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Hi folks

I have encountered a problem in trying to trace some people and am looking for any advice please.

One thing I have been unable to trace are a few of my own grandmothers siblings who died in infancy. Here is what I have.

My grandmother was one of ten children, the first four died in infancy. I am looking for children of Alexander MacDonald and Jane MacDonald (nee MacDonald). They married in 1919 in Croy, Inverness-shire but were both from Stornoway, Lewis. All their eight known children were born in Stornoway (Laxdale, Tong Bridge), Barvas and one in Snizort, Skye. 

As they moved around a bit and the name being MacDonald it has been hard to trace, I did find two, they both died in Stornoway, one named Coll and another unnamed, premature birth. This leaves me with two more to find, I was told the first four died but I know that this is not completely accuarate as one was born and died after the eldest surviving child. I don't suspect they were born too late, as surviving siblings would remember them. 

The two missing siblings would be born between 1919 (date of marriage but possibly born before marriage?) and 1939 (date of last siblings birth). More realistically they were born and died between 1919 and 1925.

Places associated with the family were Lewis, Harris, Skye, Gairloch, Lochbroom, Lochalsh but unfortunately some branches moved further afield in Inverness, Ross & Cromarty and Sutherland but I suspect these two siblings died in either Skye or more likely Lewis.

Another factor is that the family never used what is the traditional naming pattern in Scotland of naming eldest son after paternal grandfather etc.

PS I have been to the Scotland's people centre and didn't have the info of the 4 extra siblings at the time, not in the country so another trip is not possible in the near future and I am afraid to look back at the amount of wrong Certs I have looked at on scotlands people website. As most people prob know the search indexing is abysmal.

Thanks for reading

Dave 

Hi folks

Just wondering if anyone might be able to help me with the following as I'm completely stuck. My 4 x great grandparents. George Henderson and Ann Turnbull. I believe George was born in Wark, Northumberland for the following reasons:

Their first daughter being born in wark, Northumberland.
In later censuses living next door to other Hendersons in Linton, ROX who were born in wark.
I believe George was born there. He died pre 1841.

The reason for listing all this is I am hoping to gather more info on his wife Ann turnbull. I have her death cert where her father is named as James turnbull, soldier. Mothers name is simply given as Anne with no maiden name. She gives her birthplace on all censuses as Coldstream but can find nothing unless she was christened in another church. She would have been born c1792.

I wondered if anyone else is researching this family and if there are possibly any inscriptions for Coldstream, although she died 1871 in Roxburgh parish and have to check that out as well. She died a pauper so am not sure a headstone would exist or be in good condition to read anyway.

Thanks for reading.

David

I wonder if anyone can help me with Falkirk burials. I have a long line of people who died in Falkirk and I noticed that some of the cemeteries are indexed online but I can't seem to find any if them on it so wondering where they may have been buried, most of them lived/died in bainsford, grahamston and camelon as well as falkirk town. I will post four examples of the names on the off chance someone knows, ideally if I could buy a booklet with inscriptions that would help but don't know where to begin with in terms of cemeteries even if there are transcribed booklets.

Ebenezer wright Morrison d.1956 April 3rd royal infirmary, Falkirk
Catherine montgomerie d.1951 Jan. 13th dalderse avenue, Falkirk
Ebenezer Morrison d.1901 may 4th granary square, falkirk
Mary wiseman d.1900 April 12th granary square, Falkirk

If anyone is able to advise me as to inscriptions for Falkirk cemeteries available that would be great as I have a long list of names I would like to check, visiting Falkirk is not an option either unfortunately.

Thank you very much

David

Hi
I wonder if anyone is researching the same line as me. I am looking into my likely 9th generation (John Gray and Alison Lawson m.1717 Cockburnspath, BEW). I believe that John was born in 1695 in Lumsden, Coldingham, Berwickshire to William Gray and Isabella (Elizabeth) Edingtoun (Idingtoun, the spelling changes regularly).
His parents William Gray and Isabella Idingtoun married in Cockburnspath, BEW although on their marriage cert they were described as being from Coldingham parish and all their children, inclusing John,  were born there, I belive Isabella Edingtoun may have been from Cockburnspath originally.
I believe that William Grays parents may have been called John Gray and Elizabeth ______ based on naming patterns and death records in Coldingham.
Anyway a number of the Gray BMD certificates I have looked at for coldingham seem to be from Lumsden, Coldingham. Unless in the past Lumsden was a LOT bigger I think it is basically a farmstead now and I am inclined to think, based on the names I have found that it was one family, albeit grandchildren etc in the same place.
My specific question is as the coldingham records do no not go before 1690 so are there any MIs for Coldingham or even Cockburnspath even after 1690 up until about as late as 1800 which may cover any of the people I am looking for.
I am particularly keen to locate deaths for people to link them to Innerwick, ELN and Spott, ELN where I believe they moved to. I am essentially looking for something more concrete if possible to confirm this:

8th Generation: William Gray (b.1719 Cockburnspath, BEW / m.1745 Crowhill, Innerwick, ELN (Spouse Mary Dudgeon) /d. unknown
9th Generation: John Gray (b.1695 Lumsden, Coldingham, BEW / m.1717 Cockburnspath, BEW (Spouse Alison Lawson) / d. unknown)
10th Generation: William Gray (b.unknown / m. 1694 Cockburnspath, BEW (Spouse Isabella Idingtoun – both resident in Coldingham, BEW) / d. potentially 1712 Oct. 12th Lumsden, Coldingham, BEW or 1740 Oct. 17th Lumsden, Coldingham, BEW)
I should add as well I am unsure of anything for definite below William Gray marrying Mary Dudgeon in 1745 in Innerwick, ELN.

I do have a bit more information on this but I think I have TRIED to condense that.
Thanks for reading, a bit of a rant!

David