Hi I am a newcomer to this list. I have been trying to solve this mystery for over thirty years and wonder if anyone on this list can help me. The search has been complicated by family stories that don't stack up but which all needed to be checked out. I have also found it extremely difficult to obtain information from Tasmania. This is what I know:- Extract of entries in an Old Parochial Register, Parish of Leith (South), County of Midlothian (Edinburgh) 91877. 1823 October 13, Matthew Muir, Shoemaker, Calton, and Marion Carmichael residing in Calton and daughter of James Carmichael, Cabinet Maker, Edinburgh, after proclamation of Bans were married by the Rev. Thos. Aitchison. Marion was born/baptised at Saint Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 13 August 1801. Matthew was born at Linlithgow 15 November 1799. He was christened Matthew Bailey MUIR. In 1834 Marion and Matthew migrated to Tasmania from Leith. It appears that they travelled separately but I have been unable to positively confirm the following details. Matthew travelled on the "Isabella" arriving at Hobart on 23 May 1834 with two children, James, born before 1829 (he was "Full age" when he married in 1850) and Peter, born about 1830 (he was 62 when he died in 1892). Marion travelled on the "Numa" arriving at Hobart on 24 October 1834 with two children, John and Matthew, there was possibly a third, Charles. Marion died "after a long and lingering illness" in 1843 from "consumption" which usually meant tuberculosis. Matthew remarried in 1845 to my gg grandmother. There were "four young children" in 1837 when Matthew wrote to the Lieutenant Governor requesting that a convict bootmaker be assigned to him. I have only been able to trace Peter and John with any certainty - they were both mentioned in their stepmother's will. I have searched Scotland's People several times for any children of Matthew and Marion, using as many variant spellings as I can think of, but found nothing. I have also tried Family Search. Are there any other sources that I could search? I believe that Matthew and Marion were members of Saint John's Presbyterian Church at Hobart but they might not have been adherents of the established church in Scotland. Are there any records available for the dissenting Presbyterian churches? I have looked at the LDS Library catalogue but there is so much there that I don't know where to start, maybe someone can give me some guidance? Always hopeful, Ian Westergaard, New Zealand.

Hi Ian, There are a number of ways you may be able to get additional information. What you really need is a willing lister in Tasmania who will do look ups for you. You could try this lady whose email name is Genie she has a website called Genie's Genealogy Help with a big list of the research resources she has including those below. If you ask nicely [I'm sure you would!] she is very obliging. I used the following link to contact her as I had trouble with the website one. c_tillett@yahoo.com.au Her website resources can be viewed here http://geniesgenealogyhelp.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-cd-resources.html TAS Tasmanian Convicts (1 cd) Pioneer Index 1803 - 1899 (1 cd) Tasmanian Federation Index Births 1900-1919 Deaths 1900-1930 Launceston Courier 1840-1842 (1 cd) Carr-Villa Memorial Park – Burials and Cremations (1cd) McPhails Directory of Tasmania 1867-8 (1 cd) If you joined one or both of these lists... AUS-TAS-L mailing list or even the GENANZ mailing list you may find someone on them who is prepared to go look the stuff up for you if need be. Hope this helps Regards Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Westergaard" <ian.westergaard@ihug.co.nz> To: "Midlothian List" <midlothian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:07 AM Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] Children of Matthew & Marion Muir > Hi I am a newcomer to this list. > > I have been trying to solve this mystery for over thirty years and wonder > if anyone on this list can help me. The search has been complicated by > family stories that don't stack up but which all needed to be checked out. > I have also found it extremely difficult to obtain information from > Tasmania. > > This is what I know:- > > Extract of entries in an Old Parochial Register, Parish of Leith (South), > County of Midlothian (Edinburgh) 91877. > > 1823 October 13, Matthew Muir, Shoemaker, Calton, and Marion Carmichael > residing in Calton and daughter of James Carmichael, Cabinet Maker, > Edinburgh, after proclamation of Bans were married by the Rev. Thos. > Aitchison. > > Marion was born/baptised at Saint Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 13 August 1801. > Matthew was born at Linlithgow 15 November 1799. He was christened Matthew > Bailey MUIR. > > In 1834 Marion and Matthew migrated to Tasmania from Leith. It appears > that > they travelled separately but I have been unable to positively confirm the > following details. > > Matthew travelled on the "Isabella" arriving at Hobart on 23 May 1834 with > two children, James, born before 1829 (he was "Full age" when he married > in > 1850) and Peter, born about 1830 (he was 62 when he died in 1892). > > Marion travelled on the "Numa" arriving at Hobart on 24 October 1834 with > two children, John and Matthew, there was possibly a third, Charles. > Marion > died "after a long and lingering illness" in 1843 from "consumption" which > usually meant tuberculosis. Matthew remarried in 1845 to my gg > grandmother. > > There were "four young children" in 1837 when Matthew wrote to the > Lieutenant Governor requesting that a convict bootmaker be assigned to > him. > I have only been able to trace Peter and John with any certainty - they > were both mentioned in their stepmother's will. > > I have searched Scotland's People several times for any children of > Matthew > and Marion, using as many variant spellings as I can think of, but found > nothing. I have also tried Family Search. > > Are there any other sources that I could search? > > I believe that Matthew and Marion were members of Saint John's > Presbyterian > Church at Hobart but they might not have been adherents of the established > church in Scotland. > > Are there any records available for the dissenting Presbyterian churches? > I > have looked at the LDS Library catalogue but there is so much there that I > don't know where to start, maybe someone can give me some guidance? > > Always hopeful, > > Ian Westergaard, > New Zealand. > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5202 (20100616) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com