Christine, If you let me know names I can do look ups on their behalf on Ancestry and scan and send to you. Marie

Hi Chritine, you are using one of thye best site right now. Just ask your questions and i am sure you will be surpised at the response. Dave Perks. Canada From: "Christine Jones" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [SCOTLAND] Research in Scotland Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:18:54 -070 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, I'm helping a group of people in my neighborhood with their genealogy. Most of them are senior citizens on a fixed income. They also have a hard time traveling so they enjoy doing research from their homes. Could someone tell me the best free or low cost websites they can use to gain information about their ancestors in Scotland? Thank you for your help. Christine Jones email address: [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: deefr1 Surnames: Ross (Spence-Ross) / Taylor, Wilson, Ironside Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21626/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am trying to get more information on my family tree. This is what I have. Spence Ross (possible John Ramsey Spence Ross) Married Ruth Taylor Children : Edith Annie Ross Edgar Spence Ross Mary Ethal Ross John Ramsey Ross (my GG) then married : Mary Jane Wilson and had 4 more children, 2 boys and 2 girls Spence Ross Parents : James Ross Ann Ironside It seems the last name was "ross" but then after Spence became a Canon it looks like the last name adapted to Spence-Ross. Canon Spence Ross (john Ramsey Spence Ross) was a scool teacher, headmaster and then obviously a Canon. He was well know in the community. i am wanting to find any information on the Canon's family, his parents, did he have sibling etc. Any help will do Thanks Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tomfeen Surnames: Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21625/mb.ashx Message Board Post: First Parish Cemetery in York, Maine has launched a "memorialization website". We would appreciate your opinion. http://www.fpyork.info A "memorialization website" lists all the traditional information on a cemetery website. However, each person has their own webpage. We are asking families to submit remembrances, links, photos, etc. Veterans receive flags. Fire Department members get logos. We expect to add church membership and other civic group recognition. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rjb1340 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/5829.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: did he by chance marry a Tough also from Scotland and did he live in Red Deer, Alberta?? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marieoreilly38 Surnames: Webster, Ledger, Hirst, Quigley, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/5468.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I too am searching for information on Robert Webster, son of Robert Webster and Florence Annie Ledger. Robert is my great grandfather, he married Ella Euphemia Hirst, my great grand mother on the 2nd November 1921 at 25 Lang st in Mosman, NSW, Australia. Their marriage only lasted a few weeks, they had a daughter Jean Florence Webster(my grandmother). We did hear that he had married again to Gwendoline Quigley, but have little knowledge of what happened to him after that. I would love to know more about your side of the family and my grandmother would love to know about her half brother(s) and/or sister(s). Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi I have Meldrum's in my tree they came from Tomintoul my gt gd mothers was Annie Meldrum her father was the Sheriff on Tomintoul. I am mainly doing the Elder side of the family Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 6:49 AM Subject: [SCOTLAND] John Meldrum m Ann Law 1812 Dunfirmiline > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: ronmeldrum99 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21624/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Would be interested in hearing from anyone with connections to John & Ann > who are my G/G/grandparents.Also their sons Robert b1817 & James b1815. > Son Robert m Mary Hall 1836 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1858. Any > information on any of these would be great. Ron Meldrum > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ronmeldrum99 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21624/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Would be interested in hearing from anyone with connections to John & Ann who are my G/G/grandparents.Also their sons Robert b1817 & James b1815. Son Robert m Mary Hall 1836 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1858. Any information on any of these would be great. Ron Meldrum Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kylieaallison1 Surnames: Allison Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21623/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My GGgrandfather was supposivly a gamekeeper in Scotland, occuring to the census he ws a gamekeeper. Can anyone suggest were I might find more information? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

For anyone who has tried to access my Kinhelp website in recent days, my apologies. It was down because of a hard drive failure in the server. This has now been replaced with a new one and the software re-installed, and so www.kinhelp.co.uk is currently available once more. Gordon Johnson.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GordonPertJohnson Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/4202.4235.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Correction: No SURNAME has a coat of arms in heraldry. Coats of arms are granted to individuals, and only the heir may use the same coat of arms. Other relatives may get a coat of arms differenced to show their relationship to the original. Only the Lord Lyon has the power to grant coats of arms and this process is expensive and requires a proved pedigree to be submitted. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GordonPertJohnson Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/4202.4235.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: ** You have made an unwarranted assumption. There was no "correct" spelling until very recent times. The concept did not exist in earlier times. The IGI is neither complete nor comprehensive - it ignores the pre-Reformation period. One can find the surname Speedie/Speedy as Speddy and Spuddy in the 1540s (Protocol book of James Foulis), and the 1520s as Speithy/Spethy (Protocol book of John Foulis) The IGI makes assumptions about variant spellings, but often fails to recognise a variant for what it is. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: samanthaspeedy Surnames: Speedie, Speedy Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/4202.4235.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In Scotland the surname Speedy was spelt with "ie" instead of a "y". It's got the same Coat of Arms though. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: samanthaspeedy Surnames: Speedy, Bradfield Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/4202.4236/mb.ashx Message Board Post: "SPEEDY was of two-fold origin. It was a baptismal name, a font name wishing prosperity or good-speed to the child and it was also used as a nickname for a swift runner, from the Old English word SPED. In Scotland the name is spelt SPEEDIE. Surnames having a derivation from nicknames form the broadest and most miscellaneous class of surnames, encompassing many different types of origin. The most typical classes refer adjectivally to the general physical aspect of the person concerned, or to his character. Many nicknames refer to a man's size or height, while others make reference to a favoured article of clothing or style of dress. Many surnames derived from the names of animals and birds. In the Middle Ages ideas were held about the characters of other living creatures, based on observation, and these associations were reflected and reinforced by large bodies of folk tales featuring animals behaving as humans. Early records of the name mention Johannes Sped, 1273, County Su! ffolk. Margaret Speed was documented in County Cambridge in the year 1300. Surnames as we know them today were first assumed in Europe from the 11th to the 15th Century. The employment in the use of a second name was a custom that was first introduced from the Normans. They themselves had not long before adopted them. It became, in course of time, a mark of gentler blood, and it was deemed a disgrace for gentlemen to have but one single name, as the meaner sort had. At first the coat of arms was a practical matter which served a function on the battlefield and in tournaments. With his helmet covering his face, and armour encasing the knight from head to foot, the only means of identification for his followers, was the insignia painted on his shield and embroidered on his surcoat, the flowing and draped garment worn over the armour. Later instances of the name include Thomas Spedy, who was a witness in Edinburgh in the year 1553, and John Speede and Elizabeth Cheynye who wer! e married in London in the year 1555. John Spidie was recorded in Dunf ermline in 1571. Cicilie Speed of Tattenhall (widow) was listed in the Wills at Chester in 1620. Tom Speedy was a game-keeper and naturalist, who died in Scotland in 1924." Our family tree starts with a Dr Robert George Dunnel Speedy, born 1863 / 1872 (no-one seems to be sure). He married Ivy Bradfield. They had 3 children, Albert, Mary and Robert George. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mcbirnie_1 Surnames: MCBURNIE, MCBIRNIE Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/10258.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 'Homecoming Scotland 2009' will be a big year in Scotland, with a call out for Scots around the world. In conjunction with these events, on August 8 & 9th 2009 we will be holding the first 'McBirnie / McBurnie Family Gathering' in Ayrshire - where our common ancestor James McBurnie and his wife Ann Thomson settled and raised their family there. We are searching for descendants who can trace their ancestry back to Glasgow, Crosshill, Maybole or Kirkmichael and heopefully to James of one of his children. Some of the know surnames connected are: Mcculloch, Fulton, McClure, Lafferty. We are not sure of his origons. The actual location of his birth is unconfirmed at this point however it is believed it could be Holywood, south of Belfast. Extensive research has located a Robert McBurnie and wife Isabella (Bella) Spence who registered the birth of a son James, in the same year as our James was believed to be born, 1784. In the 1851 Census - we found, James age 63, a cotton weaver, shown as born Ireland, and Ann (Thomson) his wife shown as a corn filler, age 60 born Girvan, Ayrshire. They were living at 87 Dalhowan Street, Kirkmichael. An extract from the Register of Deaths Scotland shows James McBurnie a weaver, marrried, died 29/04/1859 at Crosshill Village. His son Samuel provided the information for this registration. The record shows James died of 'old age' which he had suffered for six months! He was buried in the Kirkmichael Churchyard. Many of the birth, death and marraige records reveal our family ot be poor weavers or labourers, and many were illiterate until the late 1800s. In the late 1800s - early 1900s, many of James and Ann's great-grand children (children of Thomas McBirnie & Maggie Swan) emigrated to the colonies to make a new life - some to Australia, some to Canada, while others chose to remain in Scotland. This gatehring will be the first time that the family has come together since then. Descendants from Australia and Canada have already booked to 'come home to the old country' to attend these events. For more details go to our website: http://www.mcbirnie.myevent.com/ I would love to hear from anyone who knows they are connected or think they might have connections as I have extensive research and a comprehensive family tree which I am trying to complete prior to the gathering. Email: [email protected] Robyn Jobson Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: weegie2go Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/5869.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Alfred Nobile 211 Sutherland Way,Livingston,West Lothian, Scotland EH54 8JB Son of Albert Nobile and Grandson of Ettorie who married Agnes Dale in Scotland Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tabithastalvey Surnames: Watson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21622/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for a man named Robert Watson. All I know about him is that he worked for Marconi Underwater Systems, in 1984 he traveled to Cape Canaveral, Florida and then returned to Scotland. He would be around 40-55 years old today. I attached a picture taken of him around March 1984. Any help would be very much appreciated! Thank you! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: NJG1935 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21621/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My husbands grandmother was pregnant with his Mother, her 4th child when her husband died (before the child was delivered) and the best he can tell me is that "he died before 1895, when his mother was born." I tried the area where they lived in Kentucky, Dixon. But they ahd renamed some of the conties in the meantime. I am at a loss. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

As of 23rd November my email address will change to [email protected] (from [email protected]) My [email protected] address remains the same and will be automatically forwarded to my new address. Thank You all Margaret