This is a true shot in the dark! .....
.... Many thanks in advance for any thoughts.
Regards, Cary
Thought I would check to see if Cary's ‘shot in the dark’ for his MICHIE family name scored any hits in the DGFHS MIs database. Although not totally comprehensive (no MIs database can every be complete) this database draws on surveys from more than 160 graveyard in Dumfries and Galloway. The data comprises records of MIs taken from 24 thousand gravestones covering 5 thousand different names and variations.
DGFHS on line at
www.dgfhs.org.uk [database is NOT online.]
The search reports given below record only
one MICHIE hit and
two MECHIE hits, one of which is actually in Wigtownshire.
Location: Dumfries (St. Mary's Churchyard), Dumfriesshire
In Memory of
Janet KEDIE, spouse of
Robert MICHIE, who died at Brownhall in this Parish on the 14th November 1847 aged 27 years
Also Jane REIR his mother, who died on the 14th June 1883 aged 87 years
Location: Gretna Old Parish Graveyard, Dumfriesshire
Here lyes the corps of
Mary JOHNSTON, spouse to
Alexander MECHIE in Guard, who died January 19th 1732, of age 22
And her child
Location: Glenluce Cemetery (Church St. opposite Old Kirkyard), Wigtownshire
In Loving Memory of
Jessie CAMPBELL, beloved wife of
William MECHIE, who died at Glen of Luce 21st Feb 1914 aged 58 years
Also the above named
William MECHIE, who died at Glen of Luce 23rd Dec 1914 in his 53rd year
DGFHS archives also comprise many Old Parochial Register indexes for deaths and burials in Dumfriesshire.
A search of these indexes simply confirm that the MICHIE family is little known in Dumfriesshire.
The following is NOT indexed by Scotlandspeople but IS indexed in DGFHS publication –
Dumfries Parish, Deaths and Burials Registers Index vol. I:
Amilie MICHIE, Sept 29 1648
[Although not found in Scotlandspeople Indexes, I have viewed the film of this OPR entry.]
The Tynron Parish OPR, which are indexed by Scotlandspeople, lists this child death in 1770.
Agnes MICHIE - daughter to
William MICHIE and Isobel CORSON
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Update: Queried missing Dumfries index reference with Scotlandspeople -- they have corrected the error
