Hi all, I am new to the list. Hoping you might be able to help me locate my gggrandmother, Janet Turner, on Edinburgh birth records? According to informant of her death certificate Janet was born 1824 in Edinburgh. She left Scotland 1848 as assisted immigrant to NSW, Australia, aboard "Fairlie". The ship's indent states she was 24, a dairymaid from Inverkeithing, protestant, could read but not write, single, gave birth to a son on voyage. Her parents were "living in Glasgow." So it is a bit confusing about just where she was born. She seems to have connections with Glasgow, Stirlingshire, Edinburgh, Inverkeithing, from what I can gather. Any ideas about where her birth record might be, or census details 1841, any records at all of her in Edinburgh or elsewhere in Scotland? Kind regards, Susan NSW Australia.

hi Susan, FreeCEN provides a free search of the census. The Edinburgh 1841 isn't complete yet and the Edinburgh born Janets that are showing are a wee thing young. http://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl However the family could have been living elsewhere by then, Glasgow for instance, so i tried Lanarkshire. Glasgow itself is so big it'll be a while before it becomes searchable unless using SP. your Janet will most likely be listed as aged 15yrs as those over 15 had their ages rounded down to the nearest 5 or 10th year of age in the 1841. some enumerators did give the correct age, but not many. you didn't give the parents names, but here are a few possibilities i found, though some are a bit on the young side: ['OUC' = Outside Census County (1841) means the individual was not born in that county. Unfortunately the 1841 didn't offer an alternative] Piece: SCT1841/685; Place: St Cuthbert's-Midlothian; Enumeration District: 85; Civil Parish: St Cuthberts; Ecclesiastical Parish: St Cuthberts; Folio: 85; Page: 11; Address: 166 Fountainbridge; name Sex Age Occupation Where Born TURNER Alexr M 55 Jrnymn Shoemaker OUC TURNER Elizabeth F 45 OUC TURNER Janet F 12 Midlothian TURNER Elizabeth F 9 Midlothian TURNER Alexr M 6 Midlothian Piece: SCT1841/685; Place: St Cuthbert's -Midlothian; Enumeration District: 48; Civil Parish: St Cuthberts Ecclesiastical Parish; Folio: 154 Page: 1; Address: Trafalgar Lane name Sex Age Occ. Where Born TURNER Marion F 60 Washer OUC TURNER Janet F 15 Washer OUC Piece: SCT1841/687; Place: Glencross -Midlothian; Enumeration District: 5; Civil Parish: Glencross; Folio: 5; Page: 4; Address: Auchendinny name Sex Age Occ. Where Born TURNER John M 40 Paper Maker Midlothian TURNER Isabella F 38 OUC TURNER Elisabeth F 17 OUC TURNER David M 15 OUC TURNER Janet F 13 OUC TURNER William M 10 OUC TURNER John M 4 Midlothian it'd be worth having a good search. they may have lived somewhere else in 1841 I can't help over the birth records. i'm still looking for my own born in Edinburgh around that year and remaining very determinedly hidden. :-| all the best with your researches le durachd fionnghal --- Susan Lamberton <[email protected]> wrote: > locate my gggrandmother, Janet Turner,... born 1824 in> Edinburgh. > might be, or census details 1841, ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/