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« on: Thursday 16 October 14 05:58 BST (UK) »
Thank you Trish for the freereg suggestion, I will definitely take a look. Also thank you Emma for your kind offer to look at those documents for me some time. I am sure that JohnHaliburton and Isabel Sanderson are my family as GD1/191/6 in the catalogue clearly mentions Andrew Halyburton, eldest lawful son and heir of deceased John Halyburton. I did a search on Isobel and there are a few documents relevant to her also. It is strange however that I can't seem to find a marriage for them, or a baptism for Andrew,or his brother James (both apprenticed in London). The wider network of Haliburtons from Edinburgh through the Borders seem to have been forever acquiring and disposing of property and land either through inheritance or legal means, so I cannot assume Patrick is John's father as yet. It is a possibility. I will take a look at the other links you mentioned and see what turns up. They seem a very interesting family . Thank you once again to you both for your help and suggestions, I am filling in the gaps !
Best wishes,
Maggie