That's brilliant. I think you are right that its not a particularly common name in the area. I know that Irish workers came over at busy times on the farms but I don't know if it was going on this early. My thoughts being that perhaps an earlier ancestor had come over for the harvest or haymaking and met a local girl. I think the Borders family History Society may publish a booklet of MIs for Lauder - anyone know? Judy ---------- >From: S & A Liddle <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [SCT-ROX] Re: SCT-ROXBURGH-D Digest V03 #104 >Date: 29, Mon Sep, 2003, 4:43 am > > > Thanks Judy. I tracked down my James Kelly on the PRO site you referred me to > and now have found his birth and parents on the IGI. They were from Lauder. > Simon > > >> [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >