Once again thank you DonM, You are right , I know, but try telling a novice, who has believed for many years they are related
the first part of their tree was relatively easy, I'm working now back from David who married Margaret Moncrieff or Jackson in 1873 at Kinglassie Fife, their son Thomas Moncrieff Moodie is the line I am following, his parents marriage place and date are on Thomas's birth certificate, 1896, so the only marriage for that year at Kinglassie to a Margaret is the one to Margaret Jackson, then that leads me to why Margaret was Moncrieff or Jackson only to find she was the illegitimate daughter of Grace Watt and M Moncrieff, of Perth, Margaret was named Margaret Taylor
hope you are keeping up?, Grace was married to a David Jackson who died a short time later, then in1850 Margaret was born at Aberdour, then Grace watt/Jackson married James Scott at Kinglassie in 1858. We can find the family of David and Margaret living at Nags Head Jedburgh David is a innkeeper, more confusion there because on his son Thomas's birth certificate he says he is a master joiner, Margaret and David are very kind to us, they don't quite use the Scottish naming pattern but they do add all the surnames they have picked up along the way as middle names, because they named their first son William and a daughter Margaret Shepherd Moodie, that takes me to David's parents who are William Moodie and Margaret Shepherd They married at Perth 1840 ,William Moodie was born at Kinnoull in 1813 Margaret Shepherd was born at Collace Perth in 1815, they both died at Dysart. William Moodie was the son of David Moodie who married Catharine Ritchie at Kinnoull in1805. So you see if they are related to George Moodie it has to be at this point or further back. I know it would have helped if they had stayed in one place, Thanks for bearing with me . Nikitah
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