1851 Census Barony Robert Naismith .....

[Pam Herrington]

Hi

I have been tracking down Robert Naismith born about 1823. I have found him in 1851 census with his sisters.
The problem I have is his occupation. What is the first word the second I have is missionary.
He goes on to become a minster in the Free Church

Thanks
Pam in sunny Melbourne.

[LesleyB]

Hi Pam
Any chance you could upload the image to the gallery? Its kinda didfficult to guess with nothing to work with!

Best wishes
Lesley

[DavidWW]

The first word is "City".

David

[Pam Herrington]

Thank you so much for replying.

So that means he was a city missionary in 1851
He went on to be the minster at Free Reformed Presbytrian Church Chirnside Brewick.

Does any know of a site that may have any information for minsters?

Thanks
Pam

[DavidWW]

As yet there's not too much on the web, and nothing that I know of that could help with a minister of the Free Reformed Presbytrian Church.

(This specific church, BTW, is possibly the breakaway in 1892 from the Free Church, - they disagreed over the slackening of confessional standards, - known at the time of the breakaway as "Free Presbyterians". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Presb ... f_Scotland, and be prepared to take considerable time to understand the various church names There could well have been congregations in Glasgow, given the number who had moved there from the Highlands, but Chirnside is an awful long way south to find a Free Reformed Presbytrian Church congregation.)

Most of what exists is still in book form, and there is often high quality biographical info, - see http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic. ... ight=fasti

That's not to say that a Google on an individual won't produce a result.

The www site http://www.dwalker.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk ... 0Index.htm currently has transcripts of Vols. I & II of the "Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the [Established]Church of Scotland" online. These cover the Synods of Lothian and Tweeddale (Vol I) and Synods of Merse and Teviotdale, Dumfries & Galloway (Vol II). I believe that these are both the 1915 New Edition.

(There are 7 volumes in this edition of Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, the others covering – Vol. III. Synod of Glasgow & Ayr; Vol. IV. Synods of Argyll and of Perth and Stirling; Vol. V: Synod of Fife, and of Angus and Mearns; Vol. VI: Synods of Aberdeen and of Moray; Vol. VII: Synods of Ross, Sutherland and Caithness, Glenelg.)

David

[Pam Herrington]

Thank you David

I am slowly trying to made a little sense of the churchs of Scotland.

Thanks
Pam

[DavidWW]

Thank you David

I am slowly trying to made a little sense of the churchs of Scotland.

Thanks
Pam

When you get there, please let us all know

Seriously, the chart reproduced in Cory's Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry, - from JHS Burleigh's "A Church History of Scotland", - is a good starting place, - I've seen a version of it somewhere on the www ............

David

[Jack]

Hi folks,
There's this "simplified" chart.

http://website.lineone.net/~davghalgh/c ... story.html

Jack

[DavidWW]

Hi folks,
There's this "simplified" chart.

http://website.lineone.net/~davghalgh/c ... story.html

Jack

That's the one

Thanks Jack =D>

David

[Pam Herrington]

Thank you

You could do your PHD on the church's of Scotland.
There is so much change from one to another.

On another subject
Is anyone collecting unusual enteries in 1841 census?

Cheers
Pam