I am not sure whether I can help here but I have ancestral in-laws in Patrick & Margaret (n RIACH) TAYLOR who was baptised 7 May 1727, Botrephine, Banffshire, daughter of Janet (n BREMNER) & William RIACH. This is earlier and further north of where the research for John RIACH but I have several ancestral in-laws in Scotland, GAMMIE and LESLIE who migrated south to Aberdeenshire from Banffshire particularly during the 18th-19th centuries, and maybe also NICOL from Glamis to Dundee. I wonder whether other family history researchers have also come across this migration south? shalom Chris Christopher Ridings [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:15:40 -0000 > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MORAY] Anderson & Riach SC > NS > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: lorraine354 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.mor.general/250.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > hi charles > jjust wondering if you may be able to help me i am trying to trace > my ancesters do you have a jane ann anderson who married john riach > in July 1886 or her mother and father john and isabella in you list > anywhere any information would help if you have any about these people > thanks lorrained, this is not the right place to ask about them. You > need to post your query on a board which deals with the right place. > > > Message Board Post: > > Lorraine, thank you for the reply on my earlier posting. As for me > helping you, I'm not sure I can. As you may know the name Anderson > is a very common name. The names you have given me do not match up > with what I already know. I say that because there are several > branches I don't know about. I think what I also need from you are > some locations. As mentioned by the other posting member, did your > family come from Scotland, if so what town or parrish? The web site > mentioned www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk is a great place to find > documents, but you do have to pay for them. My line briefly was in > Edinburgh, but really came from Rothes up in Morayshire. If you > could tell me a little more to go by i might be able to help you > more, or be able to given you a definate answer. Who knows maybe we > might be related but the names you gave me so far don't match up. I > do have many Jane's, Ann's, John's, and Isabella's in my line and in > some of the branches I do know of. > > Goodluck > Charles Anderson > ************************************