I don't know where Burnet's Close is but from experience of reading PO directories I think this will turn out to be two separate addresses. ie this is a trade entry which also mentions where the person had his private address. As for the Signet Law Firm, is this definitely the name of the firm itself and not a reference to 'Writers to the Signet'? 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: "Colin Darby" <colnet@optusnet.com.au> >To: SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [EDB] John Spence 1770++ >Date: Sat, Jan 20, 2001, 9:30 pm > > 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 who did his apprenticeship at The Signet > Law Firm Edinburgh starting on 26th July 1832,came to Australia as a > Solicitor for the British Government.

Hi Colin Just a point of info. One of the features of Edinburgh's Old Town is the system of Wynds and Closes which open off the main thoroughfares of which the Lawnmarket is one. It is more than likely that Burnets Close does in fact open from Lawnmarket and each of the dwellings which lay behind the main road would also at some point have been given an identifying number. It is unlikely to be a separate address as such. However I am going to be working in Edinburgh tomorrow and I will check with my boss, who until very recently lived in the Lawnmarket if that is of any help. Also, Judy is very likely to be right in that the law firm your David did his apprenticeship at were Writers to the Signet, but that this is not the firm's name. Several firms were designated WS and is a reflection of their particular legal status under Scots Law. Regards Sheila > > ==== 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. >