in UpState NY it is a way you would greet a friend if you were Italian. Hey, Goombah

I believe it is the mistress of a mafioso. Elizabeth Dods [email protected] On 26-Jan-07, at 2:43 PM, Grev & Bett Bartlett wrote: > Hi > What is a goombah? > > Grev in NZ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-EDINBURGH- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Well, it's an affectionate way I have of referring to myself - a synonym for "doofus" and "idiot"! Ms. Kelly Tyler -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grev & Bett Bartlett Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 12:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Telephone Numbers Hi What is a goombah? Grev in NZ ------------------------------- 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.11/652 - Release Date: 1/25/2007

Hello Kelly, Do you know if your Agnes Baird was from East Lothian? I am looking for info re Euphemia Baird born about 1800. She later married a John Nisbet about 1824 and lived in Haddington, East Lothian. I found one born 1795, but I need to find their elusive marriage cert to verify. Would love to hear from you about any Baird info you might share. Regards, Sally -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kelly Tyler Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 11:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Telephone Numbers Wow! You people are amazing! It sure didn't take you long to get back to me. I want you to know that this really means a lot of me. I am deeply touched that strangers would take time out of their own busy lives to help someone that they don't know. That was an excellent ida about writing letters. Here I was counting the hours time difference between here and Scotland! What a goombah I can be sometimes! And I live in Edmonton, Alberta, so don't "whine" to me about the weather! I'm just kidding. We're really having some up and down temperatures. It's supposed to be -19 here on Saturday night, and then up to two degrees Celsius on Sunday! Ah, well; what can you do? This is Canada after all! And actually, it's my great-grandfather, James Tait, that I'm wondering what happened to. I'm beginning to think that he left his wife and possibly Scotland when their oldest daughter, my maternal grandmother, died on May 27th, 1942, in Calgary, Alberta, at the age of 33, under very tragic circumstances. I mean, I wonder if their marriage had the strength to survive the loss of a daughter whom they were estranged from. James and Annie nee Heslin had two daughters: Mary, born in August, 1908; and Agnes (she was always called Addie), born in September, 1910. Both girls came to Canada looking for a better way of life in 1928 and 1929, respectively. Mary and Addie ended up marrying Metis men (Cree Indian and French) and were disowned by their parents as a result, plus Grandma Mary was pregnant with my mother, Rosemary Hamelin dit Emblau. I always wondered how well James and Annie took THAT news way back in 1929/30 (Mom was born on April 25th, 1930). Grandma Mary died in Calgary, and Aunt Addie died in Vancouver in December, 1977. I'm just telling you all this information just in case one of my Tait descendents reads this message. James Tait had two brothers: Cornelius Fortune Tait, Jr. and Robert Baird Tait (Baird was their mother Agnes' maiden name). Well, thanks, again - so very much - everyone! Have a great weekend! Ms. Kelly Tyler -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pam Caldwell Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:31 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Telephone Numbers Try this website (bt.com). Just enter the surname you are searching and the area as "portobello". It came up with 66 entries when I tried the surname "TAIT". I've used this website before and written letters to potential descendents in Ireland. It was a fairly successful way of contacting people without being too demanding. Good luck to you! P. Caldwell Ontario, Canada (where it's currently 22 degrees celcius....below zero!) http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en/find/residential/resident ial_numbers.publisha?SearchType=res&PCD=&REQ=20&RNG=xloc&PageBeginCount=1&Pa ging=N&PageResultType=subscribe&Searched=Y&NAM=tait&GIV=&LOC=Portobello+%7B+ Edinburgh%7D+&STR=&AdImage=test2.gif&PreviousLocation=portobello ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly Tyler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:33 PM Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Telephone Numbers >I was wondering if anyone would mind looking up the telephone numbers for > anyone with the last name "Tait" in the Edinburgh phone book, especially > Portobello. Either that, or direct me to an Edinburgh website where I can > look up the numbers myself. Thanks, everyone, if you are able to help! > My > grandfather, James Tait, seems to have dropped off the face of the earth. > I > cannot seem to find a death certificate for him - at least not in > Scotland, > so I am hoping to locate descendants of his two brothers. > > Ms. Kelly Tyler > Edmonton, Alberta, Canada > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.11/652 - Release Date: 1/25/2007 ------------------------------- 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

Try this website (bt.com). Just enter the surname you are searching and the area as "portobello". It came up with 66 entries when I tried the surname "TAIT". I've used this website before and written letters to potential descendents in Ireland. It was a fairly successful way of contacting people without being too demanding. Good luck to you! P. Caldwell Ontario, Canada (where it's currently 22 degrees celcius....below zero!) http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en/find/residential/residential_numbers.publisha?SearchType=res&PCD=&REQ=20&RNG=xloc&PageBeginCount=1&Paging=N&PageResultType=subscribe&Searched=Y&NAM=tait&GIV=&LOC=Portobello+%7B+Edinburgh%7D+&STR=&AdImage=test2.gif&PreviousLocation=portobello ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly Tyler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:33 PM Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Telephone Numbers >I was wondering if anyone would mind looking up the telephone numbers for > anyone with the last name "Tait" in the Edinburgh phone book, especially > Portobello. Either that, or direct me to an Edinburgh website where I can > look up the numbers myself. Thanks, everyone, if you are able to help! > My > grandfather, James Tait, seems to have dropped off the face of the earth. > I > cannot seem to find a death certificate for him - at least not in > Scotland, > so I am hoping to locate descendants of his two brothers. > > Ms. Kelly Tyler > Edmonton, Alberta, Canada > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Wow! You people are amazing! It sure didn't take you long to get back to me. I want you to know that this really means a lot of me. I am deeply touched that strangers would take time out of their own busy lives to help someone that they don't know. That was an excellent ida about writing letters. Here I was counting the hours time difference between here and Scotland! What a goombah I can be sometimes! And I live in Edmonton, Alberta, so don't "whine" to me about the weather! I'm just kidding. We're really having some up and down temperatures. It's supposed to be -19 here on Saturday night, and then up to two degrees Celsius on Sunday! Ah, well; what can you do? This is Canada after all! And actually, it's my great-grandfather, James Tait, that I'm wondering what happened to. I'm beginning to think that he left his wife and possibly Scotland when their oldest daughter, my maternal grandmother, died on May 27th, 1942, in Calgary, Alberta, at the age of 33, under very tragic circumstances. I mean, I wonder if their marriage had the strength to survive the loss of a daughter whom they were estranged from. James and Annie nee Heslin had two daughters: Mary, born in August, 1908; and Agnes (she was always called Addie), born in September, 1910. Both girls came to Canada looking for a better way of life in 1928 and 1929, respectively. Mary and Addie ended up marrying Metis men (Cree Indian and French) and were disowned by their parents as a result, plus Grandma Mary was pregnant with my mother, Rosemary Hamelin dit Emblau. I always wondered how well James and Annie took THAT news way back in 1929/30 (Mom was born on April 25th, 1930). Grandma Mary died in Calgary, and Aunt Addie died in Vancouver in December, 1977. I'm just telling you all this information just in case one of my Tait descendents reads this message. James Tait had two brothers: Cornelius Fortune Tait, Jr. and Robert Baird Tait (Baird was their mother Agnes' maiden name). Well, thanks, again - so very much - everyone! Have a great weekend! Ms. Kelly Tyler -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pam Caldwell Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:31 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Telephone Numbers Try this website (bt.com). Just enter the surname you are searching and the area as "portobello". It came up with 66 entries when I tried the surname "TAIT". I've used this website before and written letters to potential descendents in Ireland. It was a fairly successful way of contacting people without being too demanding. Good luck to you! P. Caldwell Ontario, Canada (where it's currently 22 degrees celcius....below zero!) http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en/find/residential/resident ial_numbers.publisha?SearchType=res&PCD=&REQ=20&RNG=xloc&PageBeginCount=1&Pa ging=N&PageResultType=subscribe&Searched=Y&NAM=tait&GIV=&LOC=Portobello+%7B+ Edinburgh%7D+&STR=&AdImage=test2.gif&PreviousLocation=portobello ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly Tyler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:33 PM Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Telephone Numbers >I was wondering if anyone would mind looking up the telephone numbers for > anyone with the last name "Tait" in the Edinburgh phone book, especially > Portobello. Either that, or direct me to an Edinburgh website where I can > look up the numbers myself. Thanks, everyone, if you are able to help! > My > grandfather, James Tait, seems to have dropped off the face of the earth. > I > cannot seem to find a death certificate for him - at least not in > Scotland, > so I am hoping to locate descendants of his two brothers. > > Ms. Kelly Tyler > Edmonton, Alberta, Canada > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.11/652 - Release Date: 1/25/2007

I was wondering if anyone would mind looking up the telephone numbers for anyone with the last name "Tait" in the Edinburgh phone book, especially Portobello. Either that, or direct me to an Edinburgh website where I can look up the numbers myself. Thanks, everyone, if you are able to help! My grandfather, James Tait, seems to have dropped off the face of the earth. I cannot seem to find a death certificate for him - at least not in Scotland, so I am hoping to locate descendants of his two brothers. Ms. Kelly Tyler Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

New to list. Researching the BEGBIE family. In particular JESSIE BEGBIE, born Malta circa 1830 married my great grand uncle James DINGWALL in Edinburgh, 1859. Feel free to contact me off list. Looking forward to any replies and also any descendants of the families. John.

I have a Marion BEGBIE, who married Alexander STOBBIE. Their daughter Agnes, was born in 1779. Sorry, I can't go back any further. Lorraine Our long-term girlfriends form our safety net, the ones who know our histories, our secrets, our travails, and our successes. If money can fix a problem, it really isn't a problem.

Subject: KEAY Date: Sunday, 14 January 2007 8:33 PM Hi Listers Is anyone researching the KEAY name? I have a Hugh KEAY [shoemaker] at his daughter's Banns 06 June 1824. Isabella Keay Married Robert Stewart [shoemaker] & both of St George Parish. The above info is extracted from the OPRs - Parish of Edinburgh - County of Midlothian. Any info/suggestions appreciated including where else I could search. I visited New Reg. House last year but had no luck there other than the Banns which I have. A BIG brick wall. Regards Beth beautiful northern NSW Australia

Hi Beth, I think this is them. 1880 US census home in 1880 West Troy, Albany, New York Robert Stewart, head, mar, 74, works in woolen factory, brn Scotland Isabella Stewart, wife, mar, 71, keeps home, brn Scotland I'll see if I can find them on the passenger lists, Catherine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 5:15 PM Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Keay to Midlothian & Edinburgh > Subject: KEAY > Date: Sunday, 14 January 2007 8:33 PM > > Hi Listers > > Is anyone researching the KEAY name? > > I have a Hugh KEAY [shoemaker] at his daughter's Banns 06 June 1824. > > Isabella Keay Married Robert Stewart [shoemaker] & both of St George > Parish. > The above info is extracted from the OPRs - Parish of Edinburgh - County > of Midlothian. > > Any info/suggestions appreciated including where else I could search. I > visited New Reg. House last year but had no luck there other than the > Banns which I have. > > A BIG brick wall. > > Regards > Beth > beautiful northern NSW 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.4/643 - Release Date: 1/21/2007 > >

Hi Chris, Thank you so very much for telling me. I thought I had a virus or going bonkers. Kind Regards Pamela ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ayla & Chris" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 4:23 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] I AM HAVING TROUBLE FINDING THE LOTHIANS FAMILYHISTORY SOCIETY LINK > Hi Pamela, > > Your computer is not the problem. The Lothians Family History Society's > web > site has been hacked... you might need to give them some time to fix the > problem. > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of pam.groves1 > Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 7:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] I AM HAVING TROUBLE FINDING THE LOTHIANS > FAMILYHISTORY SOCIETY LINK > > Hello List, > Every time I go on my link in my favorites to The Lothians Family History > Society I keep being diverted to another link named celenoso.sitemynet.com > Have i got a virus that netgauard has not detected. > Thank you for any help I might receive on this matter. > It is driving me bonkers not finding my link to the lothians family > history > society. > Kind Regards > Pamela J Groves > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hello List, Every time I go on my link in my favorites to The Lothians Family History Society I keep being diverted to another link named celenoso.sitemynet.com Have i got a virus that netgauard has not detected. Thank you for any help I might receive on this matter. It is driving me bonkers not finding my link to the lothians family history society. Kind Regards Pamela J Groves

Hi Pamela, Your computer is not the problem. The Lothians Family History Society's web site has been hacked... you might need to give them some time to fix the problem. Chris -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of pam.groves1 Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 7:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] I AM HAVING TROUBLE FINDING THE LOTHIANS FAMILYHISTORY SOCIETY LINK Hello List, Every time I go on my link in my favorites to The Lothians Family History Society I keep being diverted to another link named celenoso.sitemynet.com Have i got a virus that netgauard has not detected. Thank you for any help I might receive on this matter. It is driving me bonkers not finding my link to the lothians family history society. Kind Regards Pamela J Groves ------------------------------- 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

Hello Ella aka Margaret Graham/Grahame/Graeme born c 1851 Edinburgh. PARENTS please Might be the wider Edinburgh surrounding areas Married Mr Bird ( possible Australia) Married as a widow 1881 in New Zealand to Thomas Gardiner Robinson she died 1929 NZ no parents named I think the clue lies in ELLA as a name. thanks Sandra in NZ

One member of my family was Robert Watson, a Lighthouse Keeper, born in New Lanark about 1830. He married Margaret Bertram in 1852 at Biggar and they were stationed at Ardnamurchan (1857), Hynish (1858-60) and Little Ross (1864) where their children were born. On 22 Feb 1864, he registered the birth of his 5th child Janet Watson born at Little Ross Lighthouse and it seems he died before the 1871 census as his wife was recorded as "Widow" then. I searched unsuccessfully for Robert Watson's death between 1864 and 1871 on the scotlandspeople website. I believe that the Scottish Lighthouse records are kept in the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, and if someone is visiting the Archives I would be most grateful if they looked for Robert Watson's records to determine the date and place of his death. Thankyou, John Johnston New Zealand

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:12:27 +0000, judy olsen <[email protected]> wrote: >Could it be "E I Services" standing for "East INdia Service". Sounds very plausible, and I like that idea more than the one I had! Forrest -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher

He probably worked for the Criminal Justice System (court) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Forrest Anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Occupation C J Services 1851 > On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:59:52 +1300, "Sandra and Norm" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Could SKS tell what an occupation in 1851 called saigeant (sergeant) C J >>Services would be please.?? > > Although the letters aren't similar, is there any chance that it says > H M Services (Her Majesty's Services)? > > Forrest > > -- > Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. > E-mail: [email protected] > Website: www.military-researcher.com > Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.12/631 - Release Date: 1/16/2007 > 8:25 AM > >

Hello Could SKS tell what an occupation in 1851 called saigeant (sergeant) C J Services would be please.?? Is it anything to do with army or navy? Sandra in NZ

Could it be "E I Services" standing for "East INdia Service". Judy On 17 Jan 2007, at 03:23, Forrest Anderson wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:59:52 +1300, "Sandra and Norm" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Could SKS tell what an occupation in 1851 called saigeant >> (sergeant) C J Services would be please.?? > > Although the letters aren't similar, is there any chance that it says > H M Services (Her Majesty's Services)? > > Forrest > > -- > Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. > E-mail: [email protected] > Website: www.military-researcher.com > Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-EDINBURGH- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message