The Lothian Family History Society now has a new web site. It can be found at http://www.btinternet.com/~mmgene/lfhs/ Regards Margaret Mitchell Maintainer of the Genuki Midlothian & West Lothian pages. > http://www.btinternet.com/~mmgene/genuki/mln/index.htm > http://www.btinternet.com/~mmgene/genuki/wln/index.htm >

Thank you Angela and Elspeth. I really appreciate what you and others have done to help me. I have been posting elsewhere because that is where I thought I'd get a connection (the last place she was to have lived) but on going through the pictures again I decided to post here. I sure am glad I did. Thanks again Everyone Now I just have that tiny little task (haha) of finding a list of their names. Cindy Elschide Northwest Indiana USA

Hallo Cindy, I tried to find the list of dead workers on the Internet. No luck I am afraid. But I did find the following title:- One hundred years of the Forth Bridge Author/Editor: Roland Paxton ISBN: 0 7277 1600 X Price: £14.00 Page Extent: 184 pages Size: 219x210mm Cover: Hardbound Publication Date: April 1990 The fascinating story of the Forth Bridge is related here. The bridge is a functional monument, now transporting 200 trains a day and three million passengers a year, a symbol of Scotland and of human ingenuity, a pinnacle of Victorian enterprise and engineering, and a memorial to the men who died in its creation. As part of their contribution to the centenary of the Forth Bridge, a group of eminent engineers reassessed the bridge from the standpoint of current engineering knowledge. This lavishly illustrated book is the result. Best Wishes, From, Michael In NORWAY.

Hi Folks, I can't really add anything about the Forth Bridge and its construction, however Claude Low is a member of my family, although a bit distant! He married a neice of my great grandmother. He was born in Edinburgh in 1874 and nmarried there in 1895. His father Peter Low was also a photographer and portrait painter and miniature artist; he was born in 1842 in Dublin. Peter was in business (as evidenced from Post Office directories) from 1871 at 130 Princes St, Edinburgh. However, in the 1881 census, both Peter and Claude are in St Pancras, London. By 1895 they were back in Edinburgh and the first entry for Claude Low is in 1898 when he had a studio at 54 Cockburn Street. In 1906, he was at 72 Princes Street as well. After 1910, there are no more directory entries and I havefound no death for him in Scotland. If anyone has any more information on Claude Low or his family, I would like to hear from them. Stuart. J A Olsen wrote: > > hello Cynthia > > does the bridge have two large sections in a kind of diamond shape, made out > of girders? This will be the Forth Bridge, sometimes called the Forth Rail > Bridge, and not to be confused with the modern suspension bridge built in > the sixties. > > from memory this was built in the 1880s, and several men - about nine I > think - died in the construction. Those names should not be too difficult to > find but you might need a researcher to look in local papers or the archives > of the company which built it. the bridge would have taken quite a time to > build. > > the bridge is at South Queensferry just outside Edinburgh. A quick search on > google etc should get you a pic so you can see if it is the right one. > > then use google to find the National Archives of Scotland which is the most > likely place to find the company records.I believe they have a new on line > search facility. > > good luck > > Judy > > Copywriter@tesco.net > searching BRIGHT, CRUMP, WHITEHEAD, WATKISS, SHORE, HOPE EDWARDS, WRIGHT > (all Salop) INSKIP (Salop/Staffs), MARTIN (Staffs), MITCHELL (SCT and > CHS/Lancs), SMITH, AITCHISON, THORBURN (all DFS), McRAE (Lewis/L'pool), > HOWARTH (Lancs), OLSEN (N'way,L'pool), WESTON (Salop/L'pool), > EDWARDS(Flint), and VIGGOR (CHS/L'pool/Salop) > > ---------- > >From: cynthia915@webtv.net (Cynthia Elschide) > >To: SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [EDB] Helen Nelson Robertson > >Date: Tue, Jan 16, 2001, 4:37 am > > > > > I am helping my husband search for relatives and ancesters of his > > grandmother Helen Nelson Robertson. > > She was born, according to her papers, May 19, 1903. We have had SKS > > look her up in the Scottish Record Office and as of today has found 20 > > Helen Robertsons but none that match her birthdate. > > She gave her last residence as Cowdenbeath, Scotland. She bought her > > ticket to USA in Glasgow and arrived in USA through Sault Ste. Marie > > Ontario Canada. She may have been on the ship named Montlaurier (Any > > one having this passenger list, could I please have a look up for her to > > make sure). She arrived on Sept 1, 1923. > > We have pictures and few papers. We have pictures that lead us to think > > that her father's name may be Bill and her mother's name may have Grace > > in it. We are unsure whether this Grace is her first, middle or maiden > > name. There are also 3 other female members of her family, one with the > > name of Ruby (writing is not real clear but that is what it looks like) > > with the name of Grace. > > She may have 2 brothers or nephews by the name of Billy and Ian. > > We have a picture with Edinburgh written on it, on the back. It is a > > staged picture like a photo shoot with 4 men on an airplane flying in > > the sky. On the back of this picture, (this picture is like a postcard) > > It says Claude Low, 72 Princes Street, Edinburgh. The letter P is not > > entirely clear but this is what it looks like. > > Can someone give me any possible ifo about this picture? A time frame > > possibly? Is Claude Low the photographer? There is no possible way this > > can be a real plane in the sky the way these men are on it. They are > > casually sitting and leaning on it. > > Helen told my husband (she died when he was 10 years old) that the > > reason she had a tablecloth withthe picture of a bridge on it is because > > she had a relative that fell from this bridge wile it was being built. > > At first I misunderstood and just posted on other lists that he fell > > from a bridge, so I got responses about the Tay Bridge Disaster. This > > is not the bridge that was pictured on the cloth. It is an expansion or > > trestle bridge. > > Can anyone on this list help me, with anything I have mentioned here? > > The time frame for the bridge I would say is late 1800 to 1950. I feel > > for the cloth to mean something that the relative had to be fairly close > > to her as in great grandfather or closer. > > Thanks in Advance > > Cindy > > > > > > ==== 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. > > > > ============================== > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > > your heritage! > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > > > > ==== 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. 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Thanks Judy I got the picture sent to me and my husband looked at it. He said that this does look like the bridge on the tablecloth. He remembers the tablecloth being solid white, and silky in texture, with the picture of the bridge also in white. This is from his memory of prior to 1963. So hopefully we will get somewhere now. I was also told there were 57 deaths related to the building of this bridge. Thanks again Judy and everyone. Now comes the task of locating the list of men who died and finding a possible connection. (Horrible to think you might find a connection due to an ancesters violent death.) Cindy

Dear Cynthia The Queensferry History Group may be able to help you with you query about whether your photo is of the Forth Bridge: Queensferry History Group: http://www.queensferryhistorygroup.org.uk/ Plus there's the Midlothian Local Studies Centre: http://www.earl.org.uk/partners/midlothian/local.html There's an excellent picture of the bridge at the following site: http://www.scottishscenery.org.uk/bigpic/forbr.html -- Best Wishes Angela <boon.bluecats@dtn.ntl.com> Pettistree Homepage http://www.pettistree.suffolk.gov.uk/

There are pictures of the Forth Bridge on my site which is at http://home.golden.net/~elspeth Just click on the small pictures to enlarge. They are under the heading Edinburgh. Elspeth -- Be sure to visit Wallyweb at http://home.golden.net/~cwallace for Scottish Genealogy and a lot more

hello Cynthia does the bridge have two large sections in a kind of diamond shape, made out of girders? This will be the Forth Bridge, sometimes called the Forth Rail Bridge, and not to be confused with the modern suspension bridge built in the sixties. from memory this was built in the 1880s, and several men - about nine I think - died in the construction. Those names should not be too difficult to find but you might need a researcher to look in local papers or the archives of the company which built it. the bridge would have taken quite a time to build. the bridge is at South Queensferry just outside Edinburgh. A quick search on google etc should get you a pic so you can see if it is the right one. then use google to find the National Archives of Scotland which is the most likely place to find the company records.I believe they have a new on line search facility. good luck Judy Copywriter@tesco.net searching BRIGHT, CRUMP, WHITEHEAD, WATKISS, SHORE, HOPE EDWARDS, WRIGHT (all Salop) INSKIP (Salop/Staffs), MARTIN (Staffs), MITCHELL (SCT and CHS/Lancs), SMITH, AITCHISON, THORBURN (all DFS), McRAE (Lewis/L'pool), HOWARTH (Lancs), OLSEN (N'way,L'pool), WESTON (Salop/L'pool), EDWARDS(Flint), and VIGGOR (CHS/L'pool/Salop) ---------- >From: cynthia915@webtv.net (Cynthia Elschide) >To: SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [EDB] Helen Nelson Robertson >Date: Tue, Jan 16, 2001, 4:37 am > > I am helping my husband search for relatives and ancesters of his > grandmother Helen Nelson Robertson. > She was born, according to her papers, May 19, 1903. We have had SKS > look her up in the Scottish Record Office and as of today has found 20 > Helen Robertsons but none that match her birthdate. > She gave her last residence as Cowdenbeath, Scotland. She bought her > ticket to USA in Glasgow and arrived in USA through Sault Ste. Marie > Ontario Canada. She may have been on the ship named Montlaurier (Any > one having this passenger list, could I please have a look up for her to > make sure). She arrived on Sept 1, 1923. > We have pictures and few papers. We have pictures that lead us to think > that her father's name may be Bill and her mother's name may have Grace > in it. We are unsure whether this Grace is her first, middle or maiden > name. There are also 3 other female members of her family, one with the > name of Ruby (writing is not real clear but that is what it looks like) > with the name of Grace. > She may have 2 brothers or nephews by the name of Billy and Ian. > We have a picture with Edinburgh written on it, on the back. It is a > staged picture like a photo shoot with 4 men on an airplane flying in > the sky. On the back of this picture, (this picture is like a postcard) > It says Claude Low, 72 Princes Street, Edinburgh. The letter P is not > entirely clear but this is what it looks like. > Can someone give me any possible ifo about this picture? A time frame > possibly? Is Claude Low the photographer? There is no possible way this > can be a real plane in the sky the way these men are on it. They are > casually sitting and leaning on it. > Helen told my husband (she died when he was 10 years old) that the > reason she had a tablecloth withthe picture of a bridge on it is because > she had a relative that fell from this bridge wile it was being built. > At first I misunderstood and just posted on other lists that he fell > from a bridge, so I got responses about the Tay Bridge Disaster. This > is not the bridge that was pictured on the cloth. It is an expansion or > trestle bridge. > Can anyone on this list help me, with anything I have mentioned here? > The time frame for the bridge I would say is late 1800 to 1950. I feel > for the cloth to mean something that the relative had to be fairly close > to her as in great grandfather or closer. > Thanks in Advance > Cindy > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >

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Hello everyone, My name is James Aitcheson and I am looking for a Samuel Aitcheson - a merchant; shipped before 1773. Settled in Northampton, VA. Unfortunatly this is all I have on him:( but the family believes that he may have been from Edinburgh. If anyone has come accross this name could you help and pass any info on to me. Oh he also had a son in 1836 named John Shepard Aitcheson, and it is said that his wife was Grace MacCubbin(not sure of the spelling)I have yet to find anything on his wife. Thanks for you time. James Aitcheson

I am helping my husband search for relatives and ancesters of his grandmother Helen Nelson Robertson. She was born, according to her papers, May 19, 1903. We have had SKS look her up in the Scottish Record Office and as of today has found 20 Helen Robertsons but none that match her birthdate. She gave her last residence as Cowdenbeath, Scotland. She bought her ticket to USA in Glasgow and arrived in USA through Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Canada. She may have been on the ship named Montlaurier (Any one having this passenger list, could I please have a look up for her to make sure). She arrived on Sept 1, 1923. We have pictures and few papers. We have pictures that lead us to think that her father's name may be Bill and her mother's name may have Grace in it. We are unsure whether this Grace is her first, middle or maiden name. There are also 3 other female members of her family, one with the name of Ruby (writing is not real clear but that is what it looks like) with the name of Grace. She may have 2 brothers or nephews by the name of Billy and Ian. We have a picture with Edinburgh written on it, on the back. It is a staged picture like a photo shoot with 4 men on an airplane flying in the sky. On the back of this picture, (this picture is like a postcard) It says Claude Low, 72 Princes Street, Edinburgh. The letter P is not entirely clear but this is what it looks like. Can someone give me any possible ifo about this picture? A time frame possibly? Is Claude Low the photographer? There is no possible way this can be a real plane in the sky the way these men are on it. They are casually sitting and leaning on it. Helen told my husband (she died when he was 10 years old) that the reason she had a tablecloth withthe picture of a bridge on it is because she had a relative that fell from this bridge wile it was being built. At first I misunderstood and just posted on other lists that he fell from a bridge, so I got responses about the Tay Bridge Disaster. This is not the bridge that was pictured on the cloth. It is an expansion or trestle bridge. Can anyone on this list help me, with anything I have mentioned here? The time frame for the bridge I would say is late 1800 to 1950. I feel for the cloth to mean something that the relative had to be fairly close to her as in great grandfather or closer. Thanks in Advance Cindy

Dear Listers Looking for some kind person to check a book for which is held at the Edinburgh University Library. Have been unable to find it anywhere else. (I am hoping it will contain at least one photo of Sir Charles) The life and times of Sir Charles Hastings, founder of the British Medical Association Author---McMenemey, William H. Location --Erskine Medical Library Shelfmark: WZ 100 Has 1959 margmorse@smartchat.net.au Regards & Thank you in advance, Margaret in OZ

Per Charles A. Hanna, "The Scotch-Irish", 1902/(1995 reprint by the Genealogical Publishing Co), Henry Erskine, the third Lord Cardross, organized a foray/colonization to the US after he refused to support the Church of England. He engaged 36 noblemen to contribute, and the ship "The Carolina Merchant" sailed from Gourock, Scotland, down the Clyde to open water on 21 July 1684. There were 148 Covenanters aboard; captain was James Gibson. ("Ships from Scotland to America - 1628-1828", David Dobson, p. 22, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1998) The ship arrived in Charles Towne, SC, on 2 Oct 1684, then proceeded on to Port Royal Island, SC, arriving there on 2 Nov 1684. The Scots established a town called Stuart Towne. In 1686, in retaliation for inciting the Indians to destroy a nearby Spanish mission, Spaniards from the South pillaged and burned Stuart Towne. Some Scots went home; others, such as the Ephraim Mikell (Michal) family stayed, establishing a family dynasty still going, on Edisto Island. Others established roots in Beaufort, SC. (See History of the Mikell family [www.people.virginia.edu/~ehm4m/docs/Townsend.html and www.people.virginia.edu/~ehm4m/docs/sc_extract.html] and history of Edisto Island, Port Royal Island, and Beaufort, SC, on the Internet). Among those who either were onboard or who supported this cause MAY be (there is no passenger list in my reference sources): William Dunlap, Midlothian Sir Henry Erskine, Midlothian Sir John Cochrane of Ochiltree, Midlothian William Elliott, Midlothian Sir George Campbell Ephriam Michal Joseph Sealy Joseph Parmenter William Trie Thomas Grimball Issac Parmenter William Tilley John Wells John Sheppard Samuel Screven A gentleman named YESTER I'm interested in who the gentleman named Yester is, who may have been a contributor to this cause or who may have been onboard. Anyone have any information on this family from East Lothian or Edinburgh? Other than the Yester Parish and the Hay of Yester, I can find nothing much on this family. There was an Elspeth Yester in the Register of Privy council, 3, 234ies, Vol 1, pg 34, of 9/6/1661, who confessed to being a witch in Spott, E. Lothian. There was also an Elizabeth Yester who married James Liddell on 3/5/1637 in Innerwick (?), East Lothian, so there was such a family. I can find many Liddells in E. Lothian, but not many Yester family members. Later there seem to be several clustered in Liff & Benvie. Any help or insight will be appreciated. salina5@flash.net

Hi Ian, I found this on a google search. Perhaps if you contacted them they could advise you on the medals. http://www.mrfc.co.uk/ Joan

Hi Listers, Could SKS please point me in the direction of a list that may be able to answer a query about a Musselburgh football club of 1915 and decipher some inscriptions. My father, John SMALL, left me 2 gold medals, won playing football, both inscribed with his name. The first has the initials 'M. C.', 'M.A.F.C.' and the date of 1915. The front is enamelled with what appears to be the City of Edinburgh coat of arms. The second has 'S.S.J.F.A.', 'M.A.T.C' (definitely a T, not an F), again with 1915. The front of this has a lion rampant on a shield, similar to the S.F.A logo. I'm fairly sure he played for a Musselburgh team and remember from my childhood a photo (long since gone) of the team. I believe that my father was in the Royal Scots at this time but I suppose he could have been billeted locally and kept playing for his club until he went to France. For anyone researching SMALLs, John was born 10 August 1892 at 6 Waddell Place, Leith. TIA, Ian Small Chesham Bois, Bucks. U.K.

Hello All !! <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Search/ancestorsearchresults.asp"> Family Search</A> www.familysearch.org/Search/ancestorsearchresults.asp I think you might find this website very interesting.Use as little info as possible, like a last name, first and last name, maybe a wifes name,an aproximate date within 20 years, pick the country you want or you can search all countries. If you find anyone familiar, click on the name. Look for the batch number and pin. Call a Mormon Church around your area if you have one, tell them your looking for the disc. Almost all Mormon Churches carry the disc's, if they dont have the disc'c they know who do. You can view them there," I believe" most will even burn you a copy to purchase. The Mormon Churches here you can even rent them out like movies. You can also order them through the website. They are genealogy tree's, all over the world "Thousands". They use resources the Genealogical Index-British Isles to name one. Peace !! Jeff McComb-Southern Cali-Clan MacThomas Society Member -ROOTSWEB # 1

Hello !! Here are 2 great links to some ships and their passengers. I was very happy to find these sites, I thought I would share them. <A HREF="http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/index.shtml">The Olive Tree Genealogy: Index to Ships' Passenger Lists</A> http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/index.shtml <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~langford/gen_page.htm">American Plantations and Colonies</A> http://www.primenet.com/~langford/gen_page.htm Happy Ship Searching !! Jeff McComb

I have a pic of a tomb in Edinburgh's Greyfriars kirkyard. The inscription is as above - nothing else. It is the doorway to what was obviously a large family burial plot, but the pic is quite nice. If anyone would like a copy let me know. I hope to put it up on my new website as well (details later) Judy Copywriter@tesco.net searching BRIGHT, CRUMP, WHITEHEAD, WATKISS, SHORE, HOPE EDWARDS, WRIGHT (all Salop) INSKIP (Salop/Staffs), MARTIN (Staffs), MITCHELL (SCT and CHS/Lancs), SMITH, AITCHISON, THORBURN (all DFS), McRAE (Lewis/L'pool), HOWARTH (Lancs), OLSEN (N'way,L'pool), WESTON (Salop/L'pool), EDWARDS(Flint), and VIGGOR (CHS/L'pool/Salop)

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HELLO ALL !! I am a member of 2 great Clan MacThomas websites! One is the McOmie website that pertains to all MacThomas Sept names, mainly McOmie. I'm Looking for members of any MacThomas Sept name!! Mackintosh is welcome as well. Also if your neither MacThomas or Mackintosh but you think you have some valued info on another clan possibilities, I want to hear those of you as well. The Clan MacThomas Septs: Combe, Combie, McComie, Macomie, McColm, Macomish, McComas, McComb, McCombie, McComish, Macthomas, Tam, Thom, Thomas, Thoms, Thomson The other is the McComas site which focuses more on the sept McComas itself.We are double posting on both pages. It is a great way to make cousins and to share info, pictures, queries, personal genealogy's, story's that pertain to the clan, etc., etc., etc. For all you MacThomas's out there, anyone interested let me know and I'll set up with some invitations. They are interactive pages and they are a lot of fun. Motto: Deo juvante invidiam superabo(Latin) - With God's help I will rise above envy Tartan: MacThomas Badge: A demi-cat-a-mountain rampant guardant proper, grasping in his dexter paw a serpent Vert, langued Gules, it's tail environing the sinister paw. Plant Badge: Snowberry Branches: MacThomas of Finegand, MacThomas of Glenshee Slogan: Clach na coileach(Gaelic) - The Cockerel's Crest Jeff McComb - Southern California - Clan MacThomas Society Member