Hello listers, Would either of you have information about a George McCracken, born circa 1825 who may have been a son, or grandson of John McCracken, merchant in Glenluce in 1817? John McCracken was mentioned in a family letter dated 1817 and now it is likely he may have had a Dalrymple connection to our family in New Luce. Possibly one of the McCracken women married a Dalrymple man, but I haven't found her in our family tree, yet. Any information would be appreciated. Many thanks, as usual. Regards, Carolyn -- Carolyn Achata

Hi Jim, The key element to a RAID (Redundant Array Inexpensive Drives) configuration is the hard disk controller. This controller is either built into the motherboard or is a separate card. The process you describe is mirroring where one drive is "mirrored" onto other drives. Before you consider buying a computer with RAID, check to see if the operating system supports mirroring. RAID is generally used on file servers that require a high level of data integrity and the server operating system support it. A point to note is file servers running RAID usually have some other form of backup. You can generally install a second hard disk drive on a pc and use it to backup your data. I have a pc with a RAID controller and one hdd that started to play up recently. I purchased an external hdd, backed up all of my data onto it, replaced the faulty hdd, re-loaded the operating system and copied my data back. I now use the external hdd to regularly do backups. I would suggest everyone who has important data to backup regularly! Regards, Steve. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Patterson" <[email protected]> To: "Wigtownshire Roots Web list" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 3:08 AM Subject: [WIG LIST] Identify a Placename please? Plus Raid Backup? > To all the kind folk who have waded in and used all their vast resources > to > try and locate the answer to my posting, thank you so much one and allJ > > > > Sorry to be away for a wee while but I had a hard drive failure and > although > I had everything backed up nicely occurrences like this always change > something that needs considerable attention it seems.. > > > > During this downtime I heard that some computer motherboards have a > process > called "Raid" available on them and I am now considering the purchase of a > new PC so I can utilise this technology usually used by commercial > ventures > but fits well for Genealogists work I feel. With the raid process > available > one simply asked the computer repair folk to install a second internal > hard > drive of the same size as your main hard drive and set up the process so > and > from then on all activity on your main drive is completely duplicated onto > the second drive giving you a real time backup process. > > > > Food for thoughtJ > > > > I will be responding to all who emailed directly as I get to your > messages, > sorry for the delay. > > > > Cheers Jim Patterson > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Jim, I am forwarding this to my wife Lynda who is the head techie at the computer store that she and I own, ALNC Computers here in Hamilton. I assume you are somewhere here in the ice cube since you are using shaw.ca as an internet provider The short of it is that the Raid system is relatively easy to set up providing you know what you are doing but the drives ideally need to be the same brand and model. We usually try to steer our business customers into utilizing a Raid system since if it is done properly and you have one drive fail it actually warns you that one drive has croaked. Cheers Randy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Patterson Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 11:08 AM To: Wigtownshire Roots Web list Subject: [WIG LIST] Identify a Placename please? Plus Raid Backup? To all the kind folk who have waded in and used all their vast resources to try and locate the answer to my posting, thank you so much one and allJ Sorry to be away for a wee while but I had a hard drive failure and although I had everything backed up nicely occurrences like this always change something that needs considerable attention it seems.. During this downtime I heard that some computer motherboards have a process called "Raid" available on them and I am now considering the purchase of a new PC so I can utilise this technology usually used by commercial ventures but fits well for Genealogists work I feel. With the raid process available one simply asked the computer repair folk to install a second internal hard drive of the same size as your main hard drive and set up the process so and from then on all activity on your main drive is completely duplicated onto the second drive giving you a real time backup process. Food for thoughtJ I will be responding to all who emailed directly as I get to your messages, sorry for the delay. Cheers Jim Patterson ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To all the kind folk who have waded in and used all their vast resources to try and locate the answer to my posting, thank you so much one and allJ Sorry to be away for a wee while but I had a hard drive failure and although I had everything backed up nicely occurrences like this always change something that needs considerable attention it seems.. During this downtime I heard that some computer motherboards have a process called "Raid" available on them and I am now considering the purchase of a new PC so I can utilise this technology usually used by commercial ventures but fits well for Genealogists work I feel. With the raid process available one simply asked the computer repair folk to install a second internal hard drive of the same size as your main hard drive and set up the process so and from then on all activity on your main drive is completely duplicated onto the second drive giving you a real time backup process. Food for thoughtJ I will be responding to all who emailed directly as I get to your messages, sorry for the delay. Cheers Jim Patterson

Many thanks to Bruce McDowall, who brought this to my attention: At 05:19 PM 12/5/2010, Bruce McDowall wrote: >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >From: Lesle Berry <[email protected]> >Date: Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 8:14 AM >Subject: [GSV] News from Scotland >To: [email protected] > >I have received the following from Federation of Family History Societies UK > >The Registrar General for Scotland has announced that, subject to the >agreement of the Scottish Parliament, some statutory fees for registration >services will be revised next year. The press release can be seen at >http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/press/news2010/statutory-registration-fees.html. > >Details of the proposed charges can be seen at >http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/family-records/fees-schedule.pdf. > >---------------------------- >Lesle Berry >Administration Manager >The Genealogical Society of Victoria >Level B1 >257 Collins Street >Melbourne Victoria 3000 >Phone: 61+ 3 9662 4455 >fax: 61+ 3 9663 0841 >www.gsv.org.au

Hello listers, I just wanted to let you know that we now have a Dalrymple DNA study going and need more participants. If you are a male Dalrymple and would like to learn more about your own genealogy, plus compare notes with others you are matched with, you can go to the website and order a kit. There is a special price on now through 31 December, so if you've been considering the idea, now is a good time to go for it. http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Dalrymple If you have any questions, please contact me, administrator of the project. Regards to all, Carolyn -- Carolyn Achata

Dorothy, I find a little about some surnames you list in the Penninghame Parish Records. James McClurg md Barbara Vance/Vans/Vaux there in 1708. I have been searching for Barbara Vance's parent's names without success. I haven't found any information on Patrick Vance/Vans to determine if he might be her father or brother. There are several listings of Heron and McClurg unions as well as listings for McKeand, McBride, McCaw, McClingan,McConochie, McKie, Parker and Scott with McClurg unions. The Pennighame OPRs would be the only place I know to get a start. I hope others can reference other places. Cheers, Bill McClurg Bill McClurg .

Hullo, I only managed to wear my Saltire on my Argyle Jacket lapel while piping at the S.Andrew's Day concert at St Andrew's Scots Church, St George's Terrace, over the road from St George's Cathedral (where I work in retirement), Perth, Western Australia. I was gie'in it laldy tuning and warming the pipes in the Cathedral Car park until I was asked by the Verger to "give it a break" because a couple of school choirs wanted to warm up for their Advent service. I told him that was fine: If St George's didn't want me, St Andrew's would hae me :-). And a lovely night it was at S. Andrew's wi' the pipes, country dancing, Gaelic songs, scottish singalong, and a few solos of Harry Lauder etc, followed by a sumptuous Scorttush supper. One person noticed the Saltire on my lapel! ...+David Murray PS St Andrew's Presby munuster who had cracked jokes aboot the Anglican Bushop all night wanted his photo with me, commenting that a few years ago we would have been booked for heresy. I said that a couple hundred years ago we would have lost our heads for treason! Scots are such fun to be with!

dear Diana: just seen this on Ancestry: <<There were two main branches of this family: the MacHargs of Shalloch in the parish of Kirkpatrick-Irongray in Kirkcudbright, and the MacHargs of Cardorkan in the parish of Minnigaff (Kirkcudbright). The latter group, despite their saintly origins, appear to have been of a turbulent nature; Finlay M'Quharg and others of the name were "charged with fire raising, and the burning of houses belonging to Steward of Fintillauch" in 1581, and in 1592 they took an active part in a Galloway feud. Further forms of the name include: M'Quharge, MacElharge, MacIlhargy, and MacIlhagga with Martin M'Quharg who was burgess of Kirkcudbright in 1597, and on June 29th 1798, Isabella, daughter of Ebenezer and Barbara MacHarg, was christened in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Marion M'Quharge, which was dated 1493, in the "Scottish Antiquary", Edinburgh, Scotland, during the reign of King James 1V of Scotland, 1488 - 1513. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling. Read more:http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Maharg#ixzz16wrkqns3 [WIG LIST] re Identify a PLACENAME Dear Jim, Bruce etc. This story has grabbed me! I had a look for other children, and found a Helen born to James McClure and Sarah McClurg in 1779 the year following James was born to John McClure and Sarah McClurg, but this time they are in Cardorkan. More Mysterious. Diana ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I must also comment that for the first time I flew a string of nineteen (19) Saltire flags across the front of my yard at home in Brisbane for St Andrew's Day and even if I say so myself it looked really good. One thing was for sure no one travelling down the street could have missed them. Sam Heron, Brisbane, Australia ` ` ----- Original Message ----- From: "Crawford MacKeand" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 8:37 AM Subject: [WIG LIST] St. Andrew's Day > Yesterday, for the first time, we flew the Saltire on Nov. 30th. There > are lots of good occasions to fly the Stars and Stripes, and April > 23rd is good for St. George's Cross, but maybe Burns' Night would be > another good chance for Andrew. I even had a phone call from > across-the-street-neighbor McClelland, who expressed his pleasure, > even though he also confessed to having been reduced to Googling to > find out what was connected to which. It's good to spread the wealth > :-) > > Crawford. >

I would like to think that for those of us here, on the auld sod, every day is a good day for flying the Saltire - even if we don't always have a lot to be cheery about. Well done for arousing the curiosity of the neighbours, Crawford. Even Google flew the Saltire on its home page for a day. Yours aye, Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Crawford MacKeand" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 10:37 PM Subject: [WIG LIST] St. Andrew's Day > > Yesterday, for the first time, we flew the Saltire on Nov. 30th. There > are lots of good occasions to fly the Stars and Stripes, and April > 23rd is good for St. George's Cross, but maybe Burns' Night would be > another good chance for Andrew. I even had a phone call from > across-the-street-neighbor McClelland, who expressed his pleasure, > even though he also confessed to having been reduced to Googling to > find out what was connected to which. It's good to spread the wealth > :-) > > Crawford. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Yesterday, for the first time, we flew the Saltire on Nov. 30th. There are lots of good occasions to fly the Stars and Stripes, and April 23rd is good for St. George's Cross, but maybe Burns' Night would be another good chance for Andrew. I even had a phone call from across-the-street-neighbor McClelland, who expressed his pleasure, even though he also confessed to having been reduced to Googling to find out what was connected to which. It's good to spread the wealth :-) Crawford.

Hi Mary and Jim, I'm just back from 3 days of bush-walking in the mountains and picked up on this thread, including your off-list message with the scanned image attached. Sorry to belie your faith in me Mary, but I can't work this one out. I would like to see pages from either side of that one, as I'm in doubt about a couple of the letters as written by this session clerk. I don't feel there is any doubt about the 'espraig' section, and the 'L' appears likely, even though this 'L' is not quite the same as the one in Logie. Mary's assertion re 'In' looks reasonable at first glance. The use of 'In' is also consistent with the format of other entries, indicating the couple were tenants in the named property, however, I have two difficulties with this. Firstly, why has the session clerk used capital 'L' here, whereas he used lower case 'i' in other such places? Secondly, this 'I',if that is what it is, has been formed differently to his others, as in Isobel and Isaac. (Note how similar he writes I and J.) I pondered if it was another 'L', and that this word was 'Low'. Low is a commonly used prefix to denote which of 2 sections of a farm is being described. The problem is that this mystery letter is not a convincing 'L' either. The pen loops seem more consistent with a 'G', but it also looks different to the 'G' in George. We don't have a 'Y' to compare it with. Its hard to imagine what word may fit with either of these. I wondered Bill Copland's suggestion of an alternate spelling of Lochspring is the answer, so looked at some old maps. There is a place called Lochspraig, but it is in the neighboring parish of Kells. I didn't find the location of Lochspring, but it obviously must have existed somewhere in the parish of Minnigaff. The best candidate I found, (on the 1745 Herman Moll map), was Torfessaig. This appears on more recent maps as Tarfessock. It is north of Loch Trool, near the Minnoch River. I'm not convinced this is the place either, but though it best to through it into the mix. There is some smudging of the writing which makes it more difficult to decipher the initial letters of this location, but there are some clear pen strokes. Unfortunately, these seem to assist an argument against any of the proposed letters, rather than for any of them. This brings me back to wanting to see more of the had of this session clerk, especially if he has recorded other events at this location - which often proves to be the case. One really needs access to the LDS film of the register to do justice to this approach. Unfortunately, I don't have access to the Minnigaff OPR film. (I have access to all of the Wigtownshire parishes.) Perhaps we are looking at 'In Lespraig', and Lespraig is an alternate spelling for Lochspraig, and also Lochsring. One possibility we should not rule out is that it was an alternate spelling of Lochspraig in the parish of Kells. There are occasional examples of births in other parishes being recorded in some baptism registers. I don't know if this was ever the case for Minnigaff. At this stage, we need to keep an open mind. Maybe some other evidence will arise to help in assigning this place name. Regards, Bruce -------------------------------- Mary Richardson to me, Jim Having analyzed the other records on the page, I conclude that the second line of the record you're interested in begins "In" -- even though it doesn't look much like it. Which means the next word -- the one you're pondering over -- is a place name. Since this page is categorized as a Minnigaff record, I rule out Whithorn. Furthermore, I rule out Penninghame (even though it's just across the river from Minnigaff.) The third letter is clearly an old-fashioned 's', and the word end in "raig." Observing the p in "baptized," I conclude that the place ends in spraig. The "e" before this seems clear, so we have "espraig." Which gets us to the first letter. Seems to be L or S, but there's no Lespraig or Sespraig that I can find. I tried other letters before "espraig," but I came up empty. Am turning this over to Bruce as he's read far more old records than I have. Mary

Would any families from Wigtownshire have gone to Ireland with Robert Adair prior 1630 ? 1630 MUSTER ROLLS. PRONI D1759/3C/3 County Antrim, North Ireland. Mr. Adare’s British tenants, Barony of Toome Adare, Alexander Adare, Andrew (2) Adare, James (2) Adare, Patrick (2) Adare, Robert Adare, Thomas (2) Adare, William (2) Agnue / Anew, Andrew Alexander, A. & Thomas M’Alexander / Alexander, George McAllen / Allen, John Allen, Robert Ballantyne / Ballentine, John Beatty / Beattie, John, Robert & Thomas Black, John Boatz, James Buoy / Boyd, George Browne / Brown, James (2), James ygr & Thomas Bryan, John Callwell / Caldwell/ Colville ? , George Callender, Thomas McCarr / Carr / Ker ? / Kerr ?, Thomas Carick / Carrick, Humphrey Cathcart, Allen Chambers, John & Mathew Gahowne / Colhoun / Gowan ?, Patrick Cowan / Cowen, James & John Cranny / Cruny, John elder & John ygr Crockard / Crockett, Archibald & John Dallas, Andrew Dally, William Donnell, Alexander Dunbar, William Estene / Eastern / Easton, John Ffarly / Farley, George Fargison / Ferguson / Fergusson, John Ffoster / Foster, David M’ffulton / Fulton, John Gorden / Gordon, Roger Gowen / Gowan, John (2) Greere / Greer / Grier ? , John Gungione, Hugh Hackett, Thomas Hall, Hugh Harbertson / Harbinson / Harbison, Thomas Harper, Robert Harre, Cuthbert Harrelton, Roger Hoggin, John Houston, Robert Hedleston / Huddleston, Andrew & John Hurly / Hurley, Leonard Irwin / Irwine / Ervin / Ewen, Robert Johnston, John Kell / Kyle, Robert Kenedy / Kennedy, Neale & William Kilton, James Kitterdell, Robert Magee / M’Gee / McGie / M’Kie / McKee / Mackie, Andrew McKee, Thomas & William Maxwell, John Coulease / McCoulease / McAleese / McAuley, James & John McAllen, James McBryd / McBrid / McBride, Alexander, Gilbert, John & William McCarny, Adam & Thomas McConnell, George & Hugh M’Christian, Gilbert McCollogh / McCullough / McCulloch, Robert McDonnell, Pat Mcffadaine / McFadden, John McGildee, Randall McLockery ? , Thomas McMullan / McMullin, McMullen, Donnell, Henry & John McNaught / McKnight ? , John McNeil / McNeill, Aghey McTernaghan / M’Teraghan / M’Ternaghan, Andrew, & John (2) Milliken / Malikin , James & John Moan, John Moore, Dunkan, John & William Morrison, John elder & John ygr. Murray / Murry / Murrey, James Peoples, John Pollog / Polk / Pslog ? / Pollock / Pollage, Gabraell & John (2) Read / Reid, John Scot / Scott, John & William McSharp / Sharp / Sharpe, Alexander & William Smyth / Smythe / Smith, James Stack, James Steine / Steene , John & Thomas Swan, John Taylor / Tyler, John Thompson, James Wallas / Wallis / Wallace, John Wat / Watt, James Williamson, Alexander Wilson, Quistine / Christian Young, Patrick

Where might I look for the family papers for certain Wigtownshire families? Specifically I am interested in the following who were tutors for Patrick Coltrane's family at the time of his death (1714): John Stewart of Physgill, Robert Stewart of Physgill, Patrick Vaus (Vans) of Barnbarroch, Patrick Heron of that Ilk, John McCulloch of Barhome, Patrick Maxwell of Monreith, Alexander Agnew of Dalragle. Thank you. Dorothy Coltrin

Dear Jim, Bruce etc. This story has grabbed me! I had a look for other children, and found a Helen born to James McClure and Sarah McClurg in 1779 the year following James was born to John McClure and Sarah McClurg, but this time they are in Cardorkan.  More Mysterious. Diana

Sam, that was a most interesting email on St Andrews's Day, and presumably a large number of public buildings in Scotland that are not UK government owned, that once sported 2 or more flagpoles now only sport a single pole? Donald Main WA, Aus.

Fellow Listers, Today is the day of the year to fly your Saltire Flag if you have one. Sam Heron ` St Andrew's Day November 30th St Andrew the Patron Saint of Scotland died on 30th November AD 60 at Patras. Now, November 30th every year is St Andrew's Day. St Andrew is Scotland's patron saint, but he is not Scotland's sole property - he is shared with Greece, Romania and Russia. St. Andrew was one of the original Twelve Apostles and a brother to St. Peter, both former fishermen called to follow Jesus. There are two reasons why Andrew was adopted as the patron saint of Scotland. St Andrew never actually set foot in Scotland, while he was alive. The legend is that he was killed in Greece, and his bones placed in a tomb. Hundreds of years later, the Emperor Constantine the Great wanted to move the bones to his new capital city. Meanwhile an angel came to a monk in a dream and told him to rescue as many bones as he could. The monk, called St Rule, was ordered to take them to the ends of the earth for safekeeping. He managed to get a tooth, an arm bone, a kneecap and some fingers, before setting out on an epic journey. That journey ended when his ship was wrecked, and he was washed ashore on the coast of Fife. The place where he landed is, of course, now called St Andrews. An other explanation is that the seventh century Bishop of Hexham, St. Wilfrid brought back some of the saint's relics from a trip to Rome and they landed in the hands of the Scots King, Angus MacFergus, who installed them at St. Andrew's to enhance the prestige of the new bishopric. One legend concerning St. Andrew is that when the Pictish King Angus, faced with a large invading army, prayed for divine guidance, a saltire (the diagonal cross) appeared in the shape of a white cloud against the blue sky. Angus won a decisive victory and decreed that Andrew would be the patron saint of his country. It was not until after Robert Bruce's victory at the Battle of Bannockburn (1314) however, that the Declaration of Arbroath named St. Andrew the patron saint of Scotland forever and the Saltire became the national flag in 1385. More than 100 years ago, a small piece of St Andrew's shoulder blade was donated to Scotland and in 1969, when the Pope visited Scotland he brought with him further relics that can now be seen at St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh. In 2006, the Scottish Parliament passed the St. Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007, which designated the Day as an official bank holiday. Although it is a bank holiday, banks are not required to close and employers are not required to give their employees the day off as a holiday. St Andrew's Day is an official flag day in Scotland. The Scottish Government's flag-flying regulations state that the Flag of Scotland (The Saltire) shall fly on all its buildings with a flagpole. The Union Flag is also flown if the building has more than one flagpole. The arrangements for the United Kingdom Government in Scotland are the opposite. They fly the Union Flag, and will only fly the Saltire if there is more than one flagpole. The flying of the Saltire on St Andrew's Day is a recent development. Prior to 2002, the Scottish Government followed the UK Government's flag days and would only fly the Union Flag on St Andrew's Day. This led to Members of the Scottish Parliament complaining that Scotland was the only country in the world that could not fly its national flag on its national day. The regulations were updated to state that the Union Flag would be removed and replaced by the Saltire on buildings with only one flagpole.

Hi Kristy -- Thanks for pointing this out. I, too, thought of it, but when I looked at Jim's image, the capital Ss were clearly different from the capital Ls. I believe the word he's questioning definitely begins with an L. Mary At 02:34 PM 11/29/2010, Kristy Gravlin wrote: >Is there another spelling that could have been misheard as an "L" word? > >Or maybe it was only seen...capital S is often misread for a capital L. ??? > >If you guys cannot recognize what it is, then perhaps "we" ought to consider >what kind of innocent error could have traveled through the decades and >generations. > >Kristy in Illinois > > >On 11/28/10 8:20 PM, "bill copland" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Jim > > > > Some years ago I made up a list of all the place names I could find in > > the parish of Minnigaff, using a wide range of sources. > > > > These included the 1638 Heath Tax List, the 1684 Parish List, > > McKerlie's monumental Lands and their Owners in Galloway, the > > Minnigaff Old parish Registers, the 1841 census, the Minnigaff > > Kirkyard monumental inscriptions and the 1896 Ordnance Survey Map. > > > > Here are all the place names beginning with L > > > > Lagbaes > > Lomoquhen (now Lamachan) > > Lanliewee > > Lansboy > > Larg, North & South > > Largforag > > Largourly > > Lessens > > Linkens > > Linn House > > Littlepark > > and Lochspring > > > > I never came across anything like Lespraig, but wonder if it could be > > an early version of Lochspring? > > > > > > The 1896 OS map also has a place called Lurneach in the parish of > > Penninghame > > > > > > On 28 Nov 2010, at 21:21, Jim Patterson wrote: > > > >> Wow, what skilled listers we have on the list, amazing help and > >> suggestions > >> and all further help greatly appreciated on this continued thread > >> please:-) > >> Most responders feel the name I was seeking is "In Lespraig" a place > >> near > >> Minnigaff in 1778, possibly a farm or house name? Another lister > >> suggests > >> the name is similar to a favourite Isle of Islay Whiskey which > >> really fits > >> with my kin:-) The name Laphroaig, perhaps my relie was baptised in it > >> hey:-)lol > >> > >> Whatever the reality of this wee mystery and whether my John McClure > >> and his > >> wife Sarah McClung or McClurg is their son was baptised "In > >> Lespraig" a > >> place likely nr Minnigaff and most likely nr the lead mines as > >> that's where > >> my kin all lived at Craigtoun/Blackcraig area at this time.. > >> > >> I am ever grateful to you all:-) > >> > >> Jim > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > >> I am responsible for what I write but not what you read! > >> And I am responsible for what I say but not what you hear! > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim > >> Patterson > >> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 3:52 PM > >> To: Wigtownshire Roots Web list > >> Subject: [WIG LIST] Identify a Placename please? > >> > >> Hello Listers, > >> > >> > >> > >> Recently a Baptism record came in to my possession that says, James > >> McClure > >> and Sarah McClung had a son baptised James at what really looks like > >> "Lefpraig? or Lelpraig?" This unrecognised location would be close to > >> Penninghame or Whithorn area as this is where my ancestors once > >> lived in the > >> 1778 timeframe. Can anyone possibly identify the name or similar as > >> being a > >> familiar place name in the general area please? Perhaps it was a > >> farm > >> name? > >> > >> If anyone wishes to see the actual record I can e mail the original? > >> > >> Cheers All > >> > >> Jim Patterson.

I am trying to find out more about this family. John and Jane were married in Kirkcolm in September 1865 they had a quite a large family and I have found most of their marriages and deaths except for the following Matilda b 1866 who was still in Wigtownshire in 1891 then dissappears Thomas b 1882 , James 1884 and Jane b 1887. In 1901 Jane is living with some of her family and grandchildren at 9, Underlee Buildings ,Underlee Lane ,Paisley with her are her daughters Bessie, Mary ,Jane and sons Nevin, Thomas and James and some grandchildren. John died in Kirkcolm in 1904 . What happened to Jane and the rest of the family?