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The Newlands Parish entry for the birth of the above is indexed with William as father of Jean but looking at the previous entry in the register, the "W"s do not match & it could be Mr Selkirk

I can locate Scotstown to the East of Blyth Bridge but cannot find any other info on the Selkirk family in this area.

Can anyone help?

The new Family Search website www.FamilySearch.org makes it far easier to trace Quaker ancestors & other Non Conformist baptisms & burials.  I was mainly interested in Lothersdale & already had details of some Quaker burials in Lothersdale which were recorded in the register at Settle such as:-

William Slater of Lothersdale in the Parish of Carlton and County of York died the 2nd and was buried the 5th of the 8th Month 1759 in the Burying Place of the Friends at Lothersdale aforesaid.

I keyed in just Lothersdale & was amazed at the wealth of burial entries that came up. I have details of about 250 burials but have yet to record details of all baptisms but can easily provide details of burials for those interested.

The website also provides Non Conformist records such as the primitive Methodist baptisms at Whittinghall Fold in Lothersdale.  I have full details of baptisms from 1815 to 1837 which can also be provided eg:-

Alice daughter of Peter & Jane Hartley born 10 July 1819 and baptised 10 May 1819 - Oakcliff, Lothersdale. Occupation of father - weaver
 

Searching for parents of Barbara Millar born Stromness c 1785.  She married Charles Bowman of Tannadice at Kirkwall in 1816 as follows:-
Charles Bowman of the Parish of Stromness and Barbara Millar in this town were contracted in order to marriage on 24 August and were married on 31st same month by Mr Broadfoot, Witnesses Robert Johnstone and Margt Loutit

They had the following children:-
Charles born c 1817 Aberlemno, Angus
Barbara born c 1820 Stromness
Elizabeth born c 1825 Aberlemno
David born c 1827 Aberlemno

They lived in Stromness in 1821 but moved to Forfar before 1841 & Barbara is shown on both the 1841 & 1851 census for Forfar.  I believe she must have died pre 1855 as I cannot find a death certificate for her. None of the above children were baptised but I am able to trace them through the subsequent census entries.

Any help to trace her parents would be much appreciated

Trevor Allen's parents were John William Allen & Lily Rollason. After his father died & his mother remarried, his elder brother Ivor John (known as Jack) left home & settled in Scotland never to return back to England.  Trevor & Jack met during the war when Jack was a paratrooper & Trevor was in the navy but no other contact was made as Jack never wanted to go back to England.  Unfortunately Jack is now dead & his sons in Scotland can trace the Rollasons but since there are so many John William Allens in the area, it is proving difficult to trace the Allen line.

John William Allen & Lily Rollason married on 25 October 1924 in Tamworth.  They were both living at 15 Parson Street where Jack was subsequently born & they gave their ages as 32 & 17 stating that both parents were dead.  Jack may not have given his true age.

Any help would be much appreciated by Jack's sons as they would like to know their heritage,