Hi McLeod/Syme,
After looking at your thread at:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,237141I came across this old thread in your previous posts.
I'm not sure what you already know and what you are trying to find - perhaps only others researching your family?
In case you don't have the following ...
FreeCEN at:
http://www.freecen.org.uk/has complete coverage of the 1841, 1851 and 1861 censuses for East Lothian.
Prestonpans was a parish in the county of East Lothian (formerly Haddingtonshire); see:
http://www.clerkington.plus.com/GENUKI/ELN/Prestonpans/index.htmlFrom FreeCEN:
1841 - there are 9 SYME records in East Lothian but none in Prestonpans.
1851 - there are 17 SYME records including one household in Prestonpans; at Preston Northfield House, headed by George SYME, Lieutenant RN Half-pay, age 61, born Edinburgh Midlothian (presumably this is George son of James & Helen).
1861 - there are 19 SYME records including the household in Prestonpans; George now described as a Retired Commander RN.
The IGI (International Genealogical Index) on FamilySearch at:
http://www.familysearch.orghas George's marriage to Jane MACLEOD in 1827, Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian.
(Jane was born in Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, ca 1803, according to the census records.)
A parent search in the IGI finds extracted entries for the christenings of 6 of their children; also a submission by an LDS member for the birth of a son John in 1834 in Prestonpans (given as his birthplace in the 1841 census) and his death in 1927 in Simco Ontario.
(Interesting to note that George & Jane's daughter Jane was born in Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, according to the 1851 census but was christened in Inveresk with Musselburgh, Midlothian).
Also that the christenings of Helen 1836 and Elizabeth 1838 took place in Prestonpans yet there are no SYMEs in Prestonpans in the 1841 census ...
You could, if you wished, search for the family in the 1841 census (and later censuses) on the (pay-per-view) ScotlandsPeople site at:
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.ukAll the best,
JAP
PS: There is a description and photograph of Northfield House at:
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst1058.html