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An old story that has come down from previous generations of our family, is that some members of the Donkin family were given land in Nova Scotia by the British Government in the mid 1700's.  I am now trying to find which member of the family actually came to Nova Scotia, but don't know where to start looking.
On checking marriage records in England I find that a William Donkin married Ann Scott (which I think are the ones) and then they just disappear.  I cannot find any children belong to them in any other records, and there are no deaths for them either.  They came from a farming area of England, so I presume that they would have been farming in Nova Scotia.
Could anyone point me in the right direction.

Thanks, Kath   

  David Lowrie married Harriet Herron 1883 at Tynemouth.  She had one son who died.  In 1888 she married Joseph Lacey, stating that she was a single woman.  She married Joseph again in 1890, again stating she was a single woman.  I have trawled every avenue known to me to try to find out what happened to David Lowrie, but I keep coming up with nothing.  My theory is - David Lowrie and Harriet split up.  Harriet married Joseph Lacey, thinking David had died, then she remarried Joseph when she finds out that David died later that she thought.  Can anyone she some light on this puzzle for me?

Can anyone remember a brick ruin where the roundabout is outside Merk Sharp and Dhome at the top of Hartford?  I have been told that it was a derelict mine shaft that was sunk sometime in the 1800's.  The mine shaft came up dry, but years later the area was found to be suitable for opencast mining.  Another story was that it was a derelict windmill. 
My g.grandfather's family were 'sinkers' and that is how the story of the mine shaft came about.
Can anyone help me with this?

Having trawled through the BT for Warkworth I have hopefully found some information that I need.  Unfortunately three of the entries are quite hard to transcribe.  Could anyone help?

Warkworth 1760-1796
Page 6
18/108/1765 Baptism of Jane, daughter of Henry Donkin of Berlin - is this right, as I have never heard of this place

Page 41
15/11/1781 Marriage of William Dunkin and Ann S******* - cannot make out the surname

Page 51
27/08/1786 Baptism of Margaret, daughter of John Dunkin of ******** - cannot make this out


I also have a couple of people  from Glosterhill in the parish of Warkworth - does anyone know where this is?

Many thanks

Kath

Alexander Donkin born around 1850.  He is my g.grandfather and I am trying to find out his birth date, but I cannot find him anywhere in the Free BMD birth index.  He is the second youngest child and his older siblings were born at Horton.  His youngest sibling was also born at Horton, so presumably the family never moved. 
I have his baptims date of 03/03/50 at Horton Parish Church, but there is no sign of him being registered.
Kath