Thanks again for all your guy's work. I'm still trying to sort it all out and fit the pieces into my existing puzzle of a tree.
I'm curious if there is some sort of accepted, or standard way to identify multiple people with the same name in a family? I.e. there are at least 4 different James Duguid's, and at lesat as many John's. Normally I do this by using middle names where I can, but even some of those overlap, and many either don't have a middle at all, or I've never known it. Maybe Birth year? i.e. "James Duguid (1852)" as opposed to "James Duguid (1947)" ?
So, I get to this line: "Tumerboy, the name Paris, comes from Your James Duguid's, grandmother, she was named Mary Paris, and she married James Duguid, 31/Oct/1825. Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland."
Does that mean, MY great, great grandfather James Duguid (from the initial post), his grandmother, (i.e. William Duguid's mother? or Janet Stirrat's mother?) was Mary Paris?
Here's that line as I follow it:
Nick Duguid (Me)>James Gregory Duguid (father)>John Leroy Duguid>James Duguid>James Duguid>William Duguid>Mary Paris (?)
Also, can someone help me understand the various place names?
i.e. William Duguid is mentioned in several places as being born in Carriden, Linlithgowshire, or Carriden, West Lothian, or maybe something else?
So, is each within the next, i.e. is Carriden the town (or village, or what have you), Linlithgowshire the county, and West Lothian roughly the state or some such? What is the actual breakdown here, and how should I actually list it in my own records? i.e. Carriden, Linlithgowshire, West Lothian, Scotland ?