Hi Listers, I would like to make contact with all of the researchers of Graham families of Cumberland, England and Dumfriesshire Scotland. In recent times I have been able to piece together a few of the Graham families in these areas and have several partial trees in my possession that I have gathered over the years. I am interested in knowing how many Graham researchers of families in the Cumberland and Dumfriesshire areas would be prepared to collaborate and share some of their research. I am particularly interested in research pre 1800 in and around mainly, but not exclusive to, Arthuret, Kirkandrews, Kirklinton and Cannonbie parishes. If you are such a researcher, I would love to hear from you, perhaps together we can join up some of the families of these areas. My own Graham family traces back to c.1670-1680 in Arthuret Parish and has connections to other parishes in the area. In recent times it appears that I may have connections to parishes on the Scottish side of the Border in Cannonbie and Westerkirk. Best regards, Bruce Glass New Zealand

Hi Bruce Count me in. I have Graham family (gt-grandparent+) straddling Cumberland/Dumfriesshire, mainly Kirklinton with cross border links. They seem quite an unruly bunch, a law unto themselves, true Border Reivers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzqNSAbE7Fo BTW Had two consecutive years holidays (2004/5) in NZ, four weeks each time. Loved it! Kind regards Stan -----Original Message----- From: dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Glass Sent: 29 May 2010 11:35 PM To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Graham Hi Listers, I would like to make contact with all of the researchers of Graham families of Cumberland, England and Dumfriesshire Scotland. In recent times I have been able to piece together a few of the Graham families in these areas and have several partial trees in my possession that I have gathered over the years. I am interested in knowing how many Graham researchers of families in the Cumberland and Dumfriesshire areas would be prepared to collaborate and share some of their research. I am particularly interested in research pre 1800 in and around mainly, but not exclusive to, Arthuret, Kirkandrews, Kirklinton and Cannonbie parishes. If you are such a researcher, I would love to hear from you, perhaps together we can join up some of the families of these areas. My own Graham family traces back to c.1670-1680 in Arthuret Parish and has connections to other parishes in the area. In recent times it appears that I may have connections to parishes on the Scottish side of the Border in Cannonbie and Westerkirk. Best regards, Bruce Glass New Zealand ------------------------------- 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

Bruce, You should be able to find the following message on the Cumberland ROOTSWEB archive. a.. From: <Wldwd6@aol.com> To: <CUMBERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 5:32 AM Subject: [CUL] Cross referencing Monument Inscription project. You will find that it is from someone who has undertaken to cross-reference GRAHAM Monument inscriptions for Kirklinton, Kirkandrews on Esk, Rockcliffe, Stapleton, Scaleby and Arthuret in Cumberland. As you will see from the date of the message it was posted several years ago. I have not copied the message here but if you check the Cumberland list archive in addition to finding that particular message there may also be other messages which interest you. Eunice Smith Edinburgh, Scotland