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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Dumfriesshire => Topic started by: carol sea on Saturday 26 March 05 20:11 GMT (UK)
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Just started researching this branch of my family. I am finding it very difficult to find any sites that hold info ( especially free stuff!) for this period. Can anyone help with this please? Don't want to have to stop at 1770.
Cheers
Carol :)
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Am researching Bells as well and trying to find my great-grandmother's parents. Can you help? She was Elizabeth Bell married Andrew Scott at Gretna in 1875. She lived at Priorhill between 1871 and 1891.
Thanks
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Early records are hard to find in Scotland. That's just a fact :'(
Probate falls to the eldest son and wills don't seem to have been as popular north of the boarder but you may get lucky.
http://www.scottishdocuments.com/content/default.asp
Though it isn't free.
Another source of info if they owned land is the Sasines see this thread...
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,26232.0.html
Memorial Inscriptions in some Dumfriesshire kirks are very well preserved you may get lucky there as well?
If they are actually from the parish of Dumfries then I've found early parish records to be well kept but unusually for Scottish records they do not list the mother's names on the baptisms - very frustrating.
Sorry I can't offer a great resource! Can anyone else think of anything?
Pam
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Hi Pam
Thanks for that. I suppose I should think myself lucky that I'm as far back as 1770!Going North later in the year so will just have to contain myself till then.At least a cert. arrived this morning for another branch of the family, so I'll be happily wading through that lot for a while now.
Hope MDA can find what they're looking for. Can't be of help at present.
Cheers
Carol :)
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If you can get to the Archive centre in Dumfries I've heard they are a wonderful hellpful group of people!
http://www.dumgal.gov.uk/services/depts/comres/library/libraries.asp?searchresultsstartingrow=3
I know they have lots and lots of resource, indexes to newspapers, Kirk Sessions (a good early source) etc.
Best of luck,
Pam
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Thanks agian Pam
Will post in lookup offers before I go. Will probably end up regetting that, as I'll spend all week in the archives instead of getting some fresh Scottish air! Ah, well.
Carol
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Have you checked this site out it gives a lot of the Dumfries cemetry listings
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scottish/
I have a Mary Bell born 1795 in my family listings as well and someone from Canada gave a list of more Bells If I can help let me know.
Isobel.
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Thanks Isobel
Another one for me to look at. It's always helpful to have info from people like yourself who have had the same problem. Will log on and see what I can find. Will post to let you know how I get on.
Cheers
Carol
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I have William Bell, born about 1806 in Middlebie, who married Janet Thom(p)son )born about 1810 in Middlebie). The marriage was in Annan, about 1831. I am still guessing about William's parents and Janet's also.
David.
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got lots of bells in ruthwell in my family my 5xgrandfather george was born there his father benjamin is also in ruthwell churchyard csc
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My Grandmother was Georgina Bell who married Nathanial Wallace they lived in Ecclefechan.
not sure this is relevant but thought i would add it just incase. 8)
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In my GRAHAM family I have Francis chr 1800 marrying Mary BELL who was chr. 1809
Marys' father is listed as Walter, Marys' mother is Isobel ELLIOT
Francis and Mary chr. their children in Canonbie
I have five children listed but I think there might be at least on other child I have yet to find.
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I have William Bell, born about 1806 in Middlebie, who married Janet Thom(p)son )born about 1810 in Middlebie). The marriage was in Annan, about 1831. I am still guessing about William's parents and Janet's also.
David.
like to contact david {sladmay} janet thompson/william bell are mine you quote 39 august 10 all dates match up to robert{1850}..he moved to durham apprenticed to bricklayer Hart whose daughter, selena, he married and they migrated to aussie with 3 kids, the 4th james my g father was born in 1879 in aussie. Hope I can catch you or someone can pass this on. Roamed Annan and Carlissle last Oct, 11 but carlisle was closed down so "stuck"
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It's a long shot but I have a Christopher Little, born circa 1781 in Middlebie, Dumfries. His mother was Mary Bell (his father was called William.
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I have done very extensively family research work on The Bell Families of Dumfries County and also on another Bell Family, Arkinholme, near Langhorn ,Scotland , as well as in Northern Ireland dating back to the 15th and into the 17th Centuries too. Here are my findings-- Archibald Bell-Born, 1594,Arkinholme,near Langhorn, Dumfries County,Scotland, Died 1688, Armagh ,Armagh County, Northern Ireland. His marriage was to Ann Yuruns--Born,1595,Died, 1625
My Great-Grandmother's Grandfather, William Bell--Born on August 12th, 1758, Moygashel ,Tyrone
County, Northern Ireland, Died on March 28th, 1833, First Concession of Thurlow Township, East of Belleville, Ontario, Hastings County, Canada. He was descendant from this family mentioned here.
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