilmarnock 1896. In between this time though the couple had lived > in the United States as a son Andrew was born in Lewiston, Niagara, NY in > 1860 and a daughter Mary Isabella Brown in NY in 1863. Mary stayed in > Scotland (and I have tracked down her descendants) but it's believed > Andrew jnr went back to the US. After the death of Margaret Chalmers in > 1896 her husband Andrew McGill Brown also returned to the U.S. we believe > to join his son Andrew jnr. It is pretty certain that Andrew jnr had > descendants as there is a IGI reference to his birth on the Mormon website > from a temple in California. It would be great if anybody could help with > this brickwall. > > Thanks and Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all. > > Ken Brown > Gold Coast > Australia. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BROWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message