Hi Bruce, In answer to your enquiry that four graveyards in Castleton Parish, Roxburghshire contain the following Graham stones: Castleton:- 11 Ettleton:- 8 Saughtree:- 1 Hermitage:- 0 Hope that helps. Regards Roy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Glass" <Bruce.Glass@xtra.co.nz> To: <BORDER@rootsweb.com>; <GRAHAM-D@rootsweb.com>; <cumberland@rootsweb.com>; <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 1:33 AM Subject: [CUMB] GRAHAM > > Hi Listers, > > To all of you who are researching the Graham name in the Borders area of > Cumberland & Dumfriesshire. > > If any of you have been as fortunate as I have to trace their Graham > ancestry back into the 17th century in the Cumberland area you will be > aware that Arthuret Parish in Cumberland is devoid of a lot of > genealogical material such as Parish Registers & Bishop's Transcripts > due to several factors. > > I have a project that I have been working on for some time and that is > trying to create a time-line of what Graham families existed in Arthuret > Parish and at what period in time. > > By using records such as "The Calendar of Border Papers", "The Border > Manors", "The Debateable Land by T.J.Carlyle", "The History and > Antiqities of Westmoreland & Cumberland by Nicholson & Burn" etc. it is > possible to gain a good idea of what was going on with the Graham's from > the 15th - 18th centuries. Admittedly a lot of guess work is entailed > but it can be reasonably educated guesswork if various facts are > supported by more than one publication. > > What I wish to ask of all of you Graham researchers is if you have even > the smallest piece of information regarding a Graham over the period of > the 16th & 17th and early 18th centuries I would appreciate receiving it > so that I can add it to what I have so far accumulated. If you have > such information, I would appreciate the actual wording of the item and > the source reference. > > With assistance from you, maybe it will be possible to unravel some of > the mystery of the Grahams on the English side of the Border and perhaps > the Scottish side as well. > > Let's see where this will go. > > Best regards, Bruce Glass > New Zealand > > > > ------------------------------------- > Have a look at the surname list at www.dfnoble.com/CULnames. If you wish > to add you own areas of research, please email the group. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CUMBERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 9895 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message