Hi Listers In the IGI is an entry for James MCDONALD supposedly baptised to Hugh MCDONALD & Elizabeth ANDERSON at Rogart parish on 21 March 1809. The entry is WRONG. I saw microfilm of the register in 1988 and the name of the father was in fact extremely difficult to decipher. His name was much scribbled upon and it was most likely Philip but could also have been Finlay and even Ralph. No way was it Hugh! the transcriber must have been on something. The location of the parents in Rogart parish was Dalnessie. I asked the LDS to do something about the entry some time ago but nothing has been done. Given the name of the mother, the father is most likely Finlay MCDONALD who was also known as Philip. Finlay MCDONALD & Elizabeth ANDERSON are my great-great-great-grandparents. They had further issue in Rogart parish in 1811 (William) and 1817 (Janet). Earlier issue were born Laig parish. There is no substitute for viewing actual registers. Don't rely on the IGI even if it says it is parish register data. Peter DILLON
Peter, it was only recently that I found out that Finlay (and yes I have one in my tree, but he's a Mackay) is commonly known as Philip and I am sure a previous lister made reference to it. Christine would probably be able to locate the exact one. John McKay Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: peter_dillon <peter_dillon@xtra.co.nz> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 11:57 AM Subject: James MCDONALD bap 21 March 1809 > Hi Listers > > In the IGI is an entry for James MCDONALD supposedly baptised to Hugh > MCDONALD & Elizabeth ANDERSON at Rogart parish on 21 March 1809. > > The entry is WRONG. > > I saw microfilm of the register in 1988 and the name of the father was in > fact extremely difficult to decipher. His name was much scribbled upon and > it was most likely Philip but could also have been Finlay and even Ralph. > No way was it Hugh! the transcriber must have been on something. The > location of the parents in Rogart > parish was Dalnessie. I asked the LDS to do something about the entry some > time ago but nothing has been done. > > Given the name of the mother, the father is most likely Finlay MCDONALD who > was also known as Philip. Finlay MCDONALD & Elizabeth ANDERSON are my > great-great-great-grandparents. > > They had further issue in Rogart parish in 1811 (William) and 1817 (Janet). > Earlier issue were born Laig parish. > > There is no substitute for viewing actual registers. Don't rely on the IGI > even if it says it is parish register data. > > Peter DILLON > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > You may, at times, wish to check out previous messages to this list. You can do this at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >