Hi All - finally glad to have something to contribute, though enjoy following other people's stories even if not related to mine. Scottish records online are actually really good - the key site is http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php - it's a pay-per-view site but well worth it. It covers both Old Parish Records (OPRs) and later civil records between 1553 and (deaths) up to 1953. I use it in conjunction with the LDS IGI - the trick with the Mormon records is to realise that there are two types of records on there, 'official' and 'speculative'. That is to say you will get some with a message along the lines of 'extracted from birth record' such and such, they are direct transcripts and as such as reliable as any other source which you don't actually see yourself. The others are family records or pedigree records which have been submitted by members of the Church or other interested parties and may or may not be accurate, but can provide many good leads. There isn't any cross-referencing which can make things a little tedious when you get many results for one seemingly specific search and realise ! they are all about the same person, just that a number of people have made contributions about them. If you're confronted with a large number of 'hits', as a general rule, the 'official' entries will have names in all caps, while many 'manual' entries will be in uppers and lowers - but as I say, this is a general guide only. I'm another Australian (Canberra), but my Johnston link was a 4th great-grandmother who lived and died in Scotland (she married a Kirkwood, but it wasn't until they became Gillespie and then Griffin that they came to Australia). Let me know if I can help any more - as I say, it's nice to finally have something I know a little about!!! Best of luck Ingrid

One must also keep in mind when searching the LDS records on line, they are NOT complete. Even thought the records have been transcribed, they do not necessarily show up on line. However, they are there if you are searching at your local centre fiche collection. I have no idea of why, but that's the way it is! An example, in one of my search parishes in Scotland, all of the female McInnes names are on-line in births/christenings, but no male names. If you viewed the fiche at the FHC, both are there. Joy/MO USA ingrid lamberts wrote: >Hi All - finally glad to have something to contribute, though enjoy following other people's stories even if not related to mine. > >Scottish records online are actually really good - the key site is http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php - it's a pay-per-view site but well worth it. It covers both Old Parish Records (OPRs) and later civil records between 1553 and (deaths) up to 1953. I use it in conjunction with the LDS IGI - the trick with the Mormon records is to realise that there are two types of records on there, 'official' and 'speculative'. That is to say you will get some with a message along the lines of 'extracted from birth record' such and such, they are direct transcripts and as such as reliable as any other source which you don't actually see yourself. The others are family records or pedigree records which have been submitted by members of the Church or other interested parties and may or may not be accurate, but can provide many good leads. There isn't any cross-referencing which can make things a little tedious when you get many results for one seemingly specific search and realise! ! >they are all about the same person, just that a number of people have made contributions about them. If you're confronted with a large number of 'hits', as a general rule, the 'official' entries will have names in all caps, while many 'manual' entries will be in uppers and lowers - but as I say, this is a general guide only. > >I'm another Australian (Canberra), but my Johnston link was a 4th great-grandmother who lived and died in Scotland (she married a Kirkwood, but it wasn't until they became Gillespie and then Griffin that they came to Australia). > >Let me know if I can help any more - as I say, it's nice to finally have something I know a little about!!! >Best of luck >Ingrid > > >==== JOHNSTON Mailing List ==== >A note re AOL blocking Rootsweb List Mail: >AOL users should not to ever delete mail FROM the spam folder that comes to them through RootsWeb. Before deleting RW mail, or closing the SPAM folder, move the RW message to the inbox first by clicking THIS IS NOT SPAM and then delete it. Otherwise it gets reported to AOL as being spam and RootsWeb is blamed. To read more and join the discussion, AOL users are advised to join the AOLers-Rootsweb list: >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/RootsWeb_Support/AOLers-RootsWeb.html > > > >

I am researching William Johnstone, b. 1798 (Johnstone by Lockerbie, Dumfries, Scotland) and his wife, Isabella Halliday (married about 1822). They emigrated with their children in the 1850s, settling first in Halton County, and then relocating to Huron County. Researchers have given me the following children: 1. John Johnstone (28 Jul 1824-1902) who married Ellen "Ella" Carruthers 2. Jean Johnstone (11 Mar 1826) 3. Jane Johnstone (1827-1880) who married William Macadam 4. Elizabeth Johnstone (1828-1886) who married John Barnby 5. William Johnstone (1832-1917) who married Isabella McCall 6. unknown child b. 1834 7. Judith Johstone, b. 1836 8. Janet Johnstone, b. 1840, who married a McGrath 9. unknown child 10. James Johnstone (21 Dec 1844-1919), who married Mary Ann Marshall 11. unknown child 12. Annie Johnstone (1847)-1888) who married a Freeman 13. Mary Jane Johnstone (1851-1878) My interest lies in the fact that my great-grandfather, Joseph Anderson, has stated that his mother was Mary "Johnson" (as spelled in her daughter Isabelle's death certificate, for which Joseph provided the information). In his memoirs, Joseph states that he is related to the Barnby family (see child #4 above) and also to an Isabella MacDonald (Mrs. Skye Jimmy MacDonald), who is the granddaughter of John & Ella Carruthers (child #1 above). I found a marriage record for John Anderson and Mary Johnston that I believe is their record. Both were living in Halton Township, and were married 21 July 1857, which is consistent with my family information. Witnesses were William Anderson (John has a brother William) and Janet Johnston (could be child #8 above, who would be about 17 years old at this time). Is my Mary Johnson / Johnston / Johnstone one of the children above, or even a child not listed? Susan Marston Edina, MN