In article <MFMBM025xKu06nZIMdv000017a3@mfmbm025.myfamilycorp.local>, nancy.daniels@comcast.net writes > >I have reason to believe that my husband's great grandfather, James >Godolphin OSBORNE was born in Scotland about 1839. >I do not know the county in Scotland and do not know how to begin to >search for a record of his birth. No parents or siblings names are >known. >He immigrated at some point to England where he was with his wife Emma >ELizabeth COUSENS in the 1871 Census in Lambeth, London, England. >Regards, >Nancy >Cape Cod, MA, USA Were there any children with them in 1871 - be useful to know their ages & places of birth, if so. Jill McKenzie, Glasgow

I too have Kennedy's that I am researching in Canada. my earliest known Kennedy is Joseph c.1817 married to a Mary Parks. They came to Canada and with one child and had two more after arrival in the 1840's The Children where Joseph, Mary, and Fergus Joseph and Mary where married in the Cumberland area of England but we think he may have come down from Scotland. When they settled in Canada it was in the area of Upper Canada later becoming the province of Ontario. If any one can help or has other info on these Kennedy's please let me know

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Finlayson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10160 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Isabella Finlayson who married Robert Ralston. They had a daughter Elizabeth. On Elizabeth's marriage information it lists Robert as a shoemaker in East Linton. Thanks for any help.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10158.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: There is a CD available with some of the Episcopal Church registers - the FHL may have that. The others are not indexed or transcribed as yet. You may need someone here in Scotland to visit the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh on your behalf. It sounds as though they had some money - try English Wills and testaments. Perhaps their parents were in Scotland with the British Army - they is another aspect to explore.

Anyone out there researching Robert William BEATTIE born 17 September 1885, 68 St James Street, Kinning Park son of Robert & Mary nee McDonald. I have him on the 1901 census living with his sister Annie & James Japp aged 15 at 174 Centre Street, Kingston, Govan. (I know his mother had died) After that I have no trace other than a photo taken in Canada probably aged late 20's. Perhaps he went to the war, What options do I have. Kind regards Lorraine NZ

Stewart is one of my main researches ( a great many in Australia), which includes Kennedy (in Scotland and Canada)and Allan everywhere. I also have some Grays, Banks, and Cromartys (for example, the descendants of Mary Kennedy Banks (1836-1921) and her husband James Gray Cromarty (1811-1871). If you see any connection, please get in touch. Blake Allan, Victoria BC

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WADE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EgC.2ACE/10159 Message Board Post: All WADEs are encouraged to join the WADE surname DNA project regardless of where they live or where their WADE ancestors lived. So we have an international group of WADEs. We are using a US testing laboratory that can send the test kits anywhere in the world. The more people that join the project the greater the results we will achieve. If you descend from a WADE or a variant spelling such as WAID, WAIDE, McWADE, MacWADE, and MacQUAID then this project is for you. Here are some reasons for participating in the project: 1. Determine if two people are related and descended from the same ancestor. 2. Confirm your family tree. 3. Find out if others with your surname are related. 4. Prove or disprove your research or research theories. 5. Find others to whom you are related. 6. Offer clues about your ethnic origin. 7. Determine a location for further research. 8. Confirm surname variants. 9. Identify specific family units for further research. 10. Bridge gaps of lost or destroyed records. You can learn about the WADE project and genetic genealogy in general at the web site here: http://home.cfl.rr.com/wade3/ I encourage you to check out the web site and if you have any questions please let me know. Thank you, Eldon Wade ewade@cfl.rr.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Osborne, Cousens, Pugh, Godolphin, Bangs, Largent, Julien Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10158.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm afraid I never heard of 'Who Was Who'. Would FHL have the Episcopal Church records to search from here? Many thanks for your help! Regards, Nancy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10158.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: COUSENS is a rare surname in Scotland. Scotlandspeople list only 24 events with that surname. OSBORNE is more common, but still there are only 6,000+ events indexed with that surname. GODOLPHIN is even rarer - only 3 events since 1553! My hunch is that their parents were English and they were likely to have worshipped in an Episcopal Church. You would be best to check their registers held by the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh. Have you checked publications, such as 'Who Was Who'? Good luck

Hi there, There were a lot of Bowies living in Buckie, Banffshire. Maybe it's one of those. In my spares I have a James Bowie, married to a Catherine Thomson on 8 February 1838 at Rathven (which is the parish). Middle names didn't come into it back then there though. Maggie ----- Original Message ----- From: <SCOTLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <SCOTLAND-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 12:58 PM Subject: SCOTLAND-D Digest V04 #237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EgC.2ACE/8197.8 Message Board Post: Hello Carol, Appreciate a lookup on Lindsays of Blairgowrie, especially John Lindsay, Sawyer born about 1770? - any info at all. I believe he died before 1857. His wife Anna Ferguson died 4 Mar 1857 and is buried in Blairgowrie Churchyard. Many thanks, Lindsay Morrison

Nancy, I'd suggest: 1) checking the 1881 and 1901 census (both online) for him in the hopes that a more precise birth place is given. In any case, note children's names as they can be clues to parents' names. 2) Find the marriage record of James & Emma - likely to be within a couple of years of the eldest child. Marriage certificate will have his father's name. 3) Off to Scotland's People site - http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Joanne Toronto, Canada jcmclean@sprint.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: <nancy.daniels@comcast.net> To: <SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 3:00 PM Subject: [SCOTLAND] James Godolphin OSBORNE/Emma Elizabeth COUSENS > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: OSBORN, COUSENS, PUGH > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10158 > > Message Board Post: > > I have reason to believe that my husband's great grandfather, James Godolphin OSBORNE was born in Scotland about 1839. > > I do not know the county in Scotland and do not know how to begin to search for a record of his birth. No parents or siblings names are known. > > He immigrated at some point to England where he was with his wife Emma ELizabeth COUSENS in the 1871 Census in Lambeth, London, England. > > Can someone take pity on my and help give me some direction? > > Many thanks in advance. > > Regards, > Nancy > Cape Cod, MA, USA > > > ==== SCOTLAND Mailing List ==== > To contact the list administrator, or to unsubscribe, or to view > the list archives, or for other information about this list, visit the > list web page at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/SCOTLAND.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10158.1.1.1 Message Board Post: ..the detail on that census lists James as a Scholar ?, and Emma as an Accountant. They also show a cook and maid living with them. Is that important information? Nancy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Osborne, Cousens, Pugh, Godolphin, Bangs, Largent, Julien Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10158.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Murray, Many thanks for your offer to help! I found what I believe to be my core family on the 1871 England Census in Lambeth, London, England: James G. OSBORNE age 32, head of house, born in Scotland. Emma E. age 32 born in Scotland, wife, and Sidney G. Osborne, age 3 born in Peckham, Surrey, England, son. I have a copy of a marriage entry dated Oct 11, 1865 in the parish church, in the parish of St. Giles, Camberwell, in the county of SUrrey, England. His father on this form is WIlliam Stuart OSBORNE, gentleman, and her father on this form is RIchard COUSENS, grocer. Doe this information help at all? Regards, Nancy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10158.1 Message Board Post: Unfortunately, statutory registration did not begin in Scotland until 1855. You would need to find his baptism in the old parish registers. The OPR's of the Church of Scotland are indexed in the IGI. I ran a quick check on familysearch without success. If he was a dissenter (e.g. Episcopalian, Baptist, Free Kirk, Roman Catholic), then he is unlikely to appear in the IGI. Where did James and Emma marry? I ran a quick check on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk for their marriage - I didn't find it. Scottish marriage certificates state the names of the parents of the bride and groom. There are partial census indexes for 1841, 1851, and 1861 - but how would you know which James is your James? His middle name is unlikely to appear in a Census. Why do you believe that he may have been born in Scotland?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: OSBORN, COUSENS, PUGH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10158 Message Board Post: I have reason to believe that my husband's great grandfather, James Godolphin OSBORNE was born in Scotland about 1839. I do not know the county in Scotland and do not know how to begin to search for a record of his birth. No parents or siblings names are known. He immigrated at some point to England where he was with his wife Emma ELizabeth COUSENS in the 1871 Census in Lambeth, London, England. Can someone take pity on my and help give me some direction? Many thanks in advance. Regards, Nancy Cape Cod, MA, USA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EgC.2ACE/10157 Message Board Post: For those searching for ancestors or descendents in Ontario Canada the Archives of Ontario has released another year of Vital Statistics. Indexes and registrations for 1907 births, 1922 marriages and 1932 deaths are now available on microfilm. Steve Haney Ontario Genealogy Services www.ontariogenealogyservices.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Alexander Baillie Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10156.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Elinor: What did you look at to find these names and make the connection please. My mistake re: previous posted message thinking that these children might be David Lindsay and Anne Steels- Martha Baillie[Lindsay]being the daughter. Thankyou

Hi Harry You can get the 1841 & 1851 census for Midlothian on the FREECEN website http://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl Happy Hunting Heather ----- Original Message ----- From: <Harry0monk@aol.com> To: <SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 8:23 PM Subject: Census look-up please > Does anyone have access to the 1841 and /or 1851 census for Midlothian. If > so could someone do a look-up for me please. I'm interested in the following:- > > > 1841 Census > JOHN JACKSON aged about 3-5 years, father JOHN JACKSON mother Jane or Janet > Jackson m.s. Millar. Living in Edinburgh/Midlothian Area. > JESSIE/JANET WILSON aged 2-4 years, father JAMES WILSON mother Janet Wilson > m.s. Allan. Living in Edinburgh/Midlothian Area. > > > 1851 Census > JOHN JACKSON aged about 13-15 years, father JOHN JACKSON mother Jane or > Janet Jackson m.s. Millar. Living in Edinburgh/Midlothian Area. > JESSIE/JANET WILSON aged 12-14 years, father JAMES WILSON mother Janet > Wilson m.s. Allan. Living in Edinburgh/Midlothian Area. > > Sorry its not much to go on but I'd appreciate any help. > > Thank you > Linda > > > ______________________________

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10156.1.1 Message Board Post: Elinor: Thankyou very much for your imput. I already had a report on the 1881 census with information that you forwarded however the other children may belong to David Lindsay and Anne Steel who were Martha Lindsay [Baillie] Alexanders wife parents.I have a death date on Martha however I cannot find anything on Alexander birth or death? If you come up with anything I would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou