« Reply #11 on: Sunday 02 July 06 20:50 BST (UK) »
Hi Liz, It's a parish record S.P will send you as it's pre 1855, so it probably won't give parent info or place of birth--(fingers crossed, but I doubt it). I would try for deaths of Margaret LillIE and James Conn, to get their parents names. Then you would be working with an extra couple of surnames which might help narrow down the area(s) they came from.
There is a death on S.P for a Margaret Lillie/Conn died 1900 aged 60 in Lanarkshire. If its yours , it would tell you if she was still married or a widow(at time of death) so then you could search for a death for James Conn either between 1881 and 1900 OR 1900 to say abt 1930ish. Take note on any of their childrens marriage certs whether they were alive or dead at time of marriage, and this can maybe help reduce search years for parents deaths.
Flynn,Cox, Slaven-Co Longford
Donnelly,McGeown,Hughes,McCrory- Co Armagh
Hargan,Curran,Bradley,Grant,Peoples ,Patton,Dunn-Donegal
Conway,Degnan,McDonald,Cassidy,Kelly,Fenmore,Ryans,Kilkenny,Murray-Ireland/England/Scotland
Reeves,Fox,Williams-Shropshire/Staffordshire/Scotland
Gill,Kane-I.O.M/England/Scotland
Murdoch,Bruce,Rankine,Ballantyne-Ayrshire
McCutchen,McAdam,Wright-Kirkcudbright,Dumfries,Ayrshire
And others
Plus all variations in spellings