Hello Group, Thanks for the welcome, Tom. I have belonged to the group before, but now that I am retired perhaps I will have more time to work on genealogy. The names that I am researching are Aitken, Tait, Halliday, and Grierson. I have the most information on my Griersons. The areas that I am looking are Kirkmahoe, Troqueer, Noblehill, The Grove, Ladypark Farm and Racks. Thanks Cheers! Vivienne Vancouver Island

Hi Vivienne, I have Grierson's in Troqueer from abt 1817 to mid 1860's any connections there. Regards Steve Boyd Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "vivienne wilson" <vbrit@shaw.ca> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:37 PM Subject: [D-G LIST] Aitken, Tait, Halliday and Grierson > Hello Group, > > Thanks for the welcome, Tom. I have belonged to the group before, but now that I am retired perhaps I will have more time to work on genealogy. > > The names that I am researching are Aitken, Tait, Halliday, and Grierson. I have the most information on my Griersons. The areas that I am looking are Kirkmahoe, Troqueer, Noblehill, The Grove, Ladypark Farm and Racks. > > Thanks > > Cheers! > > Vivienne > Vancouver Island > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > If your line involves the surname BRUCE why not join > CLAN-BRUCE-L@rootsweb.com and find out more. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >

Steve & Vivienne, MI 144 New Abbey cemetery, New Abbey - Jane Grierson b.about 1768 d.28-Jul-1852, wife of John Thomson b.about 1750 d.17-Jan-1806, late farmer in Millhill of Troqueer. Also their children - John b.about 1796 d.25-Feb-1873 Millhill Agnes b.15-Jun-1803 Troqueer d.7-Mar-1886 Millhill Joseph b.about 1805 d.23-Apr-1871 Whitehill, Troqueer John who married Jane Grierson seems to be my 4g/grandfather. Apparently he fathered my 3g/grandfather, Samuel, by Janet (Dowel or Weel) as there is a baptism for Samuel in Troqueer dated 4-Nov-1789. There is no record of a marriage of John And Janet. However in the Troqueer OPR records, on 20-Dec-1789, John Thomson was fined for "fornication or adultery". John appears, then, to have married Jane Grierson. I would have thought that they had more than 3 children, as back then, it is not common to have a gap of 7 years between child 1 & 2. However that is as far as I have got for now. Hoping for a connection David Surrey, England ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Boyd" <sboyd@bigpond.net.au> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 3:40 AM Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] Aitken, Tait, Halliday and Grierson > Hi Vivienne, > > I have Grierson's in Troqueer from abt 1817 to mid 1860's any connections > there. > > Regards > Steve Boyd > Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "vivienne wilson" <vbrit@shaw.ca> > To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:37 PM > Subject: [D-G LIST] Aitken, Tait, Halliday and Grierson > > > > Hello Group, > > > > Thanks for the welcome, Tom. I have belonged to the group before, but now > that I am retired perhaps I will have more time to work on genealogy. > > > > The names that I am researching are Aitken, Tait, Halliday, and Grierson. > I have the most information on my Griersons. The areas that I am looking > are Kirkmahoe, Troqueer, Noblehill, The Grove, Ladypark Farm and Racks. > > > > Thanks > > > > Cheers! > > > > Vivienne > > Vancouver Island > > > > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > If your line involves the surname BRUCE why not join > > CLAN-BRUCE-L@rootsweb.com and find out more. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > ********************************** > YOU HAVE ENTERED A FLAME FREE ZONE > ********************************** >

Hi Vivienne Would you be related to this line: (1)Robert AITKEN 1785-1851 son: (2)Rev. James AITKEN 1812-1870 x EDWARD son: (3)George Candy AITKEN 1842-1900 son: (4)George Edward AITKEN 1900-1977 x MacRAE son: (5)Iain Edward x M.CARRUTHERS rgds Ian Carruthers home@zim.co.zw <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< snip >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: vivienne wilson Subject: [D-G LIST] Aitken, Tait, Halliday and Grierson > Hello Group, > > Thanks for the welcome, Tom. I have belonged to the group before, but now that I am retired perhaps I will have more time to work on genealogy. > > The names that I am researching are Aitken, Tait, Halliday, and Grierson. I have the most information on my Griersons. The areas that I am looking are Kirkmahoe, Troqueer, Noblehill, The Grove, Ladypark Farm and Racks.

I was wondering if it's just me, or are others having problems reaching the CIS: Dumfries & Galloway Council Information Services web site (where the 1851 census is available, among other things). I have had trouble on and off for the last several days; only getting through once on Friday. Does anyone know what may be going on? I get a "connection was refused when attempting to contact www.dumgal.gov.uk" Frustrated, Kathy Orlando, Florida, USA