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Aberdeenshire / Re: Aberdeenshire Surnames: Bain & Cheyne
« on: Saturday 28 April 12 13:58 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

I've not been here for ages as research has taken a bit of a backseat, but now looking into hubby's family tree and have links with both Cheyne & Bain.

This lot all come from around Methlick, Lonmay, New Pitsligo, Rosehearty and Fraserburgh.

Cheyne - the Helen Greig who m Alexander Cheyne is from the Greig family of Lonmay/New Pitsligo - on whom I have LOADS of info, including some very confusing interlinks with the Shearers from New Pitsligo / Monquhitter.  I've also recently found Shearer used as a middle name in other branches of this family there are probably even more twisted links to discover!

Also, Barbara Cheyne (b1886) m Lewis Bain (b1885) - I have a lot of info on Lewis's' grandfather Hector Bain (sometimes recorded as McBain (B 1802 D 1885 Fraserburgh) and all his descendants.  The Mc seems to have been used sometimes, sometimes not - probably depending on the transcriber and how the original was written (ie with or without a space!), which I've come across fairly often.

Bain appears on hubby's maternal side too, via the Howie/Oliphant line - all from Rosehearty and around. but who also link back to the same Hector Bain / McBain as above!

I have bits and pieces of details on many of this family now, I am almost lost in the midst of them, lol, but if I can help in any way at all, just ask! :)
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The Common Room / Re: Where do I find these documents?
« on: Sunday 26 December 10 15:47 GMT (UK)  »
Val,

For Scotland:
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

After you register, it costs £6 for 30 credits that will get you 5 certificates, assuming you start with enough information to search effectively AND pick the right one from the search result list - and that's not as easy as it sounds! :(

I might have some that will be of use to you, so do ask me first.... ;-)

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Ireland / Re: Tracing Irish who came to Scotland 1840 - ?
« on: Saturday 21 November 09 20:01 GMT (UK)  »
Just want to say a HUGE thanks to K44ENF who has sent me loads of information about my Roberts branch, she's a true gem  :-*

Marcie - the James Ferguson I have is the illegitimate child of Elizabeth Roberts (not Baillie as I put in by mistake!!) and Peter Ferguson - full name James Baillie Ferguson DOB 18 August 1858  Father's address given as New Dalmarnock Road, Glasgow. 
Elizabeth later married John Boyd in 1860 but by 1886 she was using the name Malcolmson.  James may have used any of these surnames (including Roberts under which he was originally recorded).
I just thought this may be of interest, in case you have any links to one of those  in your tree.

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Edited for name error ::)

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Ireland / Re: Tracing Irish who came to Scotland 1840 - ?
« on: Monday 16 November 09 15:51 GMT (UK)  »
No offence taken, Karen, I know what you mean.  I am just going through all possibilities so that I can try various searches in the hope of finding the truth :O)

Interesting about Jane Baillie on Irish roots -   I see there is a Jane Bailey (spelling I have varies on different certs anyway) in Co Antrim in 1816, the DOB I have for her. Can't find a George Roberts but I see that a lot of records from Antrim & Down are not yet online so will wait and see if they turn anything up when available.

Thanks for the info about Mary & Margaret Roberts in 1851- not sure if it's relevant at all but will keep it in mind.

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Ireland / Re: Tracing Irish who came to Scotland 1840 - ?
« on: Monday 16 November 09 13:41 GMT (UK)  »
Marcie - are any of your Fergusons linked to any of your other names at all - or just appeared out of nowhere like mine?

Not aware of any technical issue here today - might be worth flagging up.

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Ireland / Re: Tracing Irish who came to Scotland 1840 - ?
« on: Monday 16 November 09 13:32 GMT (UK)  »
And I may have a death for the mother-in-law Elizabeth Baillie too - 1858 in Calton - again the only one for the range of years.

I wonder who the Elizabeth Baillie age 25 in 1841 is then? Is it possible the 2 is actually meant to be a 6 as she would be 62 or so then?  I haven't seen the original, just got it on FreeCen.

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Ireland / Re: Tracing Irish who came to Scotland 1840 - ?
« on: Monday 16 November 09 13:21 GMT (UK)  »
Darn - just realised Elizabeth Roberts cannot have been mother of James Ferguson as she married a John Boyd in 1860 - and I have that marriage cert.

Back to the drawing board for Ferguson..... :(

On a brighter note, there IS a death record for George Roberts in Bridgeton in 1870 so that would make sense why Henry is head in 1871.  Haven't got the cert yet so still no parents' names for the Ireland connection.  But by process of elimination, there is only one of them, thank goodness!

Why oh why do you only ever have 5 SP credits left when you need 6?!  Why isn't there a way of skipping the list grid when there is only one result - I KNOW it is the one I want!


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Ireland / Re: Tracing Irish who came to Scotland 1840 - ?
« on: Monday 16 November 09 12:48 GMT (UK)  »
Oh dear - this gets even more confusing.

But one thing I know for sure is that the Mary born in 1839 DID survive - because she married my gg-grandfather in 1865.  She is also noted as being born in Ireland. Perhaps at age 12 she was not at home?  I know young girls could go into service from the age of 10 in those days.

The Elizabeth Baillie that I have was noted as age 25 in the 1841 census - I thought it may have been Jane's sister (possibly twin as Jane was the same age), but at 72 this is just too much of a difference to be the same one.

Hopefully she will have a death record in Scotland and, as you say, may have parents on it - fingers crossed!

Is it possible that the Matilda born in 1841 got called Mary? There is a discrepancy of a couple of years but that's no big deal.

I didn't know of a George, but I haven't looked into the children's children apart from Mary's. Do you think the one in 1851 could be a different George from the 1871 son of Henry's?   Because in 1851 Henry would only have been 15-17 although I suppose it's still possible that George is his son (randy lot my family were, lol)

I will need to find out where Ferguson comes in - I think only the daughter Eliza could be the mother, she would be 22 when he was born.  I know for sure he's not Mary's and can't think of any other option.

Thank you so much for this info Karen - while it may seem confusing to me right now, at least I have a few more avenues open to explore and hopefully can turn something up that pulls the jigsaw together a bit!

I actually ended up buying a few SP credits last night - will try to use them more sensibly this time :O)

Much appreciated!



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Ireland / Re: Tracing Irish who came to Scotland 1840 - ?
« on: Sunday 15 November 09 17:13 GMT (UK)  »
I kinda thought that anyway Maggie - not to worry, it's just not knowing for sure that she died, or being able to find a record if it,  that annoys me! 
I know there was a high infant mortality rate in the 19th century as I used to be a museum tour guide and one of the visitor attractions was all about the housing & general living conditions for mining life between 1710 & 1840 :O)

Besides, I have plenty of other family members causing me enough of a headache as it is, lol

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PS  thanks for the idea about financial help for a funeral - will get round to looking into that :)

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