If you only knew the frustration some of us CRAIG researchers have in NOT being able to trace our families back to N. Ireland or Scotland!!! I would dearly love it if I could prove my James came from there. However, he was killed in the Revolution and his poor widow, Rhoda Craig left nothing for us except that James was Scotch-Irish. My "group" of James Craig/Rhoda Niblick researchers have spent well over 20 years searching records, writing letters, hiring Scottish and Irish researchers and still cannot even tell us where James was born. And we are a large group of people. We believe now his father was John and his mother was Anna, but have no other information than that....not much to go on when you're looking for a connection on the old sod. Some of us like to think he may have been in the group that came with Dr. Thomas Clark from Ballybay in County Monaghan when he brought his entire congregation to America in the 1750's. There was a James Craig, but we can't prove it was our James. In fact, of all the Scotch-Irish and Scottish ancestors I've researched, I can only track the Borlands, Howatts and Russels across the water and they came here much later than James or his Gowdy, Cochran, Anderson and Scott counterparts (just a plug for more of my family!) Please don't think we are ignoring attempts to locate our families back in your territory. This is the main goal of some of us, but the name James Craig is far too common to track down back in the early 1700's. Jean Creswick -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: CRAIG-D Digest V03 #220 CRAIG-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 220 Today's Topics: #1 [CRAIG-L] Re: Craig Family of Akin [[email protected]] #2 [CRAIG-L] CRAIG..N.IRELAND [[email protected]] #3 [CRAIG-L] Re: CRAIG..N.IRELAND [[email protected]] #4 [CRAIG-L] Re: Craig Family of Akin [[email protected]] #5 [CRAIG-L] descendants of r.l. crai [[email protected]] #6 [CRAIG-L] Re: descendants of r.l. [[email protected]] #7 [CRAIG-L] Re: descendants of r.l. [[email protected]] #8 [CRAIG-L] William L Craig,born 187 [[email protected]] #9 [CRAIG-L] Re: descendants of r.l. [[email protected]] #10 [CRAIG-L] Re: descendants of r.l. [[email protected]] #11 [CRAIG-L] Re: descendants of r.l. [[email protected]] #12 [CRAIG-L] ROYALTY [[email protected]] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from CRAIG-D, send a message to [email protected] that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________

There is a Robert L Craig listed on the 1920 Seneca,Newton County, Missouri census. He is 65, estimated birth year is 1854, born in Tn. R L Craig is listed on the 1930 Seneca, Newton County, Missouri census, He is 75. My GGrandfather was Isaac Craig, born in 1812 in Tn. He moved to Greene County Illinois in the 1850's and then on to Newton County Missouri in the 1870's. He died in 1898 in Seneca and is buried in the Bureson Cemetery. There were two Isaac Craig's listed on the 1880 Newton County Missouri census and so far I have not been able to connect the two families together. Your R L Craig could belong to one of these families or both.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4IQ.2ACEB/2339.1.1.3 Message Board Post: I found a Robert L Craig in the 1920 Census living in Seneca, Newton Co, MO with is wife Rosella P and their adult daughter Elizabeth. This Robert was in his 60s at the time. Good chance that this is your R L Craig.

I am also searching for CRAIG's. My Craig family is as follows: Jacob Craig b. 1742 Christiana, Delaware married Mary West b 27sep1746 Children: Jacob, Nancy, Sarah, Mary, Jane, Rachel, William thru son Jacob: Jacob Craig b. abt 1774 ,Kennett, Chester, Pennsylvania, married Ann Pierson 26Sep 1778 in Chester, Pennsylvania d. 19Feb1860 Millcreek, Christiana, De Children: Rachel thru daughter Rachel: Rachel Craig b. 1810 Pennsbury, Married on 23Apr 1829 to William Maxwell b. 09Sep1807 Pennsbury, Chester, Pennsylvania d. 03Jul1899 Children: Jacob, Joseph, William,George, Franklin, Richard, Alexander, and Marshall Then line comes thru, Jacob C. Maxwell who married Elizabeth Ann Warrick, then thru Amos C. Maxwell who married Annie E. Davis, then thru Hattie Maxwell who married William B Cox, then thru Esther G. Cox who married John W. Brittingham, then thru Eleanor M. Brittingham who married David E. Jones. Does this line of CRAIG connect to anyone? So far I am at a brick wall to go back further. Im sure there is an Ireland/Scotland connection but nothing that can be proven yet. Not sure when they came over to America. Thanks, Take care. Vickie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4IQ.2ACEB/2340 Message Board Post: I wanted to share a find with everyone out there that I am terribly excited about. I would like to thank LuAna Craig for this discovery. She replied to my last post (William Craig being a brother to Daniel Craig) and mentioned seeing this family on gencircles. After checking there, I poured over their records only to discover that this particular branch of the Craig family (and given as far back as this goes, probably many others) is descended from English and Scottish royalty. The farthest back anyone had gone (that I had seen) prior today was to William Craig, born 1475-1480. He married Elizabeth Lindsay and it is through her line that I made this discovery. Going back nine generations past Elizabeth, I discovered that her 8x great-grandfather was Robert Stewart. On the gencircles site he was listed as being a prince of Scotland. After digging around, I discovered that he was, indeed, Prince and his father was Robert II, the first Stewart king of Scotland from 1371-1390. Robert's brother John later became Robert III. Robert II's parents were Walter Stewart and Marjorie Bruce. Robert had inherited the throne from his grandfather, Robert the Bruce. If you would like more information on what I have found, please do not hesitate to ask...this is too big to sit on! Michael ([email protected])

I am looking for information on William L. Craig born in Kansas about 1870. He married my Great Aunt Nellie Grimshaw born 1871 in New York. Nelly and William lived at 430 37th Street, Brooklyn, Kings Co. New York in 1920 and 1930. They had the following children: William Grimshaw Craig Helen Craig Howard Craig George Craig. Can anyone help me, please? Does this line fit into your line? Trudell Leyck Wright

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: craig tice Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4IQ.2ACEB/2339.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: thank you so very much!! you are an answer to some of my prayers! God bless! you can email me directly, if you'd like, at [email protected] .

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Craig, Trice Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4IQ.2ACEB/2339.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Go to this link which goes to the Newton Co, MO tombstone transcription project and it lists some Craigs (Parlee one of them) and a couple of Trice's. Did not see a RL Craig on the website. They are buried in the Seneca Cemetery. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mo/newton/cemeteries/seneca.txt Hope that this helps.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Craig Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4IQ.2ACEB/2339.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I do remember having a photograph of a tombstone for a Parlee and I believe the last name was Craig. Parlee was such an unusual name. I will see what all have. It may take me a couple of days. But I will get back with you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: craig tice Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4IQ.2ACEB/2339.1.1 Message Board Post: hi and thank you so much for writing back so quickly! i don't know what the "r.l." stands for, but he had to have been alive in the year 1916 to have been able to sign this death certificate. my ggg-grandmother was margrett/margaret ann madrey-tice, and she had at least two children-james louis (my gg-grampa) and paralee/parlee tice, who may have also married a craig. i don't know if any of these tices are related to you, though. james louis tice's wife was alice r./arene craig and came from illinois, but there are surely craig cousins in missouri, as well. ok, now that i have probably confused you to no end, i do hope to hear back from you again-God bless!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Craig Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4IQ.2ACEB/2339.1 Message Board Post: What does the R L stand for? I have photographed several Craig tombstones in Seneca.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: craig tice Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4IQ.2ACEB/2339 Message Board Post: i am looking for any descendants of an "r.l. craig," of seneca, missouri. he is a possible relative of my direct ancestral line. he also signed the "informant" space on my ggg-grandmother's death certificate, and since her son, james louis tice, also married a craig, i thought he might be a relative somehow. any info would be extremely helpful-God bless!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4IQ.2ACEB/2251.2.2.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Christi - I'll use e-mail Barbara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Craig, Stewart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4IQ.2ACEB/2338.1 Message Board Post: I'm sorry you feel that way since I tried only once to find any trail on your side of the "pond". I believe I am related to William Craig and Janet Stewart that arrived in PA in about 1721/22. I've copied one or two researchers information about Craigs in Scotland/Ireland and they were both different yet both involved the same given names. One even said that he could find anyones relatives in Scotland/Ireland and after two months could find no connection for me and no William that left there and came to the USA named William with a wife named Janet. Its almost as difficult finding anyone back before about 1820 in the USA since all the Federal Census's only recorded surnames and marks in a column for male and female and of different age groups. My father said that my line of Craigs came from county Clare yet all the information I have accumulated seem to point to the William and Janet I mentioned earlier. The trail, according to some researchers seems to go back to about 1550 in Scotland and everything seems to be chronologically correct. However, when I send an e-mail to get more information and supporting documents or referrences, I get mailer demons that mean my letter did not go through. I would greatly appreciate any help you can provide on my Craig search. I can't even locate any Craigs that lived in county Clare on the internet. Thanks again Jim C fm AZ

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CRAIG Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4IQ.2ACEB/2338 Message Board Post: It is very interesting reading all these messages ; But nealy all the messages I receive , refer to America only. I live in Co.Antrim N.Ireland..and have been trying for a number of years to trace 2 brothers that left these shores..around 1800.to live in America with very little success. The confusing and slightly annoying thing is...........That although this site is supposed to be world wide, 95% of people on it..only seem to be looking for family in one country..ie.America. As most of your ancestors came from this side of the pond (Ireland/Scotland )...I am surprised so little efford has been made to widen your search. Good luck.......James Alexander Craig.....Co.Antrim..N.Ireland

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4IQ.2ACEB/2251.2.2.1.2 Message Board Post: Barbara, I was happy to give you the info I had. I can add some birth dates as well. I'd like to see what you have and help if possible. Did you find the Indian link? August Bruce - born November 28, 1915 Vera Mae - born January 31, 1917 Richard Lawrence - born July 12, 1944 August Bruce, Jr. - born May 2, 1941 Margaret Christina - born February 8, 1970 Richard Lawrence, Jr. - born September 15, 1972 I am attaching a picture of Bruce and Vera. I will get better pictures, but you can get an idea. the picture of Bruce is in 1970 and Vera about 1977

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4IQ.2ACEB/2251.2.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Clarification -- my data base includes information on the ancestors of Augustus Bruce Craig b. abt 1915 Baltimore MD & his sister, Vera Mae Craig b. abt 1917 Baltimore MD - this in response to Christi Craig's message. Barbara in Maryland

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4IQ.2ACEB/2337.1.1 Message Board Post: I am not sure when, exactly, Daniel came to America. His first known child was born in 1732, so it was sometime before that (marriage date and location unknown). All of his children, to the best of my knowledge, were born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. As for Daniel's siblings, the only thing I know about any of them, other than birth years, is that his brother William came to America about 1744 and settled in Virginia with his family. Hope this helps. If I find out anything more, I'll be sure to let you know.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Craig, McFall (Mcphail), Mcilhenny, Shenk, etc. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4IQ.2ACEB/2337.1 Message Board Post: Do You know when and where, Daniel and his siblings arrive in the North American continent? My line may be linked to Thomas.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Craig, Anderson, Baird, Baerd, Laird, Ely Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4IQ.2ACEB/2251.2.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I would love to trade information with you. I am searching Craig ancestry also. I believe that I tie in with William and Janet that arrived in PA in about 1721. The week point is finding ore information about Robert Craig that married Mary Gray in Dec 1831 in Clermont county OH. \I'm not exactly certain where Robert Craig was born. On some of the Federal Census's it lists his birth place as OH and some researchers say he was born in Augusta county VA. IF he was born between 1803 and 1807 the it was OH. IF he was born in 1802, as some researchers say, he could still be born in OH but it would be Ohio Territory and that was part of Augusta county VA. I'm also not esactly sure who he parents were. Some researchers say Robert was he father (mother unknown) and some believe that his father was John (mother unknown since there was a John that was in Ohio that early and I can't locate a Robert that early. HELP!!!! Please!!!!