At 08:10 PM 8/9/99 -0700, you wrote: > > > >Dear Listers > >Could anyone please help me link the Surnames "Tait" and "Smellie". My >GGGrandfather's name is Andrew Smellie Tait and I know that he was named >after someone..... but I'm not sure who. Ackwarding to the 1881 census his >mother was Margaret Wick. The Andrew in question was born on the 14.Jan.1847 >and died 1911. > >Does anyone have a copy of the 1851 Census? For which parish? I've noticed that middle names that are surnames are usually either 1) the mother's maiden name 2) the surname of the local minister 3) the surname of family friends Anne Rendall