Hi all Ref. Rena's post regarding "professions to think about" I just wonder if the entry was a little bit of English ironic humour? It struck a nerve with me as I dimly recollect (about 100 yrs.ago, as an 'angry young man') writing my census entry as "Bullfighter and 'All in' Wrestler"...On the basis that, if the census enumerator had a suspicion that my entry was an illegal fight against authority (which it was), the wrestler bit would forstall any knocks on my door. Which it did! "Snake and Alligator Charmer" ...Good one! Keith Baigrie ---------- >From: SCT-EDINBURGH-D-request@rootsweb.com >To: SCT-EDINBURGH-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: SCT-EDINBURGH-D Digest V01 #334 >Date: Thu, Nov 15, 2001, 2:03 pm > > Content-Type: text/plain > > SCT-EDINBURGH-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 334 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [EDB] profession to think about [Remac56585@aol.com] > #2 [EDB] Re: Suggestions for books to [PresbyRevDr@aol.com] > #3 Re: [EDB] Re: Suggestions for book ["Mrs E. Smith" <evnike@supanet.com] > #4 [EDB] Berwick on Tweed ["J A Olsen" <Copywriter@tesco.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from SCT-EDINBURGH-D, send a message to > > SCT-EDINBURGH-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > > ______________________________ > X-Message: #1 > Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 20:37:32 EST > From: Remac56585@aol.com > To: SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <bc.1cdd41be.2924765c@aol.com> > Subject: [EDB] profession to think about > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hi all! > > This little piece of information has nothing to do with Edinburgh at all, but > I thought that you might like to giggle with me. > > While searching for a family in London, 1891, I came across a household that > had a visitor, a young girl of 22 years whose profession was put as "SNAKE > AND ALLIGATOR CHARMER". This is the most unusual profession I have come > across. > > Regards > Rena McKenzie > > Researching:- > Clarks from the Canongate, associated names Fernie, Souter, Cathie, Keith, > McCulloch, Watters and Kyle. > > ______________________________ > X-Message: #2 > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 00:03:59 EST > From: PresbyRevDr@aol.com > To: SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <a9.1e591db5.2924a6bf@aol.com> > Subject: [EDB] Re: Suggestions for books to read > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Friends: > > I'm trying to gain a social/economic/religious sense of Edinburgh > particularly from 1812-1840. I have read T.C.Smout's *A Century of the > Scottish People* and *A History of the Scottish People.* I've also found *The > Statistical Account (1845)* of Edinburgh. All of these are good. > Anything you would recommend to read for this time period? > > Thanks for the help! > Malcolm McQueen > San Antonio, Texas > > ______________________________ > X-Message: #3 > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:50:32 -0000 > From: "Mrs E. Smith" <evnike@supanet.com> > To: SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <007a01c16dc8$324edb00$50926fd4@brlnet> > Subject: Re: [EDB] Re: Suggestions for books to read > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > James Grant: `Old and New Edinburgh' (1882) - 3 volumes. > > Also for an earlier period (but still relevant):- > Henry Grey Graham: `Social Life of Edinburgh in the Eighteenth > Century) (1899) - 2 volumes. He also wrote `Scottish Men of Letters > in the Eighteenth Century) (1901) - 1 volume - not likley to be so > relevant for your interest. > > Each of the above books may be quite difficult to find but try > specialist > libraries. > > > More recently Malcolm Cant has written a series of books about `The > Villages of Edinburgh'. Charles J. Smith (NO relation) has also > written on Historic Edinburgh. > > > Eunice Smith > Edinburgh, Scotland > > ______________________________ > X-Message: #4 > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:40:23 +0000 > From: "J A Olsen" <Copywriter@tesco.net> > To: SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com > Message-Id: <E164L1n-0004AV-00@aisle.tesco.net> > Subject: [EDB] Berwick on Tweed > Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Julie > > Because your address is AOL I can't tell whether you are in the UK or > elsewhere. > > If you have had no answers to your request the problem is probably a) > because access to the GRO is not easy, even for those who live in Edinburgh. > Places are limited and cost £17 per day, so people tend to concentrate on > their own research. > > Also b) I am pretty sure Berwick on Tweed (not to be confused with North > Berwick of course ) was in England at the time. My 1874 almanac lists 3 > church of Scotland ministers for Berwick, but they are listed under the > North of England. > > A copy of the English marriage certificate will only give you the names of > the fathers. Your best bet (and cheaper) would be to find where the Catholic > chapel records are kept and get a photocopy of the entry. > > Judy > > > > > ---------- >>From: Kira11897@aol.com >>To: SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [EDB] looking for a kind soul to check info for me >>Date: Sat, Oct 6, 2001, 10:43 pm >> > >> Hi, >> >> Is there anyone who has access to Edinburgh register house that could check >> info for me? >> >> I'm looking for a marriage between john Joseph Leheny and Mary Brown, married >> in the Catholic chapel in Berwick upon Tweed on 19th of May 1871. I need to >> know who their parents were. >> I'm assuming that Berwick upon tweed was part of Scotland at this point but >> if it wasn't could someone please tell me so that I can write to the proper >> list. >> >> thank you, >> >> Julie >> >> >> ==== SCT-EDINBURGH Mailing List ==== >> Need mail list help? Contact Carol Hepburn at chepburn@uswest.net >> >> >