dumfries parish records

[penshurst]

Monica
Help me out with what I am doing wrong.

When I do an IGI search for the Todd information you sent me that includes the 6 children of John and Agnes TOOD I can't find anything at all - what am I doing wrong?

[MonicaL]

Hi Joy

This is a first for me! If you do the parent search on IGI with Agnes McKeand/Dumfries nothing shows. If you leave Mckeand off up come all the entries..Mmm?!

This is what I put into the search fields to get the submitted entries for their children:

Dumfries, Scotland, British Isles
Father: John Todd, Mother: Agnes
Exact Spelling: Off

I have found Agnes on the 1851 Census by the way, the surname was spelt TOD. Info from the following site: http://www.dumgal.gov.uk/historicalindexes/census.aspx


JOHNSTONE Mary, age 11, SERVANT general, born Tinwald Dms
KIRK Helen, age 25, SERVANT general, born St Mungo Dms
TOD Agness, widow, age 59, FARMER of 22 acres employing 2 women
b. Torthorwald Dms
TOD David, age 31, son, unmarried, Carpenter, b. Kirkmichael Dms
TOD John, age 21, son of Farmer, unmarried, b. Kirkmichael Dms
TOD Thomas, age 24, son of Farmer, unmarried b. Kirkmichael Dms
TOD William, age 28, unmarried, Carpenter, b. Kirkmichael Dms

Address: Broadholm(836)
Parish: Kirkmichael
Household No: 6/1

Monica

[yn9man]

Recently learned (through rootschat) my ggg grandfather John Jardine was born in Dumries. Per the 1851 Maryhill, Glasgow, Barony census he was age 41, a poultry keeper and born in Dumries. Since I received this information I have been looking for a web site that contains Dumries birth information. Is there a site or have I been looking in the wrong area?

yn9man

[MonicaL]

Hi  yn9man

I haven't come across a specific site for Dumfries' births. Have you had a look at IGI entries for births in Dumfries on Family Search at www.familysearch.org? If you have details of John's parents (from marriage or death cert) you might be lucky and find his birth details, either actual extracts from the OPRs (Old Parish Registers) or a submitted entry (which you would need to verify with other sources).

Regards.

Monica

[yn9man]

Monica -

Thanks for your message. 

Yesterday I looked at the IGI entries for births in Dumfries on Family Search. I also looked at a disk containing Scottish Church records. I wasn't successful on either but I am going to another family history center tonight to see what information is there. 

yn9man