Seeking Dickson/Nicholson. John & Agnes Dickson emigrated to the Falkland Islands late 1870s. Trying to trace their forbears. They were married in Haltown, Dornock on 8th Feb 1861, and had 3 children when they sailed to the Islands. Many of their descendants live there today. John was 22 and Agnes 18 at the time of their marriage. Shepherds were recruited in Dumfries in the mid 1850s for contract work in the Falklands, and many stayed on. Does anyone have details of these men. Records no longer exist in the islands.

Avril Below is an MI from Dornock churchyard: In memory of Robert son of Robert Nicholson in Halltown who died the 18th May 1843 age 9 years and 4 months. Also Rebekha his daughter who died the 11th June1848 aged 4 months. And the above Robert Nicholson who died at Halltown the 11th April 1851 age 38. Also Mary daughter of John Dickson who died there on the 22nd February 1863 aged 1 year. Also Elizabeth Scott relict of the above Robert Nicholson who died at New Christielands 29th May 1882 age 68. Also James son of Robert Graham who died at Brownmoor 10th March 1862 age 3. Also Robert his son who died there 9th July 1869 age 12. Also the above Robert Graham who died at Kirtlebridge 20th January 1908 age 79. Also Grace Nicholson wife of the above who died the 14th June 1908 age 72. Also Jane their daughter who died at Stanwix, Carlisle, on 24th June 1958 age 83. Regards Rene Anderson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avril" <edrob@paradise.net.nz> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:49 PM Subject: [D-G LIST] Dickson/Nicholson/Falkland Islands > Seeking Dickson/Nicholson. > John & Agnes Dickson emigrated to the Falkland Islands late 1870s. Trying > to trace their forbears. They were married in Haltown, Dornock on 8th Feb > 1861, and had 3 children when they sailed to the Islands. Many of their > descendants live there today. John was 22 and Agnes 18 at the time of > their marriage. > Shepherds were recruited in Dumfries in the mid 1850s for contract work in > the Falklands, and many stayed on. Does anyone have details of these men. > Records no longer exist in the islands. > > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > ******************************************************************** > To UNSUBSCRIBE > send a message to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L-request@rootsweb.com (for mail > mode) or DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) with > only the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the message body. NO subject, NO signature. > ************************************************************************ >

Hi All. I have just come across this website www.scotsfind.org although Edinburgh based there are names mentioned on this list. Marriage of Hannay of Sorbie 1626, Hyslop merchant at Wanlockhead and many more. Well worth a look. Sheena.

Hi Jan, Glad you enjoyed your trip to Scotland! I have many GRIERSONS in Ruthwell, and at least one, MATTHEW, moved to Caerlaverock around 1811-21. He & his wife JANET PAGAN had at least 7 children - GEORGE, THOMAS, MARY, WILLIAM, JOHN, ROBERT & MATTHEW. David GRIERSON b. 1846 in Ruthwell married in 1873 in Cummertrees ELIZABETH EDGAR, b.c1845 but I don't know where! Do any of these sound familiar? Best wishes, Irene

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No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:43:45 -0600 From: Margo Lurvey <mlurvey@juno.com> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <417F0B61.3080805@juno.com> Subject: Kirkland of Kirkconnel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does anyone know where I would find more information about Kirkland of Kirkconnel? Was it a town, farm or both? I know that the original church of St. Conel was there but I do not know if there are grave sites still in that location or are all the graves in Kirkconnel? I would love to have as much information as I can get about the place of my ancestor's birth!! Thanks Margo Lurvey ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:34:53 +1000 From: "Betty Irving" <birving@alphalink.com.au> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <00ae01c4bbd5$ec86c560$c520ddcb@xxx> Subject: Re: IRVING Hello All, I am back to try and find the missing people in my ancestry. David IRVING was the Blacksmith at Kirtlebridge, and later at Sibbaldbie. He is buried in Applegarth Churchyard with his two wives. Two of his sons are buried there, but I have been unable to find any of his daughters or one son. John IRVING baptised 16 September 1773 (Middlebie) Margaret IRVING baptised 27 February 1776 (Middlebie) Mary IRVING baptised January 1779 (Middlebie) Jean IRVING baptised 29 February 1789 (Middlebie) >From the Film of the O.P.R.'s I found a "John IRVING of Millhouse died April 21, 1817" How can I ascertain that he was the son of David IRVING and Mary WIGHTMAN? or there was also "Death of IRVING in Millhouse Nov. 5 1821". How can I find this death? Any help would be gladly accepted. Betty Irving in Australia. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:45:01 +0200 From: "carruthers - home" <home@zim.co.zw> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000301c4bbd7$41e05480$43f1fea9@ferobrake1> Subject: Kirkmahoe Quarrelwood Dalwinston Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Could anyone please tell me (1) Where the Village of Quarelwood is in relation to Kirkmahoe,Dumfriesshire & Urr Kirkcudbright. (2)Where Dalwinston or Dalwinton or Dalswinton is in England cannot be far from the border. or is there another village of this name in Kirkmahoe.? thank you Ian Carruthers researching the lowlands for McDonald Carruthers Murray McCubbin(g) & Neilson. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:40:47 +0100 From: "Ian A McClumpha" <imchad@freeola.com> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <MABBKMCDDBCACMOMELHHKEKBFHAA.imchad@freeola.com> Subject: RE: [D-G LIST] Kirkmahoe Quarrelwood Dalwinston Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ian You asked: Could anyone please tell me (1) Where the Village of Quarelwood is in relation to Kirkmahoe,Dumfriesshire & Urr Kirkcudbright. Quarellwood is (or was) a village in the parish of Kirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire. Urr is in Kirkcudbrightshire and is about 15 miles South of Kirkmahoe. (2)Where Dalwinston or Dalwinton or Dalswinton is in England cannot be far from the border. or is there another village of this name in Kirkmahoe.? Dalswinton village is in Kirkmahoe parish, only a few miles from Quarrellwood. thank you Ian Carruthers researching the lowlands for McDonald Carruthers Murray McCubbin(g) & Neilson. ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== FIND YOUR ANCESTORS http://www.directcon.net/tomas/Ancestry/index.html/ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.782 / Virus Database: 528 - Release Date: 22/10/04 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.782 / Virus Database: 528 - Release Date: 22/10/04 ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 03:04:15 EDT From: JLeggJudy@aol.com To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <1a6.2a46e15d.2eb0a26f@aol.com> Subject: Maps/Locations Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I just found a website that is new to me and has great maps and misc. information. Judy http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/dumfries+and+galloway.htm ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:18:01 +0200 From: "carruthers - home" <home@zim.co.zw> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000301c4bc0d$bd6005c0$43f1fea9@ferobrake1> Subject: Kirkmahoe Carruthers Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Would anyone be able to do a KIKMAHOE graveyard search for me(dumfriesshire) Looking for James CARRUTHERS x Sarah McDONALD & there two children. Thank you Ian Carruthers home@zim.co.zw ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:14:11 EDT From: JanetHTaylor@aol.com To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <d2.1a6e185e.2eb0dd03@aol.com> Subject: Edgar Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I am back online after a wonderful trip to Scotland where I spent a lot of time looking at tombstones. Searching for EDGAR in Caerlaverock and Dunscore in 1700 and 1800. ELLIOT in Annan and Canonbie 1700 and 1800. CHARTERIS/CHARTERS in Kirkcudbright and Dumfries 1800s Several branches of family include: HALLIDAY in Dalbeattie 1900 BOYES in Caerlaverock 1800 STRAITON in Annan and Gretna DICKSON in Caerlaverock 1700s GRIERSON in Caerlaverock 1800s HUNTER in Caerlaverock 1800s Jan Taylor Ontario, Canada _Janethtaylor@aol.com_ (mailto:Janethtaylor@aol.com) ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #8 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:12:55 +0000 From: <andy.sadler1@ntlworld.com> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <20041027170948.DUKH24841.mta02-svc.ntlworld.com@[10.137.100.62]> Subject: BYRON Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit HELLO TO ALL,I'M A NEWCOMER TO THIS SITE BUT HAVE ENTERED WITH A PROBLEM THAT I'M HOPING SOMEBODY WILL BE GOOD ENOUGH TO ASSIST ME WITH. I HAVE RECORDS OF MY GREATx3 GRANDPARENTS, HUGH BYRON AND AGNES GIBSON, BEING MARRIED IN SORBIE IN 1849. I ALSO HAVE A RECORD OF MY GREATx2 GRANDFATHER'S BIRTH, STEWART BYRON,IN SORBIE 2 YEARS LATER IN 1851. SHORTLY AFTER THE BIRTH OF STEWART,THE FAMILY MOVED DOWN TO BURTON ON THE WIRRAL. IT IS PRIOR TO THE MARRIAGE THAT I AM HAVING PROBLEMS. I CAN FIND NO TRACE OF THE BIRTHS OF HUGH AND AGNES,AND NEITHER APPEAR ON THE 1851 CENSUS OF THE AREA. I KNOW FROM HIS GRAVESTONE IN BURTON THAT HUGH WAS BORN IN 1807 BUT I HAVEN'T A CLUE WHERE. ANY ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GREATLY RECEIVED - --------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/ ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #9 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:19:22 -0400 From: "Yvette MUIR" <ymuir1706@rogers.com> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000601c4bc51$7c2ad050$178cc645@Yvette> Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] BYRON Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All capitals are very difficullt to read. Yvette ----- Original Message ----- From: <andy.sadler1@ntlworld.com> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:12 PM Subject: [D-G LIST] BYRON > HELLO TO ALL,I'M A NEWCOMER TO THIS SITE BUT HAVE ENTERED WITH A PROBLEM THAT I'M HOPING SOMEBODY WILL BE GOOD ENOUGH TO ASSIST ME WITH. > I HAVE RECORDS OF MY GREATx3 GRANDPARENTS, HUGH BYRON AND AGNES GIBSON, BEING > > ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #10 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:49:37 +0100 From: "irene butcher" <irene@ifac.fsnet.co.uk> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <005701c4bc5e$1794ec40$b3a64f51@mshome.net> Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] Edgar + Grierson Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jan, Glad you enjoyed your trip to Scotland! I have many GRIERSONS in Ruthwell, and at least one, MATTHEW, moved to Caerlaverock around 1811-21. He & his wife JANET PAGAN had at least 7 children - GEORGE, THOMAS, MARY, WILLIAM, JOHN, ROBERT & MATTHEW. David GRIERSON b. 1846 in Ruthwell married in 1873 in Cummertrees ELIZABETH EDGAR, b.c1845 but I don't know where! Do any of these sound familiar? Best wishes, Irene -------------------------------- End of DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D Digest V04 Issue #280 ************************************************ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by mail.tqci.net]

HELLO TO ALL,I'M A NEWCOMER TO THIS SITE BUT HAVE ENTERED WITH A PROBLEM THAT I'M HOPING SOMEBODY WILL BE GOOD ENOUGH TO ASSIST ME WITH. I HAVE RECORDS OF MY GREATx3 GRANDPARENTS, HUGH BYRON AND AGNES GIBSON, BEING MARRIED IN SORBIE IN 1849. I ALSO HAVE A RECORD OF MY GREATx2 GRANDFATHER'S BIRTH, STEWART BYRON,IN SORBIE 2 YEARS LATER IN 1851. SHORTLY AFTER THE BIRTH OF STEWART,THE FAMILY MOVED DOWN TO BURTON ON THE WIRRAL. IT IS PRIOR TO THE MARRIAGE THAT I AM HAVING PROBLEMS. I CAN FIND NO TRACE OF THE BIRTHS OF HUGH AND AGNES,AND NEITHER APPEAR ON THE 1851 CENSUS OF THE AREA. I KNOW FROM HIS GRAVESTONE IN BURTON THAT HUGH WAS BORN IN 1807 BUT I HAVEN'T A CLUE WHERE. ANY ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GREATLY RECEIVED ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/

All capitals are very difficullt to read. Yvette ----- Original Message ----- From: <andy.sadler1@ntlworld.com> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:12 PM Subject: [D-G LIST] BYRON > HELLO TO ALL,I'M A NEWCOMER TO THIS SITE BUT HAVE ENTERED WITH A PROBLEM THAT I'M HOPING SOMEBODY WILL BE GOOD ENOUGH TO ASSIST ME WITH. > I HAVE RECORDS OF MY GREATx3 GRANDPARENTS, HUGH BYRON AND AGNES GIBSON, BEING > >

Hello All, I am back to try and find the missing people in my ancestry. David IRVING was the Blacksmith at Kirtlebridge, and later at Sibbaldbie. He is buried in Applegarth Churchyard with his two wives. Two of his sons are buried there, but I have been unable to find any of his daughters or one son. John IRVING baptised 16 September 1773 (Middlebie) Margaret IRVING baptised 27 February 1776 (Middlebie) Mary IRVING baptised January 1779 (Middlebie) Jean IRVING baptised 29 February 1789 (Middlebie) From the Film of the O.P.R.'s I found a "John IRVING of Millhouse died April 21, 1817" How can I ascertain that he was the son of David IRVING and Mary WIGHTMAN? or there was also "Death of IRVING in Millhouse Nov. 5 1821". How can I find this death? Any help would be gladly accepted. Betty Irving in Australia.

Researching Andrew Dow, born in, died by June 1886 in the Dumfries area. Have 7 generations of his decendants who moved to Aistralia for any one who is interested. Also looking for information about him, and his son, John Dow, and possibly another son, also Andrew. Regards, Ian Dow (Australia) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.782 / Virus Database: 528 - Release Date: 10/22/04

I am back online after a wonderful trip to Scotland where I spent a lot of time looking at tombstones. Searching for EDGAR in Caerlaverock and Dunscore in 1700 and 1800. ELLIOT in Annan and Canonbie 1700 and 1800. CHARTERIS/CHARTERS in Kirkcudbright and Dumfries 1800s Several branches of family include: HALLIDAY in Dalbeattie 1900 BOYES in Caerlaverock 1800 STRAITON in Annan and Gretna DICKSON in Caerlaverock 1700s GRIERSON in Caerlaverock 1800s HUNTER in Caerlaverock 1800s Jan Taylor Ontario, Canada _Janethtaylor@aol.com_ (mailto:Janethtaylor@aol.com)

Hi Ian You asked: Could anyone please tell me (1) Where the Village of Quarelwood is in relation to Kirkmahoe,Dumfriesshire & Urr Kirkcudbright. Quarellwood is (or was) a village in the parish of Kirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire. Urr is in Kirkcudbrightshire and is about 15 miles South of Kirkmahoe. (2)Where Dalwinston or Dalwinton or Dalswinton is in England cannot be far from the border. or is there another village of this name in Kirkmahoe.? Dalswinton village is in Kirkmahoe parish, only a few miles from Quarrellwood. thank you Ian Carruthers researching the lowlands for McDonald Carruthers Murray McCubbin(g) & Neilson. ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== FIND YOUR ANCESTORS http://www.directcon.net/tomas/Ancestry/index.html/ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.782 / Virus Database: 528 - Release Date: 22/10/04 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.782 / Virus Database: 528 - Release Date: 22/10/04

Would anyone be able to do a KIKMAHOE graveyard search for me(dumfriesshire) Looking for James CARRUTHERS x Sarah McDONALD & there two children. Thank you Ian Carruthers home@zim.co.zw

I just found a website that is new to me and has great maps and misc. information. Judy http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/dumfries+and+galloway.htm

Hello fellow list members, Thank you to all who have sent good wishes and support for the Dumfries 1841 Census project. It means a lot to me to know that there are people who value what I am trying to do, and this keeps me going in this endeavour. I know that I have used on-line resources to help find information about my extended family, and I just want to give back some of what I have received! I'll keep you all posted on the progress of the project. Regards, Tom Daly Dumfries Coordinator FreeCEN

Does anyone know where I would find more information about Kirkland of Kirkconnel? Was it a town, farm or both? I know that the original church of St. Conel was there but I do not know if there are grave sites still in that location or are all the graves in Kirkconnel? I would love to have as much information as I can get about the place of my ancestor's birth!! Thanks Margo Lurvey

Could anyone please tell me (1) Where the Village of Quarelwood is in relation to Kirkmahoe,Dumfriesshire & Urr Kirkcudbright. (2)Where Dalwinston or Dalwinton or Dalswinton is in England cannot be far from the border. or is there another village of this name in Kirkmahoe.? thank you Ian Carruthers researching the lowlands for McDonald Carruthers Murray McCubbin(g) & Neilson.

Hi, folks - In looking for a particular map of Scotland as a whole, I came upon this spiffy website and thought some of you, at least, would thoroughly enjoy checking it out: http://www.glasgowmapcentre.com/ Have fun looking at all the possibilities! Muff

Can't get your pages to open - 1841 census? Les H., Napier, NZ.

I wonder if SKS could look up a Janet DOUGLAS, aged about 10, daughter of John and Janet DOUGLAS in the 1841 census of Dumfries. The only other information I have is I think Janet may have had a sister Agnes Thanks in advance Tony Greaves

Hello Tom, My earlier comments were in the form of questions, no criticism of you or the project was implied. I said: [I'm not sure it makes sense to repeat the process. Wouldn't it be more useful to produce a new resource by transcribing the 71, 91 or 01?] By that statement I was stating that I couldn't understand the logic behind a project which aimed duplicate work already done. You said, >FreeCEN is aiming to start with the 1841 census for Scotland, making the >whole of the country available for searching at one site. So when I >volunteered and was accepted, I ordered the films (or rather CDs in this >case) from the LDS..... >Of course I want the census records from 1871 to be available also >(the records from 1881 to 1901 not yet having been approved by the GRO(S)), and aim to >continue the project past 1841 if it proves feasable. That explanation answers a lot of questions, even some I didn't ask. I already knew that UK based projects couldn't publish Census years without GROS approval. I wasn't aware that ruling applied outside UK. I also accept what you say when you refer to the DGFHS booklets: >....I wouldn't have been sure which parish to >order to be able to find the various families that I was researching. >Only an on-line data base would have helped that. >That is why I still feel that this project is important. >I am sorry that Sandy and Edward don't agree with this. Like Edward, I also say that the production of an online database for the whole of Scotland is a laudable aim. And I'm glad that my misunderstandings have been put right. Good luck with your efforts to recruit transcribers. Cheers, Sandy