George William BRUCE was born in 1745 in Ceres,Fife, Scotland. Margaret BALMAIN was born in 1751 in Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland.They had 9 children that I know of. Katherine, Janet,Margaret,Anna,Helen,James,David, John and George. I am searching for living relatives of George and Margaret, that we could get in touch with in Scotland next June 2010. George is my husbands 4th Great grandfather. George's son James married Agnes HENDERSON. After James died Agnes came to Australia then New Zealand, with some of her children. I would appreciate any help offered.

Hello Sylvia I see that you have gone back a generation with your Bruce family. I may be able to help you with the BALMAINS. My 3rd Great Grandfather (Thomas Hepburn) was born in Forgandenny in 1791 and about a year or so ago I bought a book named "Forgandenny - a place in history" by a locally based man named Gregory Ross. The book is A4 and about 500 pages long, and I think the Author must have spent many years researching the book which examines the history of Forgandenny (a small parish) from the ice age to about the middle of the last century! My 4th Great Grandfather (Robert Hepburn) gets a mention and looking at the index I see that a number of Balmains are mentioned in the book. Greg Ross was kind enough to send me a note of all the genealogical information that he had collected on the Forgandenny Hepburns and I expect he would be able to help you with your Balmains. I will send you his email address off-list. You may also find it useful to post your message on the Perthshire and Fife lists. Regards Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvia Whautere" <s.whautere@xtra.co.nz> To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 5:16 AM Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] George William BRUCE & Margaret BALMAIN > > George William BRUCE was born in 1745 in Ceres,Fife, Scotland. Margaret > BALMAIN was born in 1751 in Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland.They had 9 > children that I know of. Katherine, Janet,Margaret,Anna,Helen,James,David, > John and George. > I am searching for living relatives of George and Margaret, that we could > get in touch with in Scotland next June 2010. George is my husbands 4th > Great grandfather. > George's son James married Agnes HENDERSON. After James died Agnes came to > Australia then New Zealand, with some of her children. > I would appreciate any help offered. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >