William, I looked thru the records I have, and I can't find anything more then what you have unfortunately. I do have a Mitchell Lauder connection. But I don't know which family Margaret Mitchell comes from yet. A birth: MITCHEL, Margaret Birth Date: 17 Oct 1758 Christening Date: 29 Oct 1758 Recorded in: Ratho, Midlothian, Scotland Fa: William MITCHEL Mo: Margaret LAUDER They had a lot of kids, here are the rest of the ones I have for this family. -MITCHEL, James Bir 1760 Scot Midl Ratho Fa: William MITCHEL Mo: Margaret LAUDER -MITCHEL, Alexander Bir 1762 Scot Midl Ratho Fa: William MITCHEL Mo: Margaret LAUDER -MITCHEL, William Bir 1765 Scot Midl Ratho Fa: William MITCHEL Mo: Margaret LAUDER -MITCHEL, Jean Bir 1767 Scot Midl Ratho Fa: William MITCHEL Mo: Margaret LAUDER Tammy William Garner wrote: > Albert and Tammy, > > I also have been seeking records from Ratho's missing period 1690-Aug 1737, searching for the ancestors & children of these two George Lauders. > > 25 May 1727 George Lauder & Elizabeth Brown married in Kirknewton/East Calder > > 22 Nov 1728 George Lauder & Jean Walker married in Ratho > > 6 May 1739 George Lauder born in Ratho parents: George Lauder & Elspeth Brown > > 3 Feb 1753 George Lauder born in Currie parents: George Lauder & Elizabeth Brown > > Curiously, ScotlandsPeople has the 1728 marriage of one George Lauder from > Ratho's missing period, as it does for George Lauder & Eliz Brown's marriage > in nearby Mid-Calder in 1727. Then it has the 1739 birth of George Lauder > in Ratho, to that earlier George Lauder couple from Mid-Calder, which same > couple then moved to Currie by 1753, I am trying to determine whether the > same couple were pre-1739 parents to my gggg-grandfather Thomas Lauder, who > married Margaret Aikman in Currie in 1765 & became a snuff miller in > EastMiln in Kinleith, Currie until his death in 1804 > > There is a good possibility that such Lauders from around Ratho would be > descendants of cadet branches from the Lauders of Haltoun, since the > principle Haltoun estate was located at Ratho, although the main branch of > that Lauder family had folded into the Maitland / Lauderdale family in the > mid-1600s. Does anyone know whether the Lauder/Maitland family would have > retained separate private records during that Ratho missing period which > could somehow still be accessed? By the way, it was the grandson of this > same Thomas Lauder, George Lauder (1815-1901) of Dunfermline, who founded > Lauder College (recently changed to Carnegie College), in order to realize > the dream of providing poor Scots a free education. > > William > > -----Original Message----- > From: midlothian-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:midlothian-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of RussellAlb@aol.com > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:14 PM > To: midlothian@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Locating Ratho Records 1690-1737 > > > Tammy, > unfortunately the records from March 1689 to August 1738 simply have not > survived. > (even the baptismal register prior to 1689 is only an 18th? century copy > of the original). > > The registers must have been lost at some time before 1855. In that year, > all the birth, death and marriage registers of the Church of Scotland up to > > 1854 were brought in to be preserved at the General Register Office. > > Albert > > > > In a message dated 11/11/2009 19:16:36 GMT Standard Time, > ancestry@ripandrevmedia.ca writes: > > My reason for writing, is to ask if there is any way to gain access to > the Ratho records for the period of 1690-1737 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >