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Hello Dennis, Thanks to the transcribers of the 1841 census on the Freecen site - doesn't tell you anything new but this could be your William in 1841. Piece: SCT1841/724 Place: Whittinghame-East Lothian Enumeration District: 5 Civil Parish: Whittinghame Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: - F...

I have a death rec of a Matthew Skirving who died in 1878. I cannot make out the maiden name of his mother ( will try to upload it shortly ). As of yet I have found no marriage record for Matthew to a Marion Thompson, but they did have a few children in Dumbarton c1855-1867. SP's 1871 census shows ...

Hi Jean ... The "white background with the wavy windows icon" means that Windows doesn't know what program to use to open that type of file. JayPee Hi Jean, Have you tried right clicking on the icon? This should show a list of options. One of them should say 'Open with' and left clicking on this sh...

Douglas Williamson wrote:...... I know from marriage certificates of his children that he died between 22nd April 1864 and 15th June 1864!.....

John,

I'm sure you will have spotted this by now but looking back at the marriage dates of the children I think Douglas meant to type 15th June 1866.

Annette M

Hi Annette, Glad you like the Maybole website. I have been visiting it regularly for the last couple of years as my dad's family came from there. As a point of interest Mary McCartney's sister Margaret married James Currie. They had a daughter Sarah Currie who married William Murray in 1844. Their d...

Right, here we go. First you have to get your Scottish Gaelic and your Irish Gaelic sorted out. Both are very similar, but the Irish pronounce it ‘Gay-lik’ while the Scots pronouce it ‘Gah-lik’ as in garlic. People will correct you if you get it wrong. Hi Bob, As an enumerator of the 1991 census in...

Hi All, From Jack's 1851 info - McCartneys in Maybole 1841 in alphabetical order MCCARTNEY Anne F 9y AYR MCCARTNEY Eliza F 3y AYR MCCARTNEY George M 38y Male Servant AYR MCCARTNEY George M 12y AYR MCCARTNEY James M 45y Tea Dealer IRL MCCARTNEY Jane F 40y AYR MCCARTNEY Jane F 8y AYR MCCARTNEY Jessie ...

Hello HeatherK, nelmit & Andy, Thank you all for your speedy responses & helpful advice. We were aware of most of the information but did not realise that the parents' marriage details would be on the children's birth certificates. We will look into this on SP straightaway. Thanks again, Graham Hi ...

Hello everyone, Just joined today & we hope we are doing this right! We know that Adam Dunsmore, born 1830/2 in Airth, Stirling, married Margaret Ballantyne Bruce, born 02/05/1829 Edinburgh, but we cannot find this marriage in the OPR. Their first child Adam was born 06/12/1853 in Galashiels. Can a...

Hi Karen, There is a William HAY age 45 living in Dalry Ayr on the 1901 census. I think the 1861 & 1871 census records will shed more light on William's family. Hopefully the 1871 will be online soon. I found it interesting that the informant on Jane's death certificate was her son in law. What was ...