>Can anyone trace a Guthrie ancestor in the US directly to his father in >Scotland or Ireland? Using primary records (church or civil). Please >do >not report family tradition. Robert Guthrie married Jane McGibbin in County Down. I have no primary records for their marriage date, but by family tradition it was 9 May 1796. Two of their children were born in Ireland. My source is secondary, but it is a typescript I found at the LDS library in Salt Lake of parish records copied by Z. Mettam, June 1966, entitled Dromore, County Down, Northern Ireland, Register of Baptisms & Births 1784-1834. Margaret Ann Guthrie was born Feb 1797 in Dromore Parish, and James Guthrie was born 23 Nov 1798 in Belleny. In 1800 the Guthrie family moved to Washington County, PA. Their daughter Jane, my ancestor, was born in PA in 1809. On the 1850 census, Robert Guthrie reported his age as 76 and his birthplace as Sevate, Ireland. My guess is that "Sevate" is the census taker's spelling of "Seaforde." --Anne Leggett McDonald annefamily@hotmali.com _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com