A couple of possible avenues to pursue. One is that the Roll of Graduates of the University of Aberdeen normally lists the name of a graduate's father, so if your George and Alexander did graduate from there, you might get their father's name. The other is a book, 'Banffshire Schools and Schoolmasters' which might mention Maggieknockater. There are copies of both in various libraries including the Moray Local Heritage Centre in Elgin http://www.moray.gov.uk/LocalHeritage/Assets/html_pages/morayheritage.html HTH Anne

Thanks Anne for these leads. I intend to visit Scotland this coming August, spending some time at Cairnie then on the coast at Sandend staying in cottages very close to where my forebears lived and worked, so a visit to the Library at Keith and to the Heritage Centre at Elgin are musts. Browsing the library cataloque on the Moray website has shown some other reference books which might be of interest to me. Thanks again. regards George On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Anne Burgess <anne.listmail@btinternet.com>wrote: > A couple of possible avenues to pursue. > > One is that the Roll of Graduates of the University of Aberdeen normally > lists the name of a graduate's father, so if your George and Alexander did > graduate from there, you might get their father's name. > > The other is a book, 'Banffshire Schools and Schoolmasters' which might > mention Maggieknockater. > > There are copies of both in various libraries including the Moray Local > Heritage Centre in Elgin > http://www.moray.gov.uk/LocalHeritage/Assets/html_pages/morayheritage.html > > HTH > > Anne > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MORAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- George Brander Torre de la Horadada España