Hello Carolyn, English records are a pain aren't they? In the end the only way I solved a similar problem (though with a more rarer name) was with a sibling of my mystery man. Someone knew of a sister called Jessie and got close to her married name. A short trawl through Scottish weddings found her in Scotland with a middle name and I was home and dry. Is there anyone who could suggest siblings for John or any evidence of family names used as middle names which could lead you anywhere? An eldest daughter say Christina Musgrove McKie would open opportunities of further exploration as an example. Good luck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Wright" <wright.14@ntlworld.com> To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:50 PM Subject: [MLN] Plea for help re. McKIE > Hi > > I appear to be at a dead end and my plea is for any help with any other avenue I can go down. > > My ggggrandfather John Roger MCKIE, MACKIE or MCKEE (various spelling used down the ages) was born in Scotland according to census info in Leeds/England in 1800. His occupation was a Hawker. > > He married Mary Ann Stephenson in Leeds in 1827. I don't know when he moved to England or if his parents were with him. Family rumour has it the family originally came from Edinburgh. > > I have had a search done at the GRO Scotland but nothing was found. I know births were not always registered around this time but I am desperate to try and find another anenue to search. I have his marriage certificate but at that time no father was listed. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Carolyn/Lincoln > >

Thanks for the help but I know of no siblings or middle names unfortunatly. Wouldn't it be lovely if we had census info for the 1700's.[lol] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Moira Ledger" <moira@maledger.fsnet.co.uk> To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 6:06 PM Subject: Re: [MLN] Plea for help re. McKIE > Hello Carolyn, > English records are a pain aren't they? In the end the > only way I solved a similar problem (though with a more rarer name) was > with > a sibling of my mystery man. > Someone knew of a sister called Jessie and got close to her married name. > A > short trawl through Scottish weddings found her in Scotland with a middle > name and I was home and dry. > Is there anyone who could suggest siblings for John or any evidence of > family names used as middle names which could lead you anywhere? An eldest > daughter say Christina Musgrove McKie would open opportunities of further > exploration as an example. > Good luck > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carolyn Wright" <wright.14@ntlworld.com> > To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:50 PM > Subject: [MLN] Plea for help re. McKIE > > >> Hi >> >> I appear to be at a dead end and my plea is for any help with any other > avenue I can go down. >> >> My ggggrandfather John Roger MCKIE, MACKIE or MCKEE (various spelling >> used > down the ages) was born in Scotland according to census info in > Leeds/England in 1800. His occupation was a Hawker. >> >> He married Mary Ann Stephenson in Leeds in 1827. I don't know when he > moved to England or if his parents were with him. Family rumour has it the > family originally came from Edinburgh. >> >> I have had a search done at the GRO Scotland but nothing was found. I >> know > births were not always registered around this time but I am desperate to > try > and find another anenue to search. I have his marriage certificate but at > that time no father was listed. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Carolyn/Lincoln >> >> > > >