I know that this is not strictly genealogy but an answer will help my researches. Would the fact that a tenant farmer on Speyside in the latter part of the 18th century was able to correspond by letter with relatives in London indicate that he was unusually well educated for the time, or was Scottish education then as much better than English as it is commonly held to be now? Ian Miller Upminster Essex UK "O, that it were possible, We might but hold some two days' conference With the dead." (The Duchess of Malfi)

-----Original Message----- From: CHARLIE GARRETT <cngarr@localaccess.net> To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, September 23, 1999 7:58 PM Subject: Re: MacAlpine, MacAlpin, McAlpin, MCalpine >there is a dr. ( maybe phd.) mcalpine at the snead state junior college in >boaz, alabama. he is over the college. >good luck, i believe that is how his name is spelled. >sharon >-----Original Message----- >From: JaniDart@aol.com <JaniDart@aol.com> >To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thursday, September 23, 1999 9:15 AM >Subject: MacAlpine, MacAlpin, McAlpin, MCalpine > > >>I'm sorry it was intended for Buddy Fesmire re his post yesterday. Cheers >Jani >> >> >>==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >>For up to date info, try: >>http://www.scotland.net/ >> >>============================== >>Support free genealogy on the Internet! Join RootsWeb.com today! >> > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >Think BEFORE you post ! > >============================== >Support free genealogy on the Internet! Join RootsWeb.com today! >

Can I have the website address please? ----Original Message Follows---- From: JaniDart@aol.com Reply-To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: 1841 lookup Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 23:31:00 EDT G'Day the 1891 census is online at the Origins Site. Jani ==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== Scottish Universities Their Libraries & Archives http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jimjar/jimjargg.htm ============================== Support free genealogy on the Internet! Join RootsWeb.com today! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi, Thanks for that. I am very interested in the neighbours- Beattie, Paterson and Irving - if you could give me their details, I would be very grateful - They all married each other I think! Thanks again, Toni ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Jim McArthur" <jimmc@xtra.co.nz> Reply-To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: 1881 Census Lookup Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 08:47:01 +1200 For Toni Marshall Dwelling: Croftheads Census Place: Annan, Dumfries, Scotland Source: FHL Film 0224045 GRO Ref Volume 812 EnumDist 8 Page 5 Marr Age Sex Birthplace Margaret POOL W 71 F Annan, Dumfries, Scotland Rel: Head Occ: Farmers Widow (Retired) David WRIGHT M 54 M Torthorwald, Dumfries, Scotland Rel: Son In Law Occ: Draper (Retired) Mary WRIGHT M 54 F Annan, Dumfries, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: Draper Wife James WATSON M 51 M Shotts, Lanark, Scotland Rel: Son In Law Occ: Land Agent H.J. WATSON M 32 F Annan, Dumfries, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: Land Agent Wife F.H. WATSON 9 M Wales Rel: Grandson Occ: Scholar I.P.K. WATSON 8 M Wales Rel: Grandson Occ: Scholar M.G. WATSON 7 F Wales Rel: Gr Daur Occ: Scholar M.G. WATSON 5 F Wales Rel: Gr Daur Occ: Scholar W.N. WATSON 3 M Wales Rel: Grandson Mary RAINSCROFT U 22 F Wales Rel: Serv Occ: Serv Domestic Neighbours at 'Little Croftheads' include surnames THOMPSON, BEATTIE, IRVING, PATERSON and GRAHAM Jim McArthur Invercargill, NZ ==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== Beware of the Genealogy Bug; It's bite can be addictive! ============================== Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi I'm new to this list, but not to rootsweb. This is a shot in the dark, so please redirect me as necessary. My grandfather had the middle name OMER, which he inherited from his maternal grandfather, one John Omer ROGERS, who produced several children in Grahamstown, South Africa from 1869 to about 1892. I know no more about John Omer, except that family hearsay vaguely suggests he and Ann(a) Maria were married in the UK before emigrating to SA. It has been suggested to me that OMER is/was an uncommon Scottish surname and that ROGERS also occurs there. Could anyone enlighten me as to the accuracy of this, and perhaps direct me to somewhere to further my research?? Many thanks Maureen Branson Bundaberg, Australia

In working on a lookup project tonight, I decided to try a new program to transcribe a census. Following are the Thomson names extracted from the 1841 Stonehouse, Lanark, Scotland census. Please let me know if you can read this. It did not cut and paste as "pretty" as it is in the spreadsheet. If anyone knows how to attach a Microsoft Works spreadsheet, please let me know. Other surnames mentioned: COOPER, RAY, COLQUHOUR, HAMILTON, DRUMMOND, LINDSEY, POLLOCK, HOWISON Names above the Dist and Page line is the Street Name. Don and Mary in Wyoming _________________________________________________________________ 1841 STONEHOUSE CENSUS THOMSON PATRICKCRAE Dist 1, page 5 THOMSON James 65 Farmer Lanark Margaret 60 Lanark James 40 Ag Lab Lanark Thomas 40 Ag Lab Lanark Janet 30 F. S. Lanark Margaret 20 F. S. Lanark Christina 15 F. S. Lanark THOMSON James 30 Ag Lab Lanark BURN? (spelling is hard to read) Dist 2, Page 2 THOMSON Will 55 Farmer Lanark Agnes 51 Lanark Agnes 25 Hand Sewer Lanark ? female 24 Hand Sewer Lanark Janet 21 Hand Sewer Lanark Margaret 11 Hand Sewer Lanark James 15 Ag Lab Lanark Janet 10 Lanark Notes: Names on this one are really faded LAW Dist 2, Page 9 THOMSON Ma. ?? 45 Farmer Lanark Helen 45 Lanark John 20 Wright Lanark Will. 18 Lanark James 16 Lanark Sarah 13 Lanark Archibald 9 Lanark SANDFORD Dist 3 Page 9 THOMSON William 30 Shoe M Lanark Janet 20 Lanark Barbara 2 Lanark George 9/12 Lanark NEW STREET Dist 4 Page 4 THOMSON Robert 60 Joiner Lanark Ann 60 Lanark Robert 10 Cotton HLW Ap Lanark THOMSON John 30 Cotton HLW Lanark Elizth 10 Lanark Marion 8 Lanark James 6 Lanark THOMSON James 50 Cotton HLW Lanark Helen 45 Lanark Marion 17 Lanark Ellen 15 Lanark Rabina 12 Lanark (last three names are on page 5) NEW STREET Dist 4 Page 5 THOMSON James 70 Cotton HLW Lanark COOPER Rabina 20 Lanark THOMSON Jane 20 Lanark NEW STREET Dist 4 Page 11 THOMSON James 25 Cotton HLW Lanark Ann 30 Lanark Ann 5 Lanark COOPER Bethia 25 Muslin Flowerer Lanark Dist 4 Page 20 THOMSON John 60 Joiner Lanark Janet 50 Lanark ANGLE ST Dist 4 Page 27 THOMSON Thomas 50 Cotton HLW Lanark Agnes 50 Lanark Helen 20 Cotton HLW Lanark Thos 12 app " Lanark John 10 app " Lanark RAY William 7 Lanark TRONGATE ST Dist 4 Page 32 THOMSON Christina 68 Cotton Winder Lanark COLQUHOUR Margt 40 Lanark HAMILTON Mary 20 Lanark UNION ST Dist 5 Page 3 THOMSON Robt 31 Carpenter Lanark Agnes 28 Lanark DRUMMOND Christian 18 Lanark KING ST Dist 5 Page 5 THOMSON Andrew 25 C Weaver Lanark Marion 30 Lanark Andrew 6 Lanark Catherine 3 Lanark Tabie ? 1 Lanark Dist 5 Page 7 THOMSON John 39 C Weaver Lanark Mary 37 Lanark James 12 C Weaver Lanark Thomas 10 Lanark Margaret 8 Lanark John 6 Lanark Andrew 4 Lanark Alexr ? 2 Lanark Dist 5 Page 8 THOMSON John 35 C Weaver Lanark Agnes 45 Lanark James 15 Lanark Robert 13 Lanark Marion 10 Lanark THOMSON James 37 Wright Lanark Janet 37 Lanark Jane 11 Lanark Robert 10 Lanark Ann 1 Lanark Dist 5 Page 9 THOMSON Jean 60 Lanark Catherine 20 Lanark Dist 5 Page 12 THOMSON Robert 30 Weaver ? Lanark Mary 30 Lanark John 13 Weaver? Lanark James 11 Weaver? Lanark Agnes 4 Lanark Robert 6 Lanark Mary 1 Lanark Dist 5 Page 19 THOMSON John 24 Baker Lanark Living with Alexr LINDSEY & family who was a baker LAURIE ST Dist 5 Page 27 THOMSON Isobell 15 Lanark Living with James Hamilton (Mason) and family) Dist 5 Page 29 THOMSON Andw 65 Weaver Lanark Janie ? 55 Lanark Robt 25 Weaver Lanark Thomas 20 Weaver Lanark Margaret 15 Lanark Agnes 10 Lanark Dist 5 Page 30 THOMSON Mrs. John 28 Lanark POLLOCK George 8 Lanark HOWISON James 4 Lanark Dist 5 Page 33 THOMSON Robt 45 C Weaver Lanark Ann 45 Lanark James 22 C Weaver Lanark Robt 15 C Weaver Lanark Andrew 12 C Weaver Lanark David 6 Lanark Margaret 25 Lanark Marion 20 Lanark Jean 18 Lanark

Hi Norm, Thank you for your message. I don't feel such a dummy now. I think we often hesitate to ask because our ego and pride prevents us from letting others think we are ignorant. As we get older that doesn't seem to matter so much. At first I thought they were talking about M "ones", as some motorway in U.K. is called. Being a genealoist opens up a whole new world doesn't it? Life is never boring. Best wishes from Nancy in Australia. ----Original Message----- From: Norman <noba@i2k.com> To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 11:51 PM Subject: Re: Re Ml's > >----- Original Message ----- >From: nancy <nancedge@ozemail.com.au> >To: <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 8:59 AM >Subject: Re Ml's > > >> Thanks everyone for the answer to my Ml query. >> I feel a bit of a dummy actually. I've been doing Family History for many >> years (although I'm just a beginner on the net). and I should have >realized >> what it stood for, but over here we often refer to them as headstone >> listings. I'll have to get used to the internet abbreviations. >> >> Regards and happy researching from Nancy in Australia. >> > >Don't feel like the Lone Ranger Nancy. Many of us have asked that same >question and many will in the future. For a long time I thought there were >a great many researchers making MI queries. Queries having to do with my >state of Michigan. :o} > >Norm - Grayling Michigan USA >"Today is the first day of the rest of our lives." > > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >Hundreds of Scot Urls....... > http://celt.net/og/angscot3.htm > http://celt.net/og/angscot2.htm > http://celt.net/og/angscot.htm > >============================== >Support free genealogy on the Internet! Join RootsWeb.com today! > >

Betty, I know that this is not the person you are seeking but may be of some use in the future. In the cemetery close to my home here in Newfoundland I found this MI : In Loving Memory of WILLIE ROSS native of Invernesshire Scotland died Jan. 27, 1921 age 39 years. Regards, Sandra Cowan Slade from Newfoundland -----Original Message----- From: joel voorhees <joelv@ntcnet.com> To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, September 24, 1999 10:06 PM Subject: 1881 >Could someone please lookup my grandfather, Andrew William Ross born >1852 in Scotland? Parents were Murdock and Amelia (Studivan) Ross also >born in Scotland. Need to know if they were in Scotland then or in >Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada. We know nothing else except the above >about the family. > >Thank you. > >Betsy Ross-Voorhees >New York (USA) > > > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >Genealogy Help List >http://posom.com/hl/ > >============================== >Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! >

Grieve John emigrated to Canada date unk. Wife unk. settled in Hamilton Twp. Northumberland County Ontario, Children are Walter, Margaret, Thomas and Harvey b:17,June,1890. Any information on this , my wifes family greatly appreciated. Don Zimmer. Toronto, Ontario.

This may be an impossible task but if someone could lookup in the 1841 census of Glasgow for a family named Dunlop with a son Samuel born about 1842. Thought I'd give it a try if not thanks anyways also is the 1891 census available? sharon

there is a dr. ( maybe phd.) mcalpine at the snead state junior college in boaz, alabama. he is over the college. good luck, i believe that is how his name is spelled. sharon -----Original Message----- From: JaniDart@aol.com <JaniDart@aol.com> To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, September 23, 1999 9:15 AM Subject: MacAlpine, MacAlpin, McAlpin, MCalpine >I'm sorry it was intended for Buddy Fesmire re his post yesterday. Cheers Jani > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >For up to date info, try: >http://www.scotland.net/ > >============================== >Support free genealogy on the Internet! Join RootsWeb.com today! >

G'Day the 1891 census is online at the Origins Site. Jani

G'Day Kay: It is very frustrating the same thing happen to me when I started, first I had to persuade my husband to let me do it, then let me use our credit card, then I going go. Now it just takes it and I'm in there. I didn't use a different card or anything, it just went. If you continue to have problems, try a different time and also try getting assistance from the site, I know there is a contact there. Good Luck and Cheers Jani

Thank you so much Ann for all you do...i do know how tiring it is to help everyone the way you do! Just want to thank you. Carol Ann,

Hi again, I don't see anything, but will keep a file and watch for you. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Wilson <jcwil@interpath.com> To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, September 23, 1999 11:27 AM Subject: Re: McGregors/Rob Roy/and Sons >Anne, > >Do you have a Mary MacGregor who married a Gannaway in Virginis! It is >believe that he father was a Edmund MacGregor. > >Mary MacGregor b. between 1720-1723, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 11 Nov 1793, >Buchingham, VA. > >m. John Gannaway abt. 1746... > >These are my 8th generation Grandparents! > >Thank you, > >Carol Ann, > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >For up to date info, try: >http://www.scotland.net/ > >============================== >Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! > >

-----Original Message----- From: Ann Stadden <astadden@execulink.com> To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: John K Shearer <jk_shearer@email.msn.com> Date: 23 September 1999 21:10 Subject: Re: McGregors/Rob Roy/and Sons Annie, I understand the naming pattern and I have emailed family names to you a little while ago. I do not have a parish or a farm. They turned up in Glasgow but I am not sure when, only that it was before 1833. I have assumed they came from arround Balquhidder because they did not change their name which indicates that they lived where it was safe not to. John

For Toni Marshall Dwelling: Croftheads Census Place: Annan, Dumfries, Scotland Source: FHL Film 0224045 GRO Ref Volume 812 EnumDist 8 Page 5 Marr Age Sex Birthplace Margaret POOL W 71 F Annan, Dumfries, Scotland Rel: Head Occ: Farmers Widow (Retired) David WRIGHT M 54 M Torthorwald, Dumfries, Scotland Rel: Son In Law Occ: Draper (Retired) Mary WRIGHT M 54 F Annan, Dumfries, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: Draper Wife James WATSON M 51 M Shotts, Lanark, Scotland Rel: Son In Law Occ: Land Agent H.J. WATSON M 32 F Annan, Dumfries, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: Land Agent Wife F.H. WATSON 9 M Wales Rel: Grandson Occ: Scholar I.P.K. WATSON 8 M Wales Rel: Grandson Occ: Scholar M.G. WATSON 7 F Wales Rel: Gr Daur Occ: Scholar M.G. WATSON 5 F Wales Rel: Gr Daur Occ: Scholar W.N. WATSON 3 M Wales Rel: Grandson Mary RAINSCROFT U 22 F Wales Rel: Serv Occ: Serv Domestic Neighbours at 'Little Croftheads' include surnames THOMPSON, BEATTIE, IRVING, PATERSON and GRAHAM Jim McArthur Invercargill, NZ

Hi, could someone do a look up for me in 1841 census for a David (John) Stewart and wife Isabella, need to verify children, the area would be for Dundee or Lochee. any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Email stewartsbs@aol.com Sandra Stewart

Good Evening Kay, My McGregors did not change their name when it was proscribed so I have assumed they were safe in not doing so and therefore lived in Rob Roy's area of the country where McGregors were safe. John -----Original Message----- From: Kay Liney <kay@knockard.freeserve.co.uk> To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 23 September 1999 20:56 Subject: Re: McGregors/Rob Roy/and Sons >Good evening all >When I was young too I was told that my grandmother's Malloch ancestors >were descended from Rob Roy and like John, I became interested in >Genealogy through trying to prove that tale. Apart from the fact that >Malloch was one of the names taken by the McGregors when they were >proscribed and thanks to Annie I discovered that my ggreatgrandfather >Donald Malloch, his father and uncle all swore allegiance to the >McGregor chief in ( I think)1812, I have not got any further forward >Kay > > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >For up to date info, try: >http://www.scotland.net/ > >============================== >Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! >

I have been trying for a couple weeks to get information/access on Scottish GRO. I type in all the credit information and get the message ' not able to check credit, try later' . Is there an optimum time for connecting from California? Thanks