Karen, I had a couple of spare credits. so I did a couple of searches for you on "Scotlands People" I tried Christiana Marcarla using soundex 1780-1790. no matches I tried Christiana Macaulay using soundex 1780-1790. no matches I tried Christiana Ma**** 1780-1790 and got two matches (1) Christiana Mackee. in the Parish of old Cumnock (2) Christiana Maughlin in the Parish of Swinton and Simprin I then tried Christiana Mc**** 1780-1790 and got eighteen matches I won`t list them fully but there is a Mcbride from Kilbride a Mcilvain from Ardesier,a Mckinnon from Kilbride,a Mcbryde from Stranraer,a McCallum and 2 Mcdonalds from Tiree, a MckBeath from Wick, there are 3 McKinnons 5 McLeans and 2 McPhails all from Tiree. HTH Joe in OZ Original Message ----- From: "Coastal Faggs" <lakers@exemail.com.au> To: "Joe Austen" <josephwausten@iprimus.com.au> Cc: <SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-INV] macaulay - isle of lewis
Would soundex have picked up 'Christian'? It would have been worth entering Christian*, perhaps. Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Austen" <josephwausten@iprimus.com.au> To: <SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 6:21 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-INV] macaulay - isle of lewis > Karen, I had a couple of spare credits. so I did a couple of searches for > you on "Scotlands People" > I tried Christiana Marcarla using soundex 1780-1790. no matches > I tried Christiana Macaulay using soundex 1780-1790. no matches
I was under the impression that the Christiana part was accepted, but I suppose there is no pleasing some people. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sara Thomas" <s11e64f@ntlworld.com> To: <SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:29 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-INV] macaulay - isle of lewis > Would soundex have picked up 'Christian'? It would have been worth > entering Christian*, perhaps. > Sara > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Austen" <josephwausten@iprimus.com.au> > To: <SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 6:21 PM > Subject: Re: [SCT-INV] macaulay - isle of lewis > >