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my "lot" of seatons generate from Edinburgh 1540 (poss a link to Mary Queen of Scots)

John Seton / Seatoun
b 1540 Edinburgh, Midlothian,
Scotland
d
m 1 Sept 1565, Cannongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland,
Margaret Nesbeth
b  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

and somewhere along the line

Robert George Seaton
b 1718
 Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
(Fought in the battle of Culloden, Scotland in 1746)
d  aft 1756 Logerait, Perthshire, Scotland
m 1737 Blair Atholl,
Elspeth McLauchlane
b 1719 Blair Athol, Perthshire
d 1756, Logerait, Perthshire

and another (the first to leave Scotland to live in Lincolnshire)

Robert Seaton
(Farmer & Farrier and churchwarden 1841)
b 30th Jul 1781 Blair Athol, Perth, Scotland
ch 3rd Aug 1781 Blair Athol, Perth, Scotland
d 2nd May 1852, Waddingham
bur 6 May 1852, St Mary & St Peter, Waddingham
m 24th Dec 1806, St Mary, Waddingham
Catherine Atkinson
b 1784 Alvingham, Lincolnshire
ch 25 Feb 1784 Alvingham, Lincoln
d 22nd May 1856 & bur 24th May 1856, Waddingham
St Mary & St Peter, Waddingham

and several generations later theres me

So only the very early generations were born in Scotland?  The rest lived in Lincolnshire - or have I got that wrong?

Has the information in the Bible checked out  from other sources?

The Setons in Scotland held various offices in the time of James VI, but I can't find references to the particular combination of names you have given.

Nell

ooh ill take a look, another stone unturned   

Ooohhh no no Pete, not that board, this is the real BBC Family History Board
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbhistory/F2233810

I hope we have got better manners than that on there!!

 
Betty

Quote from: peteseaton on Saturday 13 October 07 18:05 BST (UK)

Quote from: BettyofKent on Sunday 26 August 07 17:02 BST (UK)

Over on the BBC Family History message board, we get a number of newbies each time a new series of WDYTYA starts.  Some stay the distance, but most seem to disappear when they realise how much work is involved.

I realise that the programmes can't show every minute of every search, but the way it's done is very misleading, they should make it clear just how time-consuming & frustrating it can sometimes be when you don't have a tame expert on hand!

Betty

well, i logged in and said that ive traced my tree back to 1540 in scotland.

then some smart arse piped up and accused me of getting it all off the internet and thought he was giving me advice, err been there, done that

anyway, not it isn't that easy, i began with one name, and very little info.

the best advice is to take your time, and keep on checking and cross-referencing, and go to the churches and look at their records.

Are there any people who are researching Seaton / Seton / Setton in the Blair Atholl Area

?


cheers in advance


pete

just thinking, if somebody was born midflight somewhere, what would be put on a birth certificate ?

Over on the BBC Family History message board, we get a number of newbies each time a new series of WDYTYA starts.  Some stay the distance, but most seem to disappear when they realise how much work is involved.

I realise that the programmes can't show every minute of every search, but the way it's done is very misleading, they should make it clear just how time-consuming & frustrating it can sometimes be when you don't have a tame expert on hand!

Betty

well, i logged in and said that ive traced my tree back to 1540 in scotland.

then some smart arse piped up and accused me of getting it all off the internet and thought he was giving me advice, err been there, done that


anyway, not it isn't that easy, i began with one name, and very little info.

the best advice is to take your time, and keep on checking and cross-referencing, and go to the churches and look at their records.