Hello,
Thank you everyone, for all the input you've given me. I appreciate it...
Well, Jean, if I could find the right James's, I think there would be a good possibility of getting their Birth Certificates here in Scotland. We have the 'Old Parish Records' which go back quite a long way... In fact I have a Birth Certificate for one of my rellies dated 1737. And I suspect I'll get back a bit further on that line (if I ever get time to go back to it!
Though if James (Jr.) was born in England, then yes, I may have a problem! But at least if I knew that that is where James Jr. was born, I'd feel I'd gotten somewhere! Luckily, I can go past him to James Sr., who I'm pretty sure was born here in Scotland - but WHERE is the question!!
Yes, I got Susan's name from her Marriage to James (Sr.). But as it's from the Old Parish Records, it isn't in the accepted form that Certificates took when the formally written and standardised records began.
It simply states: 1842 (Kinneff & Catterline... "Greig & Philip: James Greig and Susan Philip both residing at Harrieston in this Parish were proclaimed for the third time on the twenty fourth of December."
I don't know about the pre 1855 Gravestone Index. Could you tell me where to find it?
I THINK I have the right Susan Greig on the 1851 Census but of course, I could be WRONG!
(It's been known!
) However, the Parish of Harrieston is the same as that on their Marriage Certificate, she has a son, James, who's age tallies with James Greig Jr. and this Susan's James was born in Kinneff, while according to the 1871 Census, James Greig Jr.'s birth is also Kinneff (and not England as I thought MIGHT be possible, though that was only ever a 'perhaps' as he was living in England when he came back to Scotland to marry Mary Mowat.) Also, James Jr. married Mary Mowat in 1866 and according to the Marriage Certificate, James Sr. was deceased at that time.
Soooo... it seems to indicate that this IS the likeliest 'Susan' and family. I've been trying to find the family on the 1861 Census and have found about 9 'could be's'!!
Anyway, that's where I am at the moment. Thanking you all for the continued help!! I do appreciate it!!
Kate.