Well, surely the census has the correct info. Its the only original document I've managed to find on Charles Middleton so far. Obviously info he gave to the enumerator at the time. What is in the Dictionary of National Biography may have been done in error, but only slightly so. Sharon --- Gavin Bell <g.bell@which.net> wrote: > Apologies for not responding to this query when > appealed to - I've been > off up to Lunnon Town getting some Culture. > > I agree with what Ian and Anne have said about > Banff, Banffshire and > Moray/Elginshire. Poor old Banff (the town) has > been kicked around, > rather, in successive local government > reorganisations, as has its county. > > The current query does seem to refer to the Town of > Banff. But one > additional point I would make is that some "sources" > (notably the IGI) > really haven't got their heads round the > distinctions which have to be > drawn between Banff (the town), Banff (the parish) > and Banff (the county). > > I have tried, in the pages I maintain for GENUKI (at > > www.abdn.net/genuki/BAN/), to chart the history of > the boundaries of the > various parishes of Banffshire, and their likely > implications for > finding ancestors in some of the main sources. ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca