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I realise that my answer might not be of any help to anyone as I don't know the original enquiry. Anyway I am busy transcribing baptisms of people at St. Hilda's church South Shields and have come across a spelling error. 

I am entering a baptism for Jane Phoebe Ogilvy on 13th April 1851 (born 6th February - presumably the same year). The mother's name is given as Jane and the father's name has been put in as DOROTHY!!  I looked at what Family Search has entered for the father's name and they have put in Donrin.  The father was listed as a mariner and I wondered if it is possible that the father was Duncan but because of the Scottish pronunciation it might have been mistaken as Donkin and spelt incorrectly in Family Search as I have found several errors there.  I realise that this is speculation but I hope it is of some help (especially with the name Phoebe mentioned in threads).

I would really appreciate some help with this marriage if anyone can help me.  I have searched for years for the marriage of a John Westcott (father Jasper, mother Elizabeth Spear) who was born in Dawlish in  1816.  He was married to Elizabeth ?? who was born in Milverton around 1823.

The marriage is shown on the FamilySearch I.G.I. records as being in Milverton in 1841 but I cannot seem to find it and have no idea of Elizabeth's maiden name.  So of course I can't trace the tree any further back.

I did find some marriages transcriptions for St Michael's church in Milverton on line but the couple were not shown on these pages.

If anyone can help it would be brilliant!  Thanks.

I've just discovered on Ancestry Scottish transcription of that census that Margaret was born in Shotts, Patrick was born in Hamilton and young Andrew (who is shown as a grandson rather than a son) was also born in Hamilton.

Thanks anyway  - I guess I needn't worry about the NB now. Just don't know where that came from.

Anyone who thinks they may be connected to this family - I would love to hear from you.

I've been searching for my husband's side of the family.  His grandfather was Michael Brennan, a coalminer who originally was born in Felling, County Durham .  He married a Sarah Ann McKenna in Brooms County Durham and then they lived in the Gateshead area. Michael finally died in Chester le Street, County Durham.

However, prior to his marriage he and his parents and siblings were in Scotland.  I have been searching for the Brennan family in Lanarkshire (and think I have found them called Branon in Holytown, Bothwell).   

There were several children in this Irish coalmining family - some born in England, some Ireland and some in Lanarkshire.  However, before the ones born in Scotland it states as place of birth "NB Lanarkshire". 

I don't think this can mean "Note well" so does anyone know what this would stand for. 

The actual 1891 census was shown as:

Registration Number: 625/2 
Registration district: Holytown 
Civil Parish: Bothwell 
County: Lanarkshire 
Address: Rows Carfin 6 
Occupation: Miner 
ED: 7 
Household schedule number: 183 
Line: 7 
Roll: CSSCT1891_226 

In 1881 they were in Dykehead Double Row, Hamilton and the family members then were:

Peter Brannen  6??  (probably 68 if Mary was supposedly 46, though in 1871 she was only 33)! born Queens County, Ireland
Mary Brannen  46 born Ireland
Peter Brannen  23 born Ireland
Catherine Brannen  21  born Ireland                       
Anastasia Brannen  19 born Ireland
Mary Brannen  18  born Ireland
Owen Brannen  16 born Ireland
Michael Brannen  10 born Felling, County Durham
James Brannen  8 born England
Margaret Brannen  6 born
Patrick Brannen  3
Andrew Brannen  2

LIZZIE WHO WAS 22 IN THE 1891 CENSUS  (born North Shields, Northumberland) WAS MISSING IN THE 1881 ONE.

If anyone on this forum has any information about this family or the meaning of NB I would love to hear from them.