Hi Lloyd, What sort of record of the marriage do you have? If it was the IGI then try searching the OPR's on Scotland's People for the original document which may have more details. If you dont want to use a credit card on line , you may also like to go to your local LDS Family History Centre and order in the film for Lilliesleaf if it is available. Doing it that way you may be able to get births, deaths and marriages for that area and could check out any other Crooks in the area. Did they have a second daughter? If the naming pattern was followed, then the eldest son and the second daughter would carry the names of Robert's parents. Mind you not all of Scotland followed the naming pattern which was a highland custom. The lowlands of Scotland mostly didn't. If there were families in the lowlands who did follow the naming pattern it was pretty safe to say they had originated in the highlands. Have you got the death certificate for Robert? Not sure if Canada includes names of parents on death certs but it is a possibility. It would or should give you his age which again may help to narrow down his date of birth and parents. If you know where he died you may also try obituaries in the local papers. Also you might try naturalisation papers. Regards Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd Crooks" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 4:51 PM Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] Looking for Crooks' >I have a record of a Robert Crooks and Jane (Jean) Turnbull marriage on > March 22, 1832 in Lilliesleaf, Scotland. Her family is well documented, > but I have no record of his ancestory. Their oldest son was named > George, and from what I know of the Scottish traditional naming > sequence, I am thinking Robert's father was a George. Their second child > Nancy was named after the mother's mother - Nancy Milburne - according > to the information I have. > > I also have reason to believe they spent some time in Ireland before > coming to Canada in about 1842. > > Idea? Suggestions? Information? > > Lloyd Crooks > Winnipeg, Canada > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.30/1127 - Release Date: > 12/11/2007 9:19 PM > >

Hi all Regret to be a contrarian, however my family were certainly not Highlanders (although I have seen references to Lanarkshire being considered a Highland county) however most followed the naming pattern religiously as did (from my research) most people in that area of Scotland) Frank Easton Still no snow Alberta Canada -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Judith Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Looking for Crooks' Hi Lloyd, What sort of record of the marriage do you have? If it was the IGI then try searching the OPR's on Scotland's People for the original document which may have more details. If you dont want to use a credit card on line , you may also like to go to your local LDS Family History Centre and order in the film for Lilliesleaf if it is available. Doing it that way you may be able to get births, deaths and marriages for that area and could check out any other Crooks in the area. Did they have a second daughter? If the naming pattern was followed, then the eldest son and the second daughter would carry the names of Robert's parents. Mind you not all of Scotland followed the naming pattern which was a highland custom. The lowlands of Scotland mostly didn't. If there were families in the lowlands who did follow the naming pattern it was pretty safe to say they had originated in the highlands. Have you got the death certificate for Robert? Not sure if Canada includes names of parents on death certs but it is a possibility. It would or should give you his age which again may help to narrow down his date of birth and parents. If you know where he died you may also try obituaries in the local papers. Also you might try naturalisation papers. Regards Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd Crooks" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 4:51 PM Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] Looking for Crooks' >I have a record of a Robert Crooks and Jane (Jean) Turnbull marriage on > March 22, 1832 in Lilliesleaf, Scotland. Her family is well documented, > but I have no record of his ancestory. Their oldest son was named > George, and from what I know of the Scottish traditional naming > sequence, I am thinking Robert's father was a George. Their second child > Nancy was named after the mother's mother - Nancy Milburne - according > to the information I have. > > I also have reason to believe they spent some time in Ireland before > coming to Canada in about 1842. > > Idea? Suggestions? Information? > > Lloyd Crooks > Winnipeg, Canada > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.30/1127 - Release Date: > 12/11/2007 9:19 PM > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

> Regret to be a contrarian, however my family were certainly not > Highlanders I'd have to agree, the vast majority of my family are Lowland Scots with no known Highland associations and yet usually followed the naming pattern. Mind you, the situation may have been different in the larger towns and cities, most of my folk were country dwellers. Steve