Allison, Please understand that as a part time professional researcher, there is only so much I can do for free. And I find myself duplicating things that you've already done to find information that you've missed or not reported. There were three sons, John 1828, Thomas 1833 and Henry 1836. It looks like Mary had died before 1851. It's strange they can't be found in 1841 census. I can't explain why, but have spent some time searching. My guess is it's a transcription error. I think your answer lies at Scotland's People and the 1830 marriage. Hopefully it will give ages, birthplaces and parents. It's a minimum spend of about six pounds. What you don't use for the marriage, you can use on census or subsequent BMD events like Mary's death or the christenings of the children. Peter

Hi A list of the known problems with the 1841 census has a number of Fifeshire Parishes. They are either missing or there is no data for them. These are the Fifeshire problems. 400 Abdie Fifeshire 406 Auchtermuchty Fifeshire 409 Balmerino Fifeshire 415 Ceres Fifeshire 416 Collesie Fifeshire 418 Creich Fifeshire 419 Cults Fifeshire 420 Cupar Fifeshire 421 Dairsie Fifeshire 423 Dunbog Fifeshire 439 Kinghorn Fifeshire 440 Kinglasie Fifeshire 442 Kirkcaldy Fifeshire 444 Leslie Fifeshire Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Booth (2)" <peterbooth2@bigpond.com> To: <perthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] Sinclair Name > Allison, > > > It's strange they can't be found in 1841 census. I can't explain why, > but have spent some time searching. My guess is it's a transcription > error. > > > Peter >

Allison, I think Andy has explained why you can't find them in 1841 census records. That leaves BDM data from Scotlands People as the most likely source. I'd bite the bullet and spend a couple of pounds getting the 1830 marriage, the births of John, Thomas and Henry and looking for the death of Mary pre 1851. Peter