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Re: Margaret Nicholson born circa 1817 - Borgue
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 30 August 25 10:19 BST (UK) »
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: Margaret Nicholson born circa 1817 - Borgue
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 30 August 25 13:21 BST (UK) »
Thank you Neale 1961 - The Kirk Session records are a good find and obviously written by the same session clerk as the placename for William is exactly as written on the birth.

Firthhead looks very possible - I've attached an extract of the birth record from Scotland's people.

Still not sure if this is my Margaret Nicholson -although the mother's name of Elizabeth Hunter is compelling. Now I need to look for these people on 1841 Census.


Looby  :)

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Re: Margaret Nicholson born circa 1817 - Borgue
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 30 August 25 13:22 BST (UK) »
Thank you for the link to Firthhead on the map, Forfarian.
 Very interesting.
Going to try and see an image of the farm/cottage today.

Looby :)
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