Hi All Would SKS do a quick look up on the 1881 census for a David McCreight ( pronounced Mc Cright) he was thought to have been born around 1870-74, from what I know this family were thought to have been around Broxburn Midlothian area - this search is prompted by last nights BBC programme "Who do you think you are" based on research by Jeremy Irons ( oscar winning actor) which traced him back to the name McCreight in Skibereen & Inashannon Ireland. The thing is I have a great friend - friend for many years by the name of David ( Davie) McCreight who lives in Phumpherston Midlothian and who knows full well that his ancestry goes back to Ireland , and after phoning him this morning we are eager to see if we can link him to the famous Jeremy Irons. Regards Stewart Campbell

----- Original Message ----- From: "BT" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 10:21 AM Subject: [ARGYLL] 1881 census > Hi All > > Would SKS do a quick look up on the 1881 census for a David McCreight ( > pronounced Mc Cright) he was thought to have been born around 1870-74, > from what I know this family were thought to have been around Broxburn > Midlothian area - this search is prompted by last nights BBC programme > "Who do you think you are" based on research by Jeremy Irons ( oscar > winning actor) which traced him back to the name McCreight in Skibereen & > Inashannon Ireland. > > The thing is I have a great friend - friend for many years by the name of > David ( Davie) McCreight who lives in Phumpherston Midlothian and who > knows full well that his ancestry goes back to Ireland , and after phoning > him this morning we are eager to see if we can link him to the famous > Jeremy Irons. > > Regards > Stewart Campbell If you go to www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk you can look it up yourself for a small fee. You will also be able to check on the rest of the information so that you do not make any leaps that are not backed up with reality. Its astonishing how much family lore is not as tight as one thinks You will be able to find his birth certificate, and so trace the family backwards through all the censuses HAve fun regards Jill Bowis www.benderloch.org.uk/forum - Ardchattan history, geology, ecology, genealogy, weather, webcam, local forum www.kintaline.co.uk - where we are, what we do: Kintaline Plant and Poultry Centre

I have a marriage certificate, for a marriage in Edinburgh in 1906. I've had it for some while now and never noticed the middle name VIGROW there before. I believe it to be Argyllshire in origin, [though it has been found in Malta, in military records] if not in Mull itself where Elizabeth VIGROW CAMPBELL was born. Parents: *Elizabeth VIGROW ROWATT m.s. CAMPBELL. According to the forms of the Church of Scotland My question: * Why would she keep a middle maiden surname [VIGROW] after her marriage rather than her maiden surname itself? It is not her Mother's maiden surname, must be her grandmother, perhaps? The name appeared as a middle name on her sister's birth certificate which was in 1860; not been able to check the actual birth of Elizabeth because she was born 1850. Has anyone come across the name? Janet