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Stirlingshire / Possible to prove which Robert is the right Robert?
« on: Saturday 12 February 22 19:22 GMT (UK) »
I am very new to this. At first I didn't realise what a trap the family trees on Ancestry can be, with people not checking or adding records.
I'm researching Nimmos based around Slamannan and Muiravonside parishes. I'm fairly sure about the line back to a certain point because of birth certificates, the census, etc. Then I got to Bethia Marshall.
She appears on baptismal records as Bethia Marshall. Many trees have her DOB as 13 January 1734 in Muiravonside, parents John Marshall and Marie Boyd. I and other researchers can't find a record of a Bethia matching any of that info.
Last week I found her as Elisabeth Marshell with a baptism date of 16 January 1734 - the parents and parish match. I was pretty excited and now want to verify her husband, Robert Nimmo.
Except Bethia seems to be a popular wife. I've found her marched on Ancestry and FamilySearch with at least four different Robert Nimmos who have different birth years and different birth places.
Even if I exclude geographically unlikely husbands, such as someone whose records are all from Ayrshire when Bethia's are all Muiravonside and Polmont, that still leaves several possibilities.
I don't know how to narrow it down further because I don't have a great understanding of the records available for this time period.
Please point a newbie in the appropriate direction. If the answer is that, well, it isn't possible to get a proper answer, I shall leave the Nimmos there and work on another line.
Woolverine
I'm researching Nimmos based around Slamannan and Muiravonside parishes. I'm fairly sure about the line back to a certain point because of birth certificates, the census, etc. Then I got to Bethia Marshall.
She appears on baptismal records as Bethia Marshall. Many trees have her DOB as 13 January 1734 in Muiravonside, parents John Marshall and Marie Boyd. I and other researchers can't find a record of a Bethia matching any of that info.
Last week I found her as Elisabeth Marshell with a baptism date of 16 January 1734 - the parents and parish match. I was pretty excited and now want to verify her husband, Robert Nimmo.
Except Bethia seems to be a popular wife. I've found her marched on Ancestry and FamilySearch with at least four different Robert Nimmos who have different birth years and different birth places.
Even if I exclude geographically unlikely husbands, such as someone whose records are all from Ayrshire when Bethia's are all Muiravonside and Polmont, that still leaves several possibilities.
I don't know how to narrow it down further because I don't have a great understanding of the records available for this time period.
Please point a newbie in the appropriate direction. If the answer is that, well, it isn't possible to get a proper answer, I shall leave the Nimmos there and work on another line.
Woolverine