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[anneben]

I am looking for any information on a Ann Blakie born 1821 Salton, Haddington she married a John Herriot in1846 Prestonpans.

Ann

[daval57]

On SP:
There is a death in 1892 of an Annie Herriot / other surname Blackie / aged 70 / South Leith / Edinburgh City.

Sounds likely - I don't have enough credits left to view full image.
Record should show parents and perhaps other info to confirm this is the correct one.

Hope this helps.

Dave

[anneben]

Hi Dave
Thanks for your help it was my GGGRANDMOTHER'S Death, I am now looking for her husbands one, he was born 1826 Salton, Haddington. I have looked at S/P but not found anything yet.

Ann

[daval57]

Search under John Heriot born 1826 +/- 1 shows 1 result:
1899 death John Heriot age 74, again in South Leith.

Is that him?

Dave

PS - The knack is not being too specific with your searches on SP.
For example. 
In the case of John, I searched for Her* John and keyed in no other fields.  That showed 1000+ names, I then narrowed it down to births 1826 +/- 3 which gave me 19 matches.  I usually narrow it down until I have as close to 25 matches and then pay my 1 credit to look at the names / areas - you can then choose the most likely to spend the further 5 credits on.  I got lucky with John Heriot.

I used the same sort of process for Ann.

Hope this helps you in the future.  SP can be very expensive.

Dave
 

[daval57]

Just remembered there was an older post regarding tips on using SP - worth reading.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,43916.msg172771.html#msg172771

Dave

[anneben]

Hi
Thanks for your help, I had 1 credit left and I am sure it is my GGGrandfather. I know what you mean by using the credits correctly by starting with 25 names on the search list.

Thanks once again.

Ann

[daval57]

Gimme 10 minutes, I'm about to buy some more credits for my own research.
I'll do it as a favour once but normally i stick to the 20p searches for others.  I've been stung before.
Since your starting out Ann.... hey, that's what this sites about.  Helping out and sharing. 
Dave
 

[Piglet01]

Well done Dave.

Hello Ann,

 I take it that you have all the children born to John Heriot and Ann Blakie?  A search of the IGI - www.familysearch.org. shows the following children born to the couple.

'Submitted' entries

Thomas Herriot b abt 1848, Bolton, East Lothian
Walter Herriot b. abt 1850, Bolton, East Lothian

'Extracted' entries -

Margaret Herriot b. 09 Sep 1856, Yester, East Lothian
John Herriot  b. 08 Sep 1859, Yester, East Lothian
Matthew Herriot b. 10 Jul 1862, Yester, East Lothian

Regards,   Steve   :O)

[daval57]

John Heriot, Farm servant, widower of Annie Blackie.
Died 13.1.1899 1am, 2 Waddell Place Leith
Age 74

Parents Thomas Heriot, mason
Euphemia Newlands

Best of luck Ann.  Hope you can now find the appropriate marriages.

Dave