This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McMann, MacManna, Rainie, Rainy, Mavor Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ReC.2ACI/2757 Message Board Post: I wonder if you would spare a minute to help me My great great grandfather was Alexander Macmanna who married Anne Rainie at Mortlach Banffshire June 5 1825 I have the OPR extract which verifies this. It gives no information about his birthdate or parents. I have successfully traced Anne Rainie. When his son William was born at Mortlach on 23 July 1828 he appears to have the surname McMann ---different spelling Then when William is married in 1869 to Anne Mavor his parents are Alexander McMan and Ann Rainy both deceased and again I have a different spelling I have an extract of the marriage record While I know that the spellings can indeed be variable my efforts to find anything further on Alexander have failed completely So all I know is that he married at Mortlach in 1825 and had died by 1869 He could have died in either Banffshire or Aberdeenshire as his son William was in Aberdeenshire when he married in 1869 Is there any way you can access early 1840 or 1850s censuses to see if he turns up Any possibilities for his death between 1828 and 1869 Thank you---Bill McMann