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Fife / Re: My Fife Family Interests
« on: Monday 19 April 10 02:36 BST (UK) »
I am seeking past Mary Halkerstone b. 1657 Fife, married John Buchanan in 1670. Need her parents names. Thanks!
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Fife / Halkerstone/Halkerston/Hackerstone/Halkerstoun
« on: Monday 19 April 10 02:31 BST (UK) »
Fife, especially Beath, Dunfermline. In particular seeking parents of Mary b. 1657. She married John Buchanan in 1670. Thanks
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One Name Studies: H to M / Halkerston//Halkerstone/Halkerstoun
« on: Tuesday 06 October 09 02:56 BST (UK) »
Stuck at Mary H., born between 1657-61 in Dumfernline or Beath, Fife. Married either 1676, 1680 or 1682 to John(e) Buchanan b. Feb. 3 1656 in Beath.
I am doing a strictly maternal line and trying to find her mother. Have been searching for months. I know a few rootschatters are also related but so far none have found Mary's parents and there is nothing in LDS or other genealogy sites. It will require hands-on research. Any takers? I can't get to Scotland until 2011.
I am doing a strictly maternal line and trying to find her mother. Have been searching for months. I know a few rootschatters are also related but so far none have found Mary's parents and there is nothing in LDS or other genealogy sites. It will require hands-on research. Any takers? I can't get to Scotland until 2011.
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Fife / Re: Halkerston, Halkerstone, Halkerstoun, MARY. Fife? Scotland
« on: Thursday 30 April 09 15:19 BST (UK) »
Tab11 don't know if you could see it but in your last post the moderator blanked out your private email address. If you figure out how we can correspond privately I'd be glad to do so.
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The Common Room / Re: Earliest Dates
« on: Tuesday 28 April 09 17:51 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the welcome Jill - i must've been looking at someone else's profile to think you were from Oz.
You expressed my sentiments exactly about the history lesson in going back to medieval times. I've got books on my shelf I never dreamed I would have and learned so much about European history as a sideline of roots work.
I'm supposedly descended from William the Conqueror, too, and King John, which I thought was cool til I watched "The Lion in Winter" and realized he was the least capable son!
You expressed my sentiments exactly about the history lesson in going back to medieval times. I've got books on my shelf I never dreamed I would have and learned so much about European history as a sideline of roots work.
I'm supposedly descended from William the Conqueror, too, and King John, which I thought was cool til I watched "The Lion in Winter" and realized he was the least capable son!
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The Common Room / Re: Earliest Dates
« on: Monday 27 April 09 23:17 BST (UK) »
So you're telling me not to trust the Royal Genealogists? Ah, I feel like I've just been stabbed. Whom CAN we trust?
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The Common Room / Re: Earliest Dates
« on: Monday 27 April 09 22:58 BST (UK) »
At this moment 3 of us are on-line on this thread alone, representing 3 continents: US (me), Australia (JillJ) and England (robbo43) - I think I have found a home on-line since my real friends are quite sick of me rattling on about genealogy!
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The Common Room / Re: Earliest Dates
« on: Monday 27 April 09 22:36 BST (UK) »
Robbo, love that irony about the head of the church being descended from a pagan god!
Nick, I find the same thing about my American ancestors from 1700-1900. They seemed to have moved around a lot (probably to find work) and if they were poor, not church-goers, and divorced/remarried or widowed early........well I'm just SOL.
Funniest story I have is, I own a photo of a female relative taken around 1860 and on the back she wrote, "Guess who"? Little did she know I'd still be guessing 150 years later!
Nick, I find the same thing about my American ancestors from 1700-1900. They seemed to have moved around a lot (probably to find work) and if they were poor, not church-goers, and divorced/remarried or widowed early........well I'm just SOL.
Funniest story I have is, I own a photo of a female relative taken around 1860 and on the back she wrote, "Guess who"? Little did she know I'd still be guessing 150 years later!
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Fife / Re: Halkerston, Halkerstone, Halkerstoun, MARY. Fife? Scotland
« on: Monday 27 April 09 22:21 BST (UK) »
Tab11, I guess you have probably already know that the meaning of Halkerstone is the place where the king's hawk handlers lived. Apparently only royalty were permitted to hunt with hawks. Flourgurl
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