I am trying to begin my search for my BLACKMON [BLACKMAN] family from somewhere in Scotland. I am wondering if certain families had ''areas'' from which they hailed, and if this would help me to locate them? I have a fairly good idea as to when they left Scotland for the US [SC]. Another thing, does anyone know if BLACKMON was a clan, or a sept of some clan? I'd appreciate any and all help with this. Bill p.s. - oh.......I'm looking for James BLACKMON [b. 1760] and his wife, Anna CLARK [b. 1764]. I know for certain that they were in Lancaster County, SC by 1804, due to court records of a land deal.

Hi Lorraine! How much can I say thanks. Got reply from Rhea Jean and she sure is a member of my family all be it the American branch. I had the family to her grandmother here and now she has filled in that whole branch for me. I also sent one to the others but the one I sent to Beth Bateson bounced. I have just sent another in case I didnt write the address properly. Do you have her web address? Thanks again. Mike Richards. At 05:10 PM 7/09/2002 +0800, you wrote: >Hello, again, Mike. There are also a couple of people in Rootsweb with an >interest in these names........Philip and Thomas. >They are Robert Stiers rstiers403@aol.com >and Rhea Jean heselton rhea.heselton@gte.net >I hope this helps. >Cheers >Lorraine

Am rejoining with hopes of finding persons researching the following families - BIRSE - c 1675 - Arbuthnot, Kincardine PETRIE - prior to 1825 - ST. Vigeans area? BARTY - prior to 1850 - Perth ROSS - prior to 1750 - Strachan area JOHNSTON(E) - prior to 1810 - Kinnell area ANDERSON - prior to 1840 - perhaps Monikie I have accumulated much information on the BIRSE line, and am trying to fill in blanks in that line as well as the other families. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Betty Hemsley - Canada

Mike, also from Google.com........ Nonetheless, today there is a pool just to the East of the kirk, immediately North of which is the name of Priestinch, being Scots for "Priest Island", with ... www.cyberscotia.com/ancient-lothian/ pages/auldcathie-kirk.html and West Lothian Contents ABERCORN "A village and a coast parish of Linlithgowshire. Lying 1/4 miles inland, near the confluence of the Cornie and Midhope Burns, the village - a pretty little place, nestling among trees and gardens on the verge of a high bank - is 3 3/4 miles W of its post-town South Queensferry, and 3 NNW of Winchburgh station. The parish contains also the hamlets of Philipstoun, 2 1/2 miles SW of Abercorn village, and Society, on the coast, 1 1/4 miles E by N. It is bounded N for 3 3/4 miles by the Firth of Forth (here 2 1/2 miles wide), E by Dalmeny, SE by Kirkliston, S by the Auldcathie portion of Dalmeny and by Ecclesmachen, SW by Linlithgow, and W by Carriden, from which it is parted by the Black Burn." (Extract from Groomes Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland c.1895) Population Below is a list of Abercorn's population during various years. 1801 814 1821 1044 1871 933 1891 863 Good luck Lorraine

Mike, I've just had a look in Google.com for your Lumpkin Dub, and it seems that people whose first initial was W often got the nickname "Dub". So perhaps it was the name of someone rather than a place. eg W. Lumpkin. ??????????? Cheers Lorraine

Hello, again, Mike. There are also a couple of people in Rootsweb with an interest in these names........Philip and Thomas. They are Robert Stiers rstiers403@aol.com and Rhea Jean heselton rhea.heselton@gte.net I hope this helps. Cheers Lorraine

Hi Lorraine' Many thanks for your reply,I have one request>Can you resend me the 2nd email regarding Lumpkin Dub as I inadvertantly deleted it and I am at work and from here Icannot get it back. This email works differently at work than it does at home & I have to use it differently and that was how Imasde the mistake. Thanks again. Mike. N.T. On Fri, 6 Sep 2002 23:15:28 +0800 "elleff" <fishrat@southwest.com.au> wrote: >Hi, Mike. Are you in touch with a Beth Bateson, on >geejba@icestorm.net >? She has a note of William and Mary in her Rootsweb >web-page. No chn >listed, but she may know where you can find out, perhaps. >Happy hunting. >regards >Lorraine in WA >

Hello, again, Mike. There are also a couple of people in Rootsweb with an interest in these names........Philip and Thomas. They are Robert Stiers rstiers403@aol.com and Rhea Jean heselton rhea.heselton@gte.net I hope this helps. Cheers Lorraine

Hi, Mike. Are you in touch with a Beth Bateson, on geejba@icestorm.net ? She has a note of William and Mary in her Rootsweb web-page. No chn listed, but she may know where you can find out, perhaps. Happy hunting. regards Lorraine in WA

I have William MEIKLE born 29 july 1816 at above place.Can someone tell me what is was,where it is. Was/is it a village,town,property? He married Mary BROWN of Cumbernauld and were living in Waterside,Ayrshire as some of their children were born there.Is Waterside a Town/village or an area? Would love to hear of family of these folk. Mike N.T. Australia

I have Philip & Thomas MEIKLE born 1810 &1811 Lumpkins Dub.Dalmeny.West Lothian. can someone tell me where this is or what Lumpkins Dub is? Am looking for family of these two men. M Richards N.T. Australia.

Hello list, I am brand new to this list, and to Scottish research. I have recently discovered that my maternal ggrandmother and ggrandfather were Alexander Keddie and Helen Robinson, m. Oct 1885 at Dunfermline. They had a daughter, Elizabeth Robinson Keddie b. August 27, 1886, who married Robert Brown on Sept 16., 1910, at St. Margaret's United, Dunfermline. Oral history has it that Elizabeth had a brother, John Keddie, and Robert had a brother Jim, sister Mary who went to Malta, and a sister Jean, who went to Australia and married a McLeod. Robert Brown and Elizabeth's daughter was Helen Keddie Brown, who married Glen Arthur MacKay in Canada, and was my grandmother. I never met my grandparents, and have only recently received this information from my mother. Could someone please advise how I should procede from here, given that this is all the information I have. Are there parish records extant? Any and all information on the Keddie and Robinson lines from Dunfermline would be wonderful. Thanks in advance. Penny Parker Edmonton, Canada pennyparker@shaw.ca

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Jean, Thanks :) I appreciate the apology, and I'm glad you were able to find the free material. If you ever (or anyone else here for that matter) have any trouble finding anything on my site, please don't hesitate to email me. Sincerely, Roger http://www.awesomegenealogy.com >>>> From: Jean Brocklebank To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Free stuff on Roger's page > From: Roger Kennedy > Excuse me Jean, however that statement is not accurate. I'm sorry >if you > could not find the link from the one I provided. The direct link is: > http://www.awesomegenealogy.com/shipslists/massachusetts_JOHNANDSARAH1652.txt > As you can see, you do not need to pay anything to view this ships list. :) > As well, the link I provided: > http://www.awesomegenealogy.com/newstuff.shtml > Has 18 free databases on that page alone. If these aren't helpful, I > encourage you to browse my directory: > http://www.awesomegenealogy.com/Genealogy/genealogy.shtml > Which is a FREE collection of over 800 links for researchers. _____________ My heartfelt apologies for my remark, Roger. I did go to several links and they always asked for payment after a "free trial" period. I gave up and did not really peruse your links enough. Thank you for writing back cordially to my (in retrospect) rude remark. All the best, Jean Brocklebank >>>> --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes

Looking for someone who recognizes one or more of these Neil names. Patrick Neil, 1813-1863, born somewhere in Ireland, married Mary St. John, Ireland Had two daughters, Mary Neil, 1847-1897 and Ellen Neil, 1848-1871. Mary Neil married Joseph Ferguson, Lanark approx. 1870 Ellen Neil married Joseph Elliott , Lanark, 1868 Partick Neil may also have had three sons, but no conclusive proof ; Richard Neil, Peter Neil and James Neil. The "James" might have been a member of the 78th Regt or Seaforth Highlanders at age 19 in 1854. Have photo, but no last name.

I forgot to include the URL, for anyone else who wants it. Best wishes, all. http://www.smsu.edu/folksong/maxhunter/index.html

Thanks for this wonderful site, Bob. My mother only has a few months left, and she just loves all the old songs. best regards Lorraine

Marilyn, Don,t know the author or when written. I just like the way it is sung by singers such as Slim Whitman & Jim Reeves Ken

> From: Roger Kennedy <awesome_genealogy@yahoo.com> > Excuse me Jean, however that statement is not accurate. I'm sorry if you > could not find the link from the one I provided. The direct link is: > http://www.awesomegenealogy.com/shipslists/massachusetts_JOHNANDSARAH1652.txt > As you can see, you do not need to pay anything to view this ships list. :) > As well, the link I provided: > http://www.awesomegenealogy.com/newstuff.shtml > Has 18 free databases on that page alone. If these aren't helpful, I > encourage you to browse my directory: > http://www.awesomegenealogy.com/Genealogy/genealogy.shtml > Which is a FREE collection of over 800 links for researchers. _____________ My heartfelt apologies for my remark, Roger. I did go to several links and they always asked for payment after a "free trial" period. I gave up and did not really peruse your links enough. Thank you for writing back cordially to my (in retrospect) rude remark. All the best, Jean Brocklebank

You are more than due a compliment! My ancestor, James Adams, was one of the prisoners. Perhaps they didn't term them prisoners of war by the standards we have today, but ... James Adams was "sold" to the Saugus Iron Works in Saugus, MA. and served his indenture of 7 years. He afterwards settled in Concord and raised a family. My husband, sister, and I visited the Saugus Iron Works a few years back (it is now a National Park) and found James Adams' name there. I purchased a booklet entitled "Scotch Prisoners Deported to New England by Cromwell, 1651-52: From the Battles of Dunbar and Worcester" (Copyright Unicorn Limited, Inc., 1997) which has many, many footnotes giving sources. James Adams and many others are in the booklet. I purchased it from Scotpress, P. O. Box 397, Bruceton Mills, West Virginia 26525. Lucille (Adams) Richmond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Kennedy" <awesome_genealogy@yahoo.com> To: <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 5:43 PM Subject: Re: Scots to USA 1652 POW Lucille, Can you tell me the source for that? I'd be happy to include it with a source! And thank you for the compliment! Sincerely, Roger http://www.awesomegenealogy.com >>>> From: "cwrichmond" To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Scots to USA 1652 Roger: This is a wonderful thing you're doing! But shouldn't it say "prisoners of war"? They were, you know. Lucille Richmond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Kennedy" To: Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 8:35 PM Subject: Scots to USA 1652 Hi everyone, This week I've added a new database to my site, Awesome Genealogy. It is a Ships List of Scottish prisoners sent to New England in 1652 onboard the JOHN AND SARAH. You can find it, and my other free databases I've added this month here: http://www.awesomegenealogy.com/newstuff.shtml Regards, Roger http://www.awesomegenealogy.com >>>>> --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.384 / Virus Database: 216 - Release Date: 08/21/2002