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Hello Mick

The 1851 census for Kilmarnock is missing. You can check  this on Scotlands People without logging in. Just go into the Home Page, then click on 'About Our Records', then on Indexes. There's a menu on the right, and  you'll find Censuses with a sub-heading of 'Missing Censuses' which has a list of all the missing censuses throughout Scotland.

Hannah

Hello Coonwarra

Have you tried Gibraltar Archives? The website is www.gibraltar.gov.gi and the email is archives[at]gibraltar.gi (replace [at] with @)

It's a long shot, but always worth a try.

Hannah

Does anyone have this lady on their family tree? She married Alexander Findlay of Morayshire, Scotland, in St Helier on 3rd January 1863 when she was 27 and Alexander was 58. He'd already been married. Their four children (Alice, William, Philip, and James) all were born in Nairn, Moray and they were living there in 1871. Between then and 1880, when Alexander died, they moved to Dollar, Clackmannanshire, where the children went to school at Dollar Academy. Alexander died there and is buried in the churchyard. I haven't been able to trace his wife's death, and I wondered if she had returned to Jersey when she was widowed.  I'm particularly interested in what happened to Philip. There's a handsome stained glass window in the Episcopal Church in Dollar  presented by James in memory of Philip in 1909 but so far the only things which have emerged from the church records are that James was 'the Reverend James Findlay of Ireland' and that Philip is said to hvae died in Africa.

If anyone can shed any light on any of this family I'd be very grateful.

Thank you
Hannah

Hello Hilary

The Reference Department of Central Library in Stirling has a few trade directories for the early 1900s. It might be worth trying there. They also have the 'Stirling Journal and Advertiser' on microfilm; it's indexed from 1820, when it was started up, to 1970, when it closed down, so the staff might be able to trace any references to the firm. The email is centrallibrary[at][/blue]stirling.gov.uk (Replace [at] with @)


They also have the 'Stirling Observer' on microfilm from 1836 right up to date. It's not indexed, but any entry re the firm in the 'Advertiser' can be cross checked in the 'Observer'.

Hannah

Hi Val

In the 1851 Census for Kincardine-in-Menteith there was a Shuttle Street in the village of Thornhill. On the page at the start of the book, where it tells you which part of the town or village which the enumerator was covering, it says:

'So much of the rest of the village of Thornhill as lies in Hill Head, Shuttle Street, Back Yett, including the House on the East side of the Turnpike Road northwards of the West Port to Mary Chrisitie's house.'

It was signed by the enumerator, James Slater, Teacher, Thornhill.

Regards

Hannah