I am sorry, but I beg to differ. First, if it's a 3-ggfather, it's too late for even late mediaeval records. A ggggf is only 5 generations back, and if you equate a generation to 30 years, that's only 150 years, so you're looking in the early 1800s or just possibly late 1700s. Second, never, never, never trust a family tree you come across in any web site or even in a printed book. By all means use it as a pointer to where to look. but although there are undoubtedly many excellent and well-researched genealogies out there, there are some that can at best be politely described as pure fantasy, and many more whose authors have been guilty of sloppy research, in particular making the classic error of assuming that, because there is only one candidate in the readily accessible records, it has to be the right person. The main source of genuine original records covering the period you are looking at is www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. There are incomplete and sometimes not entirely trustworthy indexes covering many of the Scotland's People records in the International Genealogical Index at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi?collectionNameFilter=true Anne From: Dora Smith via <lanark@rootsweb.com> To: Alexandra Haslip <alexandra333@comcast.net>; lanark@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 16 April 2016, 16:20 Subject: Re: [Lanark] Twenty most common names in Scotland I suggest you google these two names and the word surname. The several web sites that sell reports on your name, also give unexpectedly good information on where late medieval records turn up. There are additionally Scottish name references that often contain information of that nature. Google might also find you an entire history if a family by that name is known to have been established in one place. Dora -----Original Message----- From: Alexandra Haslip via Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 10:04 AM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Twenty most common names in Scotland Did I see, in passing, an email which talked about where clusters of a particular surname might be found in Scotland? I'm working with very little information on a 3Xgreatgrandfather who came from Scotland, but I have no idea where to start looking for him. His surname was "KEARSLEY" or a variant Kersley. Thanks for any help. (& I love this list. It's active & interesting.) Alexandra ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
If we deal with years instead of "greats".....Jonathan was born ca 1718 (record from his family Bible and supposedly emigrated to the US ca. 1738. That's all I have in the way of dates. Thank you all for your help. Alexandra -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Burgess via Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2016 1:35 AM To: Dora Smith; lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Kearsley I am sorry, but I beg to differ. First, if it's a 3-ggfather, it's too late for even late mediaeval records. A ggggf is only 5 generations back, and if you equate a generation to 30 years, that's only 150 years, so you're looking in the early 1800s or just possibly late 1700s. Second, never, never, never trust a family tree you come across in any web site or even in a printed book. By all means use it as a pointer to where to look. but although there are undoubtedly many excellent and well-researched genealogies out there, there are some that can at best be politely described as pure fantasy, and many more whose authors have been guilty of sloppy research, in particular making the classic error of assuming that, because there is only one candidate in the readily accessible records, it has to be the right person. The main source of genuine original records covering the period you are looking at is www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. There are incomplete and sometimes not entirely trustworthy indexes covering many of the Scotland's People records in the International Genealogical Index at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi?collectionNameFilter=true Anne From: Dora Smith via <lanark@rootsweb.com> To: Alexandra Haslip <alexandra333@comcast.net>; lanark@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 16 April 2016, 16:20 Subject: Re: [Lanark] Twenty most common names in Scotland I suggest you google these two names and the word surname. The several web sites that sell reports on your name, also give unexpectedly good information on where late medieval records turn up. There are additionally Scottish name references that often contain information of that nature. Google might also find you an entire history if a family by that name is known to have been established in one place. Dora -----Original Message----- From: Alexandra Haslip via Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 10:04 AM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Twenty most common names in Scotland Did I see, in passing, an email which talked about where clusters of a particular surname might be found in Scotland? I'm working with very little information on a 3Xgreatgrandfather who came from Scotland, but I have no idea where to start looking for him. His surname was "KEARSLEY" or a variant Kersley. Thanks for any help. (& I love this list. It's active & interesting.) Alexandra ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7539 / Virus Database: 4545/12042 - Release Date: 04/16/16