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I'm looking for any children (or wider family) of George Paterson & Jane Moir who were married in June 1898 at Carse of McOrriston.  It appears that Jane came from Carse of McOrriston and George was the farmer at MacOrriston Farm and they are shown as living there on the 1901 census.  I am trying to find if there is any connection to my family (Alexander Stott son of  John Stott married to Jane Brown)

I'm trying to find out information on a James Paterson who appears to be listed at MacOrriston Farm near Thornhill in 1891.  I have tried to do a 1901 census search but I am not sure which district Thornhill comes under when searching on Scotlands People and searching 'all' brings back quite a few!  Although he may not be part of my family line, I believe he may have brought up my grandfather from the age of 5 and if I can get some census info on him or the farm it may help to get me over the brick wall I have hit at this point.  Fingers crossed!

I'm currently researching my great grandfather who left scotland for Australia in 1911.  He remaried in Sydney in 1913 (I'm waiting for the marriage certificate to find out more) and  was widowed again in 1946.  He died in 1964 and I know he had property in Paramatter but it didn't appear to pass to my grand father back in scotland.  Is there any way searches can be done for details of wills or court papers for anyone that died intestate?  thanks

Hi angusg,

this is so exciting!  I'm new to the world of family history and having started searching due to a very limited knowledge of my paternal ancestry and I've been amazed at how large my family tree is on that side.

Alex Stott and Margaret Miller were my great great grandparents.  I have always known that my great grandfather john (b1876 m Mary Brown) went to Australia apparently after Mary died in childbirth with my grandad (alexander).  My grandad was brought up on McCorriston (or some spelling along those lines) Farm near thornhill but I am currently at a loss as to who brought him up.  I can remember going to the farm as a child (my grandad died when I was 11 in 1984) and meeting a couple who I have always presumed were the children of the people that brought him up - something tells me it may be the family of james (b1862 m Betsy Kydd 1884) but it is just a gut feeling - nothing concrete.  Unfortunately my dad had a stroke and can no longer speak and has a poor memory so he can't fill in the gaps - and his brother has also died so you can see how I'm piecing things together the best I can.  As I live in Yorkshire I have relied totally on scotlands people and was beginning to run dry as the entries run out fairly early in the 20th century but your post has triggered my hopes again!

I have learned that John was one of 11 children (don't think there are any more!) and I have found marriages for all of but one of them.  It appears that your uncle arthur was my grandads cousin. 

I hope this is of interest to you and we can go on to share the knowledge we have of this tree