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Banffshire / Re: Ritchie/Lovie/Watson
« on: Wednesday 01 October 08 15:00 BST (UK) »
i see you're also interestested in wisemans - i have lots of them in my tree - mostly from gamrie (Gardenstown, District of Banff)
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Banffshire / Re: Ritchie/Lovie/Watson
« on: Wednesday 01 October 08 14:48 BST (UK) »
Hi i think we have a match.
I have a Jean Lovie (b.~1796) in whitehills, child of Jean Findlay and John Lovie who married a John Ritchie. However she did have a sister, also called Jean (b.1813). I may have mixed up the 2 Jean Lovies.
Which year was your Jean Lovie who married John Ritchie born? and were her parents Jean Findlay and John Lovie?
I have a Jean Lovie (b.~1796) in whitehills, child of Jean Findlay and John Lovie who married a John Ritchie. However she did have a sister, also called Jean (b.1813). I may have mixed up the 2 Jean Lovies.
Which year was your Jean Lovie who married John Ritchie born? and were her parents Jean Findlay and John Lovie?
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Banffshire / Re: whitehills, boyndie, banff
« on: Friday 26 September 08 11:34 BST (UK) »
Hi everyone
Im a Watson from Whitehills and have compiled quite a bit of my family tree - there are Watsons, Ritchies, Lovies, Nicols and Wisemans.
I'd be happy to help with any questions about Whitehills and a good record collection online is Scotlands people . com - most whitehills records of births, marriages and deaths are there - it can get a little confusing though because all the common names (watson lovie findlay pirie) are all very old names squeezed into a very small community. e.g. my great great grandparents both had the middle name Lovie and the last name Watson before they got married.
There is also a good history here at the Statistical Accounts of Scotland:
http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/sas/sas.asp/?monospace=&twoup=&nohighlight=&account=2&transcript=&session-id=07119555443e285c120480103dd1a5c9&naecache=5&accountrec=012955&navbar=&action=publicdisplay&parish=Banff&county=Banff&pagesize=
(should work if you copy and paste i think)
Note that Whitehills is now in Aberdeenshire, it was Banff and Buchan and even further back was the Parish of Boyndie (which even earlier was called "Boidie". There are still areas here refered to as Boyndie and InverBoyndie.
As far as graveyards the modern Boyndie graveyard is about half a mile towards Banff and the older Boyndie Kirkyard is very close by and unused (and un looked after) in an area now known to locals as Inverboyndie.
Whitehills has been a fishing village for over 200 years however it is no longer as boats got bigger and the newest harbour is now used as a marina for yatchs (has been for about 6-7 years if i remember properly).
As well as all this id be excited to find relatives further afield.
Im a Watson from Whitehills and have compiled quite a bit of my family tree - there are Watsons, Ritchies, Lovies, Nicols and Wisemans.
I'd be happy to help with any questions about Whitehills and a good record collection online is Scotlands people . com - most whitehills records of births, marriages and deaths are there - it can get a little confusing though because all the common names (watson lovie findlay pirie) are all very old names squeezed into a very small community. e.g. my great great grandparents both had the middle name Lovie and the last name Watson before they got married.
There is also a good history here at the Statistical Accounts of Scotland:
http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/sas/sas.asp/?monospace=&twoup=&nohighlight=&account=2&transcript=&session-id=07119555443e285c120480103dd1a5c9&naecache=5&accountrec=012955&navbar=&action=publicdisplay&parish=Banff&county=Banff&pagesize=
(should work if you copy and paste i think)
Note that Whitehills is now in Aberdeenshire, it was Banff and Buchan and even further back was the Parish of Boyndie (which even earlier was called "Boidie". There are still areas here refered to as Boyndie and InverBoyndie.
As far as graveyards the modern Boyndie graveyard is about half a mile towards Banff and the older Boyndie Kirkyard is very close by and unused (and un looked after) in an area now known to locals as Inverboyndie.
Whitehills has been a fishing village for over 200 years however it is no longer as boats got bigger and the newest harbour is now used as a marina for yatchs (has been for about 6-7 years if i remember properly).
As well as all this id be excited to find relatives further afield.
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Banffshire / Re: Ritchie/Pirie/lovie
« on: Thursday 25 September 08 23:38 BST (UK) »
Hi everyone
Im a Watson from Whitehills and have compiled quite a bit of my family tree - there are Watsons, Ritchies, Lovies, Nicols and Wisemans.
I'd be happy to help with any questions about Whitehills and a good record collection online is Scotlands people . com - most whitehills records of births, marriages and deaths are there - it can get a little confusing though because all the common names (watson lovie findlay pirie) are all very old names squeezed into a very small community. e.g. my great great grandparents both had the middle name Lovie and the last name Watson before they got married.
There is also a good history here at the Statistical Accounts of Scotland:
http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/sas/sas.asp/?monospace=&twoup=&nohighlight=&account=2&transcript=&session-id=07119555443e285c120480103dd1a5c9&naecache=5&accountrec=012955&navbar=&action=publicdisplay&parish=Banff&county=Banff&pagesize=
(should work if you copy and paste i think)
Note that Whitehills is now in Aberdeenshire, it was Banff and Buchan and even further back was the Parish of Boyndie (which even earlier was called "Boidie". There are still areas here refered to as Boyndie and InverBoyndie.
As far as graveyards the modern Boyndie graveyard is about half a mile towards Banff and the older Boyndie Kirkyard is very close by and unused (and un looked after) in an area now known to locals as Inverboyndie.
Whitehills has been a fishing village for over 200 years however it is no longer as boats got bigger and the newest harbour is now used as a marina for yatchs (has been for about 6-7 years if i remember properly).
As well as all this id be excited to find relatives further afield.
Im a Watson from Whitehills and have compiled quite a bit of my family tree - there are Watsons, Ritchies, Lovies, Nicols and Wisemans.
I'd be happy to help with any questions about Whitehills and a good record collection online is Scotlands people . com - most whitehills records of births, marriages and deaths are there - it can get a little confusing though because all the common names (watson lovie findlay pirie) are all very old names squeezed into a very small community. e.g. my great great grandparents both had the middle name Lovie and the last name Watson before they got married.
There is also a good history here at the Statistical Accounts of Scotland:
http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/sas/sas.asp/?monospace=&twoup=&nohighlight=&account=2&transcript=&session-id=07119555443e285c120480103dd1a5c9&naecache=5&accountrec=012955&navbar=&action=publicdisplay&parish=Banff&county=Banff&pagesize=
(should work if you copy and paste i think)
Note that Whitehills is now in Aberdeenshire, it was Banff and Buchan and even further back was the Parish of Boyndie (which even earlier was called "Boidie". There are still areas here refered to as Boyndie and InverBoyndie.
As far as graveyards the modern Boyndie graveyard is about half a mile towards Banff and the older Boyndie Kirkyard is very close by and unused (and un looked after) in an area now known to locals as Inverboyndie.
Whitehills has been a fishing village for over 200 years however it is no longer as boats got bigger and the newest harbour is now used as a marina for yatchs (has been for about 6-7 years if i remember properly).
As well as all this id be excited to find relatives further afield.
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