James McKenzie abt 1815 - Durisdeer
James McKenzie b. Dec 1792, Maingath,(one of Wellington's soliders)his wife was Catherine Brown, they had Ch:Janet 1817(Muirgate),Andrew 1820 Durisdeer, Alexander 1822 Durisdeer,William 1824 Durisdeer,Mary 1826 Drumcrool, Agness 1829,Closburn,Newholm. Family sailed to Toronto, Can abt 1841. Did wife CATHRINE BROWN MCKENZIE die before the family left forToronto Can? Were Andrew MCKENZIE AND SARAH DARGAVEL the parents of James McK. b. 1792? Did James have bros and sisters?

menzies-hairstones - Durisdeer
looking for family of thomas menzies and of his wife jean hairstones they were born about 1790

Re Reading Room & Library - Eaglesfield
From Cassell's Gazetteer c1896 Eaglesfield Dumfs NB : 1891 Population : 491 - Has a reading room and library.

Temple Family Of Eaglesfield & Middlebie - Eaglesfield
Seeking my Scottish ancestors. My great grandfather was George Temple born 1840, Eaglesfield. He died in Liverpool in 1900. He was the son of George Temple and Agnes Mackie. George Temple (1815-1876) was the son of Peter Temple and Mary Dixon. Peter Temple (1784-1872)was the son of Jeams Temple and Isabella Leishman married 27 Feb 1776 at Kirkpatrick Fleming. Would love to hear from any connected with this family.

Burnet Burnett - Ecclefechan
Looking for descendents of or connections to Edward BURNET & Janet RAE residents in Ecclefechan from mid 1830s to early 1850s when they emigrated to Blackburn, Lancs.

Paton connections - Ecclefechan
Interested in hearing from anyone with links or connections to: Henry Paton born 1851 emigrated to New Zealand 1874. Parents John Paton & Jane Gibson. Henry married 1880 & had 6 children. Son Henry (Harry) Paton was an All Black Rugby player 1907 & 1910. Harry's daughter Eris Paton toured the UK in 1954 with the NZ Womens cricket team. I'm looking for Paton family connections in the UK.

Donald Shephard - Ecclefechan
Does anyone remember my late father who lodged in Ecclefechan in the early 1940s before joining the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders/Liverpool Scottish regiment? He was then sent to Gibraltar where he met and married my mother and we think later went out to Cyprus or Aden with the army.

Archbald Bower Harkness - Ecclefechan
Archbald was born in ecclefechan about 1890 and lived in Walker Newcastle.He always said he was related to Thomas Carlyle who was also from Ecclefechan

Anderson/Crenston in Eskdalemuir - Eskdalemuir
Robert Anderson and Isobel Cranston or Crenston had the following Andersons baptised in Eskdalemuir: Mary 19Jan1740. Robert 23Jun1741, and Margaret 11Jan1743. The name Cranston recurrs in Manchester among their descendants

Interest Hogg's from Eskdalemuir - Eskdalemuir
I am interested in the Hogg's from Eskdalemuir especially connection's of David Marchbank Hogg born 1850 his wife Catherine Little and their son Duncan Clark Hogg born 1883 in Burncleuch Eskdalemuir

paterson of Twiglees eskdlmuir. - Eskdalemuir

Black ~ Davidson - Eskdalemuir
interest in any information on Rebecca Black b.1786 m. William Davidson b.1784 of County Inverness

William Wood - Gatelawbridge Quarries & Dumfries to Glasgow Railway - Gatelawbridge
William Wood died on 24 Jan 1906. "A well-known figure has been removed from our midst. Deceased, who was seized with some internal trouble about seven months ago, was forced to relinquish his trade as a blacksmith which he had carried on in Thornhill for over 40 years. Previous to that he had worked at his trade in the quarries at Gatelawbridge (huge Red Sandstone quarries) and was also employed at the making of the railway (Dumfries to Glasgow), being present at the building of the viaducts at Cample and Carron. (1850's) Laterly he resided with his married daughter Mrs. Candlish, Glasgow Street. Member of the local lodge of Freemasons having the honour of being it's oldest member. He joined the Order about 55 years ago and for the last 15 years held the office of Inside Guard." Any further information welcome.

DAVIDSON - Gretna
Seeking information on CATHERINE DAVIDSON who gave 1939 address as N.East Street, Gretna. Possibly in 'The Township'. May also have some connection withn Carlisle.

Thomas Blyhte 1812 - Gretna
Seeking information on Thomas Blythe b1812 wife Jane moved to Birkenhead Cheshire

JOHNSTON(E) Gretna/ Graitney - Gretna
Seeling information about Thomas Johnston(e) b1785 Corries Mill, near Gretna, Dumfries

MURRAY, Jane & her father JOHN Tollkeepers & 'Priests' - Gretna
John Murray b.1799 and daughter Jane b.1834 were blacksmiths and 'priests' at Allisons Bank toll bar (1843 – 1865) Jane married George GRAHAM of Cubby Hill and Oakbank, just N of Kirkandrews on Esk, Cumberland. Does anyone know was this a GRETNA GREEN wedding? Date? John went on to be landlord of the Graham Arms Kirkandrews on Esk. Does anyone know more?

Waugh/Davidson/Coulter - Gretna
I am seeking information about these Gretna people please.

seeking - Gretna Green
i am trying to locate my aunt.i believe her name is annie skelton.mother susan ,father george hartley. i may have the wrong information.'annie' would be in her mid to late 40s.any help greatly appreciated.

MURRAY, Jane & her father JOHN - Gretna Green
John Murray b.1799 and daughter Jane b.1834 were blacksmiths and 'priests' at Allisons Bank toll bar (1843 – 1865) Jane married George GRAHAM of Cubby Hill and Oakbank, just N of Kirkandrews on Esk, Cumberland. Does anyone know was this a GRETNA GREEN wedding? Date? John went on to be landlord of the Graham Arms Kirkandrews on Esk. Does anyone know more?

Gretna green Wedding - Gretna Green
I am looking for information on Gretna Green records. My husband`s Grandfather died in a drowning accident in 1916 in the London Docks. His widow was left pregnant and with 2 small children. She then went on to marry her brother-in-law at Gretna about 1918. The marrying of a brother-in-law was illegal in England at that time. How do I find "Gretna" re3cords?? Thanks.

Moffats Of Hightae Village - Hightae
Am interested in finding any details of the Moffat family of Hightae village, Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire especially ancestors of Thomas Moffat and Jane Hutchison (married 1842) and Thomas Moffat and Margaret Hogg (married 1800)

Holywood 1793 - Holywood
From Old Statistical Account for Scotland 2 Holywood From materials furnsihed by Rev Dr Bryce Johnston, Minister of the Parish. p 26 State of the Poor; The average number of poor who now receive alms is 15. Theannual sum expended for their relief is about £32 produced by the collections in the church on Sundays, excepting the interest of a small sum appropriated to them. These 15 persons are all maintained in their own houses or boarded out in other families none of them are kept in hospitals or work-houses. Besides the relief from the parish, the poor receive frequent supplies of food and clothes from charitable and well-disposed people. They are however, kept from begging from door to door most effectually, by the assurance of their inevitably losing all parish relief if they persist in the practice. As the church session is extremely attentive to give them relief, according to their necessities, to provide medical assistance for them when sick, to pay the schoolmaster for teaching their children reading, writing, and the common rules of arithmetic, their own interest induces them...

Daniel Sommerville - Holywood
I am trying to trace the history of my father James Sommerville, his father was also a James Sommerville who was born in Holly Wood County Down and was a Horsekeeper in 1839, does anyone know of him or his family, apparently my father was married to a Phyllis Hale in London in 1920 and went to Africa in 1943 and never heard of since my birth in 1942. Incredibly I have horses and dogs so I must take after that part of the family. Any information would be greatfully rec.

CORRIN ELEANOR - Isle of Man
I am looking for any information on the Corrin family from the Isle of Man. Eleanor Corrin (may not have been christened so) was born in the Isle of Man 1838. A marriage cert for her and James Tooth shows that her father James was a tailor. He may have married Ann Christian. Any help would be much appreciated.

Arnull Roots - Isle of Man
Andre Georges Arnull who was born in Paris ,son of George Robert Jean Louis Arnull born 13 March 1930 in Livalluis Pierret/Seine is looking for his roots which started in the Isle of Man Please contact if any information Thank you

Ogilvie, Ogilvy - Isle of Man
Looking for details regarding an ancestor Margaret Ogilvie b. circa 1785 on the Isle of Man. She died 15 Nov 1862 in Leith, Edinburgh. She was married to Alexander Gibson. Her parents were George Ogilvie (silversmith) and Margaret...(cant make out surname). Many thanks

Lorimer Lotimer Latimer - Keir Mill
I'm looking for information about my ggg grandparents George Lorimer born in Keir abt 1761 and Susanna Murray born in Keir abt 1765. Their children Margaret, Mary, John, James, William, Edward, Susanna, George were all born between 1791 and 1806. Margaret married John Richardson and Edward married Janet Mounsey. I have no knowledge of their siblings. The surname has changed from Lorimer to Lotimer to Latimer. But George's surname in Keir was Lorimer.

Browns - Kirkconnel
I believe that I have connections to an Adam BROWN who married a Jane SHARPE in Leadhills in 1833 but moved to and raised his family in Kirkconnel

Alexander Anderson - surfaceman - Kirkconnel
Can someone help me with this. I'm looking for anything on family of Alexander Anderson, (1845–1909). Poet, son of a quarrier at Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, became a surfaceman on the railway. My great aunt is certain that he is a relative but her family are connected to Cumnock. He wrote the poem, Cuddle Doon, which I think may have been about my great aunt, grandmother and their brothers and sisters. His parents were James and Isabella from Kirkconnel. I'm also looking for a link between James and my ggg-grandfather John Anderson, who married Elizabeth Murray. I'm hopingn they are brothers, which would make Alexander a relation as my great aunt believes. Can someone help?

Andrew Steel - Kirkconnel
Andrew Steel born kikconnel circa 1790 christend Hall Kirkconnel 23 feb. father was James Steel born circa. 1766 and mother Janet Johnson born 1770, first son James born 1804 married Elizabeth Barbour born Lochwinnoch1803 married 1826 at lochwinnoch they had two sons and a daughter janet the younger boys were James And John who were born around 1827, the family later moved thier sawyers busines to Ardrossan sawmills at the shipbuilders yard.

Cornelius Stewart - Kirkconnel
Trying to find info on my g.g.g grandfather Dr Cornelius Stewart. b1775 Kirkconnel d1855 Dunblane and his spouse Helen Gordon bErrol 1783 d1856 Dunblane. Hisfather was James,mother Agnes Dalgleish.Helens father John Gordon ,mother Marie Barr. Son of Cornelius was also Dr Cornelius Stewart born Dunblane1825. migrated to Australia app 1853

Crawford and McCrone families - Kirkconnel
Granddaughter of James Sloan Crawford and Sarah m/s McCrone of Kirkconnel.....mining families... Mons Street, Kirkconnel.... Gt Grandparents...James Crawford and Maggie m/s Sloan of Nithside Terrace, Kirkconnel....and Thomas McCrone and Elisabeth m/s Reynolds of Kirkconnel... please contact if you have information on my relatives...

mcmillans - Kirkconnel
i am looking for any information on the lagrae mcmillans. i know my grandfather was a shepard and we had family members in the mines. also my great auntie had the tempest hotel in kirkconnel any help looking for my roots i would be greatfull.

Alexander Anderson - Kirkconnel
My Great Great Great Grandparents came from Kirkconnel in Dumfries and had a son named Alexander who was born in 1851 I have census and information if anyone is interested.

Broadfoot - Kirkconnel
I am searching for David Broadfoot who was in Kirkconnel in 1841,born circa 1791. He married Jean Henderson, born 1795 in Sanquhar. Any information would be greatfully received.

Blacks of Kirkconnel - Kirkconnel
Does anyone have information on the Black family of Kirkconnel Village? My GG-Grandmother was Margaret Black (no birth registration -- believed born Kirkconnel abt 1818) who married George McLellan of Closeburn on 16 Aug 1839 in Kirkconnel. The family later moved to High Street, Sanquhar (per 1851 census), and then emigrated to Canada in 1857. In the 1841 census (Kirkconnel), Margaret, 20, was enumerated with Adam Black, 60, cooper; Jean Black, 60; Adam Black, 9; and David McClelan, age 1 (David was her first-born son). Could Adam and Jean be her parents -- and if so, is this Adam Black and Jean Kennan? Margaret had a cousin, John Wallace, whose parents were James Wallace of Morton by Thornhill and Margaret Kennan, also of Morton. Also trying to determine if Walter Black, who married Mary Park (Jan 1835), then Helen McLellan (July 1847), is also a child of Adam Black and Jean Kennan. Helen McLellan may be the sister of above-mentioned George McLellan. Would appreciate hearing from anyone who has knowledge of the Black family or the Kennans. Thanks.

Burns/Beattie Kirkconnel 1914 - Kirkconnel
My great grandparents were married in Kirkconnel in 1914. Not sure what their connection was to the area but any information would be really helpful. Andrew Burns and Charlotte Beattie were there names.

Margaret Anderson Smith - Kirkpatrick
I am looking for relatives of Margaret Anderson Smith born 5 March 1874 in the Parish of Kirkpatrick Juxta in the County of Dumfries.

Charters - Kirkpatrick
I am searching for the marriage of Hugh Charters to Eliza Maden circa 1815 - 35. Location unknown. Their son John married Agnes Kirkland at Bathgate 1856. John not necessarily born at Bathgate although living there at time of marriage, I.G.I. birth entry for him says "of Bathgate" and details could have come from his marriage. Hugh possibly born Kirkpatrick Juxta. Help appreciated.

Robert Rae and Isabella McQueen Rae - Kirkpatrick-Fleming
I have been looking for any information on my gggrand parents. Robert Rae and Isabella McQueen Rae.He was born 1824. She was born 1826. Who were there parents? Thankyou

Thompson - Charters. - Kirkpatrick-Fleming
William & Jean Thompson (nee Charters) family are John-1826, William-1831, Robert-1833, Mary-1835, Helen-1838, Joseph-1841, Jane-1846,---- William-1831, came to Australia, died 1867, trying to trace any family in Scotland.

Smith Family - Kirkpatrick-Fleming
I am looking for information about a family called Smith who lived at Branteth and worked as labourers in the area during the 1700's to mid 1800's My gg/grandfather's father was a Robert Smith, his mother Elizabeth (Betty) Morrison. Robert's father was also a Robert Smith and his mother Elizabeth Atken.

Gorley - Kirkpatrick-Fleming
I am anxious to glean any information on my paternal Gggreat-Grandparents who hailed from Kirkpatrick Fleming. They were John GORLEY (b. abt 1809) and Jean GORLEY (b. 1812). They had a daughter, Agnes GORLEY (b. Kirkpatrick Fleming 1847) - and a son George GORLEY (b. Kirkpatrick Fleming abt. 1846), the family residing at "Reaburn Cottage" in the town. Agnes came to work in Llysfaen, North Wales, where she met and married Shadrack ROBERTS (b. Llysfaen 1847)at St. Asaph. The family then resided at 3, Tan-y-Bont, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, Colwyn Bay (1871 Census). Has anyone any information about the family. Unconfirmed reports suggest that John GORLEY may have been a publican. Anyone with a Family Tree featuring any of the aforementioned? Gwyn

Clark,Wilson - Kirkton
Gilbert Clark m Grizzel Wilson 1790's. Would love to know who their parents were.

Malcolm - Langholm
The Malcolms were in Langholm around 1800 and earlier, I'm looking for a link to the "Little" clan who also lived in Langholm at the same.

HOTSON in Langholm - Langholm
I specialise in the descendants of Robert Hotson and Isobel Donald who married in Langholm in 1766. Robert was the builder who built Langhom Bridge over the River Esk

Little Clan - Langholm - Langholm
I am the great-great-grandaughter of Andrew Little who migrated to Bathurst NSW Australia in 1840. I hold 30 original letters brought to Aust by Andrew, some mentioning Duncan Malcolm in Berhanpore India, Sir Charles Malcolm and Sir Putteney Malcolm who appeared to be good friends of the Little family. Andrew Little was enticed to Bathurst by his brother-in-law David Maxwell Irving who had migrated from Langholm two years (?) before. Andrew bought 100 acres of land in Bathurst and built a house in 1850 (which is still standing and is classified by the National Trust). Various brothers and sisters followed Andrew to Australia later. The Bathurst property was called "Bimbenang" and was handed down through Andrew's son George Little to grandson MacDonel Little (my great uncle) and was sold out of the family in 1967 when MacDonel died. The letters I hold were found in good condition in a shed on the property by my father who was clearing the house out before putting it up for sale.

Little Clan - Langholm - Langholm
Researching Little family connection on my paternal Grandmothers side and have traced family back to Langholm although more work needed to confirm William's parents. He was born in 1783 and my Grandma (Margaret Little) always said there was a connection with the Malcolm family,including Sir Pulteney Malcolm. More work needed but would welcome comments from anyone also researching the Littles of Langholm.

Oliver Family - Langholm
If anyone can tell me about the Oliver Family, I would love to hear from you. I have a Susan Ramsey Oliver b. 1839 so far