URL correction http://www.scotsorigins.com/ norma wrote: > Hi, > You might find something on Scotsorigion.com > This is a free site. > Norma > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Johnston" > <robert.johnston.wg74@wharton.upenn.edu> > To: <JOHNSTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 9:49 PM > Subject: [JOHNSTON] Greetings > > >> I just joined this list and it's getting late in the evening so I will >> have >> to postpone until a later date a full ancestor list. >> >> In short, I am the G'Grandson of Robert William Johnston, who >> emigrated from >> Galashiels, Scotland to Philadelphia, PA, USA ca. 1880. My group of >> Johnstons have not been very prolific and my three sons and I >> represent the >> only "known-for-sure" Johnstons from this line. I say "known-for-sure" >> since >> George W. Johnston, Jr., a first cousin of my father, came home from >> WWII in >> 1945 and elected to move "out west" (Chicago area?) and was never seen or >> heard from again by my Philadelphia-based clan. >> >> I have two interests: >> >> 1. Tracking down descendants of George W. Johnston, Jr. if any exist. >> >> 2. Determining how to trace Scottish birth/marriage/death records back >> beyond the UK census of 1851, which records my G'Grandfather's family >> living >> in Galashiels, Scotland. The entire family evidently emigrated to the >> US for >> reasons unknown. My G'Grandfather's only brother died without issue and >> there are probably some living descendants in one of the the two female >> lines from his sisters (there were female line descendants alive in >> Paterson >> NJ in 1951), the other sister's line having died out in the 1930's. >> >> >> >> >> ==== JOHNSTON Mailing List ==== >> Don't forget to check alternative spellings like Johnson and Johnstone. >> > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.809 / Virus Database: 551 - Release Date: 12/9/2004 > > ==== JOHNSTON Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Johnston mailing list, send the word > "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the body of the message to > JOHNSTON-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > > -- ************************************* John Johnston bearqst@ak.net http://www.johnstons.cc http://www.johnstonclan.info *************************************