Hi Lorraine, Since Civil Registration was in effect in 1855, if your grandfather was born after that time his birth would be registered in Edinburgh. A search there would establish his birth date and place and his parent(s). A visit to Scots Origins may come up with his birth but you will need some idea of the year of his birth. It's worth a try and will give you a starting place for searching other information about him. What year was he born? Margaret Alberta At 02:03 PM 8/18/02 -0600, you wrote: >SCT-ARGYLL-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 138 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [ARGYLL] Cowans from the Islands? [Beitz <lbeitz@sympatico.ca>] > #2 [ARGYLL] I forgot to add the dates [Beitz <lbeitz@sympatico.ca>] > #3 [ARGYLL] Fw: [LKS] 2% Census downl ["Stewart Campbell" > <stewart.campbe] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from SCT-ARGYLL-D, send a message to > > SCT-ARGYLL-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. > >To contact the SCT-ARGYLL-D list administrator, send mail to >SCT-ARGYLL-admin@rootsweb.com. > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 15:52:18 -0400 >From: Beitz <lbeitz@sympatico.ca> >To: SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com >Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020817154351.00a03490@pop1.sympatico.ca> >Subject: [ARGYLL] Cowans from the Islands? >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >Hi everyone, > >I have been searching on and off for the records of my grandfather for a >long time. As an adult he said that he was born in Oban but he was never >able to get his birth certificate in his own lifetime and I have never >found a record of him there. Someone suggested that he may have been born >in the islands and his family came to Oban when he was young. His name is >Alexander Cowan, his mother's name was Kate McDonald. >This is a shot in the dark, I suppose but I would appreciate any ideas. > >thanks, >Lorraine >Ontario, Canada > >______________________________ > >X-Message: #2 >Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 16:01:15 -0400 >From: Beitz <lbeitz@sympatico.ca> >To: SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com >Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020817155503.00a08db0@pop1.sympatico.ca> >Subject: [ARGYLL] I forgot to add the dates to Cowans from the Islands >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >Sorry, > >I forgot to mention that he said he was born in 1888 but a certificate as >a carpenter's apprentice gives his birth date at 1884. Perhaps he lied >about his age to get the job. >His father (I have no name) would have died about 1885 in Oban and Kate >McDonald would have been born abt 1863. > >Lorraine > >______________________________ > >X-Message: #3 >Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 22:49:11 +0100 >From: "Stewart Campbell" <stewart.campbell4@btopenworld.com> >To: SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <005601c24638$095c9310$a25c073e@your1p37d9kihs> >Subject: [ARGYLL] Fw: [LKS] 2% Census downloads >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I saw this on the Lanark List and had a look, those are Zip files (Free >Downloads) 2% of the 1851census of many areas, I have been able to read them >on Notepad, only 2% but better than a stone behind the ear - and perhaps >worth a look... > >Regards >Stewart Campbell > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Win MacKenzie" <mackenzietree@shaw.ca> >To: <LANARK-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 2:29 AM >Subject: [LKS] 2% Census downloads > > > > Hi Ginny, > > the URL is: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sheila.jones/ceninfo.htm > > > > > Does anyone know if this 2% census index for 1851 by D. Garrity is still > > > available online? If so, what would be the address? > > > Thanks, > > > Ginny > > > > > > > > ==== LANARK Mailing List ==== > > The Scottish Church 1560 - 1929 > > http://www.btinternet.com/~stnicholas.buccleuch/chart.htm > >