I am a new member from Sydney Aus. retired and looking for long lost Scottish relatives. I would like to hear from anyone with an interest in the following: David BALFOUR m. ? Elizabeth (WILSON?) their dau. Ann b. 7 Jun 1776 in Edinburgh m. 1798 to William ELPHINSTONE. Their known children were: Ann (my ancestor) 1803; Robert Liddell 1811; Balfour 1817; Helen 1819. On 14 Jul 1829 in South Leith Ann ELPHINSTONE m. Andrew WILSON, a carpenter. Their only known child William was born (Leith he said in 1831). William WILSON m. 21 Apr 1851 in Leith Isabella MACKIE (from Fife). After their first child, Margaret Cant WILSON, was born c1852, they migrated to Australia. Here they had 7 more children incl. my grandfather, Alfred Sydney WILSON, b. 1868. If anyone is researching any of these lines I would very much like to hear from them. Val, in wet & cooler Sydney

Hi David, The only older BROWN that I can see on the New Town index is: 3462 BROWN George HD M 70 Pauper, Formerly Gardener 3 127 EDN At Cuthbert's 19 12 59 The ref. for 127 is Saunders Street. I apologise for interpreting the wrong ref. no. for Andrew BROWN it should have read 7 = Thistle Street and ofcourse HS was the house No. = 33. I only have these pages for BROWNS in New Town and am still looking for my John and Margaret BROWN. Cheers Agnes

Hi I am fom Armidale NSW Australia and we are researching OGILVY and wonder if there may be an connection somewhere??? I will give you some details on our clan below; David OGILVY (Painter) of Edinburgh who married Catharina Spence on 2nd July 1801 at Tolbooth Church Parish Edinburgh---David lived at "Burnet's Close, House 312 Lawnmarket Edinburgh" (as according to the Post Office Annual Directory 1820-1821). David and Catharina had a son David Ogilvy born 1804 who did his apprenticeship at The Signet Law Firm Edinburgh starting on 26th July 1832, graduated to Solicitor and in 1839 was appointed by the British Government as Crown Solicitor in Australia..All we have on Catharina's father John SPENCE of Edinburgh that he was a painter too!. We have a copy of David/Catharina's marriage certificate and postal registers from which we obtained the information as shown above. This is where we are up to and trying to locate or find further details of other children of David/Chatarina and their parents details Any help or guidance to where we go from here would be appreciated. Regards Colin Darby Armidale NSW Australia colnet@optusnet,com.au --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.231 / Virus Database: 112 - Release Date: 12/02/2001

Hi Agnes or anyone who can help me please. I am looking for Margaret SUMMERS in Edinburgh who would possibly be aged between 50 and 60 in 1851. I know that she was definitely living in Edinburgh and still was in 1864. At the time of her marriage in 1820 she was living at No 9 Leith Street. The birth of her first child in 1821 showed them to be in Fountainbridge. I caught the name of BROWN being researched because correspondence that I have mentions a Mrs BROWN who was a friend of Margaret SUMMERS. Any help or advice would be much appreciated. Noeline

Hi David, This looks like your family: REF SURNAME CHRISTIAN REL AGE OCCUPATION HS ST 154 BROWN Andw HD M 34 Tailor Master 33 7 154 " Helen WI M 32 33 7 154 " Alex. SO U 5 School 33 7 154 " Andw SO U 2 33 7 154 " James SO 10M 33 7 PLACE OF BIRTH BK PG SC MLN Edinburgh 3 4 20 fif Balmerino 3 4 20 MLN Edinburgh 3 4 20 MLN Edinburgh 3 4 20 New Town Street reference, Circus Place, North East 154 Hope it is and will check through the other BROWNS later if it isn't. These BROWNS were at the beginning of the list. Cheers Agnes

----- Original Message ----- From: mcleod.family To: Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:49 PMSubject: William Inglis Coachbuilder I am looking for information about my g.g.grandfather who was a coachbuilder in Edinburgh c. 1850.He was William INGLIS and lived at 40 Pleasance about 1860. His wife was Marion Brown BLACKIE and known chidren were George Finlay, William, Janet, David and Marion? Janet married Hugh MCLEOD and came to N.Z.in 1860 immediately after the wedding. Any information about the family or his business would be greatly appreciated. Graham McLeod.

A BIG thank you to all you wonderful people who took the time to reply to my query about New Register House. The responses were overwhelmingly in favor of researching there, and I appreciated the details about how the system works. I shall definitely plan on going, I love finding pieces to the puzzle :) Just one more thing, can anyone give me some idea as to which part of Edinburgh would be best to find a B&B - somewhere close to buses, so it would be relatively easy to get to NRH. Please e-mail me privately. Thanks. Christine, USA

Wonderful site - thanks so very much............Elaine

John D. Stevenson A.M.I.Mar.E. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Claretnut@aol.com> To: <SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 09:31 Subject: Re: [EDB] Re: BROWN 1851 Census > Hi Agnes, > > I've been banging my head against a BROWN brick wall (so to speak) for ages. > Maybe you can help. > > My GGGrandfather Andrew BROWN married Helen TERRAS in 1844. The 1851 Census > should find them at 33 Thistle Street, plus sons Alexander (born 1845) and > James (born 1850). > Hello David, Was looking up 1851 census ,for Thistle Street, Edinburgh ,today on my own researches and found the following. 33, Thistle Street. Andrew Brown, 34, master tailor , born Edinburgh. Helen, 32, wife, born Balmarino , Fife. Alex, 5, son, born Edinburgh. Andrew, 2, son, do. James, 10months, son, do. There is no trace of parents living with them or of George in Leith. Sorry it is not much but hope it helps. Regards. John D. Stevenson A.M.I.Mar.E. Snowing again, -3C, Edinburgh.

I am looking for information on James and Jane Sinclair who lived at 5 Morrison Street, Edinburgh in the 1850s through to her death in 1870 and his in 1874. I would like to find James's date of birth. They were married on 5th. November 1852 and I have found seven children for them: Jon 1855, William 1857, Jane 1859, James 1861, George 1863, Helen 1866(my grandmother) and Susan 1868. James's parents - John and Jean Sinclair married in Edinburgh on 25th. August 1820. James must have been born approx. 1826 and there were probably other children born to the family as well, but I cannot find any trace of records. Is anyone else connected to this family please? Doreen Sinclair Baxter

Have a look at the "Old Edinburgh collection" part of this website, it has some interesting old postcards of the city: http://www.scotlands.com/postcardz/choose.html -- Best Wishes Angela <boon.bluecats@dtn.ntl.com> Pettistree Homepage http://www.pettistree.suffolk.gov.uk/

Hi Agnes, Brilliant. That is definitely them. Any sign of a likely looking George BROWN and wife anywhere? Many thanks. David Brown Burnley, Lancs

Just wondering if someone with local knowledge of Leith could tell me whether 118 Kirkgate South Leith still exists please? -- Best Wishes Angela <boon.bluecats@dtn.ntl.com> Pettistree Homepage http://www.pettistree.suffolk.gov.uk/

In a message dated 3/1/01 4:07:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, boon.bluecats@dtn.ntl.com writes: > Can anyone tell me EXACTLY what details a Scottish Marriage Certificate > of 1860 would contain please? > > -- > I have several from that time period and by this point they were modern and contain the same information as today: 1. Date & place of marriage including Bann information 2. Signatures of couple, 3. Residence of each couple 4. Rank or profession of both also indications of their status, ie. single, widowed etc. 5. Name of both sets of parents and fathers' professions 6. Signatures of minister and witnessess (2) 7. Date the marriage was registered and in what parish Hope this helps, Elaine Tayefeh

Can anyone tell me EXACTLY what details a Scottish Marriage Certificate of 1860 would contain please? -- Best Wishes Angela <boon.bluecats@dtn.ntl.com> Pettistree Homepage http://www.pettistree.suffolk.gov.uk/

I want to obtain a marriage certificate for a marriage that took place on 17 Dec 1860 in Leith. Looking at the Scottish GRO website it says that you can apply at the local Registration Office where the marriage was originally registered. Does anyone know what the address would be for Leith and whether it would be any quicker than applying directly to the GRO in Edinburgh? -- Best Wishes Angela <boon.bluecats@dtn.ntl.com> Pettistree Homepage http://www.pettistree.suffolk.gov.uk/

Chris, Yes, spend a day there!! The records are far in advance of the FRC in London. All the indexes are on computer, searchable very easily and quickly: the OPRs up to 1854, then all registrations from 1855 to about two months before the present,. ALL the certificates from 1855 up to about three years ago are available on microfiche there and then! So you can hopefully make terrific progress in a short time. It costs £17 for the day - but that is only three certificates from England! You can book your seat in advance and really need to be there early to make best use of the day there. Good hunting Stuart. Chris Draisey wrote: > > I would appreciate learning more about the records held at the > registrar's office: > > Are post 1900 b. m. d. open to the public? > Is the set-up similar to that at the Family History > Centre in London? In other words, do you look through indexes and > then order the actual certificates not really knowing if you have the > right one? Or, can you see the actual records? Then, do you order > the certificate, get an extract or just copy the information? > I understand you have to get there early to "get a > seat"? Can you reserve ahead? I am trying to decide if I should hire > a researcher, or go there myself when I am in Scotland later in the > year. It will probably take a lot of searching to find my BROWN > relatives :) > > Appreciate input / advice from anyone who has researched there. > Thanks. > Christine, U.S.A. > > ==== SCT-EDINBURGH Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, send a new email to sct-edinburgh-l-request@rootsweb.com and put the word unsubscribe in the message box. Do not add any other words, text, or email addresses to the message. You will receive an email confirmation notice telling you that you are no longer on the mail list.

Hi, I was wondering about your relative Robert INGLIS Watt. My ggrandfather Alexander Inglis was from Edinburgh and have had difficulty locating his parents. Just wondering about your INGLIS and who his grandparents (INGLIS) were? Do you know much about them? My ggrandfather Alexander was born in 1862. I'm not exactly sure when he immigrated to the US, but because he married my ggrandmother Agnes Lindsay (from Aberdeen) in Chicago in 1885, I'm thinking around 1883-85. Robin INGLIS LINDSAY ROBWATT9@aol.com wrote: > AM LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON FLORENCE M WATT BORN EDINBURGH 25TH SEPT 1887, > FATHER WAS ROBERT INGLIS WATT , MOTHER WAS AGNES JANE BRYDEN. ANY INFORMATION > ON A DEATH OR MARRIAGE ? CAN ONLY FIND HER BIRTH DATE , AFTER WHICH SHE > SEEMS TO HAVE VANISHED. R I WATT NEPHEW. > > ==== SCT-EDINBURGH Mailing List ==== > Need mail list help? Contact Carol Hepburn at chepburn@uswest.net

Hello all, Would Listers looking for help/information please let us know where they are calling from. It makes it so much easier to give source/ archive addresses . i.e. There is no point in me giving someone an address to call at in Scotland when that person lives in New Zealand. Regards. John D. Stevenson A.M.I.Mar.E. Thawing out slowly, +2C, Edinburgh.

Hi Agnes, I've been banging my head against a BROWN brick wall (so to speak) for ages. Maybe you can help. My GGGrandfather Andrew BROWN married Helen TERRAS in 1844. The 1851 Census should find them at 33 Thistle Street, plus sons Alexander (born 1845) and James (born 1850). I've managed to trace his wife's side back several generations to north east Fife, but I'm stuck with Andrew. All I know is that he was a tailor, born abt 1816 and that his father, George, was a baker who may have lived at 10 Bernard Place, Leith. I can't trace Andrew's exact DoB, place of birth, or anything more about his parents. Is he there in the 1851 index? Any trace of parents living with him or a George Brown at the Leith address? Any help greatly appreciated. David Brown Burnley, Lancs