Hello Heather, Your best bet is to harry the Scotlandspeople database till it gives up the information you require. If you know it occurred in 1860 in Scotland it will be there. Betsy could be Elizabeth, Eliza, Beth, Bethia or Betsy, Todd could be Todd, Tad, Tadd etc, James could be Jas, James, or any other first name you can think of. Beveridge may have less variation, but he may have married as an Allan or Allen. If you are hunting for the Christina Allan marriage you only have about a one in three chance on Scotlandspeople OPRs because it happened before 1855. However all the name variation can occur again. Look out for Christian as a Scots version of Christina which is very common indeed. So is the Allan/ Allen conversion as I know to my cost! Good luck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Beveridge" <hbeveridge@powergate.ca> To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 11:27 PM Subject: [MLN] Lookup please Beveridge > Hello listers; > I'm hoping that someone can help with this name. > I have found the following on the IGI: > > James BEVERIDGE, son of James BEVERIDGE and Christina ALLAN marries > Betsy TODD, daughter of James TOD and Elizabeth SMITH > on 29 June 1860 in Carnbroe, Holytown, Lanark, Scotland > > I have found Christina ALLAN born 1826 in Cambusnethan, Lanark but can find no record of a marriage to James BEVERIDGE. > I have James BEVERIDGE born 1842 in THolytown, Lothian (assumed mistake) living with a family where all were born in Dalgety, Fife and are living there. > I have found James BEVERIDGE, born 1836 in Armadale, West Lothian and that is where the rest of the James' BEVERIDGE and Betsy TODD family were born. James BEVERIDGE born in 1836 goes with the 1881 census but it also states that he was born in Carfin (near Holytown). > > I have tried Scotlands People but did not find the marriage. > > > HeatherB > HeatherB > >

Hello Moira; Thanks for your help. I'm definitely looking at more name variations now than when I started. HeatherB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Moira Ledger" <moira@maledger.fsnet.co.uk> To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 5:51 AM Subject: Re: [MLN] Lookup please Beveridge > Hello Heather, > Your best bet is to harry the Scotlandspeople > database > till it gives up the information you require. If you know it occurred in > 1860 in Scotland it will be there. Betsy could be Elizabeth, Eliza, Beth, > Bethia or Betsy, Todd could be Todd, Tad, Tadd etc, James could be Jas, > James, or any other first name you can think of. Beveridge may have less > variation, but he may have married as an Allan or Allen. > If you are hunting for the Christina Allan marriage you only have about a > one in three chance on Scotlandspeople OPRs because it happened before > 1855. > However all the name variation can occur again. Look out for Christian as > a > Scots version of Christina which is very common indeed. > So is the Allan/ Allen conversion as I know to my cost! > Good luck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Heather Beveridge" <hbeveridge@powergate.ca> > To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 11:27 PM > Subject: [MLN] Lookup please Beveridge > > >> Hello listers; >> I'm hoping that someone can help with this name. >> I have found the following on the IGI: >> >> James BEVERIDGE, son of James BEVERIDGE and Christina ALLAN marries >> Betsy TODD, daughter of James TOD and Elizabeth SMITH >> on 29 June 1860 in Carnbroe, Holytown, Lanark, Scotland >> >> I have found Christina ALLAN born 1826 in Cambusnethan, Lanark but can > find no record of a marriage to James BEVERIDGE. >> I have James BEVERIDGE born 1842 in THolytown, Lothian (assumed mistake) > living with a family where all were born in Dalgety, Fife and are living > there. >> I have found James BEVERIDGE, born 1836 in Armadale, West Lothian and >> that > is where the rest of the James' BEVERIDGE and Betsy TODD family were born. > James BEVERIDGE born in 1836 goes with the 1881 census but it also states > that he was born in Carfin (near Holytown). >> >> I have tried Scotlands People but did not find the marriage. >> >> >> HeatherB >> HeatherB >> >> > > ______________________________