Hello all you genealogy masters,
I have a puzzle here. My great-great-great-grandmother Elizabeth McKey was apparently born in Guernsey 13 Dec 1804 (date from family bible, birthplace from every census she was in). She married Robert Fryar on 20 Mar 1826 in St. Peter's church Wallsend and then spent most of her adult life in Durham (Washington, Usworth, Seghill, Gateshead etc).
Problem number one is finding her marriage info. I think I got this from a distant relation but I have no confirmation.
Number two is finding any info on parents, siblings etc. I have actually contacted a woman doing genealogy research in Guernsey and she sent me some births from the Town Church Register with the name McKey/McKay, Mackie, Mackey but none were Elizabeth. She said that she could have been baptized privately as there was no requirement to register births there in the early 1800s.
She also said that it wasn't a local Guernsey name (obviously Scottish in origin) which I figured. I was working on a possible military/naval/merchant seaman kind of assumption for her father's career. This is probably why she ended up in Northern England if her family were originally from Scotland or Northern England.
Anyway, you people are much more experienced than I with these head scratchers, so I would love some advice or help on this one.
Thanks in advance for any help
Patti