Like Jacquie, I too have looked for this marriage, started in the INDEX films at the FHC, then realized it should very well be in the IGI, then I can check the Index films if needed. There's simply no record in the IGI of this marriage. There were several marriages for Thomas HAMILTONs in Midlothianshire but none of the wives were anything near a SCARLETT though some were Isabellas. So I checked the INDEX films for 1870 and found no matches, there were 3 Thomas HAMILTONs who wed that year but none to anyone with SCARLETT or similar. In fact, there were no SCARLETT names at all in that year's Index. Are you sure of the circa 1870 marriage year ??? Meg Greenwood / Oklahoma USA =========================== Jacquie wrote: > Colleen, are you sure they were married in Scotland? I did a search at ScotlandsPeople and there were no marriages for a Thomas Hamilton and Isabella Scarlet listed in the Statutory Register. I didn't put date or place parameters on the search. The only Thomas Hamilton and Isabella Scarlett marriage I could find in St. Cuthberts took place in 1791 so obviously not yours. > > Jacquie > Winnipeg, MB > Canada

On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:18:14 -0500, you wrote: >Like Jacquie, I too have looked for this marriage, started in the INDEX >films at the FHC, then realized it should very well be in the IGI, then >I can check the Index films if needed. There's simply no record in the >IGI of this marriage. There were several marriages for Thomas HAMILTONs >in Midlothianshire but none of the wives were anything near a SCARLETT >though some were Isabellas. Here is an indirect Scarlett connection with a Hamilton. Descendants of Margaret Hamilton 1 Margaret Hamilton b: Abt. 1862 Monaghan, MOG, Ireland d: 1 December 1953 Woodside Gardens, Musselburgh, MLN, Scotland .. +Archibald Maxwell b: 30 April 1863 Morton By Thornhill, DFS, Scotland m: 20 June 1884 Edinburgh, MLN, Scotland d: 2 September 1935 Musselburgh, MLN, Scotland ........ 2 Agnes Jane Maxwell b: 23 August 1889 Woodside Gardens, Musselburgh, MLN, Scotland d: Aft. 1921 ............ +John Henry Scarlett b: 1897 Inveresk, MLN, Scotland m: 20 July 1921 United Free Church, Musselburgh, MLN, Scotland ........ -- David