So close, but yet so far.

[stuartroxy]

Pam

William, George, Alexander, Adam - all living in the same community, all named after their father/grandfather/uncle.  What could be easier to research

I've had a look at your tree as well - George b1716 appears to be the link.

stuartroxy

[melsimba66]

Just came across this thread ,   My Grandfather was William Rettie Tough , His Grandmother was Mary Crighton , Begg,Rettie ,Bannerman (she married 3 times)Her 2nd husband was William Rettie , not sure of his birth , but they were married  4/8/ 1855 .   They had the following children  Alex and Mary (Twins) born 1856,   James born 1858 Tyrie , William 1859 , Margaret Jane 1861,  Helen 1864 , . I hope you find some connection to your  line , and maybe I can fill in some holes in my own research 
                                                                 Take care   Melanie

[kiddo]

Stuart

Sorry for the delay (I didn't get a notice..have to fix that).

Another Rettie descendant and I have just made contact and are trying to sort out George 1716 as well. I take it you can see all the details on my tree..your thoughts? Its my first serious venture into my Rettie line since I knew I had a good bit of it in hand. I have to "sort" the families from the IGI once more for myself. Margret Ann Rettie/Forbear was my Great Grandmother, Merscedda Ellen Forbear Grandma, Thirza Shakelton was my mother..and ta dah!! :-)

Feel free to pm me and join the email exchange with us...meanwhile I will invite my "cousin" to join RC here.

Pam

[sam12]

Hi,

I just joined, so not too sure how this all works, but Pam and I have made some inroads into the Rettie clan since she posted in January. I think she has posted our findings on her Ancestry profile, but we are happy to answer questions, too.

I have a question about place names within parishes. For example, in baptism records for 5 of the children of William Raittie/Rettie/Retty/Retie/Ratie, etc. (b. July 6, 1678, wife -Margaret Froster) of Monquhitter parish he is listed as being "in Middlehill". Would that have been the name of a town in Monquhitter or perhaps of his own house, or just a general district? Being from Canada, I am not familiar with how addresses are/were handled in Scotland.

Also, has anyone from that region heard of a place called (as far as I can make out the handwriting) Croitown? (where William's father was from) I can't quite make out the writing on the baptism certificate, but I that's what it looks like, so I hope the name might be familar to someone from the area. I see Windsor87 is in Fraserburgh which is the general vicinity - no?

Thanks for any insights anyone can offer.
sam12

[heymin]

Hi,
Middlehill was /is a farm to the east of the village of Cuminestown ( could this be your Croitown?). You can see it's location if you log on to streetmap.co.uk. There are a few Middlehills but the above-mentioned is the one you want I hope.

[sam12]

Perfect! Thanks, I'll take a look.

[Flattybasher9]

Link to :-
http://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/pardetails259.html

then from the box at the top right, "Show Map", click "19C map", a map will come up, click and hold the map and just move the mouse/map across to the left, showing Middlehill on the right/centre border.

Regards

Malky

[Forfarian]

See http://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/NJ8349

[sam12]

WOW! I found the farm!

I located Middlehill on your sites and on Google Earth so spent an entire afternoon travelling through the area. I feel like I just had a holiday in Scotland!

I really appreciate all your input. Thanks so much to everyone.

Val