on 10/2/04 8:00 PM, Wece49@aol.com at Wece49@aol.com wrote: > Colin , Which is a good name One of my grandsons is Colin Jones. I have > printed out the information and I will dig back in my files. I think my James > father was Robert. If we are all from Kincardine and ended up in Brechin we > are most likely from the same bunch. I went to Scotland for 2 weeks in 2001. > I > was very lucky as I had a Grandmother from Brechin who filled my head with > stories about when she was young and her trips back and forth from Brechin to > New York City. Therefore I had good information. then on a Scottish chat > line > I met a wonderful woman born in Brechin now in CT. and she sent me more > information so that when I went over I had names and addresses. The people > were so > wonderful to us. I am an Episcopal Chaplain and I got in touch with the > Priest at the church they attended in 1888 and when we got there they had a > tea for > me and a cake that said Welcome Home Mary. > It is something I will never forget. Then we went to the Brechin Cathedral > and came around the corner to a huge stone that was my GGG Grandparents. I > cried and my husband did not know what had happened but to me it was > wonderful. > They had died back in the 1860s. From the census I had the address of my GG > grandparents and the people invited me to come sit on the stoop with them. > Marykirk, Lauerancekirk and several other little towns in Kincardine are very > small and the church yards are very old.. The tomb stones have not been keep > up so reading them is hard. We were there in April and walked 12 church > yards in the rain and cold wind. It is only about a 10 min drive from Angus > to > Kincardine. Little country roads. We rented a car as the train did not go > where we wanted to go. My Scotch familys are Bruce, Cooper , Duncan, Burness, > Low > and so many more. On the Burness side my GGGG GRandmother Helen Burness was a > cousin to Robert Burns the poet who was born Robert Burness in Kincardine. I > belong to the Scottish Clans of N Tex and I carry the Bruce Clan colors and > wear the Bruce Clan Plaid. > > > I see you are in Canada and I am in North , TX so we are far apart. Good > luck with your search. I am searching Scottish Welsh English and French > Huguenot. > > Mary Jones > > > ==== SCT-KINCARDINE Mailing List ==== > Hoaxes and Urban Legends on the Internet > http://www.snopes.com/ > <A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/">Snopes.com</a> > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > To Mary, Colin and all What a wonderful story. I have goose bumps just reading it. I wish I could find some living relatives from my Coutts relatives from Strachan. I have just recently learned who they are. I can keep hoping and looking. I know you will cherish those memories. -- Bev Phillips Markham Ontario Canada