Emslie - Elmsley also. M.E.M-N SCOTLAND-GENWEB-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > SCOTLAND-GENWEB-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 552 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Edinburgh - Cameron Highlanders [Bryan Maycock <bmaycock@istar.ca>] > #2 Surname ENISLEY, anyone heard of i [Aileen Power <apower@nrtco.net>] > #3 Re: McIntosh ["Jane Macgillivray" <jane@providen] > #4 Re: Hugh Burns 1841/1851 Scottish ["Don and Mary Saban" <dsaban@trib.] > #5 Re: Surname ENISLEY, anyone heard [BAWWYN@webtv.net (Betty Winterstee] > #6 Re: Surname ENISLEY, anyone heard [Genlindsay@aol.com] > #7 Check out Adjacent Churches [JaniDart@aol.com] > #8 Re: SMART [ClanDowill@aol.com] > #9 Surname(s) in Subject line ["Bill McPhail" <bill@excaliburknig] > #10 Re: Surname ENISLEY, anyone heard [ClanDowill@aol.com] > #11 Re: SPOTT ["dsaban" <dsaban@trib.com>] > #12 Re: SPOTT [JaniDart@aol.com] > #13 Re: SMART/PRESTONKIRK ["Edward Andrews" <edward.andrews@b] > #14 Re: SPOTT ["Edward Andrews" <edward.andrews@b] > #15 Would appreciate a suggestion. ["James M. Bilbrey" <lizards@infine] > #16 Unidentified subject! [Jim Fergus <jfergus@sirinet.net>] > > Administrivia: > The Scotland-GenWeb List HOME PAGE: > http://home.earthlink.net/~cmccombs/sctpg.htm > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from SCOTLAND-GENWEB-D, Click here to send a message to > [mailto:SCOTLAND-GENWEB-D-request@rootsweb.com] > that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no > other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires > one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Edinburgh - Cameron Highlanders > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 10:15:57 -0400 > From: Bryan Maycock <bmaycock@istar.ca> > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > Would anybody with knowledge of the location of the barracks in Edinburgh > be able to help me out? > > I am interested in the whereabouts of the Cameron Highlanders at the time > of the 1891 census. > > Believing that they were stationed in Edinburgh, it would help greatly if I > could pinpoint the barracks on a census. If nothing else, it would save a > lot of time scanning for a mention of the barracks, then the regiment, then > the family. > > In case anybody has easy access and can go that one step further, I am > seeking Robert (age 29) and Jessie (age 27) TAIT. Robert was a sergeant and > master tailor with the regiment. There may be children, I have names but do > not know about birth dates. > > Please reply direct as I may not be able to monitor the list regularly in > the next few weeks. > > Thanks from Nova Scotia. > > Bryan > > bmaycock@istar.ca > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Surname ENISLEY, anyone heard of it? > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 09:49:31 -0400 > From: Aileen Power <apower@nrtco.net> > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > A family member was named for her paternal grandmother > being given her first name, maiden surname as a second > given name and of course was born with her married > surname. However, she was also given a third given name > of ENISLEY, reputed to be the paternal grandmother's > second husband's surname. (Follow me so far :-) )We > have yet to find a record of this second marriage, but > we are still looking. > > The name is pronounced En-is-ley, but has been > suggested it is a derivative of AINSLEY. We are also > looking at EMSLEY, perhaps there was a mistake either > in spelling or pronunciation somewhere along the line. > The only time we have seen ENISLEY is on this family > member's birth certificate. When researching old > records we always have a look for it. > > I ask about this name every time an opportunity arises, > so if I've asked it on this list previously please > forgive me. :-) > > Aileen Power > apower@nrtco.net > Ontario, Canada > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: McIntosh > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 11:13:07 +0100 > From: "Jane Macgillivray" <jane@providence2000.freeserve.co.uk> > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Terry, > I thought my experience might be useful to you You have to order the films > of the parish records and examine these records - putting the McIntoshes > into family units based on different farms which will be named in the parish > records. Then there will be the witnesses (or godparents) and although at > different farms, these will be most likely brothers, cousins of the father > or mother of the child. > I have been doing this with other parishes, not Alvie. If you were to order > the film, I might ask you to look out for someone for me, so my advice is > not completely disinterested! > Girzel can be rendered as 'Grace' and I have wondered also whether Girzel > could transform into Janet. > Good luck, Jane > > 18th cent Macgillivray OPRs Strathnairn > http://www.mygale.org/~ancestor/dunlichity/index.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: TJMaco@aol.com <TJMaco@aol.com> > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday 25 September 1999 04:20 > Subject: McIntosh > > > Hi List, > > > > Is anyone out there doing research on the McIntosh > surname,in > >the Badenoch area.I'm finding my McIntosh's in the Alvie Parish.Alexander > >McIntosh married in Alvie Parish to Girsell MacLean.than his children were > >baptized at the same Parish.In the OPR I found a possible birth date for > >Alexander and it gave Parent's names.What are the chances that I have a > >connection.His birthdate would be around 1737 to John and Jean McIntosh.At > >the Alvie Parish.Is anyone doing McIntosh researchin this area. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Terry McIntosh > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Hugh Burns 1841/1851 Scottish Censuses > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 09:02:11 -0600 > From: "Don and Mary Saban" <dsaban@trib.com> > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > There is a family of Burns in Stonehouse, Lanark, Scotland with the same > names. However that Hugh was born 1845 and remained in Stonehouse at least > through 1881. I have the 1841 census and will check the elder John in the > census. Perhaps there is a connection. > > Will try to do that tomorrow. > > Don and Mary in Wyoming > > >Looking for Hugh Burns aged about 4 with his father John somewhere in the > Scottish 1841 Census and again in the 1851 aged about 14, his father may > have been dead by then. Hugh > >appears in the 1861/1871 London St Pancras censuses and gives his place of > birth as Scotland and his age as 25/34. At his marriage in St Pancras 1864 > he stated that his father was John Burns, gentleman,deceased. I would > ignore the gentleman aspect. In 1861 he was a border with a Scottish widow > and her > >family (Murray born in Edinburgh) in St Pancras. There was > >a family bible now lost but the embroidered bookmark survives. > >On it has ' The Farewell Text Of The Rev R Montgomery.Preached in St Jude > Episcopal Church Glasgow Oct 1843 Cols 3 "Christ is all and in all" Jane > Kerr ' > >Delighted to hear from anyone who may have come across Hugh & John or can > enlighten me on the earlier appointments of > >Rev R Montgomery. Terry Burns > > > > > > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > >GENUKI -Main Scotland Page > >http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ > > > >============================== > >Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! > >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Surname ENISLEY, anyone heard of it? > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 11:08:02 -0400 (EDT) > From: BAWWYN@webtv.net (Betty Wintersteen) > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Aileen > > I was the president of the Ladies Auxilary of the Clan Wallace in > Bevely, MA about 20 years ago. One of our members was an Annie Emslie, > can't remember her husband's name. > > There is a listing for a Wm. L. Emslie in our local phone book. If > interested, email me privately and I will give you the information. > > I know that Annie and her husband came over from Scotland. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Surname ENISLEY, anyone heard of it? > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 11:12:13 EDT > From: Genlindsay@aol.com > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > Aileen: > > I find the name AINSLIE in both the Scottish Clan and Family Encyclopedia > and in Joan Ferguson's Scottish Family Histories. This name originates in > England and settled in the lands around Dolphinstone. William de Ainslie was > a canon of Glasgow Cathedral around 1208. > > If you want all the information on this name, e-mail me privately and I'll > send it up to you. > > Patti in Spokane, WA > genlindsay@aol.com > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Check out Adjacent Churches > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 11:54:40 EDT > From: JaniDart@aol.com > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > <A HREF="http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/parish2">Click here: Adjacent > Churches</A> Prestonkirk is # 9 on the list you might want to add this site > to your favorites http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/parloc/search.html > you might to also print yourself a copy of the map this site as well . here > is Spott # 5 http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/parish2 Michael , there > you good and good hunting, cheers and have a great weekend, Jani > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: SMART > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 13:22:40 EDT > From: ClanDowill@aol.com > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > There is a Whittinghame in Northumberland,England my wife has links there. > > Jim > > J > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Surname(s) in Subject line > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 10:29:44 -0700 > From: "Bill McPhail" <bill@excaliburknights.com> > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello All > > It would be great if all readers would just put the Surnames in the Subject > line, so we can see the surname without opening the message. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Surname ENISLEY, anyone heard of it? > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 13:26:03 EDT > From: ClanDowill@aol.com > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > Perhaps it's a corruption of Ainsley > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: SPOTT > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 12:38:53 -0600 > From: "dsaban" <dsaban@trib.com> > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > Could it be Shott you are looking for? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael D Stenhouse <michael.stenhouse@vf.telia.no> > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999 12:13 PM > Subject: SPOTT > > >Dear Listers, > >Could somebody please tell me where SPOTT is? > >Thankyou, > >Michael. > > > > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > >Visit.. ScotlandGenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctwgw/ > > > >============================== > >Support free genealogy on the Internet! Join RootsWeb.com today! > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: SPOTT > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 14:58:33 EDT > From: JaniDart@aol.com > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > It might be Shott, but there is a Spott, East Lothian. Jani > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: SMART/PRESTONKIRK > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 21:09:46 +0100 > From: "Edward Andrews" <edward.andrews@btinternet.com> > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > Prestonkirk is the Parish name of the Community of East Linton a community > on the A1 about 5 miles to the West of Dunbar. > Whittingehame is a very small community 2 or 3 miles to the South. > Whittingehame is a parish (after 30th September it will have been was, as > the Parishes of Prestonkirk. Stenton and Whittingehame are to be united and > known as the parish of Teraprain, after a very dominant hill in the parish). > While there is a big House, there are a number of farms and cottages in the > parish. > Edward Andrews > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael D Stenhouse <michael.stenhouse@vf.telia.no> > To: <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 11:21 AM > Subject: SMART/PRESTONKIRK > > > Dear Listers, > > Further to my last mail. > > AGNES SMART had two sisters also chr./bn. at WHITTINGEHAM. > > They are HELEN bn. 05.12.1703 and JANET bn. 01.12.1706. > > Their parents WILLIAM and JANET HENDERSON were married 16.01.1700 also at > WHITTINGEHAME. > > William SMART was born at PRESTONKIRK. > > Can somebody tell me where PRESTONKIRK is please? > > Thankyou, > > Michael. > > > > > > ==== 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! > > > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: SPOTT > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 21:12:40 +0100 > From: "Edward Andrews" <edward.andrews@btinternet.com> > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > Spott is a small community about two miles inland from Dunbar. For > Ecclesiastical purposes it is Linked with Bellhaven. > Edward Andrews > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael D Stenhouse <michael.stenhouse@vf.telia.no> > To: <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 11:37 AM > Subject: SPOTT > > > Dear Listers, > > Could somebody please tell me where SPOTT is? > > Thankyou, > > Michael. > > > > > > ==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > > Visit.. ScotlandGenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctwgw/ > > > > ============================== > > Support free genealogy on the Internet! Join RootsWeb.com today! > > > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Would appreciate a suggestion. > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 21:10:18 -0400 > From: "James M. Bilbrey" <lizards@infinet.com> > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > I would appreciate suggestions of books to read on the early history of > Argyll and the Western Isles. I am interested in the period from the > early influx from Ireland and the establishment of the Kingdom of > Dalriada to the time of the Lordship Of The Isles. I have a connection > with the MacPhees (MacFies) of Colonsay. > > Regards>>>JMB > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Unidentified subject! > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 20:54:49 -0700 > From: Jim Fergus <jfergus@sirinet.net> > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > Have been advised that tenant farmers, in the old day, did not have, or > use, a personal surname that they used the surname of the laird, or > property owner on whose land they worked. Something like the slaves in the > USA during the period prior to the Civil War. That means, if true, that > becomes another hurdle to consider when researching surnames. Does anyone > have any comments, experience, etc., with this situation. Would appreciate > knowing. > Thanks > > Jim.