No trace of my Crighton ancestors after 1865

[liverpool annie]

Hi Al !!

I'm fed up with France now ..... it's ticking me off !!  can't find nothing ........ 
SO -
I was talking to JAP about something else - and she gave me this site - I don't think you've tried this one ...... !! it's fascinating .... you'll love it !! .... try it !!
( Hope you don't mind JAP !! )

http://www.talkingscot.com/

Annie 

[JAP]

Hi Al !!

I'm fed up with France now ..... it's ticking me off !!  can't find nothing ........ 
SO -
I was talking to JAP about something else - and she gave me this site - I don't think you've tried this one ...... !! it's fascinating .... you'll love it !! .... try it !!
( Hope you don't mind JAP !! )

http://www.talkingscot.com/

Annie 

Hello Annie,

We-e-ell ...

I do tend to be a bit careful and not advertise, on RootsChat, any other bulletin board which covers an area which is already covered by RC (I mentioned the other site in my PM for a specific reason).  However, I'm sure that RC is so big and so big-hearted that nobody will mind at all   

JAP

[alcrighton]

Thanks Annie & JAP,

There seems to be a lot of stuff on the site you mentioned, will have to do some trawling.

Regards,

Al

[kathleen crighton]

COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME JUST IN CASE WE ARE RELATED
My name is Kathleen Crighton
My grandfather was William crighton married to Elizabeth Cook and had
3 children ELISABETH,THOMAS AND MY FATHER WILLIAM (all 3 born in Dundee
My family House in Dundee is In Lochee
I am trying to find who my relatives are since before my father died in Hertfordshire England in 1995 told me that I have many relatives all over the world]
pLS HELP

[alcrighton]

Hi Kathleen,

Sorry for not replying sooner, I haven't been on Rootschat for a while.  Do you have any dates (Birth, Marriage) for your grandfather?  As you'll see from this thread, my ancestors left Dundee around 1866 so if we are related, the link would probably be a couple of generations further back from your grandfather.

Let me know what information you have and I'll see what I can find.

Regards,

Al

ps I made a breakthrough this week on locating my ancestors in France!  The 10 year BMD indexes for the North of France have just become available on line and I managed to find the birth records for two of my G Grandmother's brothers.  These indexes are for a specific town so I'm owrking my way out from Dunkirk town by town to see what else I can find.

[kathleen crighton]

hallo Al
My granfather was born around 1895 ,his full name was william Jaffrey Crighton
my father william crighton (who by the way is famous in Greece since he wrote a greek english dictionary)was born in Dundee in 14/12/1923
Unfortunatelly I have no more details apart from the fact that my grandmother was Irish and her family name was cook
Thank you for all your help,will be really funny if we are related
If it is any help I think I have an uncle in Dundee who has a pub,his name is peter and has i think 2 daughters either solicitors or baristers
I think he had an accident in war world 2.My father was in the army in world war 2 as well and fought in Greece,italy and africa.In greece he met my mother
and he remained here until 1975.we returned in uk then and my family house is in Hertfordshire
I have my fathers brother and sister (thomas cook Crighton,and eliza crighton
still alive in lochee dundee but they are very old and cannot help me
Thanks again
Kathleen

[alcrighton]

Hi Kathleen,

This is what I've been able to find from the scottish records:

Your grandfather William Jaffray CRIGHTON married Eliza COOK, in the St. Andrews District of Dundee in 1915.

William Jaffray CRIGHTON was born on April 6th 1895 also in the St. Andrews District of Dundee.  His parents were William CRIGHTON (born 25th Sept 1865) and Catherine (Nee DOWNS).

Willam CRIGHTON's parents (W. J. CRIGHTON's paternal grandparents) were David CRICHTON (I have these same CRIGHTON/CRICHTON spelling changes in the records for my ancestors!) and Elizabeth (nee FRAZER) and they were married in Dundee in 1864.

David CRICHTON's parents were William and Helen (nee GIBSON).  Helen was deceased by the time David married in 1864.

That's as far as I've been able to go back and I haven't been able to find a link with my ancestors but I'll keep looking.  It looks like if we are related, the link is even further back than your ggg grandfather!

Regards,

Al