that really is a puzzler. without appointing myself an expert, I would say that the IGI people have just done their best to interpret what is a very confusing entry. so 2 questions really. are you looking at a copy or a transcription? If it is a copy of the original, is it at all hard to read? Judy ---------- >From: "Fiona Garrett" <fionak2009@yahoo.com.au> >To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [D-G LIST] Baptism Entry >Date: 15, Wed Sep, 2004, 9:02 pm > > Hi Everyone, > Could one of the expert genealogists give there views on this entry made in > Canongate, Midlothian on 29th October,1785 please. > > BAILLIE - Menzies Baillie Daughter Robert Keneday Merchant and Ellisabeth > Alviso his spouse had a son born the 8th of September and baptized the 30th > current. Witnesses William Dalrymple in Edinburgh and Mr John Baillie. > > Other entries on the page read as follows - > > SUTHERLAND - Jannet Daughter to William Sutherland shoemaker and Cathrine > Menzies his spouse had a daughter born the 28th Oct and baptized the 30th > current. Witnesses William Gordon and William Pringle both residenters. > > My queries are: > Do you think Menzies is a male or female child? > Do you think that it could be the son of the daughter of Robert Keneday and > Ellisabeth? > On the IGI this entry is recorded as Menzies_Baillie Keneday, could this > mean that the grandparents raised this child as the daughter was too young? > Children of Robert and Ellisabeth are 2 females, one male. The oldest female > would have been 14 at this time. > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks > Fiona > Down Under > RESEARCHING KENNEDY & COWAN in Dumfrieshire > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > FIND YOUR ANCESTORS > http://www.directcon.net/tomas/Ancestry/index.html/ >

Fiona, Have you tried to find these on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk? Maybe there are viewable images, or even just the index can help sort this out. Kathy Orlando, FL Researching BLACKLOCK and BEEBY in Dumfriesshire and Cumberland -----Original Message----- From: J A Olsen [mailto:Copywriter@tesco.net] Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 2:38 AM To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] Baptism Entry that really is a puzzler. without appointing myself an expert, I would say that the IGI people have just done their best to interpret what is a very confusing entry. so 2 questions really. are you looking at a copy or a transcription? If it is a copy of the original, is it at all hard to read? Judy ---------- >From: "Fiona Garrett" <fionak2009@yahoo.com.au> >To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [D-G LIST] Baptism Entry >Date: 15, Wed Sep, 2004, 9:02 pm > > Hi Everyone, > Could one of the expert genealogists give there views on this entry made in > Canongate, Midlothian on 29th October,1785 please. > > BAILLIE - Menzies Baillie Daughter Robert Keneday Merchant and Ellisabeth > Alviso his spouse had a son born the 8th of September and baptized the 30th > current. Witnesses William Dalrymple in Edinburgh and Mr John Baillie. > > Other entries on the page read as follows - > > SUTHERLAND - Jannet Daughter to William Sutherland shoemaker and Cathrine > Menzies his spouse had a daughter born the 28th Oct and baptized the 30th > current. Witnesses William Gordon and William Pringle both residenters. > > My queries are: > Do you think Menzies is a male or female child? > Do you think that it could be the son of the daughter of Robert Keneday and > Ellisabeth? > On the IGI this entry is recorded as Menzies_Baillie Keneday, could this > mean that the grandparents raised this child as the daughter was too young? > Children of Robert and Ellisabeth are 2 females, one male. The oldest female > would have been 14 at this time. > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks > Fiona > Down Under > RESEARCHING KENNEDY & COWAN in Dumfrieshire > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > FIND YOUR ANCESTORS > http://www.directcon.net/tomas/Ancestry/index.html/ > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ To reach every member of the list : Send Email to ....... DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com