Yeeehaaaa
Another reply from Melinda.
Dear Burrow Digger,
I registered at Rootschat with the user name of
"Sedona". It's about time I got my genealogy out
and started doing something with it anyway! I
have been using my spare time to create art. But
I will fit this in.
As for brickwalls, the
biggest is finding James Muir in the Orkney
Islands (I would write this to all of you but I
am not sure how to find your group there or if
the link is directly to your group, but you can
paste this in). (
Yes the link I gave her was directly to page 1 of this thread) One theory is that he fibbed
about his birth year as he is quite a bit older
than his wife.
My grandfather, James Jennings
Muir, Charlotte's grandson, has a cousin who I
think has passed away. He lived in England and
went up to the Orkneys for the express purpose of
finding our James Muir, but had no luck. He is
the one who wrote the book about the Muir family.
I have the Barbados info on files from a
genealogist down there. Some of it is collateral
lines (which you probably could use for your
project) and I do know that it does have a few
errors, like in one file he skipped a generation,
making the grandfather the father. But if you
want, I can send them as attachments (all
together there is about 50 pages, from around 8
surnames that are directly back from Charlotte).
I will get out my genealogy (on paper) and look
to see where we hit the walls for each related
line and let you know in the next day or two.
Oh,
by the way, last night I skimmed part of your
thread and the L someone was wondering about most
likely stands for Lyte as it is one of the
Barbados surnames.
Well, that is all for now. Let me know if you
want those Barbados files and I can write and
tell you where that mistake is. (
what mistake? The grandfather as a father? OOH how interesting)
Sincerely, Sedona.
