Janet is the main one used as Jessie. In a message dated 12/30/2010 2:34:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kerriferguson@dodo.com.au writes: Someone has just mentioned to me that "Jessie" is also a name used by the Scots for girls who carry another name but they couldn't remember which name it was. Do you happen to know anything about that as I have several "Jessie's" in my tree. A Happy and safe New Year to you also, Mark Kerri -----Original Message----- From: perthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:perthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mark Sutherland-Fisher Sent: Thursday, 30 December 2010 9:06 PM To: perthshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] Military in Ireland and Daniel (Donald) McFarlane: Multiple names Morning all, There are numerous examples in Scotland of multiple names being the same name. David/Donald/Daniel Ian/John/Jack Alistair (all spellings)/Alexander Jean/Jane/Janet Elspeth/Elizabeth Agnes/Senga To give just a few examples. Happy New Year Mark -----Original Message----- From: perthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:perthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of kerriferguson Sent: 29 December 2010 23:43 To: perthshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] Military in Ireland and Daniel (Donald) McFarlane Just out of interest, is it something peculiar to Perthshire and the surrounding area, or is it a general Scottish thing? When replying to a message or a digest, please delete everything except the portion to which you are replying. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 147 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message When replying to a message or a digest, please delete everything except the portion to which you are replying. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message