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Roxburghshire / Re: Lanton Jedburgh Scottish Borders
« on: Thursday 10 October 19 21:46 BST (UK)  »
Hi Beckie,
I just wondered if you were aware of a website called Scotland's People" which records Old Parish Records of births marriages and deaths in Scotland from 1553, Statutory records from 1855 and census records from 1841.
If not you can google the name "Scotland's People" and register for free to give you access to the records. If you want copies of the records access is provided to copy the details at a nominal cost (£1.50 in Britain)using your own printer.
The records are not 100% complete but are constantly being updated as the Old Parish Records are checked and verified before adding them to their list.
To demonstrate its use I have entered the name Thomas Rutherford in marriages at Jedburgh and only 3 results came up. Only one had a wife named Mary. The record shows a Thomas Rutherford married a Mary Smith at Jedburgh on 5th Dec 1826. Just to note - Lanton is within the district of Jedburgh.
I hope this information assists your searches - Good hunting - Peem 

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Roxburghshire / Re: Lanton Jedburgh Scottish Borders
« on: Wednesday 18 September 19 20:04 BST (UK)  »
Hi, I visited Lanton the other day - first time in 70 years and did not recognise the place from my childhood memory. I called at the property named "The Old Smithy" who was unable to tell me if his daughter was the person I was looking for and commented that there was another "Old smithy" in the village with a different name and told me where this was. I spoke to the owner of the second property - up the hill from the small memorial garden and he said it may be his wife who called for information and so I decided to leave my information for her to examine and left my e-mail as a contact if there were any queries. He also told me that there was probably four "blacksmiths" operating in the village at that time. I said it was the Smail family that was my heritage family and mentioned the Smail Plough" and he recalled a report of one of these in use in India pulled by oxen and that there was a one in the village memorial garden donated to the village a few years ago.
I visited the garden on my way back and photographed the plough.
regards Peem 

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Roxburghshire / Re: Lanton Jedburgh Scottish Borders
« on: Thursday 05 July 18 13:00 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: j1200k on Saturday 08 April 17 13:26 BST (UK)
Hello

We live in Lanton Jedburgh and the village is trying to set up a history group. We are looking for anyone that can help identify who lived where and if anyone has any relevant pictures relating to the village.

We have census records back to 1801 and quite a lot of information that needs putting together. Can anyone out there help with our village quest?

regards
hi, 
I have family links to Lanton. My great grandfather Thomas Smail operated the blacksmiths from sometime in the 1800's and it continued via his son William Smail until the mid 1950's. I visited my my mother's uncle Bill when I was about 6 or 7 years old and remember the masses of tools hanging on the walls and the large bellows that operated the fire of the smithy. I believe that fresh water was only avaoilable from the village pump located on the village green. The toilet was a "netty" at the bottom of the rear garden - a bit of a novelty from the luxury of Jedburgh sanitary system.
I can prepare a potted history of the Smail family at Lanton for your records - let me know what information you have and I will try to fill in any gaps.
Incidentally I have been promising myself a visit to Lanton if I get up to the area and intended to knock on your door to see what had happened to the old smithy.
   

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