Hi All. I am in the middle of doing a family of Donald's from Castleton Parish, Roxburgh, now Newcastleton. One of the children is Mary Donald born 1826 Castleton Parish, daughter of John Donald & Margaret Scott. In the 1851 Census for Jedburgh I find Mary Donald Age 24 Married living in 'Hunthill' Jedburgh with her husband William Kedezie Head age 32 Ag/Lab Born Carling, Roxburgh, Book 10 Page 3. Unfortunate the name is wrong his name is William Kedie/Keddie not Kedzie. William Kedie/Keddie/Mary Donald Married 26th January 1850 Castleton Parish. By the way if ant body is researching this family they also married into the Barrie side Lillico side and Adamson side. John Murray

Hi John and all, First of all, I would be happy to receive any corrections to my transcriptions and indexes, as I would wish them to be as accurate as possible. However, the name Kedzie does appear on the original record, and I can see why that would appear at first glance to be an error. However, Kedzie is a common older spelling of the name Keddie, and in those days different spellings of surnames can be found for the same family in different records. The same use of the letter "z" is found in other Scottish surnames, such as Dalziel. However, even if the original spelling is possibly an error, I always strive to transcribe the original spellings exactly. Thank you, Graham Maxwell