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hi guys
i have found on ancestry.com that you can search the QLD electoral rolls back to 1910, as i did researching my local area history, then i found when you look at the original record, you can change the date to find additional rolls for a particular area where you think the person you are looking for may be but do not appear in the search categories because of a change in spelling of the name, ie, vipon or vipond.

hi colin
i too am a great grandson of William and Sarah
Alice Nelson Sturgeon is my grandmothers sister, her name is Geane (jean) Sturgeon, Alice married William Arthur J Nicolson in Melbourne Australia on the 18 Mar 1926, William was a Sailor on the SS Moreton, he was born on the Shetland islands on the 12 Feb 1889. i have not yet found when Alice or Geane came to Australia, but going by what you have told me it must be between 1911 and 1926. in 1936 she is living in the western suburbs of Sydney in New South Wales, Nana Geane had married before coming to Australia, a fellow named Bertram Rance at the aged of 16 and had a child to him in 1916 (27 July), Bertram William Rance, in the 1901 census she is aged 7.  After she came to australia she married my grandfather Frederick Charles Cairns. and had one child my mother Alice Cairns who was born in 1931 and then Geane died in 1942. i dont have any photos of Alice but her daughter is still alive as at 2010 i spoke to her over the phone as she still lives in Sydney and i live in Queensland, i do however have only one photo of Geane Sturgeon taken before 1931 in rural NSW. you can contact me direct email (*) if you do that then i can send you an invite to my Ancestry.com family tree so you will be able to see what i have on our relatives. i'm not sure what relations we are but some kind of distant cousins
look forward to your reply fred

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Duffs of Dunkeld
i have Duffs in my family tree coming from Little Dunkeld
this following is part of a church article about Donald Duff and Mary Mcleish
November 8th 1789
Session being met & duely constitute compeared Donald Duff & being exhorted to be inquest ate still denies guilt. Compeared also Mary McLiesh & persisted in accusing the said Donald Duff. The said Donald Duff desired to remove this scandal & craved the oath of purgation. The session resolved to enquire how far it might be for edification & summoned both parties to attend the session this day fortnight.
this is only part of a article that goes on for months in the church records if you would like a copy private message me and i can send it via email
fred

i have been tracing back the McMillan's in the family tree and have come to a bit of a strange problem when looking for John McMillan's Parents, John is the 8 year old mentioned on the copy of the 1851 census, however when you look at all the McMillan's mention on this census that all list their father as Robert Aitken. As you can see from this census the address is East Park however when you look at the census for the McMillan's listed the address is West Park.
Also Lachlan McMillan at age 24 lists his father as Robert Aitken who is aged 38
as do all the McMillan's and list Robert's spouse Isabella as their mother.
Your help please with this one

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hi Lochlass
I have Grizel falconer and Donald (Daniel) McLeish in my family tree way way back Donald (daniel) is 1 st cousin 5 times removed his father William is my 4th great grand uncle.
all linked back via a headstone in Little dunkeld, where grizel is buried in the memorial inscriptions in little dunkeld church handbook headstone no 486 east face 1788 here lyes in hope of a glorious resurrection the bones and ashes of Will(m) Mcleish, late tennant in Meikle Trochry in Strathbrand, who diee in 1740 aged 58 years, also his spouse Margret McFarland who died in 1771 aged 62years, their son John McLeish in Knowhead died in 1806 aged 80 and his wife Kathrine Young died in 1790 aged 60 years, Daniel McLeish died 18th Feb 1879 aged 96, Grizel Falconer, his wife, died 14th may 1867 aged 76years.
i have attached a photo of this head stone Grizel name is near the bottom
i hope this helps fred