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I would really appreciate some help on this. I found a handwritten note from my grandad asking the Scottish Records Office for some certificates (which he never received because he sent no money!) relating to these relations I didn't know existed,so this is a real search in the dark.An Edward Swann and his son Robert Swann,both of Edinburgh ,and one of them an engraver in metal.Birth dates about 1820-1840 for one,and 1840-1860 for the other.

They would be direct great(xxxx) grandparents of mine so I would love to find out a little more about them and would appreciate any nhelp at all.Thank you!

I am new to all this,and desperately trying to find out about my great(xx)grandfather called John Mckechnie ,born 1824@  on Islay.He left and went to live in Cardross,Dunbartonshire where he was a blacksmith.He was apparently one of seven sons,one of whom went to Australia.I know he married Jane Christie from Ireland,and they in turn had my g.g.grandfather Angus Mckechnie,born 1856 in Cardross,but I would love to trace the Islay connection.I do not know who John's parents were,and any help in how to proceed from here would be very,very much appreciated!