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Title: Am I going nuts ?
Post by: patvp1 on Thursday 03 December 09 11:33 GMT (UK)
Seeking info on Duncan Parlan c1825 Stirlingshire..fine ??

Checking on Parlan family 1841 Stirlingshire, clicked on "view other on page" and end up with 144,405 NAMES  mostly NK..what goes on here..this is Ancestry I may add..or is it just me  >:( I don't think so.

Who do you report this to, never come across it before. ???

Regards patvp
Title: Re: Am I going nuts ?
Post by: MonicaL on Thursday 03 December 09 11:37 GMT (UK)
 ;D You're not going mad Pat. I've just tried the same search and got the exact number!

Must have been a big page  ::)

I've been having a few problems on Ancestry this morning (pages not loading etc). Maybe there is some 'maintenance' underway which is sending everything temporarily haywire.

Monica  :)
Title: Re: Am I going nuts ?
Post by: maidmarianoops on Thursday 03 December 09 11:45 GMT (UK)
is this the family
sylvia

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Title: Re: Am I going nuts ?
Post by: maidmarianoops on Thursday 03 December 09 11:52 GMT (UK)
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lots of not known
no surnames result too many
sylvia
 
 





 





Title: Re: Am I going nuts ?
Post by: MonicaL on Thursday 03 December 09 11:59 GMT (UK)
It seems Ancestry is going through some maintenance www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,423032.0.html

Monica
Title: Re: Am I going nuts ?
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 03 December 09 12:09 GMT (UK)
I'd recommend sticking to SP or Freecen until they've finished  :)


Gadget
Title: Re: Am I going nuts ?
Post by: patvp1 on Thursday 03 December 09 19:43 GMT (UK)
Thanks everyone..glad it was not just me.

Sylvia that could be him, looking for Duncan Parlan who married Margaret McKay in 1849 at Port of Monteith GRO388 0020 0154 sadly OPR's don't give much info..not having much luck with this guy.

All the best patvp
Title: Re: Am I going nuts ?
Post by: patvp1 on Thursday 03 December 09 22:42 GMT (UK)
Really quite interesting, have just worked my way through some of the 144 thousand names etc, just use the "view record" SURPRISING... this seems to be mainly 1841 records..have just come up with a couple of Fergusons I have been looking for..so you never know..can't explain really what I am getting at, but try it and see  :D

Or maybe someone with at little more "nouse"than me could have a look and put it on the general scotland board or something...

Too early in the morning so maybe I am not making much sense  ::)

Regards patvp
Title: Re: Am I going nuts ?
Post by: merryhow on Wednesday 09 December 09 21:41 GMT (UK)

Hi, the only Duncan Parlan showing on the IGI ( all Scotland in the 1800's),  Ch 11 Mar 1826, Gargunnock, Stirling. Parents- Robert Parlan and Jane McGlashan.

Robert and Jane married 16 Dec 1821 Gargunnock.Jane ch 10 May 1795, Gargunnock, Parents- Duncan McGlashan and Euphan Young.

IGI shows Duncan as one of six siblings.


  Val
Title: Re: Am I going nuts ?
Post by: Forfarian on Sunday 20 December 09 16:04 GMT (UK)
Are you looking at the census transcriptions on Ancestry?

If so, could the problem be because Ancestry is being too clever about surnames?

The surname MacFarlane is from Gaelic Mac Pharlain, meaning 'son of Parlan'. Parlan is a variant of the rather better known name Bartholomew.

So I wonder whether most of the 144,405 names might be MacFarlanes (or McFarlanes) with a few Bartholomews for good measure.

I suggest looking for your Parlans on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk - you will have to check the original image sooner or later because you can't rely on transcriptions, especially on Ancestry, so you may as well do it now.