This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HENDERSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10126 Message Board Post: I've tried sending this message to the list twoce with no success so am trying the board instead - apologies if some of you have received it already. My great-great-grandfather was James Henderson. He married Margaret Howieson in Galashiels in 1872. On their marriage certificate it says his parents are David Henderson, Barber, deceased and Mary Ann Henderson, Maiden Surname Ward. I've been searching and searching but I can't find any more information about his family or James's birth. James and Margaret moved to Sheffield sometime between 1874 and 1880 and show up on the 1881 census. I can't find any trace of his mother on the Scottish records and when I search the death records for David Henderson there are just too many possibilities, I need to narrow it down either by age or location. I've searched IGI and the Scottish records site for James's birth and/or his parents marriage but can't find anything that fits. He would have been born around 1849, give or take a year. It's possible I've read his mothers maiden name wrongly, although I can't think of anything else that would fit. If anyone would like take a loo! k I can send you the TIF file, I'd be glad of a second opinion. James and Margaret seem to have lived at Kelso before they moved to Sheffield - their 2 oldest children were born there. Margaret's family is from Roxburgh, I've had no trouble tracking them down but I have no idea if James was originally from the same area. Another thing that occurred to me is my great-grandfather was called James Lewis Henderson - there's no Lewis in the Howieson family so I wonder if this is a name from the Henderson side? I'd be very grateful for any ideas on where to search next. Shelagh http://thewholeshebang.org/genealogy/tng