Cheryl, Sorry but I have only traced my direct ancestors, who stayed in the Scottish Borders. If you have a name of a Dixon born in the period 1762 to 1771, I will look see if it could fit. Regards, Jim Graham

This all sounds very promising. Yes, I am working on John Dixon and Jean Little of "Nullyholm", Canonbie. Especially their daughter Isabella who I believe is the unnamed daughter born in 1768, who I believe married James Stothart. Their daughter Jean Stodart married Robert Scott, and their daughter, Isabella Scott married James Edgar, whew! That gets me to my closest ancestors in Dumfriesshire who are the Edgars from Moffat. (Wilson is my married name). Perhaps you can straighten me out if Isabella Dixon is not the daughter of John and Jean Little. (I noted twins Isabel and James born in 1767 and assumed that they did not survive. Hence, the next daughter born in 1768 would be given the name of Isabel and the next son born in 1771 was named James.) annewilson@cfl.rr.com -----Original Message----- From: dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of dumfries-galloway-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 3:02 AM To: dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com Subject: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 122 Today's Topics: 1. NULLYHOLM FARM (Jim Graham) 2. BANKEND, EWES (Jim Graham) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:47:45 +0200 (CEST) From: Jim Graham <jim.r.graham@fsmail.net> Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] NULLYHOLM FARM To: dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <31593358.695371287175665370.JavaMail.www@wwinf3716> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Anne, You do not mention the parish, but there is, or at least was, a Nittyholm Farm in Canonbie Parish. It was on the old line of the A7 about 3 km north of Canonbie. It is on the first series OS 1:10,560 maps but is not on the current 1:25,000. If you go to Bing.com (UK site), select Maps then Road/Ordnance Survey, search for Canonbie. About 2.5 km north of Canonbie along the A7 is Enthorn. Nittyholm was 300m due north of Enthorn. I have Dixon and Little ancestors born at Nittyholm, and my grandmother was a Wilson from Langholm. If this is the farm, do we have any common links ? Regards, Jim Graham ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:17:16 +0200 (CEST) From: Jim Graham <jim.r.graham@fsmail.net> Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] BANKEND, EWES To: dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20156598.696091287177436883.JavaMail.www@wwinf3716> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Anne, Again, this ?farm is on the first series OS, but no building can be seen on current mapping. On Bing again, if you go to Langholm, work north along the A7 about 9 km until you see Mosspebble Farm to the east of the A7. If you zoom in, you will find that the wood to the west of the A7 here is named Bankend Wood, after the disappeared building. Regards, Jim Graham ------------------------------ To contact the DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY list administrator, send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY mailing list, send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 122 *************************************************

I have a MI that lists Elizabeth Byers as having died at Fishead Kemple in Applegarth Parish. I cannot find it on any map. Does anyone know where Fishead Kemple is? thanks Alastair Johnstone

Jim, Any chance your Dixon relatives went on to Ulster--or anywhere in Ireland--and then on to the USA? Cheryl On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 12:01 AM, <dumfries-galloway-request@rootsweb.com>wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. NULLYHOLM FARM (Jim Graham) > 2. BANKEND, EWES (Jim Graham) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:47:45 +0200 (CEST) > From: Jim Graham <jim.r.graham@fsmail.net> > Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] NULLYHOLM FARM > To: dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <31593358.695371287175665370.JavaMail.www@wwinf3716> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Anne, > You do not mention the parish, but there is, or at least was, a Nittyholm > Farm in Canonbie Parish. It was on the old line of the A7 about 3 km north > of Canonbie. > It is on the first series OS 1:10,560 maps but is not on the current > 1:25,000. If you go to Bing.com (UK site), select Maps then Road/Ordnance > Survey, search for Canonbie. About 2.5 km north of Canonbie along the A7 is > Enthorn. Nittyholm was 300m due north of Enthorn. > I have Dixon and Little ancestors born at Nittyholm, and my grandmother was > a Wilson from Langholm. If this is the farm, do we have any common links ? > Regards, Jim Graham > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:17:16 +0200 (CEST) > From: Jim Graham <jim.r.graham@fsmail.net> > Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] BANKEND, EWES > To: dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20156598.696091287177436883.JavaMail.www@wwinf3716> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Anne, > Again, this ?farm is on the first series OS, but no building can be seen on > current mapping. > On Bing again, if you go to Langholm, work north along the A7 about 9 km > until you see Mosspebble Farm to the east of the A7. If you zoom in, you > will find that the wood to the west of the A7 here is named Bankend Wood, > after the disappeared building. > Regards, Jim Graham > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY list administrator, send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY mailing list, send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 122 > ************************************************* >

Anne, Again, this ?farm is on the first series OS, but no building can be seen on current mapping. On Bing again, if you go to Langholm, work north along the A7 about 9 km until you see Mosspebble Farm to the east of the A7. If you zoom in, you will find that the wood to the west of the A7 here is named Bankend Wood, after the disappeared building. Regards, Jim Graham

Anne, You do not mention the parish, but there is, or at least was, a Nittyholm Farm in Canonbie Parish. It was on the old line of the A7 about 3 km north of Canonbie. It is on the first series OS 1:10,560 maps but is not on the current 1:25,000. If you go to Bing.com (UK site), select Maps then Road/Ordnance Survey, search for Canonbie. About 2.5 km north of Canonbie along the A7 is Enthorn. Nittyholm was 300m due north of Enthorn. I have Dixon and Little ancestors born at Nittyholm, and my grandmother was a Wilson from Langholm. If this is the farm, do we have any common links ? Regards, Jim Graham

Hi Anne, Try the OS maps from the National library of Scotland - http://geo.nls.uk/os6inch/ Search for Harthope and choose the one in Dumfries & Galloway with map reference NT0312. You will not see the farm immediately. Just click on the leftmost + magnifying glass above the map and click in the middle of the map. This will take you to an earlier map where Harthope shows up. You can then zoom in more closely. Sorry I could not find the other 2 farms. Although there is a Haly Holm (found under Hallyholm) near Kirkmaiden in Wigtownshire. Cheers, Kenny Mair -----Original Message----- From: dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Wilson Sent: 13 October 2010 14:56 To: dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Message post I am looking for help on locating various farms that I have not been able to find, specifically Bankend in Ewes parish, Harthope (near Moffat) and Nullyholm. Any suggestions for sources, other than the Ordinance surveys and Geograph.org.uk, both of which have been very helpful so far? Anne Wilson ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am looking for help on locating various farms that I have not been able to find, specifically Bankend in Ewes parish, Harthope (near Moffat) and Nullyholm. Any suggestions for sources, other than the Ordinance surveys and Geograph.org.uk, both of which have been very helpful so far? Anne Wilson

Many thanks to Meg, Iain, Judy & David. I really appreciate your help and am following your advice. I have already written a letter to send to the Procurator Fiscal and intend getting in touch with the library as I have got all the contact information from the internet. If there seems any more that I think could be found I will use the researcher so all in all I am sure it is all covered . Very much appreciated Kind regards Linda Hindley -----Original Message----- From: dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Linda Hindley Sent: 10 October 2010 22:59 To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Road traffic accident in Lockerbie I wonder if anyone on the list can point me in the right direction with my research into my brother's death which happened near Lockerbie in 1976. I am struggling with difference in the coroners system and have no idea where I can get any more information My brother Graham Roscoe Walsh was born, married and lived in Bolton Lancashire but died in Scotland near Lockerbie on 29/8/1976. He was travelling north on the A74 going on holiday. I understand he parked his car and went across the dual carriageway to retrieve a hub cap that had come off the car and was involved in an accident and was knocked down and died immediately. His children were young at the time and now would like to know more about what happened and as I do family research they have asked me to help. Had the accident happened in England there would have been an inquest and I would have known where to get the information. However I know that there are not inquests in Scotland and while I have looked on the internet I haven't been able to find out what would be available or where I would be best to write to etc. I do have a copy of the 'Extract of an entry in a Register of Deaths' for Graham which I assume is the equivalent of the English death certificate. >From the information I have read on the internet I thought there might have been a reference to the 'Register of Corrected Entries' on the death certificate but there isn't anything on the copy that I have. It would seem strange not to have had some formal proceedings following a fatal road accident but I am very much a novice on procedures in Scotland. Could anyone tell me what the procedure would have been in Scotland and where I could write to get more detailed information / copies of any paperwork that would be available Kind regards Linda Hindley ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Presumably there was a newspaper report of the accident. You could enquire at the Ewart Library in Dumfries, as they may be able to help you find a copy of the article. Regards David -----Original Message----- From: dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Linda Hindley Sent: 10 October 2010 22:59 To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Road traffic accident in Lockerbie I wonder if anyone on the list can point me in the right direction with my research into my brother's death which happened near Lockerbie in 1976. I am struggling with difference in the coroners system and have no idea where I can get any more information My brother Graham Roscoe Walsh was born, married and lived in Bolton Lancashire but died in Scotland near Lockerbie on 29/8/1976. He was travelling north on the A74 going on holiday. I understand he parked his car and went across the dual carriageway to retrieve a hub cap that had come off the car and was involved in an accident and was knocked down and died immediately. His children were young at the time and now would like to know more about what happened and as I do family research they have asked me to help. Had the accident happened in England there would have been an inquest and I would have known where to get the information. However I know that there are not inquests in Scotland and while I have looked on the internet I haven't been able to find out what would be available or where I would be best to write to etc. I do have a copy of the 'Extract of an entry in a Register of Deaths' for Graham which I assume is the equivalent of the English death certificate. >From the information I have read on the internet I thought there might >have been a reference to the 'Register of Corrected Entries' on the death certificate but there isn't anything on the copy that I have. It would seem strange not to have had some formal proceedings following a fatal road accident but I am very much a novice on procedures in Scotland. Could anyone tell me what the procedure would have been in Scotland and where I could write to get more detailed information / copies of any paperwork that would be available Kind regards Linda Hindley ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I imagine a report would have been lodged with the Procurator Fiscal, Linda. http://www.copfs.gov.uk/About/Departmental-Overview/Area-Procurator-Fiscal/Dumfries-Galloway-Offices Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Hindley" <linda.hindley7@ntlworld.com> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 10:59 PM Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Road traffic accident in Lockerbie > > I wonder if anyone on the list can point me in the right direction with my > research into my brother's death which happened near Lockerbie in 1976. I > am > struggling with difference in the coroners system and have no idea where I > can get any more information > > My brother Graham Roscoe Walsh was born, married and lived in Bolton > Lancashire but died in Scotland near Lockerbie on 29/8/1976. He was > travelling north on the A74 going on holiday. I understand he parked his > car > and went across the dual carriageway to retrieve a hub cap that had come > off > the car and was involved in an accident and was knocked down and died > immediately. His children were young at the time and now would like to > know > more about what happened and as I do family research they have asked me to > help. Had the accident happened in England there would have been an > inquest > and I would have known where to get the information. However I know that > there are not inquests in Scotland and while I have looked on the internet > I > haven't been able to find out what would be available or where I would be > best to write to etc. > > I do have a copy of the 'Extract of an entry in a Register of Deaths' for > Graham which I assume is the equivalent of the English death certificate. >>From the information I have read on the internet I thought there might >>have > been a reference to the 'Register of Corrected Entries' on the death > certificate but there isn't anything on the copy that I have. It would > seem > strange not to have had some formal proceedings following a fatal road > accident but I am very much a novice on procedures in Scotland. > > Could anyone tell me what the procedure would have been in Scotland and > where I could write to get more detailed information / copies of any > paperwork that would be available > > Kind regards > > Linda Hindley > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I wonder if anyone on the list can point me in the right direction with my research into my brother's death which happened near Lockerbie in 1976. I am struggling with difference in the coroners system and have no idea where I can get any more information My brother Graham Roscoe Walsh was born, married and lived in Bolton Lancashire but died in Scotland near Lockerbie on 29/8/1976. He was travelling north on the A74 going on holiday. I understand he parked his car and went across the dual carriageway to retrieve a hub cap that had come off the car and was involved in an accident and was knocked down and died immediately. His children were young at the time and now would like to know more about what happened and as I do family research they have asked me to help. Had the accident happened in England there would have been an inquest and I would have known where to get the information. However I know that there are not inquests in Scotland and while I have looked on the internet I haven't been able to find out what would be available or where I would be best to write to etc. I do have a copy of the 'Extract of an entry in a Register of Deaths' for Graham which I assume is the equivalent of the English death certificate. >From the information I have read on the internet I thought there might have been a reference to the 'Register of Corrected Entries' on the death certificate but there isn't anything on the copy that I have. It would seem strange not to have had some formal proceedings following a fatal road accident but I am very much a novice on procedures in Scotland. Could anyone tell me what the procedure would have been in Scotland and where I could write to get more detailed information / copies of any paperwork that would be available Kind regards Linda Hindley

I have a problem where my GG grandfather's burial location is unknown. He lived, worked, and died in Glasgow in February 1919, but there is NO record of his burial in the City. Thinking laterally, I wonder whether his wife had his remains removed to Moffat where he was born in October 1841, and so that is why his burial can't be found in Glasgow? Would anyone have any Moffat MI's or burial records for the period? TIA edward Edward R Paxton

On behalf of George A Thom and his wife Ruth in Nova Scotia, Canada and myself Jim Patterson I would like to offer our sincere gratitude and appreciation to those who responded to my recent post and would like also to specifically thank Nancy from Connecticut, USA for her help, amazing and very humbling:-) Random acts of kindness Rock, What a great list! Happy Hunting All Jim Patterson Brentwood Bay, BC Canada -----Original Message----- From: dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jim Patterson Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 12:17 PM To: 'Dumfries-Galloway rootsweb list' Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Maxwell Thom-Mary Jane McArthur McCartney-SKS Hello Listers, Happy Autumn all, Jim Patterson here, I have been away from Genealogy for a good time due to health problems but am now recovering and was given a wee challenge by a distant relie this summer and could really use listers assistance on this as I am not up to scratch as yetJ lol What we know so far. Maxwell Thom was the possible the son of a William Thom, mother unknown? Maxwell married? And they had 4 children- William Thom Maxwell Thom Jnr Stewart Thom May Thom. Something occurred with Maxwell's first wife and then Maxwell married again to a Dalbeattie girl known as Mary Jane McArthur McCartney born about 1900. and they had four children- Robert Thom. Andrew Thom Margaret Thom George A Thom, who was born in about 1935 in Dalbeattie and we know George A, left Dalbeattie in abt 1965 and moved to Canada but as yet have little or nothing else to go on with, can SKS help put us on the right track here please? Cheers Jim Patterson ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.856 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3161 - Release Date: 09/26/10 23:34:00

Hi Jim The Canadian phone directory at http://www.canada411.ca/ shows a George A. THOM living in Kentville, Nova Scotia, with telephone number 902-678-8582. There are 3 other George THOM's listed but no others show the middle initial "A". Good luck. .......... Jack ============================================= At 12:02 AM 9/28/2010, you wrote: >Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:17:07 -0700 >From: "Jim Patterson" <japatterson@shaw.ca> >Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Maxwell Thom-Mary Jane McArthur > McCartney-SKS > >Hello Listers, > >George A Thom, who was born in about 1935 in Dalbeattie and we know George >A, left Dalbeattie in abt 1965 and moved to Canada but as yet have little or >nothing else to go on with, can SKS help put us on the right track here >please? > > Cheers Jim Patterson

Hello Listers, Happy Autumn all, Jim Patterson here, I have been away from Genealogy for a good time due to health problems but am now recovering and was given a wee challenge by a distant relie this summer and could really use listers assistance on this as I am not up to scratch as yetJ lol What we know so far. Maxwell Thom was the possible the son of a William Thom, mother unknown? Maxwell married? And they had 4 children- William Thom Maxwell Thom Jnr Stewart Thom May Thom. Something occurred with Maxwell's first wife and then Maxwell married again to a Dalbeattie girl known as Mary Jane McArthur McCartney born about 1900. and they had four children- Robert Thom. Andrew Thom Margaret Thom George A Thom, who was born in about 1935 in Dalbeattie and we know George A, left Dalbeattie in abt 1965 and moved to Canada but as yet have little or nothing else to go on with, can SKS help put us on the right track here please? Cheers Jim Patterson

Hi Janet Torrorie is a farm in Kirkbean parish, about 10 miles South of Dumfries on the coast road. In Scotland, the eldest son inherited land but when there were only daughters to inherit they each received a portion. From then on, the owner of that portion was a Portioner, i.e. he or she owned a portion of the estate. Best wishes Ian Need help with your Scottish Family History research? Let Imchad Ancestry assist you. Please look at our website: www.imchad.freeola.com -----Original Message----- From: dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Janet Taylor Sent: 19 September 2010 19:43 To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] what is a portioner Another question. What does this phrase mean "Wm McKie a portions (or portioner?) in Torrorie? What is a portions? Thanks for your help. Janet Taylor Canada ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In which parish did the event occur. Vanessa    All records are subject to error. Let they without typo caste tea thirst scone! ________________________________ From: Janet Taylor <drjantaylor@gmail.com> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 19 September, 2010 17:03:16 Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Tomorrie Kirkcudbrightshire I am searching for this location in  Kirkcudbrightshire.  I have an ancestor, William McKie who is described as a "Potioner in Tomorie" on his son's OPR in 1740. I will be in Scotland next week and would love to find this place.  Thanks Janet Taylor Canada ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Another question. What does this phrase mean "Wm McKie a portions (or portioner?) in Torrorie? What is a portions? Thanks for your help. Janet Taylor Canada

A portioner is a person who owns a portion of an estate. My own ancestor was a portioner of Gregorie, Kirkcudbright, her brother had died unmarried and without heirs and his land was divided between his two sisters, his only heirs, each had a half portion of the lands of Gregorie. Their husbands became known as portioners too, the land was joined again in the next generation when the son of my ancestor took over the other portion. When you go to Scotland visit Ewart Library there may be some transcribed documentation regarding the portioning of this land, its where I found all my information, there's quite a lot indexed. Vanessa   All records are subject to error. Let they without typo caste tea thirst scone! ----- Original Message ---- From: Janet Taylor <drjantaylor@gmail.com> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 19 September, 2010 19:42:54 Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] what is a portioner Another question.  What does this phrase mean "Wm McKie a portions (or portioner?) in Torrorie? What is a portions? Thanks for your help. Janet Taylor Canada ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message