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Berwickshire / Re: Burials in Lennel Cemetery/Dickson
« on: Saturday 03 January 15 05:45 GMT (UK) »
Hi. I am from Canada, and have inherited a partially done family tree. I am fascinated by the stuff, but alas, I am new to this research thing.
I do see some ancestors posted here by Beckey, that we are direct descendants of. " James and Catherine Dickson with sons Thomas and Robert". Just wondering if the Thomas and Christian posted with them are possibly his parents.
What I can share is that they emigrated to Canada in 1846, approx. There is no record of their journey across that has been located yet, however the immigration date was found on the census of one of their sons. Is there a place to check outgoing migration from Scotland to see if a paper trail does exist for this families migration to Canada?
By the time they arrived to Canada, they also had a third son, not on this census.
Because they are all Dicksons on this Census for this area, is it likely they are all related?
Is there a way to go back further than this 1841 Census to find out what Catherines maiden name was, their wedding date, if they were born in Berwickshire, other kids, etc?
His headstone in Canada, has the qualifier "Native of Dumfries" on it, so I'm not sure where he was born.
I also have a couple other questions:
I do not know Scotland geography very well, but am trying to learn it. Does anyone know if people that were born in Dumfries in early 1800s would migrate to Coldstream? They seem a fair distance apart on the map....I'm thinking...long walk!
Also, I did see some paperwork showing the variation of typical english lettering to Scottish lettering, which spells out to me that I won't be able to read the old documentation without first having a knowledge of the way it is written. Thus I'm wondering if a membership to Ancestry.com would be better than a membership to a pay as you go site that I heard about thats in Scotland, for an illiterate in Scottish handwriting person such as myself?
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Hope I've explained it well enough to be clear. Jake.
I do see some ancestors posted here by Beckey, that we are direct descendants of. " James and Catherine Dickson with sons Thomas and Robert". Just wondering if the Thomas and Christian posted with them are possibly his parents.
What I can share is that they emigrated to Canada in 1846, approx. There is no record of their journey across that has been located yet, however the immigration date was found on the census of one of their sons. Is there a place to check outgoing migration from Scotland to see if a paper trail does exist for this families migration to Canada?
By the time they arrived to Canada, they also had a third son, not on this census.
Because they are all Dicksons on this Census for this area, is it likely they are all related?
Is there a way to go back further than this 1841 Census to find out what Catherines maiden name was, their wedding date, if they were born in Berwickshire, other kids, etc?
His headstone in Canada, has the qualifier "Native of Dumfries" on it, so I'm not sure where he was born.
I also have a couple other questions:
I do not know Scotland geography very well, but am trying to learn it. Does anyone know if people that were born in Dumfries in early 1800s would migrate to Coldstream? They seem a fair distance apart on the map....I'm thinking...long walk!
Also, I did see some paperwork showing the variation of typical english lettering to Scottish lettering, which spells out to me that I won't be able to read the old documentation without first having a knowledge of the way it is written. Thus I'm wondering if a membership to Ancestry.com would be better than a membership to a pay as you go site that I heard about thats in Scotland, for an illiterate in Scottish handwriting person such as myself?
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Hope I've explained it well enough to be clear. Jake.