My G-grandfather, John Clark, b. 1828, was minister at Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire in 1881. His wife was Janet Graham, b. 1838. Is there a record of Presbyterian ministers showing where they trained, and when and where they died? His son Robert, a student and drapery warehouse assistant at Edinburgh in 1881, became a director and then managing director of Lamson Paragon Supply Co. in London, and was what we'd now call a road warrior - overseas so often that "commercial traveller" became a family joke. I was told he was also a lawyer, or studied law. Is there a record of Edinburgh law students? His brother John was named as a solicitor at Edinburgh in 1907, when Robert (also known as Robert John) made his will. Appreciate your help! Sonia in the U.S.

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:51:24 -0600, "Gil & Sonia Murray" <happyman70@bellsouth.net> wrote: >My G-grandfather, John Clark, b. 1828, was minister at Urr, >Kirkcudbrightshire in 1881. His wife was Janet Graham, b. 1838. Is there a >record of Presbyterian ministers showing where they trained, and when and >where they died? Sonia The following books apparently once appeared as part of a list of religious reference works on the Angus Mailing List: SMALL, R., HISTORY OF THE CONGREGATIONS OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FROM 1733 - 1900. (1904, David M. Small, Edinburgh.) MacKELVIE, William, ANNALS and STATISTICS OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. (1873, Oliphant and Co., Edinburgh.) HUTCHISON, Matthew, THE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN SCOTLAND, 1680 - 1876. (1893. J and R. Parlane, Paisley.) COUPER, William J., THE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN SCOTLAND, ITS CONGREGATIONS, MINISTERS and STUDENTS. A Fasti of this church from 1743 - 1876. (1925, United Free Church of Scotland Publication Dept., Edinburgh.) I believe that the first of these, by David Small, might be the best for your purposes, but as I haven't looked at it recently, I can't confirm it. >His son Robert, a student and drapery warehouse assistant >at Edinburgh in 1881, became a director and then managing director of Lamson >Paragon Supply Co. in London, and was what we'd now call a road warrior - >overseas so often that "commercial traveller" became a family joke. I was >told he was also a lawyer, or studied law. Is there a record of Edinburgh >law students? His brother John was named as a solicitor at Edinburgh in >1907, when Robert (also known as Robert John) made his will. Although there are registers of Advocates and Writers to Her Majesty's Signet, as far as I know there was no published complete register of "lesser" solicitors, like Solicitors in the Supreme Courts (SSC). However, Oliver and Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac is a good source of information, and I happen to have their 1907 edition. Although it has no entry for Robert (or Robert John) Clark, it has two possible matches for John: Clark, J S, SSC (J & D Smith Clark WS) 24 Drumsheugh Gardens. Clark, John, SSC (W & J Burness WS) 12 Hope Street W & J Burness became one of Scotland's leading legal firms, and until at least the mid-90s was still based in Hope Street. It has now moved to larger premises and calls itself Burness - see http://www.burness.co.uk/index.asp As regards researching graduates from the University of Edinburgh, see http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resources/collections/specdivision/eua.shtml Forrest -- Forrest Anderson - British Military Genealogical Researcher. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com