Hi Sandy, the couple I originally queried about certainly had a son named Alexander bap 7 April 1787 in North Knapdale parish Argyll. In fact my Sarah named one of her sons Alexander in 1826. HOWEVER, Alexander is a fairly common name, and I'm sure there would be hundreds of Alexander McNeills in the appropriate time frame all over Scotland. If Alexander and Helen were still alive at the time of Janet's wedding, there is an extremely good chance that their deaths will be included in the Statutory Records (ie:Death certificates issued), which are available online with scotlandspeople. This is a fantastic site, and the information included on them is much better than the English ones. If your Alexander is on there, it will include his both his parents names. This site also has the Scottish census's so if you can find Alexander on any of these (and Janet certainly would be on the 1851 census) it will give you a good indication of where he was born. Hope this is of some help Regards Lesley Melbourne, Australia

Thank you for replying, I'll try Scotland's People as that's where I found their names on Janet's wedding certificate. Sandy (Wagga x 2) ----- Original Message ----- From: "david and lesley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] Name Change Query McILOHOIM - McILAHOIMBIE -McIHERVIEToLAMONT ? > Hi Sandy, > > the couple I originally queried about certainly had a son named Alexander > bap 7 April 1787 in North Knapdale parish Argyll. In fact my Sarah named > one > of her sons Alexander in 1826. HOWEVER, Alexander is a fairly common name, > and I'm sure there would be hundreds of Alexander McNeills in the > appropriate time frame all over Scotland. > If Alexander and Helen were still alive at the time of Janet's wedding, > there is an extremely good chance that their deaths will be included in > the > Statutory Records (ie:Death certificates issued), which are available > online > with scotlandspeople. This is a fantastic site, and the information > included > on them is much better than the English ones. If your Alexander is on > there, > it will include his both his parents names. This site also has the > Scottish > census's so if you can find Alexander on any of these (and Janet certainly > would be on the 1851 census) it will give you a good indication of where > he > was born. > > Hope this is of some help > > Regards > > Lesley > Melbourne, Australia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >