Hounam & Linton MI's stone 198 Erected by ADAM HAMILTON in memory of his daughter GRACE who died 1.4.1853 aged 3 yrs and MARY his daughter who died 9.9.1853 aged 2 yrs also WALTER his son who died 17.5.1865 aged 2 yrs. stone 261 Slate: Erected to the memory of JOHN HAMILTON who died at Mainhouse 1.9.1858 aged 63 yrs also JANET KINGHORN his wife who died at Morebattle 22.10.1877 aged 88 yrs. stone 262 In memory of THOMAS PENDER shepherd who died at Linton Burnfoot 14.4.1896 aged 84 yrs and of JANET HAMILTON his wife who died at Linton Burnfoot 16.2.1901 aged 83 yrs also JANET their eldest daughter who died at Upper Nisbet 16.9.1912 aged 70 yrs. These are the only three stones with Hamilton name. I hope they are yours. Joan Fraser ----- Original Message ----- From: "MARIAN SCOTT" <MJSCOTT@taunt47.freeserve.co.uk> To: <SCT-ROXBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 2:38 PM Subject: [SCT-ROX] MI Hounam & Linton > I should be grateful if someone could check whether there are any HAMILTON burials in Hounam & Linton. > > many thanks > > > ==== SCT-ROXBURGH Mailing List ==== > 'Here's tae us, wha's like us? Damn few and thair a' deid.' > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ >

On Aug 20, 2004, at 2:38 PM, MARIAN SCOTT wrote: > I should be grateful if someone could check whether there are any > HAMILTON burials in Hounam & Linton. There is one for 3 children of Adam Hamilton, Grace, Mary and Walter There is one for John Hamilton and wife Janet Kinghorn There is one for Thomas Pender and his wife Janet Hamilton and Janet their daughter. Do you want any of these? Don

Can anyone help me on this puzzle please. Martha Elder (19) m: David McKenzie (21)1865 David parents Andrew McKenzie Plumber & Janet Thorburn David's (79) death 1923, parents are Alexander McKenzie Plumber & Janet Thorburn Martha's parents William Elder Woollen Weaver & Elizabeth Scott Martha's (77) death 1923, parents William Elder Woollen Manufacture & Mary Inglis Would the discrepancy in the Deaths have been a misprint. I have copies of their deaths from NRO Edinburgh. Hoping someone will be able to help Bob

Anyone Interested in the family of Agnes Murray & John Thomson Children Agnes b Feb 1803 Galashiels Thomas b 25 Nov 1804 Galashiels David b 13 Jun 1808 Galashiels John Douglas b 1811 Galashiels Margaret b Mar 1814 Galashiels Thomas b Oct 1819 Galashiels. John may be the son of Thomas Thomson and Margaret Douglas b Aug 1777 Galashiels. Georgia Clements.

Excuse me, but Barb the Redneck just wrote me about a topic on this List, and when I answered the Internet High Sheriff kicked my message back to me! Barb, write me again! Sarah Confused in Texas

Hello List: I downloaded the will of my gg grandmother's brother and I hope this information may help someone in their research. I can send a copy of the will, if anyone would like a copy. Joan Robblee Ontario, Canada -------------------------- William MURDOCH or MURDIE born 1813 - Linton (son of John MURDOCH and Margaret MITCHELHILL). William married Grace/Grizel SCOTT born 1803 - Yetholm (daughter of James SCOTT and Margaret HOPE). I noted the age difference of 10 years but the death certificate of Grace confirms her year of birth. They moved to Selkirk and William was a grocer and spirit dealer. They had no children so the estate was left to two of William's sisters - Margaret MURDOCH and Jane/Jean DAVIDSON and to the great/grand nieces of Grace Scott. Her sister Mary SCOTT married a John ELLIOT had a daughter Margaret ELLIOT who married an Andrew CHALMERS. The details of the will are listed below. ------------------------------------------------------------- Will of William Murdoch Left no widow or lawful children surviving Executors: George Chalmers - Engineer London Robert Chalmers - Watchmaker - Yetholm County of Roxburgh Legacies: To sister Jean Murdoch or Davidson - Warkworth - Northumberland, England - 100 pounds To sister Margaret Murdoch - Bowden, County of Roxburgh - 100 pounds To nephews George Chalmers and Robert Chalmers, mentioned above 60 pounds and William Chalmers - Yetholm and Andrew Chalmers - Australia - 60 pounds. To nieces Grace Chalmers or Steel - Selkirk - 60 pounds and Margaret Chalmers or Fox, Yetholm - 60 pounds. To niece Mary Chalmers the whole residue and remainder of my means and estate including therein my property situated in Backrow Selkirk, my household furniture and furnishings, stocks and trade and good will of my business. _________________________________________________________________ Take advantage of powerful junk e-mail filters built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*.

Following a visit to the scotspeople site I acquired additional info - so thought there maybe someone out there who may be interested. William Comrie died 16 July 1869 in the river Tweed. M age 22 (no parents listed) Thomas Welsh (Carter) widower of Margaret Wilson died 28 July 1869 4 Hall Place Ladhope M 75 years father Adam Welsh Shepherd (deceased) Margaret Welsh (mothers surname Elliot) deceased. William Burn Clark Broadwith (single) died 4 October 1889 Joppa Ladhope M 9 months. father George Douglas Broadwith (Gamekeeper) Eliza Broadwith (mothers surname Clark) Isabella Johnstone Greig died 4 October 1889, 31 Haliburton Place Ladhope, F 18 years father Davidd Chalmess Greig (Woollen Weaver) mother Margaret Greig (mothers surname Still) deceased Margaret Elliot (married to Walter Elliot Farmer) died 29 April 1881 Gair (parish of Ettrick) F 74 years, father John Beattie farmer (deceased) mother Christina Beattie (mothers surname Laidlaw) deceased. Esther Mills (widow of Anthony Mills, tinsmith) died 10 August 1891 Glenkerry (parish of Ettrick) F about 80 years father James Watson (deceased) Elizabeth Watson (deceased) (mothers surname not listed) Cause of death is listed - please contact direct and I will forward the info to you. Jan Hall

Hello new friends, I want to encourage people to keep researching the stonewalls. Our family had one for about twenty years. I have been persisting, and just a couple of months ago the wall was broken and I found Robert THOMPSON (Thomson, Tomson) born 20 Aug. 1722 in Bowden, Roxburgh, Scotland. He married Agnes ELLIOT (Eliott) of Selkirk, Scotland. Among their children were William, Robert, Andrew, George, Agnes, and Lucy all born in Bowden. All or part of the family emigrated to the United States. It is because of breaking that stonewall that I have joined this list. My husband is descended from Andrew. I am hoping to find ancestors of these two great grandparents. I am also hoping to find more family members doing research. We must just keep rooting..................Darlene Miller darrick@cox.net Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

Hi Bob, Sorry 'Into the village of Stow' should read, 'into the village of Heriot'. Roy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy G. Perkins" <roygraham@perkins9617.freeserve.co.uk> To: <SCT-ROXBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 9:07 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-ROX] Village of Heriot > Hi Bob, > > From Galashiels travel north on the A7 about 16miles, through Stow, and > Fountainhall. Take a left turn on to the B709 anf follow this for about 1 > mile into the village of Stow. Happy hunting. > > Regards > > Roy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "relder" <relder@tiscali.co.uk> > To: <SCT-ROXBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 8:28 AM > Subject: Re: [SCT-ROX] Village of Heriot > > > > Hi Cyril > > I've looked on the map a few times trying to find Heriot with no luck, as > > I'm hoping to go to Galashiels next week I have a look see > > Thanks for you help > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cyril Corcoran" <cyrilc@tesco.net> > > To: <SCT-ROXBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:29 PM > > Subject: [SCT-ROX] Village of Heriot > > > > > > > Bob > > > Heriot is 16 miles from Galashiels and 16 miles from Edinburgh on > the > > A 7. > > > There is a Church there it is through the Village on the > > > Innerleithen road, past the Mac Fie Hall, then the school. > > > It is in Midlothian, at that time 1700 Hundreds it may have > > > been in Edinburghshire. > > > Cyril > > > > > > > > > ==== SCT-ROXBURGH Mailing List ==== > > > 'Here's tae us, wha's like us? Damn few and thair a' deid.' > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ==== SCT-ROXBURGH Mailing List ==== > > Please send all your messages via the list so that we can all benefit from > your knowledge and hopefully add to it. > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== SCT-ROXBURGH Mailing List ==== > ATTENTION those of you with Elliot in your line!!! Have you thought of trying the CLAN-ELLIOT list at CLAN-ELLIOT-L@rootsweb.com Why not give it a try? > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi All, Castleton researchers in particular might be interested in this, there are quite a few Liddesdale folk. Regards Roy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bridget Casson" <biddy@jamescasson.freeserve.co.uk> To: <CUMBERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:48 PM Subject: [CUL] Bewcastle MIs > For anyone with ancestors in Bewcastle, Mike Jackson's transcribed MIs from > St Cuthbert's, Bewcastle are now online at > http://www.bewcastle.com/inscript.htm > Cheers > Bridget > > > ==== CUMBERLAND Mailing List ==== > A wealth of information is available at http://www.genuki.org.uk/ > Many questions concerning available material can be answered there. > >

Hi Bob, From Galashiels travel north on the A7 about 16miles, through Stow, and Fountainhall. Take a left turn on to the B709 anf follow this for about 1 mile into the village of Stow. Happy hunting. Regards Roy ----- Original Message ----- From: "relder" <relder@tiscali.co.uk> To: <SCT-ROXBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-ROX] Village of Heriot > Hi Cyril > I've looked on the map a few times trying to find Heriot with no luck, as > I'm hoping to go to Galashiels next week I have a look see > Thanks for you help > Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cyril Corcoran" <cyrilc@tesco.net> > To: <SCT-ROXBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:29 PM > Subject: [SCT-ROX] Village of Heriot > > > > Bob > > Heriot is 16 miles from Galashiels and 16 miles from Edinburgh on the > A 7. > > There is a Church there it is through the Village on the > > Innerleithen road, past the Mac Fie Hall, then the school. > > It is in Midlothian, at that time 1700 Hundreds it may have > > been in Edinburghshire. > > Cyril > > > > > > ==== SCT-ROXBURGH Mailing List ==== > > 'Here's tae us, wha's like us? Damn few and thair a' deid.' > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== SCT-ROXBURGH Mailing List ==== > Please send all your messages via the list so that we can all benefit from your knowledge and hopefully add to it. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Cyril I've looked on the map a few times trying to find Heriot with no luck, as I'm hoping to go to Galashiels next week I have a look see Thanks for you help Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cyril Corcoran" <cyrilc@tesco.net> To: <SCT-ROXBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:29 PM Subject: [SCT-ROX] Village of Heriot > Bob > Heriot is 16 miles from Galashiels and 16 miles from Edinburgh on the A 7. > There is a Church there it is through the Village on the > Innerleithen road, past the Mac Fie Hall, then the school. > It is in Midlothian, at that time 1700 Hundreds it may have > been in Edinburghshire. > Cyril > > > ==== SCT-ROXBURGH Mailing List ==== > 'Here's tae us, wha's like us? Damn few and thair a' deid.' > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

May I suggest everyone open a Hotmail e-mail or some other permanent e-mail address to leave at the various message boards. I use Yahoo. So many people have changed their ISP and haven't change their e-mail address on the boards. So many are out of date. Georgia Clements.

Judy Hi There are 32 parishes within Roxburghshire which appear to be based on the larger towns in the county. (Roy can probably correct me if I'm wrong on this. As being in Australia I only work from maps) They are: Ancrum, Ashkirk, Bedrule, Bowden, Castleton, Cavers, Crailing, Eckford, Ednam, Hawick, Hobkirk, Hounam, Jedburgh, Kelso, Kirkton, Lilliesleaf, Linton, Makerstoun, Maxton, Melrose (which includes the quod sacra parish of Ladhope (the part of Galashiels the is Roxburghshire, other part in the County of Selkirkshire), Minto, Morebattle, Oxnam, Roxburgh, St Boswells, Smailholm, Southdean, Sprouston, Stitchel, Teviothead, Wilton and Yeltholm. One of the things with census is that boundaries change and you have Towns like Roberton which are included in the Selkirkshire county. Newcastleton is in the parish of Castleton. For any other towns within the parishes that are not listed above I suggest that you check out Genuki page for Roxburghshire at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ROX/ Jan Hall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Dawe" <dawejudy@charter.net> To: "Jan Hall" <jhall5@vtown.com.au>; <BORDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 2:09 AM Subject: Re: [BORDER] Update of 1841 FreeCEN Scottish Census transcription project > Jan, thanks for the web site. How do we know what parish a particular town > is found? The years on listed probably are too late for my relative born in > 1799, but would be helpful to know what parish Newcastleton is in; > church(es); for further explorations. Thanks, Judy Dawe >

I agree!! Keep listing on mailing lists and checking websites to see who else is researching your names. I posted a message a few years ago on a message board and it was seen by two other researchers who were researching the same family. From thinking that we were the only DUMMA's on earth, I now have a database of over 500 family members and still counting. Not only did I find out a lot more about the family, but I have maintained contact and made new friends through this process. Don't give up. Shirley Denise & Rob Kurkowski <denrobk@msn.com> wrote: Sarah writes: "Keep the faith, girlfriend, and keep on contacting every website and message board you can. Make sure you put your last name on every site you contact, with alternate spellings! If you change your email address, contact them all again!" Please believe her! Keep posting, keep inquiring, don't give up. Every so often new postings make connections: Here's two great examples: a.. My husband's grandmother was orphaned in a rural area of northern Minnesota. We only have three pictures of her before age 9 and only two of her parents. Recently, I did another inquiry on this remote little township and found another lister with different family connections. Long story short, he had an original photo of grandmother and her parents (1912). a.. Through a posting, I have located a woman in the Netherlands who is a local historian. She has documented nearly all of the families who emigrated from a particular area in the Netherlands during 1860-1865. As luck may have it, the surname that I am researching is included in her files. She has given me her GEDCOM files for the entire branch. About 200 people! Denise ==== SCT-ROXBURGH Mailing List ==== ARE you a Crosier or Crozier, or connected to one of them, then why not try Crosier-L@rootsweb.com Surely it's got to be worth a try? ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out!

Here goes, I hope someone will find a connection. All Elder Surname that married James Hunter Elder m: Jeannie Craw 1922 Coldstream Annie Elder m: Thomas Brisbane 1907 Lilliesleaf Thomas Jardine Elder m: Janet Finlayson Blair 1920 Musselburgh Catherine Jardine Elder m: John Kenneth Anderson 1948 Inverness George Stewart Elder m: Helen Russell ??? Elizabeth Helen Elder m: John Rogerson 1939 St Giles Edinburgh Andrew Elder m: Margaret Ramage Wilson 1946 Traquair Peebles Annie Barthram Elder m: John Gray 1929 St Giles Edinburgh Annie's second marriage William Elder Gray b: 1921 Morebattle Annie Gray m: William J Dalgliesh 1948 Mary Scoon Elder m: Henry Scott Slorance 1923 Hawick That's enough to go on with at the moment TIA Bob

Bob Heriot is 16 miles from Galashiels and 16 miles from Edinburgh on the A 7. There is a Church there it is through the Village on the Innerleithen road, past the Mac Fie Hall, then the school. It is in Midlothian, at that time 1700 Hundreds it may have been in Edinburghshire. Cyril

Good point, BJ. Kind of like advertising? I may be getting to that point now that I have so many names and data collected. Need to fine tune it - I have not having it even close to right. Actually, much of some of my mother's lines have been done by others. I need to look into that. jld

Thanks for the pep talk Sarah. I know I'm not the only one out there when I run into 28 pages of LYLE on Ancestry.com. Plus there are the same number of genealogies listed including the one pertaining to my lineage. Guess I just get tired of bumping into the same old information. I'd like to discover something new for a change. Do you think all inventors feel that way? jld

Judy wrote: > > It finally happened. Was "googling" for Robson+Scotland and one entry was > my own. It was the one I had entered on rootschat.com! That's why I > haven't submitted my data to the various web sites. The only info I would > get is mine. Sometimes it takes time. And if you don't post/share your work, you can't have weekends like I've just had. I've had my research at Rootsweb's WorldConnect (database name killearnan, in case anyone wants to check out my Border Littles, Keddies and Arthurs, all in the Galashiels/Innerleithen/Peebles area, and to help keep the post close to on-topic) for many months (about time for an update, I've found enough new) and no had contacted me.... until this past weekend when I got 4 different emails about four widely scattered lines. And then -- just *this* morning -- I got an email based on a query to a Rootsweb list I'd done 3.4 years ago. There are times that keeping the same email address is very handy. ;-) Three of these five contacts have put little windows in some of my brick walls (the other two were just to let me know that someone else is working on the same family, but one never knows what two minds and sets of eyes will find in the future that I wouldn't find alone, esp. as in both those cases, the person who contacted me lives near where your mutual ancestors did, so they have easier access to records than I do), so I'd say posting is quite reasonable, even if I occasionally get my own postings in a Google search. BJ