Joan. Thought you might like to know, according to the Oxford "Dictionary of Surnames" [ISBN 0-19-211592-8] by Hanks and Hodges; Crombie and variants come from the former county of Aberdeen and Abercrombie comes from a place in the county of Fife, John >From: mccarron@ns.sympatico.ca (Joan McCarron) >Reply-To: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com >To: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Sc. immigrants to US - Lookup request >Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 16:22:40 -0300 > >Hello All, > >Would anyone have information on CD or similar to do a >search for a SC > US immigration record for two brothers? > >The surname is now spelled CRUMBIE. I suppose it may be >found as CRUMBY, CROMBIE and family tradition has it as >possibly ABERCRUMBIE at some point. > >They were James and Robert who emigrated to Philadelphia, PA >c1770. I don't yet know which area of Scotland they may >have come from. > >If you're able to help in any way, that would certainly be >appreciated. Thank you very much! > >Joan >Nova Scotia, Canada > > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.