Helen Hall wrote: > > I am having trouble trying to find the family of Thomas Grant and Jane or > Jean Forsyth in Edinburgh. > They were married at South Leith 20th Nov 1832. > My gt grandfather John Grant was a son born in Edinburgh 1840. In case it helps, note that a Purewa tombstone names two Johns Grant, died 1921 and 1973. IF Thomas/Jane did not emigrate then look for Jane's death entry and then for Thomas' death. You'll thus probably win the names of John's 45 grandparents incl grannies' maiden surnames. > I would appreciate if there is someone who is tracing the family or prepared > to look up a 1841 or 1851 census with this family mentioned . The surname being common it could be a tedious search unless you know which of the Edinburgh parishes to look in. For 1851 most of Edinburgh has been name indexed, there is a fee for lookup unless you find a library with the Index. State Library NSW has it but that is a very long swim from where you are!! Cheers, ALISTAIR M. CAMERON http://quozl.netrek.org/cameron-research/ PO Box 215 BUNDANOON NSW 2578 AUSTRALIA

Hello Cameron, I saw you email relating to the indexing of the 1851 census of Edinburgh, and query as to whether Gorbals and Glasgow have also been done. I am looking for the entries of my Dingwall family. Regards ANNE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair Cameron" <acameron@hinet.net.au> To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [MLN] Grant /Forsyth > > > Helen Hall wrote: > > > > I am having trouble trying to find the family of Thomas Grant and Jane or > > Jean Forsyth in Edinburgh. > > They were married at South Leith 20th Nov 1832. > > My gt grandfather John Grant was a son born in Edinburgh 1840. > > In case it helps, note that a Purewa tombstone names two > Johns Grant, died 1921 and 1973. > > IF Thomas/Jane did not emigrate then look for Jane's death > entry and then for Thomas' death. You'll thus probably win > the names of John's 45 grandparents incl grannies' maiden > surnames. > > > I would appreciate if there is someone who is tracing the family or prepared > > to look up a 1841 or 1851 census with this family mentioned . > > The surname being common it could be a tedious search unless > you know which of the Edinburgh parishes to look in. For > 1851 most of Edinburgh has been name indexed, there is a fee > for lookup unless you find a library with the Index. State > Library NSW has it but that is a very long swim from where > you are!! > > Cheers, > > ALISTAIR M. CAMERON > http://quozl.netrek.org/cameron-research/ > > PO Box 215 BUNDANOON NSW 2578 AUSTRALIA >

Anne wrote here: > > Hello Cameron, > > I saw you email relating to the indexing of the 1851 census of Edinburgh, > and query as to whether Gorbals and Glasgow have also been done. I am > looking for the entries of my Dingwall family. Yes the 1851 and 1841 Census records of Glasgow have been name indexed. I am uncertain how completely! I'll email you separately re surname DINGWALL. Cheers, ALISTAIR M. CAMERON http://quozl.netrek.org/cameron-research/ PO Box 215 BUNDANOON NSW 2578 AUSTRALIA