I have a list of Edinburgh churches in 1838. the Tolbooth Church was in Parliament Square and the incumbent was James MARSHALL A.M. It was established church ie Church of Scotland. If you want to find out if you have the same William (or perhaps the second born to the same couple) then perhaps SKS could look for the family in the index to the 1851 census, Old Town volume. If you have an occupation for Daniel that would help to identify him. The index gives the place of birth of each family member. Judy ---------- >From: "stephenmorrison" <stephenmorrison@beeb.net> >To: SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [EDB] Tolbooth Church >Date: Tue, Jun 19, 2001, 8:56 pm > > I have traced the birth of my ggrandfather, William Campbell, back to > Cramond 1831, and I am now hoping to obtain the names of his parents. I > have discovered that, in Cramond on December 4, Daniel Campbell, married > Helen Clephane. Thus the two events would appear to be connected. As a > perusal of the 1841 census showed no Campbells whatsoever, it would appear > that there were very few Campbells in the village which is another hopeful > sign. Since then, my research has shown an entry for May 4th, 1836, > stating that Daniel and Helen Campbell had their son, William Campbell, > christened at the Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh. This is my problem. The > only current reference to Tolbooth, which I have been able to find, has > been a planning application dated 1998 to change the Highland Tolbooth > Church Assembly Hall, Lawnmarket, to a Festival Hall. Can anyone tell me > if the original building still exists,and what denomination it was? Are the > parish records available? If I need to look! > at the 1841 census,which parish or area should I investigate, (assuming > that they lived in the vicinity of the church)? This is a tall order. Any > help or advice would be much appreciated > > Steve Morrison > > > ==== SCT-EDINBURGH Mailing List ==== > Need mail list help? Contact Carol Hepburn at chepburn@uswest.net > >